Missouri Pacific Railroad Operated Routes in the Following States: Arkansas, Colorado . It operated a number of popular services but is best known for its fleet ofEagles; theAztec Eagle,Colorado Eagle,Missouri River Eagle,Valley Eagle,Louisiana Eagle, and the renownedTexas Eagle. Other installations there have included a rail welding plant, producing quarter-mile lengths of continuous welded rail for the entire system, that was completed in 1967, and a diesel locomotive repair and overhaul complex which began operation in 1969. 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. into a version of its famous blue and gray passenger livery In 1964, Mo-Pac's Texas and Pacific Railway subsidiary assumed control through stock purchase of three railroads making up the 767-mile Muskogee Co. system which operated in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. Gould developed a system extending through Colorado, Nebraska, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. Author's collection. By July 1853 work on the two tunnels west of Kirkwood was completed so that the "First Division" of the railroad could be opened. In 1982, a Union Pacific-Missouri Pacific-Western Pacific merger was approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. DeSoto, Mo., was reached in September, but the event escaped mention in the newspapers, probably because there was no DeSoto until after the railroad came, In 1909 many smaller subsidiaries were formally merged with the parent Missouri Pacific Railway, and in March, 1917, a final merger of the Missouri Pacific Railway and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern (Iron Mountain), Archives Collection & Prototype Information. It was also in 1874 that the Union Depot Company in St. Louis was incorporated. John O'Fallon and Daniel D. Page promptively joined Lucas. West from that point the railroad was purposely located away from the Missouri River for fear that it would be unable to compete with the steamboats. In 1917 the line was merged with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company and reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Enter US $2.75 or more [ 1 bid] Meanwhile, financial difficulties in 1872 forced the reorganization of the Pacific Railroad, and when it emerged from receivership it had a new name: the Missouri Pacific Railway Co. About 1873 a New York financier, Jay Gould, became interested in western railroads when he acquired a large block of stock in the Union Pacific Railroad. It featured the use of demountable containers in truck-rail service, the trailer bodies being lifted off their wheels by gantry cranes and deposited onto flatcars for rail transport to destination. 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 This was part of a long-range program to improve that part of the mainline to Texas to provide higher speed track for the advent of the Texas Eagle streamliners. Hundreds of miles of conventional rail have been replaced by continuous welded rail; many bridges have been rebuilt or upgraded; millions of dollars have been invested in new terminals to handle piggyback and small shipments and still more millions in automated freight classification yards. Under war-time restriction in 1942, the "Colorado Eagles,' St. Louis to Denver diesel-powered passenger trains, replaced the Scenic Limited on June 21. On December 9th the company's inaugural train, also credited as the first to operate west of the Mississippi River, chugged down this track carrying local dignitaries and officials. A second premier train, the Sunshine Special began operating on December 5, 1915, between St. Louis and San Antonio via Little Rock and Austin. In the two-year period, 1962-1963, more than $100,000,000 was spent to improve the equipment, track and structures of the system. For now, he had more pressing matters, specifically the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. A long-range program of installing radio in wayside stations to maintain contact with trains on the line was begun in that period. When the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) assumed passenger train operations on May 1, 1971, the only Missouri Pacific route included as part of Amtrak's basic system was its main line from St. Louis to Kansas City. Missouri Pacific E8A #40 (built as #7020), circa 1968. Because of corporate ties extending back to the Pacific Railroad, Missouri Pacific at one time[when?] 810743-455 HO Scale Intermountain 45812-05 MP Missouri Pacific Eagles Route Box Car #18108 $24.95. Through the level part of the country the track was laid on the prairie without grading, later being ditched and the track raised on a grade by filling under it. Alleghany Corp., a New York based holding company, once controlled the Missouri Pacific and when the railroad emerged from reorganization in 1956, Allegheny's common stock holdings were transformed into Class B shares. The 1920's were a banner decade which witnessed a great deal more expansion. These trains, and others, reached far and wide across its vast network. In 1967, the railroad operated 9,041 miles of road and 13,318 miles of track, not including DK&S, NO&LC, T&P, and its subsidiaries C&EI and Missouri-Illinois. These early switch engines were followed by passenger locomotives which powered the company's first lightweight, streamlined train, the "Missouri River Eagle", placed in service in 1940. Another early Texas railroad was the Galveston, Houston & Henderson, chartered in 1853. As with other key projects which began west of the Mississippi River (Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Northern Pacific) land grants would aid the T&P's development; the government awarded twenty sections per mile through California and forty sections within the present-day states of Arizona and New Mexico. State aid was sought and secured and efforts to sell stock increased. Author's work. The time from San Francisco to St. Louis was 24 days, 18 hours and 26 minutes, about 10 days faster than the old Isthmus of Panama route. Alleghany Corp. joined the suit the next year. Leaders of St. Louis secured a Missouri charter in 1849 for the "Pacific Railroad" to extend "from St. Louis to the western boundary