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MP Cabooses Still in Active Service
on the Union Pacific and Other Roads
UPDATE 05.08

Former MP unit numbers provided by Roger Kirkpatrick and Jerry Michels.
Additional information from RRcaboose@yahoogroups.com & MOPAC@yahoogroups.com.
Trace Data obtained from Union Pacific R.R. (Equipment Trace is now closed to the public)

  • Current Car Numbers are linked directly to the UPRR Public Trace.
  • Thumbnails take you to a recent image on this site.
  • "For Sale/UPRR Photo" takes you to the UPRR site with a listing of a specifc caboose for sale (UP switches the addresses often so this link sometimes becomes out-of-date).
  • Cars confirmed to be in the UP Yellow, MoW Green or MoW Orange paint scheme are in yellow, green or orange boxes respectively, otherwise they will be marked as MP Red.
  • Cars confirmed to be Off the UP Roster/For Sale are listed in chart #2.
  • Most Recently Updated Info is in BOLD Type.

Since the 7500 series are in MOW service the listed locations will change. All fourteen of these cars were modified into gang transports and supposedly painted in UP MoW Green, though quite a few have been confirmed as not having been repainted. Cars in "orange" from this series have not had their true color confirmed.


PART 1 - Missouri Pacific Cabooses Still in Service on the UP System
Roster information from UPRR April 10, 2002 - Most recent updates added May 2008
Current # Last MP # Type Notes
MP 7500 13764 SBW
converted to MoW gang transport? / Color?
MP 7501 13069 SBW converted to MoW gang transport / Color?
MP 7502
 13090(2) SBW

converted to MoW gang transport / UP MOW Green
last seen at Loveland, IA 6/12/2006
MP 7503
 13795 SBW converted to MoW gang transport / UP MOW Green
last seen at Fort Worth, TX 9/18/2005
MP 7504
MP 7504 at Council Bluffs, Aug 11, 01 - Todd Greuter Photo
MP 7504 at Wallace, KS, 3/3/07 - Larry Dilts Photo 		13823 SBW This was the first of this series to be converted
to MoW gang transport/UP MOW green.
Seen at C. Bluffs, IA, 8/11/01

Last sighted 3/3/07 at Wallace, Kansas
painted in an orange body / gray roof & floor paint scheme
 - Larry D. Dilts
MP 7505
 13828 SBW converted to MoW gang transport/ UP MOW Green
last seen at Fairbury, NE 12/27/2007
MP 7506
 13946/8? SBW converted to MoW gang transport/UP MOW Green
MP 7507 13835 SBW converted to MoW gang transport? / Color? Gone?
MP 7508
 13064 or
13752?		 SBW converted to MoW gang transport/Still in Red
Last sighted at Boone, IA 7/5/07 - Tom Stolte

