SURVIVING CABOOSES OF THE

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD

AND SUBSIDIARTY LINES

The Southern Pacific Railroad operated hundreds of freight trains over thousands of miles of track. Prior to the 1980s, all of these freight trains needed a caboose at the end of the train for the conductor, brakemen, and any other crew members. At that time, the caboose began to be replaced by a device known as the Flashing Red End-of-Train device or FRED. As a result, many cabooses were retired at this time.

This page is dedicated to the surviving cabooses of the standard gauge railroads operated by the Southern Pacific (SP) and its subsidiary lines: Northwestern Pacific (NWP), St. Louis Southwestern (SSW), as well as others. If these companies have surviving narrow gauge cabooses, they will be found on my Surviving SP equipment page.

The equipment is listed by number, class, location, owner, and any important information.

For Southern Pacific cabooses, the majority of the information was originally provided by Roger Kirkpatrick.

For St. Louis Southwestern cabooses, the majority of the information was originally provided by Joe Locke.

More information may be found at the American Railway Caboose Historical Educational Society or www.arches.org website.

NOTE: if you know of a surviving caboose which is not listed, please notify the host.

This page is part of David Coscia's SP site
December 4, 2011

Northwestern Pacific (NWP)

--- Information on the NWP cabooses provided by Mike Manson. Road number with a * might no longer be in existence ----
NWP ?	Windsor	CA	private owner	wood cupola; former 6038-6039-6040?; Class C-30-3; no trucks
NWP 10	McKinleyville	CA	private owner	wood cupola; former 6010; built 1909; per the owner, slowly being restored
NWP 11	Fortuna	CA	Fortuna Railroad Depot Museum	wood cupola; former 6011; built 1909; undergoing restoration
NWP 12	Fields Landing	CA	private owner	wood cupola; former 6012; built 1909; per the owner, slowly being restored
NWP 13	Willits	CA	Roots of Motive Power	wood cupola; former 6013; built 1909; restored to operating condition
NWP 14	Healdsburg	CA	Foppiano Winery	wood cupola; former 73, former 6056, former SP 731; built 1920. Used as office
NWP 15	Piercy	CA	private owner; French’s Camp	wood cupola; former 6015; built 1911; no trucks and in poor condition
NWP 16	Dutch Flat	CA	private owner	wood cupola; former 6016; built 1911
NWP 19	Clarksburg	CA	private owner; Silver Bend Tree Farm	wood cupola; former 6019; built 1911; in operating condition
NWP 22	Arcata	CA	private owner	wood cupola; former 6022; built 1915; converted to residential use; fairly complete
NWP 27	Fields Landing	CA	Timber Heritage Association	wood cupola; former 6027; built 1916 disassembled
NWP 28	Colfax	CA	Chamber of Commerce	wood cupola; former 6028; built 1924; undergoing restoration
NWP 29	Piercy	CA	private owner; French’s Camp	wood cupola; former 6029; built 1924; no trucks and in poor condition
NWP 30	Sunol	CA	Niles Canyon Railway; Pacific Locomotive Association	wood cupola; former 6030; built 1924; in operating condition
NWP 31	Healdsburg	CA	private owner; Thunderbird Ranch	wood cupola; former 6031?; built 1924?
NWP 32*	Grass Vallley?	CA	private owner	wood cupola; former 6032; built 1924
NWP 35	Nevada City	CA	private owner	wood cupola; former 6035; built 1924; converted to residential use
NWP 37	Cloverdale	CA	private owner; Linde Vineyards	wood cupola; former 6037
NWP 5590	Duncans Mills State Park	CA	Museum static display	wood cupola; former 6100; former North Shore 2001; former North Pacific Coast 2; lettered North Pacific Coast 2; built 1904
NWP 5591	Fremont	CA	Ardenwood Regional Preserve; Society for Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources	wood cupola; former 6101; former North Shore 2002; former North Pacific Coast 1 or 3; built 1877; undergoing restoration
P&SR 1	Petaluma	CA	110 Baylis Street; owned by NWP RR Historical Society	CS-15 SP 272 built in 1899; later Petaluma & Santa Rosa; undergoing restoration

Southern Pacific (SP)

