This caboose is on the north side of the old Delhi Illinois Central Depot, now serving as the Delhi visitor center. The caboose is right beside the (former) Missouri Pacific RR tracks that follow the US 80 through the sleepy town of Delhi LA.
Utah Rails net has a great article that mentions this caboose: (
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"Missouri Pacific Steel Cabooses
(Source material came from Union Pacific Railroad, May 1995.)
Missouri Pacific Railroad merged with Union Pacific and Western Pacific Railway on 22 December 1982. At the time of the merger, MoPac had 651 cabooses, including 407 bay window cabooses, 208 cupola cabooses, and 36 transfer cabooses. Based on the cars' characteristics, UP assigned caboose classes CA-19 through CA-35 to these 651 cars.
By May 1995, there were still 77 former MoPac cabooses in active service. Included were five extended vision cupola cabooses, MP 13523-13647, and 72 compact body bay window cabooses, MP 13000-13098, 13697-13964.
(See below for a complete number-by-number listing of the 651 remaining MP cabooses at the time of the MP-UP merger, including all known retirements and dispositions, including donations.)
No MP cabooses are known to have been renumbered to UP, or repainted to UP's yellow paint scheme, except MP 13563 and MP 13737, which were painted yellow, with a UP shield, possibly as early as 1997. Both worked out of Addis, Louisiana. (photos) [and a long list -- BMB]
•MP 11000 class cabooses were used in yard and transfer service.
•MP 12000 class cabooses were used in local service.
•MP 13000 class cabooses were used in road service.
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MP 13494-13505 (12 cars)
•Assigned UP Class CA-22
•Built as C&EI 7-20 in 1950 by Chicago & Eastern Illinois at Danville, Ill.
•Off-center cupola; 39 feet, 9 inches over coupler pulling faces; 52,300 pounds light weight.
Car Number First Number Date Vacated Notes
MP 13494 C&EI 7
MP 13495 C&EI
MP 13496 C&EI
MP 13497 C&EI 15 Jul 1987 Scrapped by UP.
MP 13498 C&EI
MP 13499 C&EI
MP 13500 C&EI 23 Apr 1986
MP 13501 C&EI
MP 13502 C&EI Stored at Fayetteville, Ark. since about 1998; sold to Table Rock Asphalt, Branson, Mo., as of April 2003. (Information from Roger Kirkpatrick)
MP 13503 C&EI
MP 13504 C&EI 6 Apr 1987 Removed from service 2 May 1986 at Sedalia, Mo.
MP 13505 C&EI 20
There are a ton of photos on the web for this caboose. See Arkansas Trains website at (
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