Work was started on the Brownsville end in 1903 and the Baton Rouge end was finished in 1909. The FRA also noted that while some other railroads had spent as much as Mo-Pac in the area of movement control, only the Missouri Pacific had accomplished all of the steps essential as a working foundation for precise scheduling of individual freight cars, loaded and empty, dock-to-dock. In 1885 the management of the Texas & Pacific was separated from that of the Missouri Pacific, and in 1888 the lease of the Katy railroad properties was terminated, a move which divorced the I-GN from Missouri Pacific control. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. An official, 1930 system map of the Missouri Pacific and subsidiaries. The process had been ongoing since the late 1950's as executives sought to cut red ink. Colorado Eagle: (St. Louis - Pueblo - Denver), Louisiana Sunshine Special: (Little Rock - Lake Charles), Missouri River Eagle: (St. Louis - Omaha), Missourian: (St. Louis - Kansas City/Wichita), Rainbow Special: (Kansas City - Little Rock), Southerner: (St. Louis - El Paso/San Antonio/New Orleans), Sunflower: (St. Louis - Kansas City/Wichita), Sunshine Special: (St. Louis - Hot Springs/San Antonio), Texas Eagle: (St. Louis - El Paso/San Antonio/Palestine/Galveston). And so as it entered its 113th year of service to the public, the Missouri Pacific - Texas & Pacific System, with its 12,000 miles of railroad in twelve states, had become a dominant force in the transportation services available to the dynamic west-southwest territory it helped to build. Lee Berglund photo. This accord gave the T&P trackage rights over the Southern Pacific into El Paso but also forfeited its charter and franchises west of that point which were awarded to SP. Missouri Pacific Railroad | City of Hoisington The Missouri Pacific Railroad The first rail laid through Hoisington was 56 pound rail, just about half the weight of the present rails. Mo-Pac's heavy investment in shops and yards has been matched with both investment and innovations in service to improve the railroad's competitive position. The George Washington became the C&O's flagship train between Cincinnati and Norfolk after it was inaugurated in 1932. In short, the MP owned a web of main lines and secondary corridors which were spread out across Missouri, Kansas, eastern Colorado, eastern Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. The Missouri Pacific Railroad Company is a major carrier serving the Midwest and Southwest with routes from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and Memphis to the Mexican border and the Gulf of Mexico. Such operations include run-through trains with pooled locomotive of Mo-Pac and other roads and coordinated transcontinental service for which the Missouri Pacific joins with one or more other rail carriers to provide streamlined transportation. For his many faults, Gould is credited with establishing many of the classic systems we know so well today; names like the Wabash,Katy, Rio Grande, and Wheeling & Lake Erie. But Congress denied aid for the Missouri project. Heritage: Abilene & Southern Heritage: Artesian Belt Heritage: Central Branch Heritage: Chicago & Eastern Illinois Heritage: Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Heritage: Lincoln-Union Branch Heritage: Missouri-Illinois Heritage: Texas & Pacific Predecessors Chronology of Events INFORMATION Factsheet Reporting Marks Abandoned Railroads These routes included the Missouri River Eagle (St. Louis-Kansas City-Omaha), the Delta Eagle (Memphis, Tennessee-Tallulah, Louisiana), the Colorado Eagle (St. Louis-Pueblo-Denver), the Texas Eagle (St. Louis to Texas), and the Valley Eagle (Houston-Corpus Christi-Brownsville, Texas). Cooperative service arrangements with other railroads have been, and continue to be used when they can improve equipment utilization and upgrade _ transportation service. He said, "This is a laudable pioneering effort by the Missouri Pacific and it is one which other railroads may utilize to improve the reliability of the transportation product, the utilization of the freight car fleet and the communication with customers". At 12:01 AM onMarch 1, 1956 it finally exited receivership as the Missouri Pacific Railroad containing a 9,710-mile system. The Missouri Pacific Railroad was one of the major freight and passenger railroads in the midwest U.S. until 1982, and is now part of UP. Mo-Pac has the only single system route linking Chicago and Laredo, Texas, the foremost rail gateways to our neighboring countries. Coal was the first commodity Mo-Pac hauled in unit train service, a field the railroad entered in 1966. If you are researching anything EMD related please visit this page first. The former was reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railway (1872) while the latter became the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway (1876), better remembered as the "Frisco.". In 1967, a holder of Mo-Pac Class B shares sued the railroad over its dividend policy. One such intermodal service -Piggyback-received substantial upgrading beginning in 1964 with the introduction of the first of a seriesof special piggyback trains to provide highway competitive service between Chicago and St. Louis and key Texas cities. Completed in 1971 and named Centennial Yard in honor of The Texas and Pacific Railway's 100th year, the new 44-track classification yard is one of the most modern