SP	Benson	AZ	San Pedro & Southwestern Railroad 1
SP	Camp Verde	AZ		bay window; only shell, no end platforms, no trucks
SP	Camp Verde	AZ		bay window; only shell, no end platforms, no trucks
SP	El Dorado	AR
SP	Pine Bluff	AR	Arkansas Railway Museum	bay window; as SP 125 and body as white paint
SP	Texarkana	AR
SP	Auburn	CA	Lincoln Street Station
SP	Brentwood	CA	Brentwood Rock Company on Hwy 4	bay window; as Brentwood Rock Company
SP	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Resort Park	wood; as McCloud River Railway 23
SP	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Resort Park	wood; as McCloud River Railway
SP	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Resort Park	bay window; as McCloud River Railway 228
SP	Fort Bragg	CA	California Western Railroad depot
SP	Greenfield	CA	Clark Trucking Office & Scalehouse	bay window
SP	Half Moon Bay	CA	Shoreline Station	cupola
SP	Hessel	CA	Hwy 116, south of Sebastopol
SP	Hessel	CA	Hwy 116, south of Sebastopol
SP	Los Altos Hills	CA	private owner
SP	Maxwell	CA	Olney Land & Cattle Company	bay window
SP	Maxwell	CA	Olney Land & Cattle Company	bay window
SP	Nice	CA	Feather Bed Railroad Motel	as SP 1060 Mint Julep
SP	Nice	CA	Feather Bed Railroad Motel	as SP 1026 Casablanca
SP	Rocklin	CA	4500 Pacific Street	part of a small shopping center
SP	San Bernardino	CA	Miller's Honey; next to BNSF tracks north of I-10	C-40-3; as Miller's Honey
SP	Stockton	CA	A&K Railroad Materials; 4242 North Wilcox Road	wood body and cupola but no trucks
SP	Vacaville	CA	Midway RV Park; 4933 Midway Road	cupola
SP	Vacaville	CA	Midway RV Park; 4933 Midway Road	cupola
SP	Remington	IN	Rodibaugh Family Park, east of I-65, 1.5 miles north of US 24	cupola
SP	Pittsburg	KS	Good Times, Southeast Kansas Railroad, 11th Street Yard
SP	Carlin	NV	school athletic field	bay window
SP	Alamogordo	NM	junction of US 54, 70, & 82
SP	Chickasha	OK	Teague’s Body Shop	no markings
SP	Marietta	OK	on a farm, southeast of town	wood, no trucks; ex-T&N, ex-T&NO
SP	Salem	OR	private owner
SP	Bandera	TX	River Front Park Playground
SP	Champions	TX	McDonald's Restaurant Party Room; Kuykendahl at FM 1960	cupola
SP	Crosby	TX	at the park on Hare Road	cupola
SP	Del Rio	TX	Whitehead Memorial Museum; 1308 South Main
SP	El Paso	TX	Gallery Gift Shop; Mile 35 on I-10	bay window
SP	El Paso	TX	El Paso Natural Gas retiree, Sunland Park
SP	Houston	TX	Meat Market; West Orem Street	bay window
SP	Houston	TX	Eddie Kosar; 4416 Tulsa Street	cupola
SP	Lufkin	TX		bay window; as Angelina & Neches River #16
SP	Pearland	TX	Chamber of Commerce; 3501 Liberty Drive	bay window
SP	Prosser	TX		bay window; as Angelina & Neches River #15
SP	Schertz	TX	Reidel's Furniture; Hwy 90
SP	Weimar	TX	at the public library within the SP depot	bay window; SP 1888 or 1811?
SP	Elbe	WA	Hobo Inn at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad	3 cabooses, all with cupolas
SP	Belle	WV	Conrail Yard
SP 11	Sonoma	CA	Train Town; 20264 Broadway	C-40-1; SP's first steel caboose
SP 150	Pine Bluff	AR	Arkansas Railway Museum
SP 159	Springfield	OR	Weyerhauser plant
SP 172	Butte Falls	OR	at the museum	as Medco
SP 187	Visalia	CA	Mooney Grove Park; Hwy 198	wood; ex-Visalia Electric
SP 272	Petaluma	CA	NWP Railroad Historical Society	wood CS-15; as Petaluma & Santa Rosa 1
SP 337	Beeville	TX	Charco Ranch; private owner	C-40-3; T&NO 337
SP 368	Lafayette	LA	snowball stand	C-40-3, T&NO 368
SP 374	Perris	CA	Orange Empire Railway Museum	C-30-4; T&NO
SP 409	San Luis Obispo	CA	San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum; next to the freight depot	C-40-3, T&NO 409
SP 413	Chandler	AZ	Arizona Railway Museum	C-30-4; T&NO 512
SP 416	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Resort Park	C-40-3; as GN 416
SP 432	Orland	CA	Glenn County Fairgrounds	C-30-5; T&NO 432
SP 442	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Resort Park	bay window
SP 443	Tucumcari	NM	Tucumcari Historical Museum; 416 South Adams	C-30-5; T&NO 443
