UnionPacificRailroad Depot or UnionPacificRailroad Complex may refer to in the United States by state then city Greeley UnionPacificRailroad Depot , Greeley, Colorado, listed on the NRHP in Weld County, Colorado UnionPacificRailroad Julesburg Depot , Julesburg, Colorado, National Register of Historic Places listings in Sedgwick County, listed on the NRHP in Sedgwick County, Colorado Sterling UnionPacificRailroad Depot , Sterling, Colorado, National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Colorado listed on the NRHP in Logan County, Colorado Abilene UnionPacificRailroad Freight Depot , Abilene, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Dickinson County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Dickinson County, Kansas Abilene UnionPacificRailroad Passenger Depot , Abilene, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Dickinson County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Dickinson County, Kansas UnionPacificRailroad Depot Concordia, Kansas , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cloud County, Kansas UnionPacificRailroad Depot Solomon, Kansas , National Register of Historic Places listings in Dickinson County, Kansas listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dickinson County, Kansas UnionPacificRailroad Passenger Depot , Topeka, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Shawnee County, Kansas UnionPacificRailroad Depot Mammoth, Utah , National Register ... in Juab County, Utah Salt Lake UnionPacificRailroad Station , Salt Lake City, Utah, listed on the NRHP in Salt Lake County, Utah UnionPacificRailroad Depot Cheyenne, Wyoming , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Laramie County, Wyoming UnionPacificRailroad Complex Evanston ... Register of Historic Places in Uinta County, Wyoming UnionPacificRailroad Depot Rawlins, Wyoming ... Register of Historic Places in Carbon County, Wyoming disambig de UnionPacificRailroad Depot ... more details
Infobox nrhp name UnionPacificRailroad Complex nrhp type hd image caption location Main and 15th Sts., Evanston, Wyoming lat degrees 41 lat minutes 16 lat seconds 16 lat direction N long degrees 110 long minutes 58 long seconds 9 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Wyoming built 1885 architect UnionPacific architecture added February 26, 1985 area convert 15 acre governing body Local refnum 85000685 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref The UnionPacificRailroad Complex in Evanston, Wyoming , was built to serve the UnionPacificRailroad main line running through Evanston. The complex s brick buildings were built in 1912 13, with frame buildings spanning the period from 1871 to the 1920s. The complex features a roundhouse with 27 stalls built during the 1912 improvement phase, replacing an earlier roundhouse built in 1871. The complex was the chief service point on the UP main line between Ogden, Utah , and Green River, Wyoming . ref name wyshpo1 cite web title UnionPacificRailroad Complex url http wyoshpo.state.wy.us NationalRegister Site.aspx?ID 472 publisher Wyoming ... Michael title National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form UnionPacificRailroad ... Herald date October 28, 2008 ref The UnionPacificRailroad Complex was listed on the National Register ... NationalRegister Site.aspx?ID 472 UnionPacificRailroad Complex at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office NRHP in Uinta County, Wyoming Category Properties of the UnionPacificRailroad ... was closed and transferred to Green River in 1927. The Evanston complex became the UnionPacific ..., employing more than 300. The UnionPacific deeded the complex to Evanston in 1974. An overhaul ..., the operation was absorbed by the Lithcote Company, which was in turn acquired by the Union Tank Car Company. The Union Tank Car Company moved out of the complex in 1998. The roundhouse complex ... Erin title Union Tank Car celebrates 10 years at new facility url http www.uintacountyherald.com V2 ... more details
Pacific Transportation Company by combining portions of lines built by former competitors. No portion of the line was originally built by the UnionPacific in fact, some portions were built specifically to compete with the UnionPacific s Overland Route UnionPacificRailroad Overland Route ... the Humboldt River , in a directional running setup with the Overland Route UnionPacificRailroad ... point on the UnionPacific System. ref name elevations cite web url http www.uprr.com aboutup maps elevations.shtml title UP Highest Elevations publisher UnionPacificRailroad accessdate 2009 01 04 ref History All of the Central Corridor was built by former competitors to the UnionPacific. The portion from Winnemucca to Salt Lake City, Utah was originally part of the Feather River Route , built by the Western PacificRailroad , acquired by the UnionPacific in 1983. The portion ... History publisher UnionPacificRailroad accessdate 2010 11 03 ref The Western Pacific ... Category UnionPacificRailroad Category Rail infrastructure in Utah ... used the Moffat Tunnel Route, built by the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad . The portion east of Salt Lake City came under the UnionPacific s control from the 1996 acquisition of the Southern Pacific ...Infobox rail railroad name Central Corridor logo filename logo size system map map caption map size marks image image size image caption locale start year end year predecessor line Feather River Route br Utah Division D&RGW Utah Division br Tennessee Pass Colorado Tennessee Pass Line br Moffat Tunnel Route successor line gauge RailGauge sg al on allk on old gauge electrification length hq city website The Central Corridor is a rail line operated by the UnionPacificRailroad from near Winnemucca, Nevada to Denver, Colorado in the western United States . ref name uprr cite map url http www.uprr.com aboutup maps attachments upcomnam.pdf title UPRR Common Line Names publisher UnionPacificRailroad ... more details
Image UnionPacific three branches.jpg thumb Map showing the Central Branch and Eastern Division both yellow meeting near Clay Center, Kansas The Central Branch UnionPacificRailroad was a railroad in the U.S. ... , and given federal land grant s by the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 as one of the branches of the UnionPacificRailroad , it was left with a hanging end at Waterville, Kansas when the UnionPacific ... Branch UnionPacific was not associated with the UnionPacific until 1880 it was to be one of several eastern branches of the First Transcontinental Railroad , of which the UnionPacific constituted the main ... PacificRailroad . History Image Central Branch UnionPacific hanging end.jpg thumb Map showing ... 1868. The company changed its name to Central Branch UnionPacificRailroad in January 1867, better ... PacificRailroad Company and Its Leased Lines relevant text at User NE2 valuations Missouri PacificRailroad ref Unfortunately for the Central Branch, the UnionPacific Railway, Eastern Division formerly ... UnionPacificRailroad , http www.uprr.com customers shortline lines kyle.shtml Short Line Railroad ... reflist 2 DEFAULTSORT Central Branch UnionPacificRailroad Category Defunct Kansas railroads Category ... UP The line was acquired by the UnionPacific through a stock purchase by Jay Gould and leased to the Missouri PacificRailroad in 1880. In 1909 the Central Branch was merged into the Missouri Pacific the latter company came back into the UnionPacific system in 1982. In 1991 the remaining trackage ... White, http books.google.com books?id UNFAAAAIAAJ&pg PA48 History of the UnionPacific Railway , 1895 ... companies were merged in December 1879 as the Atchison, Colorado and PacificRailroad , a non operating ... in January 1880 to the Kansas Pacific, which was immediately merged into the UnionPacific Railway ... the end of the line. The UnionPacific went bankrupt after the Panic of 1893 , and the Central Branch ... 1898 to a new Central Branch UnionPacific Railway replacing the old Central Branch UnionPacific ... more details
The UnionPacificRailroad Omaha Shops Facility was a convert 100 acre km2 adj on machine shop shop for the train s of the UnionPacific located at North 9th and Webster in Downtown Omaha . With the first locomotive s arriving in 1865, ref Federal Writers Project. 1939 Nebraska. Nebraska State Historical Society. p242. ref it took until the 1950s for the facility to become the major overhaul and maintenance facility for the railroad. This lasted until 1988 when UP moved most of the operations out of state. Demolition began soon afterwards. About The shops were equipped for the complete overhaul and repair of all railroad equipment. The General Sherman , also known as Engine Number 1, arrived from St. Louis, Missouri in 1865. The Great Flood of 1881 covered the entire facility with dirt, and later sand pumped from the Missouri River bed. In 1903 William R. McKeen, Jr. invented the track motorcar there, later forming the McKeen Motor Car Company on the site at the insistence of UP head E. H. Harriman . ref Federal Writers Project. 1939 Nebraska. Nebraska State Historical Society. p242. ref Closure In 1994 the Government of Omaha City of Omaha asked the UnionPacific and several other properties on the Omaha Riverfront about voluntarily cleaning up their properties, as part of a greater riverfront revitalization effort. The United States Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency issued an Administrative Order on Consent to the UP in 2000, which required the railroad ... Region7 factsheets 2000 fs upr omaha shops.pdf UnionPacificRailroad, Omaha Shops. Omaha, Nebraska. Update Statement of Basis for Cleanup , Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 3 30 08. ref The UnionPacific facility then entered the Nebraska Voluntary Cleanup Program, effectively closing the facility forever. ref 2007 http www.epa.gov correctiveaction success upo11 07.pdf UnionPacific Omaha ... Railroads coord missing Nebraska Category Properties of the UnionPacificRailroad Category Rail transportation ... more details
