Author's work. Despite T&P's 1885 bankruptcy, the two carriers had maintained a close working relationship until the MP finally acquired majority stock control in 1928. It was a predecessor of both the Missouri Pacific Railroad and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway . 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. Mr. Jenks came to the Mo-Pac from the Rock Island Lines where his election as president in 1956 at age 40 made him the youngest president in modern railroad industry. Missouri Pacific GP35's, with #620 out front, lead a northbound past the yard at Dupo, Illinois (just south of East St. Louis) on May 18, 1968. Limited by law for several years to handling less-than-carload traffic in railsubstitute service, Mo-Pac's truck lines achieved a major breakthrough in 1975 when they were granted authorization to handle interstate traffic on their own, instead of railroad, billing, Missouri Pacific's trucking subsidiaries have played an important role in Mo-Pac total transportation operations, both performing on their own and assisting the railroad to perform several intermodal operations and services. That same year it began marketing itself as the "Missouri Pacific Lines" to better reflect the many subsidiaries comprising the system. 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. But the all-important thing was that the service was in operation by 1874. -As it name implies, CTC offers safer and more efficient operations by centralizing dispatching in one location. Mr. Neff was elected president of the new Missouri Pacific, but a year later-in May, 1957-he relinquished the presidency and was named chairman of the board. In 1916 they were sold to the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railway, and operated as the Gulf Coast Lines. The Missouri Pacific's corporate history is an intriguingly complicated affair involving numerous twists, turns, subsidiaries, and bankruptcies. Because of corporate ties extending back to the Pacific Railroad, Missouri Pacific at one time[when?] Missouri Pacific E8A #40 (built as #7020), circa 1968. 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. American-Rails.com collection. Many were pulled up in the 1970's and 1980's although others were removed long before that. 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. Its saga began on March 3, 1871 when Congress awarded the then-Texas Pacific Railroad a rare federal charter to establish a southern transcontinental route along the 32nd parallel from Marshall, Texas to San Diego, California. 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. 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. Bridges, buildings, tracks and rolling stock were destroyed all the way from Franklin to Kansas City. With its driving wheels five feet in diameter, the engine weighed 29,000 lbs. This was also true with the Missouri Pacific, which he acquired in 1879. State aid was sought and secured and efforts to sell stock increased. Item Information. 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). Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Union Pacific Corporation, the parent company of the Union Pacific Railroad, agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980. 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. One Mr. Jenks brought in 1961 was John H. Lloyd. Its new success and the mega-merger movement led to its 1982 acquisition by Union Pacific. It was also during this period that the main stem of what later became the Gulf Coast Lines was constructed. With the heart of its business destroyed by fire and almost a tenth of its inhabitants dead of cholera, the city exhibited an ominous picture of early death and financial ruin. Shortly after hostiles ended the railroad finally reached Kansas City (September 19, 1865) but with damage sustained by Confederate raiders, coupled with further financial difficulties, the entire PR system was placed under Missouri state control during February of 1866. In 1998 a gentleman by the name ofAndre Kristopans put together a web page highlighting virtually every unit out-shopped by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. ). The stock market crash of 1929 only made matters worse and before long it had slipped into bankruptcy once more. This is the movement of great tonnage's of single bulk products between two points on a regularly scheduled basis. Missouri railroads date back to 1849 when the Pacific Railroad (predecessor to the Missouri Pacific) was chartered to connect St. Louis with points to the west. 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. 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. On August 9, 1871 the first 25 miles were finished out of Houston but, alas, fate had different plans as Young was killed during an inspection trip that August day. 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". But Gould was unable long to retain control of his vast rail empire. Unfortunately, most perks and comforts were removed by the 1960's as the public abandoned railroads were automobiles and airlines. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad also sought control of the C&EI. In this table "MP" includes New Orleans Texas & Mexico and all its subsidiary railroads (Beaumont Sour Lake & Western, I-GN, StLB&M, etc.) He also immediately began building a new management team. For the time being, however, things did not quite go according to plan for mogul. Updates? One was Houston's first railroad, the Houston Tap. A coin was- flipped to see which of the three would take the odd thousand dollars and O'Fallon won the toss. The Missouri Pacific Railroad constructed a brick shop building, and the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad established a hospital. 