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The First McKeen – #1

The Battleship Class – #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #9.

The Gilded Era – #7, #8, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, M-17, M-18, M-19, M-20.

Standardized and Simpler Times – M-15, M-16, M-18, M-21, M-22.

The Oddballs – M-23, M-24, M-25, M-26, M-27, M-28, M-29, M-30 M-100, M-4, M-5, M-9

McKeen Cars on the Union Pacific Railroad

Order Number/Date	Railroad	Road Number	Weight	Length	Seat	Notes
001- 3/1905	UPRR	#1	20T	31′	25	100H.P., Scrapped 6/1913
002- 9/1905	UPRR	#2	28T	56’8″	38 (57?)	100H.P., Fire 1/1915
003- 11/1905	UPRR	#3	35T	55’2″ (54′?)	57 (45?)	100H.P., Original Cost $17475.87, Sold to O.S.L. 9/1924 as T-52, Scrapped 5/1951
004- 12/1905	UPRR	#4	35T	55’2″	57	100H.P., Original Cost $17475.87, Retired 11/1922
107- –/1911	DL&NW	M-1 “Greeley” (M-4)	40T	70′	38	To Great Western M-1, then UPRR M-4 (2nd)
005- 12/1905	UPRR	#5	35T	55’2″	38	100H.P., Original Cost $17475.87, Retired 4/1916
089- –/1910	DL&NW	M-2 “Denver” (M-5)	39.5T	70′	38	To Great Western M-2 9/1928, Then U.P. M-5²Scrapped 12/1944
006- 2/1906	UPRR	#6	35T	55’2″	57	100H.P., Wrecked 4/1925, rebuilt with body 104, Original Cost $17475.87
007- 3/1906	Erie	#4000 (#7)	27T	55’2″	75	100H.P., Original Cost $19668.82, Sold to UPRR, 12/1907, Rebuilt into T-18
008- 7/1906	UPRR	#8	30T	55’2″	49	200H.P., Original Cost $23075.51, rebuilt into T-19
009- 8/1906	UPRR	#9	—	55’2″	38	Original Cost $16173.48, Scrapped 11/1922
121- 10/1911	S&ERR	#1	40T	70′	30	150H.P. Samet Engine, to UPRR M-9² Scrapped 5/1945
010- 7/1907	UPRR	#10	34T	55’2″	54	Original Cost $17115.44, Scrapped 4/1934
011- 7/1907	UPRR	#11	38T	55’2″	16	Original Cost $17115.44, Retired 7/1942
012- 8/1907	UPRR	#12	35T	55’2″	50	Original Cost $17115.44, Scrapped 6/1940
013- 9/1907	UPRR	#13	35T	55’2″	34	Original Cost $17115.44, Wrecked 6/1936
014- 11/1907	ICRR	#111 (#14)	40T	55’2″	65	Was U.P.#14, Sent to I.C.R.R. early on, became #111, Retired 1925
116- 7/1911	Oregon SL	#491 (M-62) (M-15)	40T	70′	38	Original Cost $21300.16, To UPRR M-15, 10/1917, Scrapped 12/1944.
117- 8/1911	Oregon SL	#492 (M-63) (M-16)	43T	70′	50	Original Cost 21547.37, to UPRR M-16, Scrapped 9/1952.
017-10/1907	UPRR	M-17	40T	55’2″	75	Retired 4/1940
118- 9/1911	Oregon SL	#493 (M-65) (M-18)	40T	70′	38	Original Cost $21547.32, to UPRR M-18 10/1917, Scrapped 7/1942.
019-12/1907	UPRR	M-19	40T	55’2″	65	Retired 7/1942
031-12/1908	UPRR	M-20	35T	55’2″	71	Original Cost $16355.15 Scrapped 12/1944
054- 9/1909	UPRR	M-21	40T	70′	50	Rebuilt with Gas-Electric 7/1942, Scrapped 1/1948.
055- 11/1909	UPRR	M-22	40T	70′	38	Scrapped 5/1945.
146- 5/1915	UPRR	M-23	37T	70′	Bag.	300H.P., Original Cost $22703.12, Scrapped 6/1947
151- 12/1917	UPRR	M-24	n/a	70′	Bag.	300H.P., Original Cost $33469.44, Wrecked 5/1948, Scrapped 5/1949
105- –/1911	AT&SF	M-102	42T	70′	85	Arrived 8/1910, Sold to UPRR #25 10/1922.
075- 6/1910	LA&SL	#1 (M-100)	39T	70′	80	Original Cost $12838.99, Sold to UPRR #100 9/1921, Scrapped 7/1942
136- 5/1913	Minn.Nor.	“Anoka” M-28	35T	55′	36	Original Cost was $38,791.76 with sister car, Anoka, Cost $14273.59 To UPRR M-28 12/1923, Scrapped 7/1942

Non-McKeen-McKeen Cars

McKeen Cars built by the Union Pacific Co. after the Bankruptcy of March 1920.

Order Number/Date	Railroad/Number	Length	Seat	Power	Notes
6/1923	M-26	70′	79	McKeen 200H.P.	Original Cost, 11798.17 for the body, Sold to the L.A.&S.L. M-101 1/1925, engine from M-9
1923	M-27	55’2″	72	McKeen 200H.P.	Engine from M-4, Scrapped 9/1934
7/1927	M-29	62′	52	E.M.C. 300HP	Gas Elec. drive, Scrapped 1956
7/1927	M-30	62′	52	E.M.C. 300HP	Gas Elec. drive, Scrapped 4/1957

McKeen Switcher Engine

Switcher Engine on the U.P.R.R., notice William McKeen standing on the back of the engine. It is now known if he built this switcher, but considering the time of his involvement with the U.P., he may have built it as a prototype before building his 300H.P. model.