Infobox Bridge bridge name Blair Bridge image Blair Corp of Eng. 6 20 11 A 381.jpg caption The Blair Bridges on June 20, 2011 during the 2011 Missouri River floods Both bridges were the only ones that could be used during the flood between Omaha and Sioux City official name carries Union Pacific Railroad crosses Missouri River locale Blair, Nebraska and Harrison County, Iowa , USA maint id designer design material spans pierswater mainspan length width height load clearance below traffic begin complete open closed toll map cue map image map text map width coordinates coord 41 33 05 N 96 05 44 W region US type landmark lat long The Blair Bridge carries the Union Pacific Railroad s Blair Subdivision between the U.S. state s of Nebraska and Iowa , across the Missouri River near Blair, Nebraska . It was built in 1883 by the Sioux City and Pacific Rail Road , replacing a train ferry car ferry . ref http www.blairhistory.com landmarks blair bridge default.htm Blair Bridges , Blair Historic Preservation Alliance, accessed 2008 09 01. ref Automobile traffic crosses via the parallel Blair Bridge U.S. Route 30 . References Reflist Category Union Pacific Railroad bridges and tunnels Category Chicago and North Western Railway Category Railroad bridges in Nebraska Category Missouri River Category Rail infrastructure in Nebraska Category Railroad bridges in Iowa Category Buildings and structures in Washington County, Nebraska Category Harrison County, Iowa ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Greeley UnionPacificRailroad Depot nrhp type image Greeley UnionPacificRailroad Depot.jpg caption location Jct. of 7th Ave. and 9th St., Greeley, Colorado lat degrees 40 lat minutes 25 lat seconds 27 lat direction N long degrees 104 long minutes 41 long seconds 17 long direction W locmapin Colorado area built 1930 architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood Mead and Mount Construction Co. architecture Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals added November 4, 1993 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref governing body State refnum 93001180 Greeley UnionPacificRailroad Depot located at 902 7th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado is a former railway station for the UnionPacific Railway . It was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood . Amtrak s San Francisco Zephyr served Greeley until 1983, when Amtrak re routed the Zephyr off the UnionPacific s Overland Route UnionPacificRailroad Overland Route and on to the Denver & Rio Grande Western main line. This move also ended all service in Wyoming. Service resumed in 1991 when Amtrak started running the Pioneer Amtrak Pioneer through Wyoming. Service ended again with the cancellation of the Pioneer in 1997. ref cite news title Amtrak will travel through Wyoming again first Kim last Jantzen publisher Deseret News date May 10, 1991 accessdate 2010 10 01 url http news.google.com newspapers?id ZtIiAAAAIBAJ&sjid fYQDAAAAIBAJ&pg 6956,4158930&dq greeley amtrak&hl en ref Greeley was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. ref name nris The building now serves as an office for the Greeley Convention & Visitors Bureau. References Reflist External links http www.historicdistricts.com co Weld state.html National Register of Historic Places http coloradohistory oahp.org programareas register 1503 cty wl.htm Directory of Colorado State Register Properties http www.greeleydowntown.com Historic 20Downtown historic.html Greeley ... Category UnionPacificRailroad stations Category Railway stations opened in 1930 Category Railway ... more details
Infobox NRHP name UnionPacificRailroad Depot nrhp type image OrphanTrainMuseumOpening.jpg caption Grand Opening of the National Orphan Train Museum housed at the Concordia UP Depot location 300 Washington St. br Concordia, Kansas small September 15, 2007 small nearest city lat degrees lat minutes lat seconds lat direction long degrees long minutes long seconds long direction area built added January 21, 2004 visitation num visitation year refnum 03001465 mpsub Railroad Resources of Kansas MPS governing body private The UnionPacificRailroad Depot in Concordia, Kansas , is a historic railroad depot that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . ref cite web url http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com KS Cloud state.html publisher National Register of Historic Places title Kansas Cloud County accessdate January 25, 2012 ref The building is one of many built by the UnionPacificRailroad to assist with the company s growth across the United States . Restoration and current use The building is no longer used as a railroad depot. It has been restored and now houses the National Orphan Train Complex. The complex hosts a museum and research center dedicated to the preservation of the stories and artifacts of those who were part of the Orphan Train Movement from 1854 to 1929. ref cite web url http www.usatoday.com news parenting family adoption story 2012 01 24 Orphan train riders offspring seek answers about heritage 52779412 1 publisher USA Today title Orphan train riders, offspring seek answers about heritage first Judy last Keen accessdate January 25, 2012 date January 25, 2012 ref References reflist External links http www.orphantraindepot.com index.html National Orphan Train Museum See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cloud County, Kansas Cloud County History Registered Historic Places coord 39.5746 97.6615 type landmark region ... Former railway stations in the United States Category UnionPacificRailroad stations Category Museums ... more details
Route was a train route operated jointly by the UnionPacificRailroad and the Central PacificRailroad Southern PacificRailroad , between Council Bluffs, Iowa Omaha, Nebraska , ref http cprr.org ..., now owned entirely by the UnionPacific. ref name UPNAMES cite web url http www.uprr.com aboutup maps attachments upcomnam.pdf format pdf publisher UnionPacificRailroad title UP common rail ... Corridor UnionPacificRailroad Central Corridor , passing through Denver, Colorado Denver and Salt ... aboutup history uprr chr.shtml title Chronological overview publisher UnionPacificRailroad accessdate ... PacificRailroad. Omaha UnionPacificRailroad Company, 1928. ref See also File PacificRailroad ... Once the Bison & the Indian Reigned br Union and Southern PacificRailroad Passenger Departments ... Brian authorlink title UnionPacificRailroad publisher MBI Publishing Company series Railroad color ... 612 index.html Maps of the Overland Route, 1915 UP Passenger Category UnionPacificRailroad Category Passenger trains of the UnionPacificRailroad Category Passenger trains of the Southern Pacific ..., Fixing the Point of Commencement of the PacificRailroad at Council Bluffs, Iowa. dated March 7, 1864 ... of the First Transcontinental Railroad aka the PacificRailroad which had been opened on May 10, 1869 ... PacificRailroad grade was opened in 1869, the name Overland was not formally adopted for any daily extra fare train over the route until almost two decades later when the UnionPacific inaugurated ... Edward Henry Harriman E. H. Harriman bought the bankrupt UnionPacific in 1897 in 1901 he assumed control ... across Nevada with the Western PacificRailroad s Feather River Route . ref http www.uprr.com newsinfo 2009 donner facts.shtml UnionPacific Donner Pass Track Improvement and Tunnel Clearance UnionPacificRailroad Fast Facts , UPRR.com ref Failed verification date November 2010 Among the most important ... North Books, 1963. ref In 1996, the UnionPacific again acquired the Southern Pacific, resulting ... more details
UnionPacificRailroad company. The Sixteenth Amendment had recently been passed, and the U.S. ... External links wikisource Brushaber v. UnionPacificRailroad Company caselaw source case Brushaber v. UnionPacificRailroad , 240 U.S. 1 1916 findlaw http caselaw.lp.findlaw.com scripts getcase.pl ... of income earners, including the railroad company in this case. Brushaber brought a lawsuit against the railroad company for an injunction to stop the company from paying the tax. Brushaber s contention ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name PacificRailroad logo filename logo size system map map caption marks locale Missouri start year 1849 in rail transport 1849 ref name mopac http www.mopac.org history mp.asp MPHS Missouri PacificRailroad History Bot generated title ref end year 1872 in rail transport 1872 ref name mopac predecessor line successor line Missouri PacificRailroad , br St. Louis San Francisco Railway length hq city The PacificRailroad was a railroad based in the U.S. state of Missouri . It was a predecessor of both the Missouri PacificRailroad and St. Louis San Francisco Railway . 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 . ref name mopac Due to a cholera epidemic in 1849, which was a citywide ... name mopac On December 9, 1852, the PacificRailroad had its inaugural run, traveling from its depot ... were completed, allowing the line to reach Pacific, Missouri Franklin . ref name mopac The Southwest Branch of the PacificRailroad was authorized in 1852 and split off as the Southwest PacificRailroad later the main line of the St. Louis San Francisco Railway in 1866. Financial difficulties meant that PacificRailroad did not reach Washington, Missouri Washington , eighteen miles away, until ... City , the state capital. ref name mopac By July 1858 the PacificRailroad reached Tipton, Missouri ... of Service accessdate 2006 04 20 DEFAULTSORT PacificRailroad Category Defunct Missouri railroads Category Defunct Kansas railroads Category Predecessors of the Missouri PacificRailroad Category ... Context Transprtation Bot generated title ref The railroad purchased its first steam locomotive ... the first railroad to serve Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City , after construction was interrupted by the American Civil War . In 1872, the PacificRailroad was reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railway by new investors after a railroad debt crisis. See also List of defunct Kansas railroads List ... more details
Railway UnionPacificRailroad , the largest railroad in the United States UnionRailroad Transfer ...The following railroads have been named UnionRailroad or Union Railway , usually because they connected ... than one company. Freight carriers UnionRailroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , 1889 reorganized 1894 under the same name present UnionRailroad Illinois , 1852 1881, predecessor of the Michigan Central Railroad New York Central system UnionRailroad of Baltimore Maryland , 1866 1976, predecessor of the Pennsylvania RailroadUnionRailroad Massachusetts freight railway , 1848 1854, predecessor of the Boston and Albany Railroad New York Central system Union Freight Railroad , 1872 1970 this is when ... York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system in Boston, Massachusetts UnionRailroad Onondaga County, New York , 1856 1858, predecessor of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadUnionRailroad Rockland County, New York , 1851 1946, predecessor of the Erie RailroadUnionRailroad Ohio , 1858 1860, predecessor of the Baltimore and Ohio RailroadUnionRailroad of Oregon , 1927 1993 Union ... York City UnionRailroad Brooklyn in New York City UnionRailroad Massachusetts street railway in the Boston area UnionRailroad Missouri in St. Louis Union Railway Missouri in St. Joseph Union Railway Pennsylvania in Chester UnionRailroad Rhode Island in Providence UnionRailroad Washington in Washington, D.C. The following railroads had UnionRailroad or Union Railway in their names Attalla Union Railway , street railway in Gadsden, Alabama Baltimore Coal and UnionRailroad , part of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad system Binghamton, Lestershire and UnionRailroad , a street railway ... Railroad , Union City, Indiana to Dodson, Ohio Dayton Union Railway , Dayton, Ohio Delaware River and UnionRailroad , Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, owned by Sunoco Sun Oil Des Moines Union Railway , Des Moines, Iowa Detroit UnionRailroad Depot and Station Company , Detroit, Michigan Fort Wayne ... more details
Image Piedras Negras Ferrocarril.jpg Image showing the UnionPacific International Railroad Bridge from Piedras Negras, Coahuila Piedras Negras and showing Camino Real International Bridge on the background 250px thumb The UnionPacific International Railroad Bridge is the only railway international bridge that crosses the U.S. Mexico border between the cities of Eagle Pass, Texas , and Piedras Negras, Coahuila . It is owned and operated by UnionPacificRailroad and Ferromex or does the Mexican government have a 1 2 share, like in the Brownsville bridge? . It is also known as the Eagle Pass Piedras Negras International Railway Bridge. The bridge is the second busiest rail bridge crossing in Texas. ref http www.eaglepassmcdc.com Resources BRIDGES EP PN.pdf Port of Eagle Pass International Bridge Crossings ref See also Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge References reflist coord 28 41 47 N 100 30 37 W type landmark display title Category International bridges in Texas Category International bridges in Coahuila Category Buildings and structures in Maverick County, Texas Category Railroad bridges in Texas Category Railway bridges in Mexico Category UnionPacificRailroad bridges and tunnels Category Southern PacificRailroad Category Transportation in Maverick County, Texas Texas struct stub US rail bridge struct stub ... more details
PacificUnion div linking name the PacificUnion image map Members of Pacific Island Forum.svg map caption Potential Members of a PacificUnion membership type Pacific Islands Forum Potential Member states membership Collapsible list title Pacific Islands Forum 16 Australia Cook Islands Federated ... to Australian Dollar small br sup 2 sup small Pegged to New Zealand Dollar small The PacificUnion is a proposed development of the Pacific Islands Forum , suggested in 2003 by a committee of the Australian Senate , into a political and economic intergovernmentalism intergovernmental community. The union ... of Australia John Howard spoke of a PacificUnion whilst in office, Howard Government his government ... news stories 2003 08 18 926513.htm ABC 2003 08 18 Australia Floats PacificUnion Idea http www.theage.com.au articles 2003 08 17 1061059717704.html The Age 2003 08 18 Howard Push for PacificUnion ... Union http www.theage.com.au articles 2004 04 06 1081222465725.html The Age 2004 04 07 Pacific Heads ... of pre existing Regionalism international relations regionalism amongst countries of the Pacific Ocean is the Pacific Islands Forum , an intergovernmental organisation that aims to represent the interests of its members and enhance cooperation between them. The Pacific Islands Forum does not have ... leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum signed the Biketawa Declaration constituting a framework for coordinating ... to extend the Closer Economic Relations CER Free Trade Agreement to other Pacific Island nations ... both the CER and the Pacific Regional Trade Agreement PARTA is one possibility of moving towards this goal ... Pacific Community , ref http www.theaustralian.news.com.au story 0,25197,26259137 16953,00.html ref which would have a wider membership than a PacificUnion. See also Arab League Caribbean Community and Common Market Continental union African Union Central Asian Union ASEAN CIS European Union Latin American Integration Association North American Union Central American Integration System North American ... more details