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. Mo-Pac made major strides in improving the efficiency of its operations through mergers and acquisitions. During MoPac's final years its traffic-base was widely diversified ranging from coal, agriculture, and manufacturing to trailer-on-flat-car (TOFC), ore, and automobiles. It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. He had entered service of the Missouri Pacific as a district attorney at Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1930 and was appointed counsel for the Trustee in 1936. (2,221) $7.00. Activity in new railroad building and extension of existing trackage was practically stopped by the 1892 depression, but between then and 1910 major projects completed included the Illinois Division, the lines from Helena, Ark., south to Ferriday, La., the White River line from Carthage, Mo., to Batesville, Ark., and the River Route between Jefferson City and Boonville, Mo. By 1969 only two MoPac trains, one of which was the famed Texas Eagle. These railroads crossed at Muskogee, Okla., and through a connection at Okay, Okla., had direct "cut-across" access to lines into Wichita and Kansas City. It was the first railroad to serve Kansas City, Missouri, reached in 1865, after construction was interrupted by the American Civil War. This issue was problematic industry-wide, resulting in many trains running far longer than they should have. Lines formerly operated by it or a subsidiary should be tagged old_railway_operator = MP in addition to railway = rail (if still in use) or railway = abandoned . 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. The Iron Mountain was begun at St. Louis in 1853. Under his direction the T&P continued its march, reaching Sierra Blanca in West Texas onDecember 16, 1881 with a goal of connecting to the Southern Pacific at El Paso. Through intensive repairs, the railroad's serviceable cars were increased to more than 97 per cent of its 57,577-car fleet. The company's initials-MP-continued as symbols of the Modern and Progressive spirit of Missouri Pacific's heritage. to promote people already with the railroad and to make room for personnel brought in from outside. In 1880, all three came under Gould's control. Rails were purchased in England and were shipped to New Orleans for transfer to St. Louis by river steamboats. The T&P retained control of the 203-mile Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf, and of the 335-mile Midland Valley Railroad. Our mission is to preserve and promote the heritage of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and it's affiliates. The Texas Eagle was one of many trains discontinued when Amtrak began operations in 1971, although . 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. and cost the company $7,650.00. 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". 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. -. Alleghany Corp. joined the suit the next year. 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). After two years in the building, the Miller Street Freight Station in St. Louis opened January 2, 1952. 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 . Subsequently, he purchased control of the Kansas Pacific, the Denver Pacific and the Central Pacific. 18, 2008 (under St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway: St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway Company; chartered June 6, 1903; became part of the Missouri Pacific Lines on Jan. 1, 1925, but continued to operate as a separate company until it was merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company on Mar. The train began service on June 21, 1942 and replaced those . 810743-455 HO Scale Intermountain 45812-05 MP Missouri Pacific Eagles Route Box Car #18108 $24.95. However, a study in late 1983 indicated the expense of all three railroads paint schemes were too costly. Making airfreight and the other elements of total transportation work together has required prompt adoption of new technology, particularly in the areas of traffic control, communications and computer applications. The accounting data in this report, therefore, cover the period from . But with financial difficulties now slowing progress, it took nineteen months before the next eighteen miles (to Washington, Mo.) Enter US $2.75 or more [ 1 bid] Other notable MoPac trains operated included: Missouri Pacific gained a reputation for aggressively discontinuing passenger trains after the mid-1960s. In short, they comprised the bulk of Missouri Pacific's network. Yard capacity was doubled at San Antonio in 1964 and late in 1967 Mo-Pac announced a massive project for Lancaster Yard at Ft. Worth. Mo-Pac immediately applied to the Commission for authorization to control the C&EI, which was granted in 1967. While the Pacific Railroad was thus being started, other Missouri railroad projects were being fostered. The Burlington Northern mainline is in the background. Our History During Paul Neff's tenure in office, piggyback freight traffic gained impetus in American railroading and under his direction Missouri Pacific developed a specialized method of handling this type of business. The International and Great Northern was completed to Longview where connection was made with the Texas & Pacific. After the Supreme Court denied a trial to the Southern Pacific, the merger took effect on December 22, 1982. 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. New ownership then abandoned the Red River project in favor of opening a connection to the T&P. 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. Under the direction of Chief Engineer Kirkwood, purchases of land were begun and grading started. It survived until Amtrak in 1971. In June, 1950, the Settegast Yard was opened at Houston. 1, 1956) 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. By the 1980s the system would own 11,469 miles of rail line over 11 states bounded by Chicago to the east, Pueblo, Colorado, in the west, north to Omaha, south to the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, and southeast along the Gulf seaports of Louisiana and Texas. Cause: Gunfire Coal was the first commodity Mo-Pac hauled in unit train service, a field the railroad entered in 1966. As the majority owner of Class B stock, Alleghany had, in effect, a veto power over mergers or other major moves affecting the railroad's capitalization since a majority vote of each class of common' stock - B as well as A - was needed for approval. The "ground breaking celebration" was held on the July 4, 1851. To effect economies in operation and eliminate costly duplicate facilities, a consolidation of the operations of the majority-owned Texas & Pacific Railway subsidiary into the Missouri Pacific lines was being effected in 1963. Mr. Lloyd succeeded Mr. Jenks as president of the Missouri Pacific in 1972 and was elected chief executive officer of Mo-Pac in 1974. However, in spite of the cholera and the fire, optimism prevailed, and on January 31, 1850, a preliminary organization was formed and stock subscription lists were opened. The Texas Eagle was an American streamlined passenger train operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Texas and Pacific Railway between St. Louis, Missouri, and multiple destinations in the state of Texas. Between 1885 and 1892, however, there was a large increase of Missouri Pacific mileage through construction of subsidiary lines. Mississippi Board Chairman William G. Marbury's candidate to succeed Russell L. Dearmont as president of Mo-Pac was Downing B. Jenks. In the early years of the 20th century, most Missouri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern passenger trains were designated by number only, with little emphasis on premier name trains. Mike Bledsoe photo. Throughout the 1960's the railroad perfected the use of electronics, which led to the Transportation Control System (TCS). Corrections? Progress, though, was interrupted again by the Civil War's outbreak. Heavy investment also has been made since 1961 at key freight yards throughout the Mo-Pac System to streamline traffic movements. 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. Application was made to the Interstate Commerce Commission which authorized the merger in May, 1976, Mo-Pac's 125th anniversary year. He served until his death one month later. One such system was the so-called "Gulf Coast Lines" (GSL). Unfortunately, funding could not be sustained and construction stalled. A key factor in Mo-Pac's intermodal performance has been the operations of the railroad's two motor carrier subsidiaries: Texas and Pacific Motor Transport Co., and Missouri Pacific Truck Lines, Inc., established in 1929 and 1938, respectively. After months of negotiations to seek a new plan of reorganization, a formula was finally devised which proved satisfactory to all concerned. During the Civil War, raids were made against all of the Missouri railroads and great damage was done. Later, the San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf was acquired to round out the system in southwest Texas. Another corporate change took place a few years later when, on October 15, 1976, it formally dissolved the C&EI and T&P, giving it a total network of roughly 12,000 route miles. This latter point also witnessed interchange traffic from the nearby International & Great Northern (I&GN), which connected with the T&P at Longview. On October 15, 1976, merger of the T&P and the C&EI into the Missouri Pacific Railroad was consummated under the ICC's original order when the Fifth Court of Appeals in New Orleans denied a request to stay the effectiveness of that order. Another transport mode water was added to Mo-Pac's total transportation arsenal in 1969 with the establishment of Missouri Pacific Intermodal Transport, Inc., a non-vessel operator that handles the details of ocean freight forwarding for international shippers. With Jenks still calling the shots, it was obvious the MoPac needed to find its own partner to ensure long-term survival. 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. 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. During Mr. Jenks' presidency. The latter suffered a receivership in 1913 as one result of which it lost the Gulf Coast properties. In 1946 work began on an extensive grade and line revision project on the Missouri Division, some 140 miles south of St. Louis, in the Granite Bend, Tip Top, Gad's Hill area. At the end of 1960 MP operated 9362 route-miles, NO&LC and DK&S were the same, and M-I operated 172 miles. The company continued to use it in marketing high-speed freight services. An advertising slogan in 1933 proclaimed: "It's 70-degrees in the Sunshine when it's 100-degrees in the shade," referring to the fact that the Sunshine Special was one of the first air-conditioned trains in the southwest. On January 1, 1997, Missouri Pacific Railroad legally was merged into Union Pacific Railroad, with UPRR remaining as the surviving corporation. Mo-Pac also has had success in refining its services and in developing marketing concepts that have enhanced the company's competitive position. However, the merger was delayed by parties seeking reconsideration of the Commission's order. American-Rails.com collection. It was placed in service in 1856. Occupying more than five acres, the huge building had space for 180 freight cars under one roof. However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his, If you are researching anything EMD related please visit, If you are researching active or abandoned corridors you might want to check out the, C&O's George Washington (Train): Timetable, Route, Consist, 9103, 9117-9119, 9150-9155, 9160-9161, 9198-9199, 9120-9127, 9133-9141, 9148-9149, 9162-9167, 513B-518B, 525B-526B, 553B-556B, 561B-570B, 1100-1166, 1175-1201, 1255-1259, 1263-1279, 1280-1289, 6, 12, 2208, 2502, 8510, 8552, 8562, 8601, E (Various), Northern (Rebuilt from its fleet of Bekshires. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, formerly (184972) Pacific Railroad, former American railroad founded to build the first rail line west of the Mississippi River. The task was especially difficult because the old yard was kept operating while the new one was built on top of it. Missouri Pacific Lines Timetable 1953 The St Louis Gateway Route of the Eagles Color Brochure Great Ads. Cooperative service arrangements with other railroads have been, and continue to be used when they can improve equipment utilization and upgrade _ transportation service. 