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  1. Union Pacific Railroad Depot

    Union Pacific Railroad Depot or Union Pacific Railroad Complex may refer to in the United States by state then city Greeley Union Pacific Railroad Depot , Greeley, Colorado, listed on the NRHP in Weld County, Colorado Union Pacific Railroad Julesburg Depot , Julesburg, Colorado, National Register of Historic Places listings in Sedgwick County, listed on the NRHP in Sedgwick County, Colorado Sterling Union Pacific Railroad Depot , Sterling, Colorado, National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Colorado listed on the NRHP in Logan County, Colorado Abilene Union Pacific Railroad Freight Depot , Abilene, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Dickinson County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Dickinson County, Kansas Abilene Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot , Abilene, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Dickinson County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Dickinson County, Kansas Union Pacific Railroad Depot Concordia, Kansas , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cloud County, Kansas Union Pacific Railroad 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 Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot , Topeka, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Shawnee County, Kansas Union Pacific Railroad Depot Mammoth, Utah , National Register ... in Juab County, Utah Salt Lake Union Pacific Railroad Station , Salt Lake City, Utah, listed on the NRHP in Salt Lake County, Utah Union Pacific Railroad Depot Cheyenne, Wyoming , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Laramie County, Wyoming Union Pacific Railroad Complex Evanston ... Register of Historic Places in Uinta County, Wyoming Union Pacific Railroad Depot Rawlins, Wyoming ... Register of Historic Places in Carbon County, Wyoming disambig de Union Pacific Railroad Depot ...   more details



  1. Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad

    Image Union Pacific three branches.jpg thumb Map showing the Central Branch and Eastern Division both yellow meeting near Clay Center, Kansas The Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad 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 Union Pacific Railroad , it was left with a hanging end at Waterville, Kansas when the Union Pacific ... Branch Union Pacific was not associated with the Union Pacific until 1880 it was to be one of several eastern branches of the First Transcontinental Railroad , of which the Union Pacific constituted the main ... Pacific Railroad . History Image Central Branch Union Pacific hanging end.jpg thumb Map showing ... 1868. The company changed its name to Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad in January 1867, better ... Pacific Railroad Company and Its Leased Lines relevant text at User NE2 valuations Missouri Pacific Railroad ref Unfortunately for the Central Branch, the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division formerly ... Union Pacific Railroad , http www.uprr.com customers shortline lines kyle.shtml Short Line Railroad ... reflist 2 DEFAULTSORT Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Category Defunct Kansas railroads Category ... UP 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 the remaining trackage ... White, http books.google.com books?id UNFAAAAIAAJ&pg PA48 History of the Union Pacific Railway , 1895 ... companies were merged in December 1879 as the Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad , a non operating ... in January 1880 to the Kansas Pacific, which was immediately merged into the Union Pacific Railway ... the end of the line. The Union Pacific went bankrupt after the Panic of 1893 , and the Central Branch ... 1898 to a new Central Branch Union Pacific Railway replacing the old Central Branch Union Pacific ...   more details



  1. Union Pacific Railroad Complex (Evanston, Wyoming)

    Infobox nrhp name Union Pacific Railroad 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 Union Pacific architecture added February 26, 1985 area convert 15 acre governing body Local refnum 85000685 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref The Union Pacific Railroad Complex in Evanston, Wyoming was built to serve the Union Pacific Railroad 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 wa the chief service point on the UP main line between Ogden, Utah and Green River, Wyoming . ref name wyshpo1 cite web title Union Pacific Railroad Complex url http wyoshpo.state.wy.us NationalRegister Site.aspx?ID 472 publisher Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office accessdate 16 August 2010 ref Five brick structures remain the roundhouse ... title National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form Union Pacific Railroad Complex ... date October 28, 2008 ref The Union Pacific Railroad Complex was listed on the National Register ... NationalRegister Site.aspx?ID 472 Union Pacific Railroad Complex at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation ... was closed and transferred to Green River in 1927. The Evanston complex became the Union Pacific Reclamation ..., employing more than 300. The Union Pacific deeded the complex to Evanston in 1974. An overhaul facility ..., 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 is being ... title Union Tank Car celebrates 10 years at new facility url http www.uintacountyherald.com V2 news ...   more details



