North Platte, NE Sept. 19, 1957. Dick Rumbolz photo, University of Wyoming American Heritage Center UPHS Collection.
Freight Schedules
UP Merchandise Car Schedule 9-1-1953
UP Merchandise Service Directory 3-11-1959
UP Perishable Freight Schedule 5-15-1937
UP Perishable and Manifest Schedules 02 9-1-1941 – courtesy of Tim Zukas
UP Perishable and Manifest Schedules 17 8-1-1959
UP Perishable and Manifest Schedules 18 2-1-1961
UP Northwestern District Schedules of Local Trains 8-15-1963
UP Perishable and Manifest Schedules 19 9-1-1964
UP Perishable and Manifest Schedules 21 9-1-1969
UP Perishable and Manifest Schedules 22 9-1-1970
UP Freight Train Schedules 12-1-1975
UP Freight Train Schedules 9-1-1978
UP Freight Train Schedules 10-1-1979
UP Freight Train Schedules 4-15-1981 – lots of notes, maybe a former service design employee’s book
UP Freight Train Schedules 10-10-1985 – courtesy of Tim Zukas
UP Condensed Service Plan 8-17-1990
Also see UP Passenger Train Consists 13 2-18-1924 for a condensed freight schedule on the last page.
Customer Lists
UP List of Industries with private sidings in CA and NV 2-1-1928 – Los Angeles dominates this list, and many of the industries are located on the Los Angeles Junction Railway in the Central Manufacturing District. There are great photos of this area in the 1920’s and 1950’s in the Los Angeles Public Library digital collection. A SP 1925 map of Los Angeles industries from The Huntington is also helpful.
Dispatcher Sheets
UP Kansas Division Western Subdivision 3-4-1939
Nebraska Division 1st Sub 10-27-1967 – with commentary, courtesy of Mark Amfahr
Also see the Fred Frailey Trainsheet Collection.
Freight Train Consists
Also see the Mark Amfahr Consist Collection for many more.
UP Fraley Consist Book Laramie to Rawlins 4-27 to 6-2-1947 – unfortunately Conductor Fraley only notated a few fruit block symbols. For explanations of those symbols and the blocking codes used, see the 1941 Perishable and Manifest Schedules.
UP North Platte eastbound consists 8-22-1978
UP Lima Turn out Pocatello unknown date 1966 (UPHS Collection) – courtesy Union Pacific Historical Society
UP Menan ID switch list 1-15-1966 (UPHS Collection) – courtesy Union Pacific Historical Society
UP No. 221 Rigby ID switchlist 4-30-1966 (UPHS Collection) – courtesy Union Pacific Historical Society
UP No. 277 Pocatello-Butte 5-14-1966 (UPHS Collection) – courtesy Union Pacific Historical Society
UP No. 277 Pocatello-Butte unknown date 1966 (UPHS Collection) – courtesy Union Pacific Historical Society
UP No. 278 Butte-Lima 4-8-1966 (UPHS Collection) – courtesy Union Pacific Historical Society
UP No. 278 Idaho Falls-Pocatello 4-9-1966 (UPHS Collection) – courtesy Union Pacific Historical Society
UP No. 478 Ashton ID switchlist 3-12-1966 (UPHS Collection) – courtesy Union Pacific Historical Society
UP No. 478 Victor-Idaho Falls 3-12-1966 (UPHS Collection) – courtesy Union Pacific Historical Society
Passenger Train Consists
UP Passenger Train Consists 13 2-18-1924 – you can also view a map of the express cars operated here.
Train Registers
Spotting Books
UP Seattle ZTS 4-1986
UP Chicago Sub ZTS 8-1986
UP New Orleans Avondale ZTS 4-1987
UP Portland ZTS 9-1987
UP Reisor ZTS 12-1987
Miscellaneous
UP Eastern District BLE Agreement 4-1-1943 – courtesy of Tim Zukas
Other Resources
Wx4.org has a huge collection of employee timetables on multiple pages and a perishable and manifest schedule for 1971 located under the miscellaneous railroad timetables section of this page. Condensed schedules of all UP trains, locals, and yard jobs are located on this page.
The Classic-UP groups.io group has freight schedules, train consists, and other great operational information.
UtahRails.net has a 1971 List of Industries located here.
Laramie Depot has another conductor’s consist book between Laramie and Rawlins from 1951 here.
The Union Pacific Historical Society has published many articles about freight operations, too many to mention here.
The Iowa Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society hosts two Rob Leachman videos about UP run through operations through Council Bluffs from 1973-1982 on their YouTube channel:
