Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
QUOTE: Originally posted by dehusman Just for your information, it would be the MoP in the 1940's (or maybe the IGN, or Ginnie). MoPac is a creation of the 1970's. I'll see what I can find. Dave H.
For anybody that hasn't seen it (has been posted before various places) , here is a room-sized N scale layout plan for the Missouri Pacific in Austin ca. 1950...
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/552/AusLay720.JPG
SqueakyWheels wrote:Missouri Pacific actually was started in the latter half of the 1800s. And, unlike it's rival, and now owner- Union Pacific, it was privately funded. The rails started out in St. Louis, and ran out to the Pacific coast- hence the name. Union Pacific was governemt funded, and it and Mopac merged in 1974.
Actually most of the railroads in the midwest took advantage of the "land grant" opportunity. The first railroad to use it was actually the Illinois Central.
The Missouri Pacific never went to the Pacific. The furthest west it went was to Avondale, CO (and then over the ATSF into Pueblo).
Dave H.
dehusman wrote: SqueakyWheels wrote:Missouri Pacific actually was started in the latter half of the 1800s. And, unlike it's rival, and now owner- Union Pacific, it was privately funded. The rails started out in St. Louis, and ran out to the Pacific coast- hence the name. Union Pacific was governemt funded, and it and Mopac merged in 1974. Actually most of the railroads in the midwest took advantage of the "land grant" opportunity. The first railroad to use it was actually the Illinois Central. The Missouri Pacific never went to the Pacific. The furthest west it went was to Avondale, CO (and then over the ATSF into Pueblo). Dave H.
I don't recall going through Avondale it must have been after the UP took over and MP tracks were abandoned. Boone was the last station before Pueblo and from Pueblo the "Colorado Eagles" ran through Colorado Springs to Denver on the D&RGW tracks. Went there several times on weekends. Worked there in late 50's. Mp got to Pueblo in 1887 and had a terminal there