The Border PacificRailroad reporting mark BOP is a short line railroad headquartered in Rio Grande City, Texas , United States . BOP operates a convert 31.6 mi km line from Rio Grande City to an interchange with UnionPacific via Rio Valley Switching Company at Mission, Texas . BOP traffic includes silica sand , ballast, crushed stone, asphalt , scrap paper , and feed grains. The line was opened in 1925 and became part of Missouri Pacific in 1956. Short line service started in 1984. External links http www.uprr.com customers shortline lines bop.shtml Link to UnionPacific Website with BOP Details Texas railroads DEFAULTSORT Border PacificRailroad Category Texas railroads Category Spin offs of the UnionPacificRailroad Category Companies operating former Missouri PacificRailroad lines US rail company stub ... more details
Oregon PacificRailroad or Oregon Pacific Railway may refer to Oregon PacificRailroad 1880 1894 , railroad from Yaquina Bay Newport to Santiam Pass Oregon PacificRailroad 1997 , shortline railroad on the east side of Portland disambiguation ... more details
end year 1983 predecessor line successor line UnionPacificRailroad gauge railgauge ussg old gauge electrification length hq city San Francisco, California website The Western PacificRailroad reporting ... UnionPacificRailroad Overland Route for rail traffic between Salt Lake City Ogden, Utah and Oakland, California for nearly 80 years. In 1983 the Western Pacific was acquired by the UnionPacificRailroad ... Zephyr Central PacificRailroad Southern PacificRailroadUnionPacificRailroad Western Refrigerator ... I DEFAULTSORT Western PacificRailroad Category Western PacificRailroad Category Predecessors of the Union ...For other entities named Western Pacific Western Pacific disambiguation Infobox rail railroad name Western PacificRailroad logo filename logo size system map 1930 D&RGW WP.jpg map caption 1930 Map of the Western ... as an attempt to break the near monopoly the Southern PacificRailroad had on rail service into northern ... train discontinued in 1970. History The original Western PacificRailroad 1862 1870 Western Pacific ..., California . This company was absorbed into the Central PacificRailroad in 1870. Founded in 1903, the second company to use the name Western PacificRailroad was part of the Gould family s efforts ... in 1900 as the Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad . The railroad that would become the Western Pacific ... . In 1909, it became the last railroad completed into California . In 1931 Western Pacific opened a main ... Pacific owned several connecting short line railroad s. The largest was the Sacramento Northern ... was acquired in 1983 by UnionPacific Corporation, which in 1996 would purchase its long time rival, the Southern PacificRailroad . In July 2005 UnionPacific unveiled a brand new EMD SD70ACe locomotive, UnionPacific 1983 , painted as an homage to the Western Pacific as part of a new heritage program ... Western Pacific 913, an EMD F7 locomotive on display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento ... larger Southern PacificRailroad , the WP became a company known for its innovation and for wringing ... more details
Atlantic and PacificRailroad may refer to Atlantic and PacificRailroad , incorporated by the U.S. Congress in 1866 to connect Springfield, Missouri with the Pacific consisted of two separate lines in the Southwestern and Midwestern U.S. The general idea of a transcontinental railroad in the Americas Atlantic and PacificRailroad Illinois , 1865 1872, predecessor of the Milwaukee Road Atlantic and PacificRailroad Texas , incorporated by the New York state legislature in 1853 eventually became the Texas and Pacific Railway dab ... more details
Railroad successor line UnionPacificRailroadUnionPacific hq city St. Louis, Missouri The Missouri PacificRailroad reporting mark MP , also known as the MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United ... PacificRailroad was purchased by the UnionPacificRailroad . Because of lawsuits filed by various ... newer locomotives, more locomotives and operated more track than partner UnionPacificRailroad . On December 22, 1982 the Missouri Pacific merged with UnionPacific and Western PacificRailroad companies to create the largest system in its day, the Pacific Rail Systems, under the holding company Union ... Railroad Category Companies based in St. Louis, Missouri Category Predecessors of the UnionPacific ...Infobox SG rail railroad name Missouri PacificRailroad logo filename Missouri Pacific Herald.png logo ... and Pacific Railway TP , Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad C&EI , St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico ... However, due to outstanding bonds of the Missouri Pacific, the merger with UnionPacific did not become ... for the PacificRailroad began what would later be known as the Missouri PacificRailroad. The first ... City , after construction was interrupted by the American Civil War . In 1872 the PacificRailroad was reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railway by new investors after a railroad debt crisis. Because of corporate ties extending back to the PacificRailroad, Missouri Pacific at one time advertised itself as being The First Railroad West of the Mississippi . From 1879 Missouri Pacific was under ... lost control of the company after it declared bankruptcy in 1915. ref name UP Chron UnionPacific ... and reorganized as the Missouri PacificRailroad . Missouri Pacific later acquired or gained a controlling ... Railroad , and the Texas and Pacific Railway . MoPac declared bankruptcy again in 1933, during the Great ... Pacific after acquisition by the UnionPacific in 1988. By 1994 all motive power of the Missouri ... merged away into the UnionPacific. UP continued to use the MoPac headquarters building at 210 N. 13th ... more details
year government bond s at 6 percent to the UnionPacificRailroad and Central PacificRailroad later the Southern PacificRailroad companies in order to construct a transcontinental railroad . Section ... Central PacificRailroadUnionPacificRailroad History of rail transport in the United States ...The PacificRailroad Acts were a series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of the transcontinental ... grant grants of land to railroad companies. The PacificRailroad Act of 1862 12 Stat. 489 ... additional amending Acts The PacificRailroad Act of 1863 12 Stat. 807 , PacificRailroad Act of 1864 13 Stat. 356 , PacificRailroad Act of 1865 13 Stat. 504 , and PacificRailroad Act of 1866 14 ... Congress 34th Congress by the Select Committee on the PacificRailroad and Telegraph. ref http cprr.org Museum HR Report 358 1856.html Report of the Select Committee on the PacificRailroad and Telegraph Including a Minority Report and Proposed PacificRailroad Acts 34th Congress, 1st Session. Report ... Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1862 03 12 Stat. 489 2 ref Section 3 granted an additional ... Office . ref http www.cprr.org Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1862 03 12 Stat. 489 3 ref The U.S. Government PacificRailroad Bonds were authorized by Section 5 to be issued to the companies at the rate ... Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1862 05 12 Stat. 489 5 ref Section 11 of the Act provided ... Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1862 11 12 Stat. 489 11 ref The U.S. Government Bonds constituted ... railway stations. File PacificRailroad Act of 1862 Original Manuscript.jpg thumb 600px center First and last pages of the original manuscript of the PacificRailroad Act of 1862 12 Stat. 489 signed ... gauge The act of March 3, 1863 12 Sta. 807 ref http www.cprr.org Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1863 12 Stat. 807 ref was AN ACT to establish the gauge of the Pacificrailroad and its branches. Be it enacted ..., That the gauge of the Pacificrailroad and its branches throughout their whole extent, from ... more details
Pacific Coast Railroad may refer to Pacific Coast Railway , a former narrow gauge system near San Luis Obispo, California Pacific Coast Railroad Washington , a former line near Seattle Pacific Coast Railroad tourist in Santa Margarita, California dab ... more details
the first rails in 1863. The Golden spike , connecting the western railroad to the UnionPacific ... by the UnionPacificRailroadUnionPacific , which purchased Southern Pacific in 1996. The Union ... , which authorized the Central Pacific and the UnionPacificRailroadUnionPacific to build a railroad ... Transcontinental Railroad Central Pacific, UnionPacific first John Debo last Galloway location ...Cleanup date May 2007 Infobox SG rail railroad name Central PacificRailroad locale Sacramento, CA Ogden, Utah start year 1863 end year April 1, 1885 but continued as an Southern PacificRailroad SP leased ... CPRR.jpg thumb 240px Trestle, Central PacificRailroad, c.1869. Photo Carleton Watkins Image The Last ... PacificRailroad CPRR is the former name of the railroad network built between California and Utah , USA that formed part of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America . It is now part of the UnionPacificRailroad . Many 19th century national proposals to build a transcontinental railroad ... stores. ref http cprr.org Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1862 03 PacificRailroad Act of 1862, 2 ref Authorization and construction Planned by Theodore Judah , the Central PacificRailroad ... emigrant workers with up to 12,000 such laborers employed by the Central PacificRailroad representing .... In 1885 the Central PacificRailroad was leased by the Southern Pacific Company . Technically the CPRR ... of the designated base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains . ref http www.cprr.org Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1862 05 PacificRailroad Act of 1862 5 ref Sec. 11 of the Act also provided that the issuance ... Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1862 11 PacificRailroad Act of 1862 11 ref The U.S. Government Bonds ... by the company as and when they became due. Sec. 10 of the 1864 amending PacificRailroad ... Bonds ref http cprr.org Museum Bond Adv CPRR 1867.html FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS OF THE CENTRAL PACIFICRAILROAD ... over the original Government Bonds. ref http www.cprr.org Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1864 10 ... more details
