Lots of information here, straight from the Union Pacific, including backgrounds of the cars and additional historical information.
https://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/
Click on "Historical Equipment Still In Use" there's even floor plans there!
crashjrIf they getting them ready for steam run, is there a way to find out when and where it will be?
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Have Fun, Ed
Probably the empty equipment returning back to Omaha after being used in Houston for the Superbowl. The train was sent down there to be a static facility to entertain customers. Has nothing to do with the steam train.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
They use them also for business. I saw a non-railfan UP passenger train go through Niles Canyon (east of Niles, CA) some years ago.
Ed
I was standing outside work yesterday in College Station,TX, trying to get a good cell signal and saw a UP diesel pulling UP passenger cars, are they getting them ready to use with a steam engine sometime soon or are they just moving them?
If they getting them ready for steam run, is there a way to find out when and where it will be?
I don't know if anybody here would know but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.