SP 444	Coquille	OR		C-30-5; T&NO 444
SP 464	Richmond	CA	Bay Machinery Corporation; 543 South 8th Street	C-30-5; T&NO 464
SP 475	Pomona	CA	R&LHS Southern California Chapter	RPO/Baggage car; ex-SP 6011
SP 529	Joshua Tree	CA	Joshua Tree Southern Railroad Museum	C-30-1
SP 556	Felton	CA	Roaring Camp & Big Trees	wood; part of the hot dog stand
SP 570	Perris	CA	Orange Empire Railway Museum	C-40-1
SP 573	Toledo	OR	NRHS - Yaquina Pacific Chapter	C-30-1
SP 592	Felton	CA	Roaring Camp & Big Trees	wood; part of the hot dog stand
SP 601	Felton	CA	Roaring Camp & Big Trees	wood with side-door
SP 602	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Resort Park	wood; part of the restaurant
SP 604	Boulder City	NV	Nevada State Railroad Museum	C-30-3
SP 644	Campo	CA	Pacific Southwest Railway Museum	C-30-1; San Diego & Arizona Eastern built in 1917
SP 777	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Resort Park	wood; as Erie 777
SP 899	Riverside	CA	Riverside Live Steamers; 1496 Columbia Avenue
SP 1000	Medford	OR	Medford Railroad Park; NRHS - Southern Oregon Chapter	C-40-1; as Oregon, California & Eastern 2001
SP 1001	Davenport	CA	Swanton Pacific Railroad	C-40-1
SP 1010	Brownsville	OR	Linn County Historical Museum; 101 Park Avenue	C-40-1
SP 1012	Luling	TX	Pecan Station; 4 miles east, north of I-10/US 90	C-40-1
SP 1020	Sankey	CA	private owner	C-40-1
SP 1029	Santa Rosa	CA	radio station office; 3555 Standish Road	C-40-1
SP 1037	Poway	CA	Poway-Midland Railroad	C-40-1
SP 1043	Alamosa	CO	San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad	C-40-1
SP 1047	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-40-1; as BN 1047
SP 1054	Nevada City	CA	Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum	C-40-3
SP 1057	Tombstone	AZ	Helldorado Town	C-40-3
SP 1058	La Mesa	CA	Pacific Southwest Railway Museum	C-40-3
SP 1060	Portola	CA	Western Pacific Railroad Museum and Collection	C-40-3
SP 1061	Campo	CA	Pacific Southwest Railway Museum	C-40-3
SP 1063	Wilton	CA	may be in Redding	C-40-3
SP 1065	Las Vegas	NV	Sam's Town Casino, Boulder Highway	C-40-3; as ST 5111
SP 1074	Rocklin	CA	at the shopping center on the east side of town	C-40-3
SP 1088	La Porte	TX	SP Sylvan Beach Depot; 301 East Fairmont Parkway	C-40-3
SP 1089	Tehachapi	CA	Tehachapi Village Marketplace; 125 West Tehachapi Boulevard	C-40-3; as SP 1034
SP 1094	Placerville	CA	El Dorado Western Railway	C-40-3
SP 1099	Tempe	AZ	Southern Pacific depot	C-40-3
SP 1100	Toledo	OR	Southern Pacific depot	C-40-3
SP 1101	Sunol	CA	Niles Canyon Railway; Pacific Locomotive Association	C-40-3
SP 1107	Medford	OR	Medford Railroad Park; NRHS - Southern Oregon Chapter	C-40-3
SP 1111	Brownsboro	OR	private owner	C-40-3
SP 1116	Roseville	CA	Placer County Fairgrounds	C-40-3
SP 1119	Fillmore	CA	Fillmore & Western Railway	C-40-3
SP 1123	Atascadero	CA	private owner	C-40-3
SP 1125	Little River	CA		C-40-3
SP 1130	Sonoma	CA	NWP depot	C-40-3
SP 1133	Hillsboro	OR	Portland & Western depot	C-40-3
SP 1134	Eugene	OR		C-40-3
SP 1138	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-40-3; as BN 1138
SP 1139	Grants Pass	OR	private owner	C-40-3
SP 1148	Central Point	OR	private owner	C-40-3
SP 1151	Pinole	CA	Railroad Avenue, along UP tracks; private owner	C-40-3
SP 1153	Sparks	NV	Victorian Square	C-40-3
SP 1154	Folsom	CA	at the railroad park	C-40-3
SP 1155	Lebanon	OR	Rick Franklin Corporation	C-40-3
SP 1156	Woodland	CA	at the park	C-40-3
SP 1160	Philomath	OR	Chamber of Commerce	C-40-3
SP 1161	Lodi	CA	private owner	C-40-3
SP 1163	Vincent	CA	Mountain Springs Road and Sierra Highway	C-40-3
SP 1165	La Habra	CA	La Habra Depot Museum	C-40-3
SP 1166	Orland	CA		C-40-3
SP 1167	Scio	OR	West Scio depot; owned by Scio Historical Society	C-40-3
SP 1178	Sierra Vista	AZ		C-40-3; became San Diego & Imperial Valley
SP 1186	Klamath Falls	OR	at the trailhead for the OC&E Woods Line State Trail	C-40-3; as Oregon, California & Eastern 2006