  1. Union Pacific Railroad Depot (Concordia, Kansas)

    Infobox nrhp name Union Pacific Railroad 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 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 Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Concordia, Kansas , is a historic railroad depot that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com KS Cloud state.html The building is one of many built by the Union Pacific Railroad 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 . References http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com KS Cloud state.html National Register listing 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 US KS display title Category Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Category Buildings and structures in Cloud County, Kansas Category Railway stations in Kansas Category Former railway stations in the United States Category Union Pacific Railroad stations Kansas NRHP stub Kansas railstation stub ...   more details



  1. Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Shops Facility

    The Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Shops Facility was a convert 100 acre km2 adj on machine shop shop for the train s of the Union Pacific 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 Union Pacific 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 Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha Shops. Omaha, Nebraska. Update Statement of Basis for Cleanup , Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 3 30 08. ref The Union Pacific facility then entered the Nebraska Voluntary Cleanup Program, effectively closing the facility forever. ref 2007 http www.epa.gov correctiveaction success upo11 07.pdf Union Pacific Omaha ... Railroads coord missing Nebraska Category Properties of the Union Pacific Railroad Category Rail transportation ...   more details



  1. Central Corridor (Union Pacific Railroad)

    Pacific Transportation Company by combining portions of lines built by former competitors. No portion of the line was originally built by the Union Pacific in fact, some portions were built specifically to compete with the Union Pacific s Overland Route Union Pacific Railroad Overland Route ... the Humboldt River , in a directional running setup with the Overland Route Union Pacific Railroad ... point on the Union Pacific System. ref name elevations cite web url http www.uprr.com aboutup maps elevations.shtml title UP Highest Elevations publisher Union Pacific Railroad accessdate 2009 01 04 ref History All of the Central Corridor was built by former competitors to the Union Pacific. The portion from Winnemucca to Salt Lake City, Utah was originally part of the Feather River Route , built by the Western Pacific Railroad , acquired by the Union Pacific in 1983. The portion ... History publisher Union Pacific Railroad accessdate 2010 11 03 ref The Western Pacific and D&RGW ... Category Union Pacific Railroad Category Rail infrastructure in Utah rail stub ... used the Moffat Tunnel Route, built by the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad . The portion east of Salt Lake City came under the Union Pacific 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 Union Pacific Railroad 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 Union Pacific Railroad ...   more details



  1. Greeley Union Pacific Railroad Depot

    Infobox nrhp name Greeley Union Pacific Railroad Depot nrhp type image Greeley Union Pacific Railroad 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 Union Pacific Railroad Depot located at 902 7th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado is a former railway station for the Union Pacific 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 Union Pacific s Overland Route Union Pacific Railroad 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 Union Pacific Railroad stations Category Railway stations opened in 1930 Category Railway ...   more details



  1. Blair Bridge (Union Pacific Railroad)

    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



  1. Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad)

    Route was a train route operated jointly by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad , between Council Bluffs, Iowa Omaha, Nebraska , ref http cprr.org ..., now owned entirely by the Union Pacific. ref name UPNAMES cite web url http www.uprr.com aboutup maps attachments upcomnam.pdf format pdf publisher Union Pacific Railroad title UP common rail names ... between Omaha now via the Central Corridor Union Pacific Railroad Central Corridor , passing through ... Union Pacific Railroad accessdate 2010 11 03 ref Route description Council Bluffs Omaha to Ogden ... today. ref Along the Union Pacific System The Overland Trail and the Union Pacific Railroad. Omaha Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1928. ref File Pacific Railroad Profile 1867.jpg thumb 750px center ... Hundred Miles Where Once the Bison & the Indian Reigned br Union and Southern Pacific Railroad ... book last Solomon first Brian authorlink title Union Pacific Railroad publisher MBI Publishing Company series Railroad color history year 2000 doi isbn 0760307563 Refend UP Passenger Category Union Pacific Railroad Category Passenger trains of the Union Pacific Railroad Category Passenger trains of the Southern ... the Point of Commencement of the Pacific Railroad at Council Bluffs, Iowa. dated March 7, 1864 ... of the First Transcontinental Railroad aka the Pacific Railroad which had been opened on May 10, 1869 ... Bluffs Omaha to San Francisco Pacific Railroad grade was opened in 1869, the name Overland was not formally ... Henry Harriman E. H. Harriman bought the bankrupt Union Pacific in 1897 in 1901 he assumed control ... across Nevada with the Western Pacific Railroad s Feather River Route . ref http www.uprr.com newsinfo 2009 donner facts.shtml Union Pacific Donner Pass Track Improvement and Tunnel Clearance Union Pacific Railroad Fast Facts , UPRR.com ref Failed verification date November 2010 Among the most .... The Overland Limited. Berkeley Howell North Books, 1963. ref In 1996, the Union Pacific again acquired ...   more details



