Nostalgia & History > UP car 300, what is it?

UP car 300 was on the WP at South Sacramento on June 21, 1980. What is/was this car used for?

Thanks.

It is a power generator car.

Hope this helps.

Hiroshi

UP 300 was a Boiler Dormitory car, rebuilt in 1962 by UP from Baggage Dormitory car 6000. UP 300 was sold in 1993.

The original group of five cars (UP 6000-6004) were built in 1949 by AC&F as the above mentioned Baggage Dormitory cars. All were converted in 1962 to Boiler Dormitory cars by adding a steam generator in one end, and renumbered to UP 300-304. UP 300 and 301 were sold.

UP 302-304 are currently in service as UPP 207, 208, and 209. UPP 209 is named as "Howard Fogg" in memory of the artist.

Take a look here for the 200-series cars:

http://utahrails.net/pass/heritage-fleet-4.php#power-upp-207

...and here for the 300-series cars:

http://utahrails.net/pass/heritage-fleet-4.php#boiler-dorm-300

Don Strack
http://utahrails.net

One note to all the info above, it that one end of the car has a 2 axle truck, and the other end a 3 axle truck. It seems strange when you go over a detector and get an odd numbered axle count.-BMT