Two pieces of nearly obsolete equipment, which have undoubtedly gone an unimaginable amount of miles in their lives, cross paths in Winona, MN.

The Union Pacific Railroad agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980. Lawsuits filed by competing railroads delayed approval of the merger until September 13, 1982. After the ... (more)

Missouri Pacific E7A-B pairs 7016 resting between runs of the Colorado Eagle at D&RGW's yard in Denver, Colorado on June 10, 1960. The 7016 was part of an order for four A-B pairs delivered in Jun... (more)

Missouri Pacific 4602 is at the headend of a trio of RS-11s running westbound through Kirkwood, Missouri on August 14, 1960. After purchasing something near a legion of GP7's and GP9's the order... (more)

Missouri Pacific GP7 4210 performing the local duties near Lincoln, Nebraska on July 17, 1958. Photo by Lloyd Keyser, from my collection.

Missouri Pacific bought a batch of 18 PA-3's in 1952 numbered 8019-8036. One of the MoPac pair leads the Southerner out of Little Rock, Arkansas for its overnight run to St. Louis, Missouri on ... (more)

Missouri Pacific Baldwin DR-4-4-1500 #207 babyface style carbody built in late 1948 at Omaha, Nebraska on March 31, 1951. These units would not m-u with any other power, and so were destined to... (more)

One of Missouri Pacific's most bizarre purchases was the acquisition of four A-B-A sets of Baldwin DR-4-4-1500 in the Babyface style carbody in late 1948. The units would not m-u with other powe... (more)

Missouri Pacific. MP SD40 3065 -B23-7 4627, with a southbound freight train at Wagoner, Oklahoma.. September 12, 1982. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Missouri Pacific, MP SD40-2's 3179 6067 6014 3175, northbound at Arkadelphia, Arkansas. June 8. 1984. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

FORT WORTH TX May 27 1985 — Missouri Pacific SD40-2 6009 bangs over the diamonds at Tower 55. Additions welcome. (Photo by Charles Stookey)

GRAND PRAIRIE TX (February) 1986 — Missouri Pacific GP50 3521 and B30-7A 4847 have the point on a mixed freight. EMD built the unit (b/n 807023-12) for MoPac in January 1981. It gained Union Pac... (more)

MP Missouri Pacific 3121 2989 3024, at Scott City, Missouri. September 15, 1984. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

NA JUNCTION CO (September) 1978 — A westbound Missouri Pacific train, with GP38-2 2023 in the lead, is a few miles east of NA Junction where it joins Santa Fe tracks in southeastern Colorado. EM... (more)

A precursor to a future merger with MoPac unit leading UP pool power.