in the nation. On December 9, 1852, a passenger train, with the company's officers and leading citizens of St. Louis aboard, inaugurated the new Pacific Railroad with a trip to the end of the line. In 1937 the first diesel locomotives made their appearance on Missouri Pacific tracks. It was a major hauler of coal, grain, ore, autos, dry goods and shipping containers. The new lines provided all-rail routes between St. Louis, Dallas and Houston, and through Pullman cars soon ran. In December, 1880 Gould gained control of the I&GN (later leased to the MK&T as of June 1, 1881) and it appeared his grip on Texas was firmly established. A popular pastime for many is studying and/or exploring abandoned rights-of-way. They were not considered satisfactory, however, and the Pacific Railroad soon began to build its own cars. This issue was problematic industry-wide, resulting in many trains running far longer than they should have. Beginning in 1961, Mr. Jenks initiated an intensified plant and equipment modernization program that continues today. The country was canvassed for the most competent engineer, and the choice fell on James P. Kirkwood, who had constructed some of the early Massachusetts railroads and had also been in charge of operation of the New York and Erie. Texas also was engaged in building railroads before the Civil War. He fine-tuned the MP into a highly efficient system and was an early proponent of computerization. The Missouri Pacific Railroad logo (red). Lewis W. Baldwin became president of the company inApril 1923 and the acquisition of the Gulf Coast Lines and the International _Great Northern was an early project of his regime. North Little Rock also is the location of the railroad system headquarters for distribution of materials and supplies. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. Ton-miles for C&EI in 1970 presumably don't include the L&N portion. But it was not until two years later, on March 1, 1956, that the United States District Court at St. Louis officially ended Missouri Pacific's 23 years of receivership. At the time of its mega-merger in 1982, the MoPac owned more and newer locomotives and operated more track than partner Union Pacific Railroad. The train to make that trip was pulled by a locomotive made in the new St. Louis locomotive plant of Palm & Robertson. An advertisement of that period stated that at Jefferson City passengers could step from the train to the waiting steamboat and that by this route, the time from St. Louis to Kansas City had been cut to only 50 hours! Missouri and the West needed railroads, and St. Louisans visualized a railroad all the way to the Pacific Ocean with that railroad starting from their city. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD #1847 ORIGINAL KODACHROME SLIDE. In 1968, Mo-Pac and the Mississippi River Corp. withdrew their joint application, partly because of the complex nature of Mo-Pac's dual stock structure which had led to litigation between the two classes of Missouri Pacific stockholders. Missouri Pacific PA-2 #59 (built as #8016) lays over at the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis engine terminal along Scott Avenue, circa 1962. The Texas Eagle was one of many trains discontinued when Amtrak began operations in 1971, although . Also known as the "Erie War," Gould eventually defeated the Commodorefor control of the company before being ousted, himself, as president in 1872. Its tracks covered 375 acres. Interestingly the Eagle name did not disappear after passenger services ended. Today, Amtrak continues to operate its Texas Eagle and Union Pacific paid homage to the railroad in 2005 by painting one of its new EMD SD70ACe locomotives More recently, all-new intermodal distribution centers have been built at St. Louis, Memphis, Ft. Worth, Monroe, La.,and Wichita. Missouri Pacific was under the control of New York financier Jay Gould from 1879 until his death in 1892. Please use the main menu to navigate to the item category of your choice. For these reasons, the MoPac's complete story could fill many volumes; even those systems previously mentioned have been thoroughly covered in books and magazines. In 1966, Mo-Pac was the first in the industry to install a solid-state Centralized Traffic Control machine. As soon as it gained control of the C&EI in 1967, Mo-Pac began to rebuild the railroad and bring it up to the modern standards of the rest of the Mo-Pac System. The Iron Mountain charter of The Missouri Pacific Lines had its real beginning on July 4, 1851, when, amid colorful ceremonies, ground was broken at St. Louis for construction of the Pacific Railroad. Missouri Pacific E8A #40 (built as #7020), circa 1968. The railroad's multi-million dollar automated classification yard at North Little Rock, which went into operation in 1961, was first expanded in 1962, again in 1964 when eight classification tracks were added to make a total of 64, and again in 1966 when a special adjoining city freight yard was built. During the Civil War, raids were made against all of the Missouri railroads and great damage was done. Unfortunately, despite escaping the Goulds' grip the railroad remained hampered by heavy debt and in need of considerable improvements. On May 2, 1872 the company's name was changed to the Texas & Pacific Railway and just a year later, the first segment between Marshall and Texarkana was completed (December 28, 1873). -. [1] The line was merged with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (SLIMS) and reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1917. The project was ambitious but formidable with numerous challenges, the most critical of which was procuring a steady flow of capital. