Union Pacific Railroad
Business Car 
UP 103
 
Historical Information

 
Texas and Pacific Railway Logo
Union Pacific Business Car No. 103
Union Pacific Business Car No. 103

 

Union Pacific Railroad
Business Car No. 103
 

Built by the American Car and Foundry; St. Charles, Missouri December, 1928 for the Texas & Pacific Railway, Lot #617

 

Delivered to the Texas & Pacific Railway January, 1929 as the T&P Business Car No. 2 [Note:  T&P Business Car No. 1 built November, 1928, same Lot Number]

Texas and Pacific Railway Logo

Mahogany Inside Finish

Observation seating for 8 people

Dinning Room seating for 10 people

Bedrooms: A, B & C

Crew Quarters for 2 people

Full Service Kitchen

Open Observation Platform on B end

Weight - 221,400 pounds -- 111 Tons

74' 8" over end sills

85' 3" over pulling face of couplers

Complete Electrical Service (on board generator)

Heating and Air Conditioning

Steel body and underframe

Six-wheel outside hanger trucks

Missouri Pacific Railroad Logo
 
St. Louis, Missouri
June, 1963
 
 
As "Missouri Pacific No. 10"

Pictured above as the ....

 

"Missouri Pacific Railroad No. 10"
 
Photograph from the
Missouri Pacific Historical Society

 

Union Pacific No. 103 - Observation Platform
Original T&P No. 2 Business Car, 1928
Renumbered to T&P No. 10 Business Car
Renumbered to MP No. 10 Business Car
Renumbered to UP No. 105 Business Car
Renumbered to UP No. 103 Business Car in 1987
Currently located at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, CA

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rjm August 20, 2000