Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad Template:Reporting mark, often shortened to MoPac and called The Mop, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River.
Missouri Pacific Railroad | |
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Reporting mark | MP |
Locale | Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas |
Dates of operation | 1872–1982 |
Predecessor | Pacific Railroad |
Successor | Union Pacific Railroad |
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Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri |
Union Pacific Corporation, the parent company of the Union Pacific Railroad, agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980.
Missouri Pacific Railroad Media
MoPac newspaper ad for travel to the American Royal livestock show, 1922.
Other websites
- Screaming Eagles
- Missouri Pacific Historical Society
- Sunshine Special
- Union Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Brief history of the Missouri Pacific
- Handbook of Texas: Missouri Pacific System
- Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory