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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   Sleeper "Sun Point"

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UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1607 "Sun Point"
Title:  UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1607 "Sun Point"
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  8/1/1970  Upload Date: 4/11/2022 8:53:09 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Unknown
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UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1607 "Sun Point"
Title:  UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1607 "Sun Point"
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  8/1/1970  Upload Date: 4/11/2022 9:07:10 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  59   Comments: 0
UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1607 "Sun Point"
Title:  UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1607 "Sun Point"
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  12/1/1970  Upload Date: 4/11/2022 8:54:14 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1607 "Sun Point"
Title:  UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1607 "Sun Point"
Description:  Taken circa 1973.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/14/2022 2:03:23 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Conniff
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UP #1607 SUN POINT
Title:  UP #1607 SUN POINT
Description:  UP 11 double bedroom (11DB) sleeper #1607 SUN POINT, built by AC&F in January 1950 in Lot #3069 to Pullman Plan #9004 as the 12 roomette-4 double bedroom (12RM-4DB) sleeper WESTERN SLOPE, pulled from service in January 1965 and rebuilt in June to the Pullman Plan #6009 11DB sleeper SUN POINT, had #1607 applied in July 1970, was leased to the Auto Train Corporation in late 1971-early 1972, was retained by UP for business and excursion use in 1974, was retired in November 1986, and was sold in 1987 to Mexico's SCD as #737 POPOCATEPETL, no further disposition info. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  7/23/1980  Upload Date: 11/28/2016 10:23:51 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Passenger
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UP 1607
Title:  UP 1607
Description:  UP "Sun Point" (UP 1607); leased to Auto-Train during late 1971 and early 1972; first retired in January 1974; reinstated and held for special service; retired again in November 1986; sold to Mexico in 1987 as Servicio de Coches Dormitorio (SCD) 737 "Popocatepetc"
Photo Date:  8/8/1981  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 10:16:45 PM
Location:  Ono, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Passenger
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UP 8444 Steams Into Omaha
Title:  UP 8444 Steams Into Omaha
Description:  Of course, part of UPs exquisite passenger fleet was present.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 8/25/2013 7:31:36 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
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Views:  265   Comments: 0


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