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. At its peak the T&P owned 1,982-miles, including1,109 miles in Texas. Following the settlement, construction continued eastward with the railroad arriving in New Orleans onSeptember 12, 1882. Another named train, the Rainbow Special, was placed in service in July 1921 between Kansas City and Little Rock. State aid was sought and secured and efforts to sell stock increased. The Missouri Pacific Railroad logo (blue). On December 1, 1989, the Missouri Kansas Texas and the Galveston, Houston & Henderson were merged into the Missouri Pacific after having been acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation in 1988. Canadian Pacific (CP) is currently hiring Conductor Trainees. 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. 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. 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 1855, work on the original PR resumed as it reached Jefferson City. 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. The system's major components included St. Louis & Iron Mountain, from St. Louis south, chartered in 1851; International & Great Northern, in Texas (1873); and Gulf Coast Lines, a 1913 merger creation of a collection of roads between New . The Missouri Pacific Railroad logo (blue). The Missouri Pacific's immediate ancestry can be traced back to the Pacific Railroad. The Missouri Pacific Heritage locomotive was unveiled in Omaha, Neb., on July 30, 2005. collection. 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. Please consider becoming a member and help us keep this history alive. ", 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. So it was not surprising that the 1849 railroad plans were delayed. Just type in a town or city and click on the timeline of maps at the bottom of the page! American-Rails.com collection. The company's Official Guide listing proudly highlighted these railroads which included: As for the Texas & Pacific, it enjoyed its very own listing. Condition:--not specified. Missouri Pacific Diesel Power, by Kevin EuDaly Railroad & Railfan magazine Trains magazine; Return to Fallen Flags. Enjoy all the splendor West Virginia's natural beauty has to offer while enjoying dinner by train on the West Virginia Central and other locations. 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." The Pacific was chartered by Missouri in 1849 to extend "from St. Louis to the western boundary of Missouri and thence to the Pacific Ocean ." [1] An important factor in developing the new team was the lowering of Mo-Pac's retirement age from 70 to 65 which made it possible both. Also known as the "Erie War," Gould eventually defeated the Commodorefor control of the company before being ousted, himself, as president in 1872. Another disaster occurred when fire, which broke out on a river steamboat, spread and destroyed twenty-two other boats, and a considerable part of the business district. UP continued to use the MoPac headquarters building at 210 N. 13th St. in downtown St. Louis for its customer service center until February 15, 2005. This route is now served by Amtrak's Missouri River Runner (named for the fact that it runs mostly parallel to the Missouri River). These actions were based on Missouri Pacific's belief that the natural and logical development in the realignment of the railroad industry west of Chicago and the Mississippi River would include the amalgamation of the Santa Fe and Mo-Pac. The Pacific Railroad reached Jefferson City late in 1855. The line from Kansas City to Independence (Kansas City's first railroad) had been opened to the public on August 1, 1864, but even this disconnected section did not escape Price's fury. Missouri Pacific Railroad Operated Routes in the Following States: Arkansas, Colorado . A former Rock Island GP38-2 is ahead of this Missouri Pacific freight at Vinson Siding near Austin, Texas during the early 1980s. See a list of lines from 1916 (just before a . Completion of the recapitalization of the Missouri Pacific was accomplished early in 1974. Time left: 6d 23h | Current bid: US $2.50 [ 1 bid] Bid Amount - Enter US $2.75 or more. His expansion efforts were so aggressive that, according to the article, "Building The Main Line Of The Missouri Pacific Through Kansas" by A. Bower Sageser, the MoPac had reached Omaha, Nebraska on July 1, 1882 and Pueblo, Colorado on December 2, 1887. With the death of Mr. Baldwin in 1946, Paul J. Neff, then senior executive assistant in charge of the lines in Texas, became chief executive officer under the Trustee. 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. He fine-tuned the MP into a highly efficient system and was an early proponent of computerization. According to Joe Collias's book "Frisco Power: Locomotives And Trains Of The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, 1903-1953," it was chartered in March of 1849 by the State of Missouri to link St. Louis with the Pacific coast. The completion of Eads Bridge in 1874 extended the new standard gauge track through St. Louis to the Atlantic states. More than 24,000 feet of track were involved in the initial phases of the project including blasting out cuts 47 feet deep through rock harder than granite. American-Rails.com collection. 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 company was reorganized and the trusteeship ended in 1956.[1]. However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). Copyright 2007-2023 American-Rails.com. Georgia. In addition to these items, we have informative articles about various aspects of the operation of the railroad. Officer of Mo-Pac in 1974 Houston Tap of both the Missouri Pacific Diesel Power, by Kevin EuDaly &. 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