Library

Freight Cars

• Modern Union Pacific Grain Hoppers
  David G. Casdorph
  1994, Society of Freight Car Historians. ISSN 0884-027X. 40 pages. Photos. Freight Cars Journal Monograph 22. Types, lease-outs, paint schemes, roster.
• UP Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment
  Lloyd Stagner and Robert J. Yanosey
  1993 Morning Sun Books Inc., Edison, N.J. ISBN 1-878887-26-2. 128 pages. Collection of color work by company photographers, 1940s through 1960s, from UP Museum collection.
• UP Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment. Volume 2.
  Schmitz, Lou
  Edison. Morning Sun Books. 1996.300 photos, 128 pages.
• Union Pacific Freight Cars 1936-51
  Terry Metcalfe
  1989, Metcalfe Publications, Englewood, Colo. ISBN 0-9623347-0-7. 217 pages. Photos, diagrams and drawings. Appendices on auto car assignments, light weight stenciling, Jan. 1, 1946 Official Railway Equipment Register (UP), roster by class as of October 1951.
• Union Pacific Railroad, Freight Cars of the 1950's
  Greg B. Davies
  Mid-America Publications, Fremont, Neb. 1979, 102 pages. 2 sheets inside back cover w/8 PLN diagrams
• Union Pacific Freight Cars Today
  David G. Casdorph
  1993, Society of Freight Car Historians. 64 pages. Photos. Roster, bibliography of published photos, tank containers, chronology 1981-1993, dispositions 1985-1993, class roster.
• Union Pacific Official Color Photography, Book 1
  Robert A. LaMassena and Robert J. Yanosey
  1993 Morning Sun Books Inc., Edison, N.J. ISBN 1-878887-25-4. Collection of color work by company photographers, 1940s through 1960s, from UP Museum collection. 128 pp.
• Union Pacific Equipment
  William Kratville & Harold Ranks
  1969, 144 pages of B&W photos and diagrams of passenger cars, freight cars and misc. equipment. Kratville Publishing

 

Non-Revenue Equipment

• Cabooses of the Union Pacific
  Don Strack and James L. Eherenberger
  2002, The Union Pacific Historical Society. 287 pages. Photos, diagrams. History of Union Pacific Railroad cabooses
• CA-11 Cabooses
  George R. Cockle
  1979, Overland Models Inc., Muncie, Ind. 40 pages. Photos, diagrams. History of Union Pacific Railroad cabooses with emphasis on CA-11 series.
• Cabooses, Crummies and Hacks, Vol 4, The Southwest
  John Henderson
  1993, H&M Productions, Flushing, N.Y. ISBN 9629037-4-4. 80 pages. Photos. Collection includes color photos of UP CA-1 through CA-13 classes.

 

Drawings And Diagrams

• Steam Era Freight Car Lettering Diagrams
  Metcalfe Publications, Englewood, Colo. Six sheets in envelope. G-50-11, 13, 14; O-50-6, A-50-18, B-50-18 through B-50-39, HK-50-1 through 5, F-50-10, F-50-11, F-50-15, CA-3 and 4.
• Union Pacific Common Standard Drawings
  James L. Ehernberger Collection
  1994, Challenger Press, Cheyenne, Wyo.
  Vol 1: Bridges and Buildings, cattle guards, stock chutes and fire protection. Vol. 2: Roadway Signs, miscellaneous signs and structures. Vol 3: Signals and Track. Vol. 4: Roundhouse, Turntables and Water Tanks, fences, stores department and track tools.
  Reproduction of Common Standard drawings between 1904 and 1990.
• Union Pacific Diesel Painting and Lettering
  Metcalfe Publications, Englewood, Colo. Eight sheets in envelope. 1972-73 painting and lettering standards. GP7, AS616, S2, SD24B, GP30B, DD35B, U50, H20-44, GP38-2, U50C, SD40-2, DD40X, U28C, U30C, GP40X, SW10.
• Union Pacific Freight Cars Mechanical Design Drawings
  Metcalfe Publications, Englewood, Colo. Eight sheets in envelope. G-50-13, B-50-24 & 27, B-50-41, A-50-18, A-50-14, A-50-19, CH-70-1, HK-50-5, HK-70-1, HK-50-4, S-40-12, G-50-11, O-50-6, F-50-10, G-70-1, CA-3 and 4.
• Union Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Vol 2
  Lou Schmitz
  From the early 1950's 128 pages Hard Cover, MorningSun Books
• Union Pacific Railroad Painting Guide, 1903-1930. Common Standard No. 22.
  Omaha: U.P. Railroad Historical Society
  1981. 1st edition. Paperback. 108pp. Photos, diagrams. Reprints pages from U.P. common standards for paint with mixing instructions. Laid in is a laminated reproduction color chip page.

 

Original Railway Equipment Registers

These books list all freight cars in service at the publication date. Some have been reprinted by the NMRA at nmra.org. Here is a list of some older copies in librarys:

• Stanford Univ. Green Library has 6/1885 - 4/1917 then 4/1950 on with gaps.
• Barringer Library in St. Louis 1/1886 - 12/1891
• California Railroad Museum 1900-1932 and to current with gaps
  
• Westerfield has several early ones for sale on CD.