Union Pacific No. 481

Union Pacific No. 481 is a preserved steam locomotive on static display at the Buffalo County Historical Society's Trails & Rails Museum in Kearney, Nebraska.

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Union Pacific No. 481 is a historic 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive, originally built by Baldwin in 1902 as No. 1902 and renumbered 481 in 1915, serving UP's branch lines in Kansas before being retired in 1955 and placed on display in Kearney, Nebraska, at the Trails & Rails Museum where it remains a local landmark. It's known for being a Vauclain compound engine converted to single expansion, a common practice, and was the last steam engine on the Kearney Branch, symbolizing the end of an era.

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Preserved Union Pacific Locomotives
UP Class 700	No. 737
UP Class C-2	No. 237 • No. 264 • No. 561 • No. 616 • No. 618 • No. 6051 • No. 6237
UP Class C-57	No. 407 • No. 421 • No. 428 • No. 437 • No. 460 • No. 477 • No. 480 • No. 481 • No. 485
UP Class MK-1	No. 2005
UP Class MK-7	No. 2537
UP Class MK-9	No. 2295
UP Class MK-10	No. 2564
UP Class T-57	No. 1242 • No. 1243
UP Class P-1	No. 3206
UP Class P-2	No. 3203
UP Class TTT-6	No. 5511
UP Class S-4	No. 4420
UP Class S-5	No. 4436 • No. 4439 • No. 4442
UP Class S-6	No. 4455 • No. 4466
UP Class FEF-1	No. 814
UP Class FEF-2	No. 833
UP Class FEF-3	No. 838 • No. 844
UP Class 9000	No. 9000
UP Heavy Challengers	No. 3977 • No. 3985
UP Big Boys	No. 4004 • No. 4005 • No. 4006 • No. 4012 • No. 4014 • No. 4017 • No. 4018 • No. 4023