SP 1188	Shingle Springs	CA	private owner	C-40-3
SP 1197	Folsom	CA	Southern Pacific depot at Sutter and Wool Streets	C-40-3
SP 1206	Issaquah	WA	Issaquah Depot Museum	C-40-3; as Weyerhauser 602
SP 1210	Deming	NM	in the park	C-40-3
SP 1212	Byron	CA	in the park	C-40-3
SP 1213	Perris	CA	Orange Empire Railway Museum	C-40-3
SP 1217	Cottage Grove	OR	private owner	C-40-3
SP 1223	Maxwell	CA	Olney Land & Cattle Company	C-40-3
SP 1235	San Francisco	CA	24th & Tennessee Streets	C-30-4
SP 1237	El Centro	CA	Imperial Valley Pioneer Museum	C-30-4
SP 1249	Rocklin	CA	at the shopping center on the east side of town	C-30-4
SP 1251	Rocklin	CA	at the shopping center on the east side of town	C-30-4
SP 1258	Norden	CA	Donner Ski Ranch Ski Team, CalTrans Yard, Old Summit, old US 4	C-30-4
SP 1265	Rocklin	CA	at the shopping center on the east side of town	C-30-4
SP 1270	Vincent	CA	Mountain Springs Road and Sierra Highway	C-30-4
SP 1281	Lodi	CA	private owner	C-30-5
SP 1283	Placerville	CA	Chamber of Commerce	C-30-5
SP 1284	Martinez	CA	Franklin Canyon Road	C-30-5
SP 1285	Rocklin	CA	at the shopping center on the east side of town	C-30-5
SP 1286	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-30-5; as GN 1286
SP 1289	Vincent	CA	Mountain Springs Road and Sierra Highway	C-30-5
SP 1290	Nice	CA	Feather Bed Railroad Motel	C-30-5; as Rosebud
SP 1298	Lebanon	OR	Rick Franklin Corporation	C-30-5
SP 1305	Lodi	CA	private owner	C-30-5
SP 1309	Lodi	CA	private owner	C-30-5
SP 1315	Rocklin	CA	at the shopping center on the east side of town	C-30-5
SP 1327	Linden	CA	private owner	C-30-6
SP 1330	Lakeview	OR		C-30-6; as Great Western Railway 1015
SP 1337	Portola	CA	Western Pacific Railroad Museum and Collection	C-30-6
SP 1339	Vincent	CA	Mountain Springs Road and Sierra Highway	C-30-6
SP 1342	Danville	CA	Southern Pacific depot	C-30-6
SP 1345	Redwood Valley	CA	Skip Gibbs Railcar	C-30-6
SP 1347	Vincent	CA	Mountain Springs Road and Sierra Highway	C-30-6
SP 1351	Campo	CA	Pacific Southwest Railway Museum	C-30-6
SP 1360	Gluckstadt	MS	Illinois Central depot	C-30-6
SP 1365	Mojave	CA	Chamber of Commerce	C-30-6; body and frame but no trucks
SP 1402	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-40-4
SP 1423	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-40-4
SP 1428	Scott City	MO	1420 Main Street; next to the railroad tracks	C-40-4; as SSW 83
SP 1441	Sankey	CA	private owner	C-40-4
SP 1505	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-40-4; as BN 1505
SP 1546	Palacious	TX	Railroad Park; Main & 6th Streets	C-40-4
SP 1555	Ogden	UT	Utah State Railroad Museum; Ogden Union Station	C-40-4
SP 1589	San Jose	CA	California Trolley & Railroad; Santa Clara County Fairgrounds	C-40-4
SP 1609	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-40-5; as NP 1609
SP 1618	Napa	CA		C-40-5; as Napa Valley Wine Train 301
SP 1629	Rutherford	CA		C-40-5; as Napa Valley Wine Train 304
SP 1638	Napa	CA		C-40-5; as Napa Valley Wine Train 302
SP 1656	Hereford	TX	District Attorney; Co Rd 10, 2.5 miles west of US 385	C-40-5
SP 1679	Yountville	CA		C-40-5; as Napa Valley Wine Train 303
SP 1685	Eagle Lake	TX	Prarie Edge Museum on Main & Lake Streets	C-40-5
SP 1696	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-40-5
SP 1702	Sankey	CA	private owner	C-40-6
SP 1732	Fillmore	CA	Fillmore & Western Railway	C-40-6
SP 1751	Seattle	WA	Benz Spring Company; 700 Forest Street	C-40-7
SP 1764	Vincent	CA	Mountain Springs Road and Sierra Highway	C-40-7
SP 1776	Sierra Blanca	TX	Hudspeth County Railroad Museum	C-40-7
SP 1811	Willow Creek	CA	Hwy 96 at Hwy 299	C-50-3
SP 1836	Antelope	CA	Jim Dobbas, Inc.	C-50-3
SP 1845	Houston	TX	Gulf Coast RR Museum; private owner	C-50-3
SP 1853	Atascadero	CA	private owner	C-50-3
SP 1855	Antelope	CA	Jim Dobbas, Inc.	C-50-3
SP 1857	Sparks	NV	Victorian Square	C-50-3
SP 1859	Eureka	MO	In a park	C-50-3
SP 1861	Chiloquin	OR	Train Mountain Railroad Museum	C-50-3

