| Union Pacific Railroad Business Car 108 at Cheyenne, Wyoming on August 27, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. According to utahrails.net, number 108 was built as OWRR&N Cafe Parlor Observation 499; to OWRR&N Cafe Parlor Observation 1592 in 1916; to OWRR&N Business Car 185 in March 1923; sold to UP in June 1926; to UP Business Car 103 (2nd) in September 1926; remodeled in 1941, air conditioning (Waukesha) installed in 1942; to UP Business Car 115 (2nd) in February 1952; to UP Business Car 108 (2nd) in March 1961; Barger, page 114, shows that UP 108 [2nd] became UP 102 [6th] after 1983, no other record of this is available; retired in November 1986; sold to Mexico in 1987. Another note indicates UP 108 and 125 were not included in the final sale to Mexico. The car ahead of 108 is named AMERICAN HILLS, (4 bedroom, 6 section, 6 roomette (4-6-6)) built in 1942 by Pullman-Standard for Pullman's own sleeper service; assigned to trains on the Overland Route (Chicago to San Francisco and Chicago to Los Angeles), delivered in Two-Tone Gray. Sold on December 31, 1945 to the UP and leased back to Pullman, it was repainted UP Yellow in January 1954, lettered PULLMAN. The Pullman lease ended in 1966 and the car was returned to UP, operated in the passenger pool until August 1968, remodeled as Roadway bunk car UP 906063 in October 1969. |