What is Missouri Pacific Railroad?
{{Infobox rail | railroad_name=Missouri Pacific Railroad | logo_filename=Missouri Pacific Herald.png | logo_size=100 | gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} | old_gauge= | marks=MP | locale=[[Arkansas]], [[Colorado]], [[Illinois]], [[Kansas]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Missouri]], [[Nebraska]], [[Oklahoma]], and [[Texas]] | start_year=1872 | end_year=1982 | predecessor_line = [[Pacific Railroad]] | successor_line=[[Union Pacific Railroad]] | hq_city=[[St. Louis, Missouri]] }} [[File:Missouri Pacific Number 152 (MSA) (9933287425).jpg|thumb|Missouri Pacific Locomotive #152]] The '''Missouri Pacific Railroad''' {{reporting mark|MP}}, often shortened to '''MoPac''' and called '''The Mop''', was one of the [[first railroads in the United States]] west of the [[Mississippi River]]. [[Union Pacific Corporation]], the parent company of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]], agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980. ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *[http://trainweb.org/screamingeagle/ Screaming Eagles] *[http://www.mopac.org/ Missouri Pacific Historical Society] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060314102610/http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/histequp/coach.shtml#sunshine Sunshine Special] *[http://utahrails.net/up/up-diesel-paint.php Union Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306040541/http://utahrails.net/up/up-diesel-paint.php |date=2012-03-06 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208052640/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/history/mp/mphist.html Brief history of the Missouri Pacific] *[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqm06 Handbook of Texas: Missouri Pacific System] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024013411/http://www.library.okstate.edu/okmaps/ Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory] {{US-stub}} [[Category:American transport companies]] [[Category:Companies based in Missouri]] [[Category:Transport in Missouri]] [[Category:1872 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1982 dises