UP®
& SP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific
Railroad.
This caboose
was built in 1980 as a Southern Pacific C-50-9 by Paccar, and
was among the last cabooses Southern Pacific ordered. It was
repainted into Union Pacific colors in the late 2010s and was
used as a shoving platform, allowing crews to be
on the lookout during reverse switching movements. Southern
Pacific was a Class 1 railroad from 1865 until 1996, when it
was absorbed by Union Pacific after falling on hard times financially
in the 1970s and 1980s.
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