MP 7509
photo #7509 - May 20, 2008, Todd Greuter Photo

13876 SBW Once Listed as For Sale 4/02,
Ex-13876, now 7509.
In Rail Train service. Still in Red
Partially wrecked in accident with locomotive 9/07 at the Council Bluffs yard.
Last sighted stored at Council Bluffs, IA 5/20/08
MP 7510 13867 SBW converted to MoW gang transport / UP MOW Green
last seen at Fort Worth, TX 9/18/2005
MP 7511 13056 SBW converted to MoW gang transport / UP MOW Green
last seen at St. Paul, MN 3/1/2006
MP 7512 13067 SBW converted to MoW gang transport / Color?
MP 7513 13913 SBW converted to MoW gang transport / UP MOW Green
last seen at St. Paul, MN 9/21/2007
MP 7514
 13074 SBW No Record Of Equipment On System Lines, 2002
converted to MoW gang transport/Still in Red
last seen Fairfax, KS 4/1/2006
MP 13000
 13000 SBW in Local Service Longview, TX
Release from Hold - Inventory Discrepancy, Longview, TX, 02/12/02 15:57
seen at Marshall TX 12/1/2004
last seen at Longview, TX 5/23/2006
MP 13001 13001 SBW in Local Service at Marshall, TX
MP13001 Empty No Corrected - Train Line Air Hose, Anglecock etc.   Marshall, TX 06/01/00 10:35
last seen at Texarkana, TX 11/7/2006
MP 13012
 13012 SBW in Local Service at Pryor, OK
No Record Of Equipment On System Lines, 2002
last seen at Pryor, OK 4/4/2008
MP 13021 13021 SBW last seen at Omaha, NE 8/7/2006 in sprayed orange/black body
MP 13024 13024 SBW as MW
last seen at Kansas City, KS 9/22/2003
MP 13033 13033 SBW Assigned to the director of track maintenance in Caliente NV 5/ 2005
MP 13034 13034 SBW last seen at Chiloquin, OR 5/29/2004
MP 13043
 13043 SBW Empty No Hold for Surplus Storage   Bellmead, TX 10/02/00 13:24 Bellmead, TX
Still in Bellmead 10/2003
MP 13045
MP 13045 at Council Bluffs, IA 7/1/2003 - Todd Greuter photo 		13045 SBW GONE to Salvage at Anderson C.C.
on the ground, no trucks
last seen at Council Bluffs, IA 7/1/2003
MP 13063
 13063 SBW In Local Service at Green River, WY 10/03, Still in Red (heavily faded)
last seen still at Green River, WY 9/5/2005
MP 13071
 13071 SBW Seen in at Ste. Genevieve, MO 06/22/2002 - Brad H.
still in Red
last seen at Thomure, MO 4/21/2008
MP 13075 13075 SBW -
MP 13078
 13078 SBW In Local service at El Dorado, AR, 6/2002 Still in red
last seen still at El Dorado, AR 6/23/2007
MP 13082 13082 SBW SOLD
displayed at Wewoka, OK 12/28/2007
MP 13094 13094 SBW -
MP 13098
 13098 SBW In Local Service at Wichita, KS 2003
last seen at Tulsa, OK 3/15/2008 in red
MP 13523
 13523 EV Release from Hold - Inventory Discrepancy, Coffeyville, KS, 6/13/01
Muskogee, OK on 5/04 Still in Red
last seen at Tulsa, OK 10/9/2005
MP 13563 13563 EV No Record Of Equipment On System Lines 4/ 2002
in U.P. Yellow
MP 13716 13716 SBW -
MP 13723
 13723 SBW used at Liverpool, TX for shoving platform only
MP 13732
 13732 SBW windows sealed over
last seen at Pryor, OK 7/2007
MP 13736 13736 SBW last seen at Idaho Falls, ID 5/22/2005
MP 13737 13737 SBW in U.P. Yellow
MP 13746 13746 SBW Abandoned? at Marshall, TX 1/2006
last seen at Longview, TX 5/23/2006
MP 13756 13756 SBW -
MP 13759
 13759 SBW in Local Service Muskogee, OK 5/2004
Still in Red
MP 13767 13767 SBW -
MP 13774
photo #7509 - May 20, 2008, Todd Greuter Photo 		13774 SBW last seen at Council Bluffs, IA, 5/2020/08
Still in Red
MP 13791
 13791 SBW Shakopee, MN 5/06
Still in Red
MP 13815
 13815 SBW damaged by fire at Malvern, Arkansas, 7/ 6/2002
Out of Service, Still at Malvern 5/2008, in Red
MP 13816 13816 SBW -
MP 13818 13818 SBW Wichita, KS 11/13/2005
last seen at Hutchinson KS 8/2006, still in Red
MP 13824 13824 SBW in accident at Texarkana AR, 10/2006
MP 13829 13829 SBW -
MP 13832 13832 SBW assigned to Train Service Only
Kansas City, MO 12/11/2005
MP 13835 13835 SBW Local service Atchison KS, 3/2003
For Sale at Cheyenne, WY?
last seen at Kansas City, KS 8/3/2007 still in Red
MP 13845 13845 SBW -
MP 13848 13848 SBW Not listed on the roster, but was seen in service at Ste. Genevieve, MO 06/22/2002 - Brad H.
last seen still at Saint Genevieve, MO 9/30/2006
Still in Red
MP 13858 13858 SBW last seen at Tyler, TX 6/27/2005 Still in red
MP 13863 13863 SBW Stored in Utah Central Railway yard
last seen at West Haven UT 7/4/2005 Still in red
MP 13881 13881 SBW -
MP 13882 13882 SBW last seen at Liverpool, TX 12/8/2007 still in red
MP 13884 13884 SBW -
MP 13894 13894 SBW at Nashville, AR 12/2003
last seen w/ a pair of "patched" BN locos w/ BN caboose at Riparia, WA 4/9/2005??
MP 13920
 13920 SBW Empty No Arrived   Ft Collins, CO 09/01/1998 11:00
La Salle, CO 4/23/2005
Green River, WY 9/4/2005
last seen at Point of Rocks, WY, 11/3/2007, still in Red
MP 13929 13929 SBW No Record Of Equipment On System Lines 4/2002
in Local service at Gurdon, AR 6/02
last seen at Pine Bluff, AR 9/10/2005
MP 13932 13932 SBW No Record Of Equipment On System Lines 4/2002
MP 13938 13938 SBW No Record Of Equipment On System Lines 4/2002
MP 13940
photo #13940 - Aug 2002, © Nathan Holmes 		13940 SBW Sighted Salina, KS 8/2002
Sitting on what I believe is Central Kansas trackage. The wheels were very shiny, and both doors were wide open, suggesting that it is still in active use. - Nathan Holmes
photo - Nathan Holmes/ DRGW.Net
Last seen still at Salina, KS 11/12/2005 Still in Red
MP 13944 13944 SBW No Record Of Equipment On System Lines 4/2002
Cedar City, UT 10/2/2005
last seen at Burmester, UT 2/2/2007 still in red
MP 13950 13950 SBW No Record Of Equipment On System Lines 4/2002
MP 13964 13964 SBW