  1. Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad

    , was a stockholder in the defendant Union Pacific Railroad company. The Sixteenth Amendment had recently ... would be required to be apportioned. Notes reflist External links wikisource Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Company caselaw source case Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad , 240 U.S. 1 ... taxes to the wealthiest of income earners, including the railroad company in this case. Brushaber brought a lawsuit against the railroad company to injunction enjoin it from paying the tax, on the contention ...   more details



  1. Pacific Railroad

    Infobox SG rail railroad name Pacific Railroad 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 Pacific Railroad History Bot generated title ref end year 1872 in rail transport 1872 ref name mopac predecessor line successor line Missouri Pacific Railroad , br St. Louis San Francisco Railway length hq city The Pacific Railroad was a railroad based in the U.S. state of Missouri . It was a predecessor of both the Missouri Pacific Railroad 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 Pacific Railroad 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 Pacific Railroad was authorized in 1852 and split off as the Southwest Pacific Railroad later the main line of the St. Louis San Francisco Railway in 1866. Financial difficulties meant that Pacific Railroad did not reach Washington, Missouri Washington , eighteen miles away, until ... City , the state capital. ref name mopac By July 1858 the Pacific Railroad reached Tipton, Missouri ... of Service accessdate 2006 04 20 DEFAULTSORT Pacific Railroad Category Defunct Missouri railroads Category Defunct Kansas railroads Category Predecessors of the Missouri Pacific Railroad 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 Pacific Railroad 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



  1. Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge (Eagle Pass ? Piedras Negras)

    Image Piedras Negras Ferrocarril.jpg Image showing the Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge from Piedras Negras, Coahuila Piedras Negras and showing Camino Real International Bridge on the background 250px thumb The Union Pacific 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 Union Pacific Railroad 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 Union Pacific Railroad bridges and tunnels Category Southern Pacific Railroad Category Transportation in Maverick County, Texas Texas struct stub US rail bridge struct stub ...   more details



  1. Union Railroad

    and Depot , Troy, New York Tulsa Sapulpa Union Railway Union Pacific Railroad , the largest railroad ...The following railroads have been named Union Railroad or Union Railway , usually because they connected ... than one company. Freight carriers Union Railroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , 1889 reorganized 1894 under the same name present Union Railroad Illinois , 1852 1881, predecessor of the Michigan Central Railroad New York Central system Union Railroad of Baltimore Maryland , 1866 1976, predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Union Railroad 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 Union Railroad Onondaga County, New York , 1856 1858, predecessor of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Union Railroad Rockland County, New York , 1851 1946, predecessor of the Erie Railroad Union Railroad Ohio , 1858 1860, predecessor of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Union Railroad of Oregon , 1927 1993 Union ... York City Union Railroad Brooklyn in New York City Union Railroad Massachusetts street railway in the Boston area Union Railroad Missouri in St. Louis Union Railway Missouri in St. Joseph Union Railway Pennsylvania in Chester Union Railroad Rhode Island in Providence Union Railroad Washington in Washington, D.C. The following railroads had Union Railroad or Union Railway in their names Attalla Union Railway , street railway in Gadsden, Alabama Baltimore Coal and Union Railroad , part of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad system Binghamton, Lestershire and Union Railroad , a street railway ... Railway , Chattanooga, Tennessee Dayton and Union Railroad , Union City, Indiana to Dodson, Ohio Dayton Union Railway , Dayton, Ohio Delaware River and Union Railroad , Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, owned by Sunoco Sun Oil Des Moines Union Railway , Des Moines, Iowa Detroit Union Railroad Depot and Station ...   more details



  1. File:Grain elevator along the Union Pacific Railroad in Grand Island, Nebraska.jpg

    Copy to Wikimedia Commons Summary Information Description Grain elevator along the Union Pacific Railroad in Grand Island, Nebraska taken Oct. 4, 2004 Source User Decumanus Matthew Trump User talk Decumanus talk Special ListFiles Decumanus Uploads Date Oct 4,2004 Author User Decumanus Matthew Trump User talk Decumanus talk Special ListFiles Decumanus Uploads Permission 2004 User Decumanus Matthew Trump other versions Licensing GFDL with disclaimers migration relicense Orphan image ...   more details



