Union Pacific Railway Post Office #5819

Title Ogden Union Station Rail Cars
Creator Ogden Union Station
Contributors Railroad Companies
Description Rail car collection of the Utah State Railroad Museum located at the Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah
Subject Railroad cars--Utah
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1885-1996
Date 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996
Date Digital 2014
Temporal Coverage 1936-2000
Medium Photogrphay
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Source Image provided by Lee Witten, archivist, Ogden Union Station
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s65t7fjn
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98411
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s65t7fjn

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Title Union Pacific Railway Post Office #5819
Creator American Car & Foundry
Contributors Museum purchase
Image Captions This Railway Post Office car was built in September 1949 by American Car & Foundry and used on the Oregon Short Line (a UP subsidiary) between Ogden and Malad, Idaho. When Union Pacific lost its mail contracts many of the old RPO cars were relegated to Maintenance of Way service, including no. 5819. The car was painted in the UPs maintenance green and renumbered as 903680 for use as a tool car. Very little was done to change the interior. The car wound up in a private collection in Spokane, Washington, and was purchased by the museum for $21,000, a D&RGW lantern and three pieces of railroad china. It was moved by Union Pacific and arrived on May 10, 2001. Restoration commenced immediately, with Northern Utah Glass donating the windows and Union Station volunteer Bryce Draper machining the replica catcher arms. The car was painted by Swift Painting.
Description Rail post office car, collection of the Utah State Railroad Museum located at the Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah
Subject Railway mail cars--Utah
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1949
Date 1949
Date Digital 2014
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Source Image provided by Lee Witten, archivist, Ogden Union Station
Format image/jpeg
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98480
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s65t7fjn/98480