| Number 1 Spring | Author |
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| PHOTO: MP 42044 newly out-shopped by the MoPac Car Shops at DeSoto, MO. | - | Cover |
| Minutes of the Mid-Year Board of Directors Meeting May 2, 1997 St Louis, MO | Secretary | 4 |
| PHOTO: H H Hunt, car builder apprentice, Mart, TX shops and lady friend who believes in advertising. In car with MPL herald on spare tire. | C A Duckworth coll | 4 |
| PHOTO: Engine and yard facilities, Fort Worth, TX. 1996 MPHS Annual meet. | Patrick Pritchett | 6 |
| MP Memorabilia: PHOTO: MP perpetual calendar with MP 7003, E6. | Patrick Pritchett | 6 |
| Missouri Pacific quiz | - | 7 |
| Life Member: Ralph H Carlson | - | 7 |
| Eagle Merchandise Service | C A Duckworth | 8 |
| PHOTO: Photograph of MP 48709 at Dodson, MO in 1951. Joe Collias coll | George Sisk | 8 |
| PHOTO: Photo above illustrates the exterior construction of Speed Boxes. The raised lettering on the box sides was painted black. Photo courtesy of Dick Ryker. | UP Museum coll | 9 |
| PHOTO: shows a shipper loading packages into a "Speed Box". Photo taken circa 1950. Photo courtesy of Dick Ryker. | UP Museum coll | 10 |
| PHOTO: shows two Miller Street Freight House laborers bracing the lading to prevent damage during train handling and switching. Photo courtesy of Dick Ryker. | UP Museum coll | 10 |
| PHOTO: shows a "Speed Box" being loaded into a MoPac trailer (R-1620) at Miller Street (St Louis, MO) in the early 1950's. MoPac Truck Lines trailers were originally aluminum but later were repainted Eagle Blue/Gray to match the box cars. Photo courtesy of Dick Ryker. | UP Museum coll | 11 |
| PHOTO: NOT&M 3623 spotted at the Missouri Pacific Freight House in Salina, KS. Photograph taken by W C Whitaker in May 1955. This car was originally built as a single sheathed car in December 1929 and rebuilt as a shown here in December 1951 at Kingsville, Texas. Joe Collias coll | W C Whitaker | 11 |
| PHOTO: MP X1174 at Hermann, MO, July 1977. This 40' boxcar is identical to the Eagle Merchandise car except for the traditional freight car red exterior. | C A Duckworth | 12 |
| PHOTO: 36' Merchandise car MP 121711 at Kansas City, MO in 1951. Charlie Winters coll | George Sisk | 12 |
| PHOTO: Ad - there are several ads for Merchandise Service within this issue of the Eagle including the back cover. | - | Various |
| PHOTO: MP 121044 at Kansas City, MO in 1951. This 36' car was originally built in July 1927 and rebuilt into a Merchandise car at DeSoto, MO in December, 1950. Charlie Winters coll | George Sisk | 15 |
| PHOTO: String of six Merchandise cars at MoPac's 18th Street yards in St Louis, MO July, 1951. | Joe Collias | 16 |
| DIA: Painting diagram for MP 36' boxcars for Merchandise Service. | - | 16 |
| PHOTO: MP 47519, MP 48045, and MP 42571 serving as a backdrop to the 1956 Investor's Special that ran across the railroad shortly after the Missouri Pacific emerged from receivership. By this date, the ends on these cars were painted blue in the contrast to the original grey ends. | UP Coll | 17 |
| Equipment Register showing individual Eagle Merchandise Cars. | - | 18 |
| MP Eagle Merchandise Service Rosters by railroad compiled by | C A Duckworth Gene Semon G J Michels Jr | 20 |
| PHOTO: After loading this car two Missouri Pacific laborers at the Miller Street Freight House are seen closing and securing the door on another Eagle Merchandise car in the 1950's. | UP Museum Coll | 22 |
| I-GN & MOPAC in Mart, TX (formerly known as Willow Springs, TX) | William H Holzer | 23 |
| PHOTO: International & Great Northern Railroad Depot in Mart, TX | W H Holzer coll | 23 |
| PHOTO: I&GN 144 pulling BLE Picnic Special circa 1910. This photo shows the covered loading dock and the Superintendents office. Train crew members; F J Beavers - Engineer, Harry Hutsell - Fireman, Dan Loyd - Conductor. | W H Holzer coll | 24 |