  1. File:Grain elevator along the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in North Platte, Nebraska.jpg

    Summary Information Description Grain elevator along the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in North Platte, Nebraska taken Oct. 4, 2004 Source User Decumanus Matthew Trump User talk Decumanus talk Special ListFiles Decumanus Uploads Date Oct 4, 2004 Author User Decumanus Matthew Trump User talk Decumanus talk Special ListFiles Decumanus Uploads Permission 2004 User Decumanus Matthew Trump other versions Licensing GFDL with disclaimers migration relicense Orphan image ...   more details



  1. Pacific Union

    Pacific Union div linking name the Pacific Union image map Members of Pacific Island Forum.svg map caption Potential Members of a Pacific Union 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 Pacific Union 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 Pacific Union whilst in office, Howard Government his government ... stories 2003 08 18 926513.htm ABC 2003 08 18 Australia Floats Pacific Union Idea http www.theage.com.au articles 2003 08 17 1061059717704.html The Age 2003 08 18 Howard Push for Pacific Union http www.theage.com.au ... stories 2004 04 06 1081735.htm ABC 2004 04 06 Pacific Plan Expected to Fall Short of Total Union http ... 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 ... 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 Pacific Union. See also Arab League Caribbean Community and Common Market Continental union African Union Central Asian Union European Union Latin American Integration Association North American Union Central American Integration System North American Free ...   more details



  1. Border Pacific Railroad

    The Border Pacific Railroad 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 Union Pacific 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 Union Pacific Website with BOP Details Texas railroads DEFAULTSORT Border Pacific Railroad Category Texas railroads Category Spin offs of the Union Pacific Railroad Category Companies operating former Missouri Pacific Railroad lines US rail company stub ...   more details



  1. Western Pacific Railroad

    the Southern Pacific Railroad had on rail service into northern California. WP s Feather River Route directly competed with SP s portion of the Overland Route Union Pacific Railroad Overland Route for rail ..., the Western Pacific was acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad . The Western Pacific was one of the original ... Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad Western Refrigerator Line Western ... Pacific Railroad Category Western Pacific Railroad Category Predecessors of the Union Pacific ...For other entities named Western Pacific Western Pacific disambiguation Infobox SG rail railroad name Western Pacific Railroad logo filename logo size 151 old gauge marks WP locale California , Nevada , and Utah start year 1903 end year 1983 successor line Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific hq city San Francisco, California The Western Pacific Railroad reporting mark WP was a Class I railroad Class ... systems. The original Western Pacific Railroad 1862 1870 Western Pacific Railroad was established ... was absorbed into the Central Pacific Railroad in 1870. Founded in 1903, the second company to use the name Western Pacific Railroad was part of the Gould family s efforts to create a transcontinental ... and San Joaquin Railroad . The railroad which would become the Western Pacific was financed ... Lake City, Utah from 1949 1970. The Western Pacific owned several connecting short line railroad s. The largest ... Traction , the Indian Valley Railroad and the Deep Creek Railroad . The Western Pacific was acquired in 1983 by Union Pacific Corporation, which would eventually purchase its long time rival, the Southern Pacific Railroad , in 1996. In July 2005, Union Pacific unveiled a brand new EMD SD70ACe locomotive, Union Pacific 1983 , painted as an homage to the Western Pacific as part of a new heritage ... Since it competed directly with the long entrenched and much larger Southern Pacific Railroad , the WP ... lines to points east via Union Pacific. WP had autoparts on special trains to Milpitas, CA ...   more details



  1. Oregon Pacific Railroad

    Oregon Pacific Railroad or Oregon Pacific Railway may refer to Oregon Pacific Railroad 1880 1894 , railroad from Yaquina Bay Newport to Santiam Pass Oregon Pacific Railroad 1997 , shortline railroad on the east side of Portland disambiguation ...   more details



