The Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad was a railroad in the U.S. state of Kansas. Originally planned as a line from Atchison west into Colorado, and given federal land grants by the Pacific Railwa
Atchison & Pike's Peak RR Company stock certificate
Missouri Pacific Railroad
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The Missouri Pacific Railroad, commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of pre
Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad
…with which it was to connect, changed its route. The line was acquired by the Union Pacific through a stock purchase by Jay Gould and leased to the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1880. In 1909 the Central Branch was merged into the Missouri Pacific; the latter company came back into the Union Pacific system in 1982. In 1991…
Missouri Pacific Locomotive #152
The Scenic Limited leaving St. Louis
Missouri Pacific's Colorado Eagle, waiting to depart St. Louis's Union Station on April 17, 1963
MoPac newspaper ad for travel to the American Royal livestock show, 1922.