from Rio Grande Pacific Corporation Idaho railroads Oregon railroads DEFAULTSORT Idaho Northern PacificRailroad Category Idaho railroads Category Oregon railroads Category Logging railroads in the United States Category Spin offs of the UnionPacificRailroad Category Companies operating former UnionPacificRailroad lines US rail company stub ... in much of the Northwestern United States . The Boise line is operated for freight connection with UnionPacific at Nampa and to serve the industrial areas in East Boise with rail service. Idaho Northern and Pacific s offices are located in Emmett. References Ehernberger, James L. And Francis G. Gschwind. Smoke Down the Canyons, UnionPacific Idaho Division . 1966 External links http www.thundermountainline.com ... more details
for the much earlier railroad of the same name Oregon PacificRailroad 1880 1894 Infobox SG rail railroad name Oregon PacificRailroad logo filename logo size 126 marks OPR locale Oregon , United States start year 1997 hq city Portland, Oregon Oregon PacificRailroad reporting mark OPR is a short line railroad operating two disconnected routes one in southeast Portland, Oregon and the former Southern PacificRailroad Southern Pacific Molalla Branch between Canby, Oregon Canby and Liberal, Oregon . Image EPTC 901 Canby2.jpg thumb left 250px Oregon Pacific 901, an EMD SW8 parked in the American Steel ... the rights to salvage the remnants of the Portland Traction Company s remaining freight railroad between Portland and Boring, Oregon. The Portland Terminal Railroad was once an interurban railroad but was owned 50 50 by the Southern Pacific and UnionPacific railroads since the mid 1950s to handle ... as the Molalla Western Railroad, but after a few years both railroads were combined under the Oregon PacificRailroad banner. Today, the Oregon Pacific continues to operate its two railroads to provide ... GE GE 70 ton switcher 70 ton 1949 Southern PacificRailroad Southern Pacific Stored out of service ... Oregon railroads DEFAULTSORT Oregon PacificRailroad 1997 Category Oregon railroads Category ... to housing. Some of the last shipments along the railroad was TriMet s first light rail cars ... railroad company and ran trains from OMSI to Portland s Sellwood, Portland, Oregon Sellwood neighborhood ... made from an old flatcar and a converted former logging railroad caboose. While the excursion trains eventually stopped running, the Oregon PacificRailroad continues to host special excursions featuring the popular Holiday Express trains featuring the Southern Pacific 4449 , Spokane, Portland & Seattle ..., the Oregon Pacific expanded its operations by leasing the Southern Pacific s Molalla Branch connecting ... to the Portland Milwaukie Line 101 GE GE 80 ton switcher 80 ton 1956 Pacific Lumber Company Stored ... more details
the California PacificRailroad Extension Company in the spring of 1869, then renamed the California PacificRailroad later that same year. The railroad was constructed just months prior to the completion of the Central PacificRailroad Central PacificUnionPacific First Transcontinental ...Infobox SG rail railroad name California PacificRailroad logo filename logo size old gauge marks locale Vallejo Sacramento Napa Calistoga Davis Marysville successor line Southern PacificRailroad start year 1865 end year 1876 hq city San Francisco, California The California PacificRailroad Company ... mi km . That line was constructed by Leland Stanford s Central PacificRailroad subsidiary the Western PacificRailroad 1862 1870 Western PacificRailroad of 1862 . The route over Altamont Pass was completed in 1869. This railroad is unrelated to the Western PacificRailroad of 1916 that ran to Salt ... PacificRailroad Company . January 15, 1870 construction completed Washington, California Sacramento and railroad ceases to be operated by builder, D.C. Haskin. Operation by California Pacific begins. July 1871 Central Pacific offer to buy railroad but offer is rejected. Central Pacific announces ... difficulties caused by the flooding of December 1871, is sold to the Central PacificRailroad ... PacificRailroad. SP also acquires the Northern Railway , a subsidiary paper railroad of the SP. 1888 listed in ICC reports as a non operating subsidiary of Southern PacificRailroad. April 14, 1898 the railroad is sold to the Southern PacificRailroad. The Southern PacificRailroad Southern ... known as the Cal P after the original builder of the line, the California PacificRailroad. Other Cal P lines Napa Valley Railroad California Pacific purchased the Napa Valley Rail Road at foreclosure ... from Davis to Woodland was later operated by the Southern PacificRailroad Southern Pacific ... DEFAULTSORT California PacificRailroad Category Defunct California railroads Category Predecessors ... more details
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