of Missouri and thence to the Pacific Ocean". A coin was- flipped to see which of the three would take the odd thousand dollars and O'Fallon won the toss. Bridges, buildings, tracks and rolling stock were destroyed all the way from Franklin to Kansas City. The Texas Eagle was one of many trains discontinued when Amtrak began operations in 1971, although . By July, 1858 the Pacific Railroad was completed the 160 miles to Tipton, Mo., then the end of the line from St. Louis. One of the company's most noteworthy leaders at this time was Downing Jenks, elected president in 1961 after spending a few years at the Rock Island. The result for the MoPac heritage locomotive was a two-tone blue and white color scheme that harkens back to the streamliner days and combines the buzz saw logo and screaming eagle graphic introduced in the 1960s. The Iron Mountain was begun at St. Louis in 1853. It was the first railroad to serve Kansas City, Missouri, reached in 1865, after construction was interrupted by the American Civil War. Electronic data processing was expanded; many miles of continuous welded rail were laid; an entirely new and automated wheel shop at North Little Rock was underway in 1963 and the first completely automated railroad freight station in the nation was placed in operation at St. Louis in 1963. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. 2600 from 2008 (2007:1), nee 630 2601 from 2501, nee T&P 601 . In 1855, work on the original PR resumed as it reached Jefferson City. By 1955 all steam locomotives had been retired from service and soon all were scrapped. Lee Berglund photo. Please consider becoming a member and help us keep this history alive. After hearings were completed, the ICC in 1968 authorized Mo-Pac and the Chicago & North Western Railroad to purchase the A&S. While the Pacific Railroad was thus being started, other Missouri railroad projects were being fostered. The strategic geographical position of the System afforded connections with all major rail lines that extended to the four corners of the nation and into Canada and Mexico. The Cairo & Fulton built through Arkansas southward into Texarkana, a move that had been delayed by the Civil War. This program's goals are more efficient and reliable freight transportation/distribution service, maximum utilization of Mo-Pac equipment, reduced paperwork and better communication with customers. The most serious one on the Pacific was that led by Sterling Price in the fall of 1864. Missouri Pacific, however, maintained its own corporate and commercial identity until 1997, when it fully merged with Union Pacific. Learn about the vital importance of Illinois to the nation's railroads and enjoy dinner aboard a train at the Monticello Railway Museum. Thanks to World War II's incredible traffic blitzkrieg these upgrades continued and by 1955 dieselization was completed. The first telephone was installed in August 1880, and by 1881, 225 telephones were in use, with phone . Early in 1864, rails, locomotives and cars had been taken by Missouri River steamboats to Kansas City and construction eastward from that point started. and cost the company $7,650.00. However, the ICC required that the C&EI sell its Evansville line to the L&N. In 1868 the Eads Bridge over the Mississippi River was started at St. Louis, thus beginning what Kirkwood had thought impossible, a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River. And Missouri's capitol city was still another seventy miles away. 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. The Pacific Railroad reached Jefferson City late in 1855. 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.". Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 8x6 HISTORIC PHOTO OF OTTAWA KANSAS MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD DEPOT c1950 at the best online prices at eBay! 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. With Jenks still calling the shots, it was obvious the MoPac needed to find its own partner to ensure long-term survival. Despite unfavorable weather and shaky finances, this was accomplished on April 2,1857. 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. 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. 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. A variety of Eagle trains were operated, with the first such train inaugurated in 1940. Through intensive repairs, the railroad's serviceable cars were increased to more than 97 per cent of its 57,577-car fleet. ", Union Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes, Handbook of Texas: Missouri Pacific System, Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Missouri_Pacific_Railroad&oldid=1093663531, This page was last edited on 18 June 2022, at 02:28. 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. Some of these early railroads are now in the Missouri Pacific family. However, the Pacific Railroad itself established a fleet of twelve steamboats to connect with the trains at Jefferson City and transport passengers and freight on up the river to Kansas City and beyond. Meanwhile, work on the Iron Mountain had continued southward from St. Louis and by May, 1857, the 800-ft.-long tunnel at Vineland had been completed along with a bridge over the Meramec River. [1] The line was merged with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (SLIMS) and reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1917. However, he, too, suffered the same fate as his father when the financial Panic of 1907 broke up his empire. The company also increased its efforts to attract new industries to its 12-state territory. Texas also was engaged in building railroads before the Civil War. Perhaps they had more trackage and trains than either the Union Pacific or the ATSF and certainly more than the CRIP, SLSF or Katy in the state of Kansas. The unsuccessful attempt to merge with the Santa Fe and other merger proposals which had either been rejected or not seriously pursued because of Mo-Pac's capital structure pointed to the need for MRC, which controlled Mo-Pac's Class A stock, and Alleghany Corp., which controlled the Class B stock, to resolve their long-standing differences. 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