| PHOTO: Confederate veterans on their way to Chattanooga Reunion in front of the Depot in Mart, TX in the early 1900's. Mr Childes, Joe Coleman, R H Swain, N B Douglas, Sr., P O Douglas, J W Mulloy. | W H Holzer coll | 25 |
| PHOTO: View of the I&GN yards in Mart, TX, circa 1930 looking East-Northeast. Visible is the railroad Depot superintendents office. Just out of view to the left is the Railroad YMCA building. Note also the I&GN boxcar sitting to the right of the Wabash boxcar. The I&GN was known as "The Texas Railroad" as shown on the side of the car. | W H Holzer coll | 25 |
| PHOTO: I&GN 22 at Madisonville, TX in 1903. R G Choate, F J Beavers, Pete Peters. | W H Holzer coll | 26 |
| PHOTO: I&GN shop crew on the turntable at Mart, TX. | W H Holzer coll | 26 |
| PHOTO: I&GN 128 with crew at Bryan, TX. Engineer - Thomas Haydon | W H Holzer coll | 26 |
| PHOTO: The MoPac in Mart, TX, circa 1950. Note Mr Adams' GP waiting for its next call. Also note the wye, cattle pens, and numerous 40' outside braced boxcars. Aerial view. | W H Holzer coll | 27 |
| PHOTO: I&GN 252 sits on the turntable, Mart, TX circa 1920. | W H Holzer coll | 27 |
| TIMETABLE: #48 July 23, 1939 Fort Worth, TX and Mart, TX North and South Palestine Division | W H Holzer coll | 28 |
| TIMETABLE: #48 July 23, 1939 Spring, TX and Mart, TX North and South Palestine Division | W H Holzer coll | 30 |
| MP Ballast Hopper 16773 from Walthers 41' ballast hopper kit | Jerry Glow | 32 |
| The Delta Eagle | Joe Altnether | 33 |
| Books of Interest: The Abilene & Southern Railway Company - Journal of the Texas Shortline Railroads and Transportation Vol 2 No 1 TP sub | Lester Haines Cyril Durrenburger A C Green | 35 |
| www.mopac.org Indexed by Larry Smith and Elvin Klepzig November 2004 |
| Number 2 Summer | Author |
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| PHOTO: The Missouri Pacific Depot at Bismarck, Missouri. This station is still being used by train crews and M of W crews. The tracks in the foreground are the MoPac DeSoto Sub main and passing tracks. Sunnymede Farm, MoPac's Dairy Farm, is about two miles south of the depot location. |
Larry Stiles | Cover |
| PHOTO: Engine No. 5527 at Sedalia, MO circa 1905. |
MPHS coll | 3 |
| PHOTO: MoPac locomotive #2203, a 4-8-4, in St Louis MO, October, 1945. |
Joe Collias | 4 |
| MOPAC MEMORABILIA: T&PRy tin seal |
Patrick Pritchett | 4 |
Sunnymede Farms: The Story of a Missouri Pacific Farm
from a letter, includes 4 photos |
Larry R Stiles | 5 |
| PHOTO: MP13077, MP13767; This is the scene next to state highway N about one and a half miles north enroute to Sunnymede Farm. MoPac cabooses stored on the end of wye track, the former Belmont Branch at Bismarck, MO. |
Larry R Stiles | 7 |
| PHOTO: The Missouri Pacific's Sargent roundhouse at Memphis, Tennessee. |
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| ADD & CORR: to article on Mart, TX in Spring 1997 issue. I&GN, I-GN |
George C Werner | 8 |
| PHOTO: Engine #6442 pulliing train No. 412 sits in Hutchinson, Kansas in the ealy morning sun in June, 1948. |
MPHS coll | 9 |
| PHOTO: Missouri Pacific 4-8-2 No. 5309 sits and waits for orders. |
MPHS coll | 10 |
| PHOTO: Missouri Pacific 4-8-2 No. 5312 at New Orleans, LA October 30, 1947. |
MPHS coll | 10 |
| UP-SP Merger Proposal Creates Local Uncertainties |
Larry Byers | 10 |
| BOOK REVIEW: Missouri Pacific River and Prairie Rails - The MoPac in Nebraska by Michael M Bartels |
C A Duckworth | 11 |
| PHOTO: no caption - MP3321 and others in a shop area. |
- | Back |
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www.mopac.org Indexed by Elvin Klepzig August 2004 |
| Number 3 Fall | Author |