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, formerly (184972) Pacific Railroad, former American railroad founded to build the first rail line west of the Mississippi River. The change was also of advantage at Kansas City where the Pacific connected with the newly started Kansas Pacific, which later became the Union Pacific. During March of 1917 a new company was born by merging the original Missouri Pacific Railway; St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern; and a number of smaller carriers into the new Missouri Pacific Railroad. Missouri Pacific GP7 #230 with an interesting baggage-coach caboose, used in branch line service to handle remaining passenger business; May, 1968. To further one such enterprise in 1958, some $3 million was spent to build a 27-mile spur to service a new iron ore mine operation set up near Sullivan, Mo. However, it really took off following several bankruptcies and the Staggers Act's passage in 1980. 810751-455 HO Scale Intermountain 45812-11 MP . At the end of 1960 MP operated 9362 route-miles, NO&LC and DK&S were the same, and M-I operated 172 miles. A flat switching yard, Settegast fulfilled a need for expanded facilities to service the fast-growing Texas Gulf Coast petrochemical industry. American-Rails.com collection. During July of 1853 the line was extended west to Franklin, Missouri (now known as Pacific), a distance of 38 miles. But with financial difficulties now slowing progress, it took nineteen months before the next eighteen miles (to Washington, Mo.) St. Louis - Sedalia - Kansas City - Omaha, Osawatomie, Kansas - Wagoner, Oklahoma - North Little Rock, Arkansas, Pleasant Hill, Missouri - Wichita - Geneseo, Kansas, St. Louis - Little Rock - Texarkana, Texas, East St. Louis, Illinois - Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Little Rock - McGehee, Arkansas - Lake Charles, Louisiana, Brownsville, Texas - Baton Rouge - New Orleans, New Orleans - Donaldson - Alexandria, Louisiana, El Paso - Longview - Livonia, Louisiana - New Orleans. The recapitalization, which resolved the stock conflict and provided an essential stock restructuring, also gave Mo-Pac the potential for more active participation in the Western Railroad merger movement and cleared the way for the Missouri Pacific to proceed with its own corporate unification. In 1872 the line was reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railway, and in 1879 it came under the control of New York financier Jay Gould, who developed a system extending through Colorado, Nebraska, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. The International and Great Northern was completed to Longview where connection was made with the Texas & Pacific. As-mentioned, the T&P held a principal connection with the International & Great Northern at Longview. Lawsuits filed by competing railroads delayed approval of the merger until September 13, 1982. PrettyPaper09. Other notable MoPac trains operated included: Missouri Pacific gained a reputation for aggressively discontinuing passenger trains after the mid-1960s. Gould noted the westward expansion policy of the new Missouri Pacific Railway as a threat to his Union Pacific, and in 1879 he bought a controlling interest in the company and became its president. American-Rails.com State aid was sought and secured and efforts to sell stock increased. Modernization of the properties continued uninterruptedly, and in November, 1959 a $13-million double-crest automatic freight car classification yard was opened for service in Kansas City, Mo. Through intensive repairs, the railroad's serviceable cars were increased to more than 97 per cent of its 57,577-car fleet. Locomotives and cars came the same way. American-Rails.com collection. When new streamlined trains were delivered, the Scenic Limited and Rainbow Special names faded, but the Sunshine Special had sufficient name recognition to co-exist along with the new streamliners into the late 1950s. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. Cause: Gunfire At the time of their construction, these lines were subsidiaries of the Frisco. In 1982 the Missouri Pacific merged with the Union Pacific and Western Pacific Railroad companies to form the Union Pacific System, under the holding company Union Pacific Corporation. Today, the East St. Louis terminal and classification yard of the Alton & Southern, now owned jointly by the Missouri Pacific and Cotton Belt, continue to play a major role in moving rail traffic through the St. Louis gateway, classifying freight for Mo-Pac and nine other railroads. To permit the free interchange of cars with those eastern railroads which had standard gauge and which expected to use the new bridge, in 1869 the Pacific Railroad changed its original " wide gauge" track to standard gauge. The railroad was conceived by the leaders of St. Louis who had hoped to see the railroad stretched to the Pacific Ocean, hence its name. American-Rails.com collection. Russel L. Dearmont, for 20 years counsel for the Trustee, was elected president to succeed Mr. Neff. Between Pueblo, Colorado and Salt Lake City, the Scenic Limited operated through the Royal Gorge over the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. So little was then known of much of central Missouri that Kirkwood's civil engineers surveyed five possible routes to enable a proper choice of the best one. Nevertheless, promoters pressed forward. The Missouri Pacific Railroad (reporting mark MP), commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. 