Update:

Dear HO Customers:

We talked to Walthers and suggested it might be helpful if customers knwo which passenger cars would be applicable for which time period. We received additional info this morning tht should be helpful deciding which cars to run together.

Walthers have had some of their staff that are knowledgeable give this additional information:

Looking at the Utah Rails site, it appears the UPP reporting mark was first used in 1989.

Virtually all of the cars have had multiple names and numbers applied over time - consists were/are drawn from the pool as needed for each trip.

This is probably the most comprehensive list of what was used when on each specific car  - https://utahrails.net/pass/pass-heritage-fleet-1.php#upp101

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"The UPP reporting mark was first used in April 1986, when Business Car 100 was renumbered to Business car UPP 119, and Arden had its first number applied, as UPP 100. Other early uses were in July 1987 on much of the steam program equipment. The UPP reporting mark was officially registered with AAR in January 1994."

Hopefully the attachment will offer more information so customers can make a decision on what they want their personal consist to look like.

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We talked to Walthers on Friday and suggested they give us examples of how you might want to consist these cars.

There are so many possibilites, but Walthers gave us 2 examples below. We will try to get you some more samples of consists from different era's next week.

If any of our customers have information regarding consists using the heritage passenger fleet please feel free to send to us, and we will publish an update here.

Walthers is going to try and get us additional consists next week.

There's no fixed consist, the trains are drawn from the pool based on what's needed for a specific purpose and are seldom the same.

 

Probably one of the better documented runs for the UP Heritage Fleet (and apparently one of the few with any documentation) was the G.W. Bush Funeral Train, but it also includes a couple of cars Walthers don't offer:

Walthers has given us a list of how you might want to consist these trains:

SD70 Locomotive #4141

SD70 Locomotive #9096

Power Cars #207, 208 & 2066 (Walthers doesn’t produce these)

City of Portland Dome Diner

City of San Francisco Dome Lounge

Council Bluffs baggage car

Lone Star - business car (Walthers doesn’t produce these)

Harriman Dome Lounge

Overland diner

Portola sleeper (Walthers doesn’t produce these)

City of Denver diner

Walter Dean dome lounge

Kenefick business car (Walthers doesn’t produce these)

Some of the 1990s trips behind #844 show :  

The Big Boy trips were photographed and filmed, but I (Walthers) didn't find any written info on what cars were used.

Some of the 1990s trips behind #844 Locomotive show :

Water tenders (one or two)  

SD70 (1 or 2)  

Tool car - boxcar or baggage  

Power Car  

10-6 sleeper  

Baggage Car (Promontory or Council Bluffs depending on era)  

Dome Coach  

Coach  

Dome Diner  

Business Car 

 

PS: the 844 Locomotive is on sale right now from PWRS while supplies last check out the sale page Click Here

(see SKU 141-88413 on the bottom of the page $591.99 / reg $740 a real good deal! Sale ends Wednesday)

 

We will try and post additional info as we get it from Walthers.

 

PS: we have a few SD70's available check out this link Click Here

PS: we have a few Water Tenders check out this link Click Here

 

 

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