In Local Service
No Record of Equipment on System Lines 4/2002
at Jonesboro AR 10/10/2006
last sighted still at Jonesboro AR 2007
MP EAST ONE EAST ONE SMWOB Little Rock AR
Now with "Operation Lifesaver" and UP emblems, still in Red

4.10.02: UPRR's total in service = 65 out of 68 cars
5.20.08: Reported sightings in last year = 17 out of 68 cars

Additional Note -

7500-series were converted to MoW gang transport at Parsons, KS in mid-late 1990's, many painted in UP MOW Green. Some from this series are now seen in gray & orange paint.

Abbreviations -

EV = extended/wide vision, steel
SBW = short bodied bay window, steel
LBW = long bay window, steel
SMWOB =


PART 2 - Known Missouri Pacific Cabooses Still in Service on Other Roads
Most recent updates added May 2008
Current # Last MP # Type Notes
AMKD - 13064 SBW
SOLD to Arkansas Midland Railway, Little Rock, AR-
TM 136 13099* SBW
*Though built by MP, went directly to Texas Mexican Railway in 1983 without ever being rostered to the MP
RR 13554
13554
EV
SOLD to the Rock and Rail Railroad
at Portland, CO. 5/29/2006, still in MP paint
AMKD 13586 13586 EV No Record Of Equipment On System Lines 2002
SOLD to Arkansas Midland, Helena AR 6/02, still in MP paint
AMKD 101 13676 LBW
SOLD to Arkansas Midland, Jones Mills AR
MNA 13797
 13797 SBW Seen on the MNA at Carthage, MO 9/5/2005
Last seen on UP work train from KC at Horton, MO 7/27/2007
Still in Red
CS 13806 13806 SBW SOLD to Camas Prairie RR 7/04 as CS 13806, still in MP paint
KSRY 13843 13843 SBW SOLD to KSRY
last seen at Kosciusko, MS 12/11/2001, still in MP paint
BCOL? 13876 13876 SBW SOLD, at Tacoma WA as shoving platform 2003
last seen at Seattle, WA 2/24/2002 still in MP paint
BCOL? 13900 13900 SBW No Record Of Equipment On System Lines 2002
SOLD, at Tacoma WA as shoving platform 2003
last seen at Seattle, WA 3/26/2007 still in MP paint
BCOL? 13926 13926 SBW Empty No Interchange Delivered BCOL Seattle, WA 07/11/97 07:20
SOLD, at Tacoma WA as shoving platform 2003
last seen at Tacoma, WA 7/31/2006 still in MP paint
DUPX 912c
photo DUPX 912c - Todd Greuter Photo
?
EV
EV Caboose with MP characteristics
Retracting a retraction - after inquiring, the caboose had been confirmed by the company as not having a MP heritage. It seems with a bit more digging it is indeed a former MoP after all.
The caboose is part of a 3-car group (boxcar, tank, caboose) used in training for the safe handling of hazardous chemicals. The outfit is sponsored by DuPont.
Seen at Lincoln, NE at Lincoln Station, on the BN.
W&P 1 photo W&P #1 - 1997, Steve Schuman Photo
?
 SBW

SOLD to Willamatte & Pacific
Caboose #1, ex-MoPac, is on our Corvallis Local and you'll find it in or near Corvallis except when it comes in to Ablany for servicing, usually every other weekend.  Weekends and evenings, it is parked on 6th St, near Western Blvd. (L. K. Thelen)
Seen at Union Station in Portland, Oregon in 1997.
Steve Schuman Photo/Jay Glenewinkel Collection



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Featured Photographers:
Nathan Holmes & RailArc, Jay Glenewinkel

Recommended Links:
Elvin Klepzig's Missouri Pacific Archive
 Great Plains-West Rail Galleries / Cabooses
RRcaboose@yahoogroups.com

Sources:
"Cabooses of the Missouri Pacific Lines" by G.J. Michels Jr. (a Must-Have!)

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