SP 1886	Betteravia	CA	owned by San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum; parked at the headquarters of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad	C-50-4
SP 1901	Colton	CA	Pacific Rail Industries	C-50-4
SP 1902	Cloudcroft	NM	east end of town	C-50-4
SP 1924	Columbus	NM		formerly EP&SW 1902
SP 1931	Manvez	TX	4818 Croix Parkway	C-50-5
SP 1933	Salem	UT	500 East 800 South	C-50-5
SP 1937	Hugo	OR	private owner	C-50-5
SP 1938	Chiloquin	OR	Train Mountain Railroad Museum	C-50-5
SP 1943	Albany	OR		C-50-5; as Willamette & Pacific Railroad 2
SP 1950	Chiloquin	OR	Train Mountain Railroad Museum	C-50-5
SP 1952	Chiloquin	OR	Train Mountain Railroad Museum	C-50-5
SP 1959	Woodland	CA	private owner	C-50-5
SP 1961	Colton	CA	Pacific Rail Industries	C-50-5
SP 1967	Chiloquin	OR	Train Mountain Railroad Museum	C-50-5
SP 1971	Woodland	CA	private owner	C-50-5
SP 1972	Woodland	CA	private owner	C-50-5
SP 4006	Port Lavaca	TX	Southern Pacific depot; Virginia & Railroad Streets	C-40-4
SP 4023	Goleta	CA	South Coast Railroad Museum	C-40-4
SP 4050	Redwood City	CA	Redwood Junction Industrial Park	C-40-4
SP 4051	Redwood City	CA	Redwood Junction Industrial Park	C-40-4
SP 4056	Cottage Grove	OR	private owner	C-40-4; as OP&E
SP 4078	Jamestown	CA	Railtown 1897	C-40-4; as Sierra Railroad 9
SP 4097	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-40-4; as UP 4097
SP 4201	Nice	CA	Feather Bed Railroad Motel	C-40-5; as Lovers
SP 4212	Dunsmuir	CA	Railroad Park Resort	C-40-5
SP 4217	Nice