810743-455 HO Scale Intermountain 45812-05 MP Missouri Pacific Eagles Route Box Car #18108 $24.95. Unfortunately, this was not to be. Rio Grande FTA #5494 and Missouri Pacific GP7 #4149 layover in Pueblo, Colorado during the 1950s. In the succeeding years the T&P continued expanding, most notably to Denison (opening an interchange there with the Missouri, Kansas & Texas) and a secondary line into Texarkana that passed through Paris. On April 2, 1858 it opened to Pilot Knob (very near Ironton), then continued expanding southwestward. Missouri and the West needed railroads, and St. Louisans visualized a railroad all the way to the Pacific Ocean with that railroad starting from their city. An early obstacle that had to be overcome by the railroad's builders was the requirement of the U.S. War Department that Iron Mountain trains had to be pulled by horses or mules through the government property at the St. Louis Arsenal, the U.S. Marine Hospital and at Jefferson Barracks to avoid the hazard of fire from sparks from the woodbuming locomotives. It was the first railroad to serve Kansas City, Missouri, reached in 1865, after construction was interrupted by the American Civil War. Interestingly, as Mike Schafer notes in his book, "More Classic American Railroads," when the merger occurred MP actually carried more locomotives route mileage than UP. The first section of track was completed in 1852; in 1865, it was the first railroad in Kansas City, after construction was interrupted by the American Civil War. These subsidiaries have become a major trucking system, operating more than 3,100 units of equipment over 18,000 miles of highway routes in Missouri Pacific's mid-America territory. Missouri Pacific Diesel Power, by Kevin EuDaly Railroad & Railfan magazine Trains magazine; Return to Fallen Flags. Two years in building, it embodied the latest advances in electronic technology. Ocean and river freight costs amounted to another $1,000, and a local contractor charged $200 to haul it 14 blocks over the city streets from the wharf to the railroad depot. The modern company was comprised of several noteworthy predecessors like the Texas & Pacific, International-Great Northern, and St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern. Both setbacks left him only in command of the Iron Mountain and Missouri Pacific. These trains, and others, reached far and wide across its vast network. Union Pacific Corporation, the parent company of the Union Pacific Railroad, agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980. For now, he had more pressing matters, specifically the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. Although it acquired title to its original property on May 12, 1917, it did not commence recording the results of the operations of its property in its books until June 1, 1917. Enter US $2.75 or more [ 1 bid] Another early Texas railroad was the Galveston, Houston & Henderson, chartered in 1853. Progress, though, was interrupted again by the Civil War's outbreak. Item Information. It had its origins when the Pacific Railroad (of Missouri) was chartered on March 12, 1849, to build from St. Louis to the western boundary . The company continued to use it in marketing high-speed freight services. Ground was broken in 1851 and the first section of track completed in 1852. Special Agent Bernard J. Kelly. The Missouri Pacific's corporate history is an intriguingly complicated affair involving numerous twists, turns, subsidiaries, and bankruptcies. Despite unfavorable weather and shaky finances, this was accomplished on April 2,1857. On December 9, 1852, a passenger train, with the company's officers and leading citizens of St. Louis aboard, inaugurated the new Pacific Railroad with a trip to the end of the line. During is last years of service the MoPac was a fine operation; in 1979 it had a net income of $32.6 million and gross revenues of over $524 million. This route is now served by Amtrak's Missouri River Runner (named for the fact that it runs mostly parallel to the Missouri River). It may have been the discovery of gold in California in 1848 that ignited in the American people the urgent need for more rapid and dependable transportation facilities in the West. In this same period developments in the field of electronic data processing found increased railroad applications and the company soon acquired its first computers and the complex array of component equipment. Thanks to World War II's incredible traffic blitzkrieg these upgrades continued and by 1955 dieselization was completed. Mo-Pac immediately applied to the Commission for authorization to control the C&EI, which was granted in 1967. The new entity was called Pacific Rail Systems; though part of the Union Pacific Corporation, all three railroads maintained their own corporate and commercial identity. Because the route selected required the construction of two tunnels west of what became Kirkwood, and because tunnel excavation was necessarily slower, work on these tunnels was also begun at that time. 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