  1. Missouri Pacific Railroad

    Railroad successor line Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific hq city St. Louis, Missouri The Missouri Pacific Railroad reporting mark MP , also known as the MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United ... AS . On January 8, 1980, the Missouri Pacific Railroad was purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad ... control of the company after it declared bankruptcy in 1915. ref name UP Chron Union Pacific Railroad ... locomotives, more locomotives and operated more track than partner Union Pacific Railroad . On December 22, 1982, the Missouri Pacific merged with Union Pacific and Western Pacific Railroad companies to create the largest system in its day, the Pacific Rail Systems, under the holding company Union ... based in St. Louis, Missouri Category Predecessors of the Union Pacific Railroad Category Former ...Infobox SG rail railroad name Missouri Pacific Railroad logo filename Missouri Pacific Herald.png logo ... and Pacific Railway TP , Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad C&EI , St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico ... with Union Pacific did not become official until January 1, 1997. History On July 4, 1851, at St. Louis, Missouri , ground breaking for the Pacific Railroad marked the beginning of what would later be known as the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The first section of track was completed in 1852. In 1865 ... was interrupted by the American Civil War . In 1872, the Pacific Railroad was reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railway by new investors after a railroad debt crisis. Because of corporate ties extending back to the Pacific Railroad, Missouri Pacific at one time advertised itself as being The First Railroad West of the Mississippi . From 1879, Missouri Pacific was under the control of highly successful ... as the Missouri Pacific Railroad . Missouri Pacific later acquired or gained a controlling ... Pacific after acquisition by the Union Pacific in 1988. By 1994 all motive power of the Missouri Pacific ... away into the Union Pacific. UP continued to use the MoPac headquarters building at 210 N. 13th ...   more details



  1. Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad

    from Rio Grande Pacific Corporation Idaho railroads Oregon railroads DEFAULTSORT Idaho Northern Pacific Railroad Category Idaho railroads Category Oregon railroads Category Logging railroads in the United States Category Spin offs of the Union Pacific Railroad Category Companies operating former Union Pacific Railroad lines US rail company stub ... in much of the Northwestern United States . The Boise line is operated for freight connection with Union Pacific 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, Union Pacific Idaho Division . 1966 External links http www.thundermountainline.com ...   more details



  1. Atlantic and Pacific Railroad (disambiguation)

    Atlantic and Pacific Railroad may refer to Atlantic and Pacific Railroad , 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 Pacific Railroad Illinois , 1865 1872, predecessor of the Milwaukee Road Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Texas , incorporated by the New York state legislature in 1853 eventually became the Texas and Pacific Railway dab ...   more details



  1. Pacific Coast Railroad

    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



  1. California Pacific Railroad

    Infobox SG rail railroad name California Pacific Railroad logo filename logo size old gauge marks locale Vallejo Sacramento Napa Calistoga Davis Marysville successor line Southern Pacific Railroad start year 1865 end year 1876 hq city San Francisco, California The California Pacific Railroad Company was incorporated in 1865 at San Francisco, California as the California Pacific Rail Road Company . It was renamed the California Pacific Railroad Extension Company in the spring of 1869, then renamed the California Pacific Railroad later that same year. The railroad was constructed just months prior to the completion of the Central Pacific Railroad Central Pacific Union Pacific First Transcontinental ... mi km . That line was constructed by Leland Stanford s Central Pacific Railroad subsidiary the Western Pacific Railroad 1862 1870 Western Pacific Railroad of 1862 . The route over Altamont Pass was completed in 1869. This railroad is unrelated to the Western Pacific Railroad of 1916 that ran to Salt ... April 14, 1869 renamed the California Pacific Railroad Extension Company . June 9, 1869 acquires ... by Samuel Brannan December 23, 1869 renamed the California Pacific Railroad Company . January 15 ... railroad but offer is rejected. Central Pacific announces plan to build a line paralleling Cal P but crossing ... 1871, is sold to the Central Pacific Railroad but continues to be listed as California Pacific ... 1, 1885 the railroad was leased to and operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad. SP also acquires ... operating subsidiary of Southern Pacific Railroad. April 14, 1898 the railroad is sold to the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific line between Martinez and Sacramento ... of the line, the California Pacific Railroad. Other Cal P lines Napa Valley Railroad California Pacific ... by the Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific and currently by the California Northern Railroad ... , March 4, 2001, retrieved November 14, 2005. DEFAULTSORT California Pacific Railroad Category Defunct ...   more details



  1. Oregon Pacific Railroad (1997)

    for the much earlier railroad of the same name Oregon Pacific Railroad 1880 1894 Infobox SG rail railroad name Oregon Pacific Railroad logo filename logo size 126 marks OPR locale Oregon , United States start year 1997 hq city Portland, Oregon Oregon Pacific Railroad reporting mark OPR is a short line railroad operating two disconnected routes one in southeast Portland, Oregon and the former Southern Pacific Railroad 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 Union Pacific railroads since the mid 1950s to handle ... as the Molalla Western Railroad, but after a few years both railroads were combined under the Oregon Pacific Railroad banner. Today, the Oregon Pacific continues to operate its two railroads to provide ... GE GE 70 ton switcher 70 ton 1949 Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Stored out of service ... Oregon railroads DEFAULTSORT Oregon Pacific Railroad 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 Pacific Railroad 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




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