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| PHOTO: "Preserved Missouri Pacific wood caboose #854, cupola end at Kyle TX, June 29, 1997. Note the power brakewheel assembly and supports which were not original equipment." | G J Michels Jr | Cover |
| A Successful "Hunt" Hunting cabooses and passenger equipment in Texas. Caboose #854 and car #640 Eagle Cliff. The article discusses the restoration of both pieces of equipment. One in Kyle, TX and the other in Cedar Park, TX. 2 photos of the caboose and 10 photos concerningg the car. Lists equipment of the "Hill Country Flyer". Car's co-owners James Vaughn. | G J Michels Jr | 4 |
| Missouri Pacific Passenger Depot: El Dorado, KS | James Walter Leach | 8 |
| PHOTO: Night shot of depot | James Walter Leach | 8 |
| PHOTO: "Union pacific GP38-2 #2262 in Witchita, KS. This locomotive has MoPac heritage with some Jenks blue paint showing on the exhaust stack." | James Walter Leach | 9 |
| Missouri Pacific Passenger Depot: El Dorado, KS nomination papers to National Registry of Historic Places | - | 10 |
| The Old Water Tank: Symbol of an Era | - | 13 |
| PHOTO: "Missouri Pacific 2-8-2 #1460 makes a brief stop at Wagooner, OK to take on much needed water before continuing on it's journey." | MPHS coll | 14 |
| PHOTO: "Missouri Pacific 2-8-2 #1413 rests and waits for orders after taking on coal and water." | MPHS coll | 14 |
| "The "George H. Walker" Car Transfer Ferry | Jerry Pitts | 15 |
| PHOTO: "The side wheeler car transfer ferry George H Walker had the distinction of being the only one to carry regularly scheduled passenger runs as part of it's transfer service. The transfer service operated between Baton Rouge and Anchorage, LA from 1923 to 1947. The photo above shows the Walker carrying train no. 3, The Houstonian, on deck. The ferry was built by Dravo, Neville Island, PA in 1923. Capt. Charles Street, originally from Paducah, KY was the master for many years." 3 additional photos no captions, MP ad for train servcie and a map of MP routes in LA. | - | 16 |
| AD: for the sale of the George H Walker | - | 18 |
| The Natchez & Southern from the Missouri Pacific Lines Magazine, volume 33, no.2-3, August - September 1959 | - | 19 |
| PHOTO: "The sternwheeler James Y Lockwood and it's transfer barge leaves the Vidalia incline and steams upstream across the river to Natchez. The barge is all that remains of the well known transfer boat George H Walker. The barge is secured by cables to the port side of the Lockwood. An average of 75 freight cars are handled daily." | - | 19 |
| A map of the crossing and 4 additonal photos of personel are included. Names in the captions are; Roger Beacham, Blanche Parks, H A Doherty, C Chapman, John C Mingee, Jr., Captain Gilbert Savoy, O D Marlow, Charity Watts, Ruth Miller, D Turnage, A Cranfield, O C Cross, D Carter and C Walters. | - | 20 |
| Cabooses of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Caboose Book Errata Corrections & Additions | G J Michels Jr | 22 |
| PHOTO: "Alton & Southern caboose #14 circa 1955. Photo taken in E St Louis, IL." | Charles E Winters coll | 23 |
| PHOTO: "Alton & Southern caboose #28. Note DL&W trucks. Photo taken at E St Louis, IL circa 1955." | Charles E Winters coll | 23 |
| PHOTO: "Fort Smith & Western caboose #304." | Charles E Winters coll | 23 |
| PHOTO: MP 531 with train passing under a bridge with signal stand in photo. | - | Back |
| www.mopac.org Indexed by Elvin Klepzig February 2005 |
| Number 4 Winter | Author |
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| The 'Fast' Mail | W M "Mike" Adams | 8 |
| The Rest of the Story | Ron Merrick | 12 |
| A Synopsis of Cast Resin Kits for Missouri Pacific and Texas & Pacific Prototypes | G J Michels Jr | 13 |
| MP's Northern Kansas Division | Joel S Boucher | 25 |
| Abandoned Rail Line Dismantled from the Herington Times, Herington, Kansas, November 30, 1995 | - | 27 |
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