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65-654: (Redirected from Southern Railway Company ) Southern Railway or Southern Railroad may refer to: Argentina [ edit ] Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway , Argentina Southern Fuegian Railway , Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Australia [ edit ] Main Southern railway line, New South Wales , Australia Southern railway line, Queensland , Australia Austria [ edit ] Austrian Southern Railway Southern Railway (Austria) Canada [ edit ] Canada Southern Railway , part of

130-527: A contract until the issue was solved. Finally Robertson paid a bribe of GBP 22,000. The terms of the new contract determined that the line would be extended to Dolores and Azul . On March 7, 1864, works began where the Constitución railway station is placed nowadays. Previously, a big celebration had been held, with a ceremony attended by President of Argentina Bartolomé Mitre and Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Mariano Saavedra. The first section of

195-443: A contract with Edward Lumb. The Government demanded an interest rate of 7% on the costs of construction over 40 years. On the other hand, the company was exempt from paying contributions, taxes and custom fees. The railway company had also to carry the post for free. The Government could expropriate the railway and its assets if the company did not offer an additional 20% of the construction costs as compensation. The rail gauge should be

260-426: A provisional wooden-structure was opened to the public for the 1910–11 summer season. As the old station (renamed "Mar del Plata Norte") remained active, the new station would be only used during the summer seasons. It had two large platforms, the main building, a post warehouse, and a signal cabin . When the new station opened, all the trains that arrived to the old station were reprogrammed to make their arrival to

325-456: A pulpería in Lomas de Zamora of Greater Buenos Aires . This form of transport had several disadvantages. The roads were not in good condition and the rivers obligated passengers to stray dozens of kilometers from the path. The carriages covered an average of 80 km per day. Because of this, Plaza Constitución was the first option to build a terminus station of a great railway that connected

390-527: A reputation for aggressively discontinuing passenger trains after the mid-1960s. When the National Railroad Passenger Corporation ( Amtrak ) assumed passenger train operations on May 1, 1971, the only Missouri Pacific route included as part of Amtrak's basic system was its main line from St. Louis to Kansas City. This route is now served by Amtrak's Missouri River Runner (named for the fact that it runs mostly parallel to

455-739: A result, the viaduct used by the BAEPR trains to run over Paseo Colón Avenue was no longer in use (being later dismantled). Therefore, the number of passengers carried by the company (and the profits) decreased considerably. On July 1, 1898, the Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway was acquired by the Great Southern Railway. The railway's repair shops were originally located in Barracas al Sud station and then moved to Sola, where they operated for more than 15 years. The capacity of

520-524: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) ( Spanish : Ferrocarril del Sud ) was one of the Big Four broad gauge , 5 ft 6 in ( 1,676 mm ), British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina . The company

585-672: The Missouri River ). On March 13, 1974, Amtrak restored passenger train service over segments of Missouri Pacific- Texas and Pacific 's original Texas Eagle route between St. Louis, Little Rock, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Laredo with the Inter-American . This train was renamed the Texas Eagle in 1981, resurrecting the name of the famous MoPac train. The Amtrak version runs over former MoPac and T&P trackage for much of its route. On July 30, 2005, UP unveiled

650-799: The Scenic Limited operated through the Royal Gorge over the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad . From Salt Lake City to San Francisco , the Scenic Limited operated over the Western Pacific Railroad. A second premier train, the Sunshine Special began operating on December 5, 1915, between St. Louis and San Antonio via Little Rock and Austin . Another named train, the Rainbow Special ,

715-506: The U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas , and southeast along the Gulf seaports of Louisiana and Texas . MoPac operated a fleet of more than 1,500 diesel locomotives , almost all purchased within the previous 10 years. Under the leadership of Downing B. Jenks, who became president and chief executive in 1961, the company became a pioneer in the early days of computer-guided rail technology. It

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780-467: The Atlantic coast, building lines to other cities. In February 1892 the branch from Ayacucho to Balcarce was opened. On August the line extended to Quequén, a small town next to Necochea . Quequén had one of the main ports of the province. In 1910 Mar del Plata was the main beach city of Argentina, receiving a huge number of tourists (most of them members of the aristocracy) during the summer. Due to

845-523: The BAGSR agreed to build the new station where the neighbours demanded. The works began in 1909 and were finished one year later, when the station building began to be constructed. The project of the company also included extension of the tracks to the city of Miramar . The new station in Mar del Plata (named " Mar del Plata Sud ") was opened On December 1, 1910, although the main building was not still finished so

910-495: The BAGSR was the largest railroad of Argentina, with 1,025 km operating. At the same time the line to Bahía Blanca was being built, the company made the arrangements to build a port in that city. The dock was made of steel and finished in 1885. It has 8 cranes, 5 tracks, a length of 300 meters and 200 meters width. The other branch, extended to Benito Juárez in 1885, reaching the city of Tres Arroyos in April 1886. The company

975-663: The Brandsen-Ringuelet branch. The BAEPR also built a line from Bartolomé Bavio (a small town near to Magdalena, at the South of Buenos Aires Province) to Álvarez Jonte, opened in 1892. The following year the branch extended to Atalaya, Magdalena Partido . The fire that destroyed the Estación Central of Buenos Aires in 1897, obligated the BAEPR to move the terminus station to Casa Amarilla in La Boca district. As

1040-688: The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Atlantic Coast Line Railroad California Southern Railroad Chicago and North Western Transportation Company Columbus and Greenville Railway Dakota Southern Railway , South Dakota Georgia Southern Railroad Illinois Central Railroad Illinois Southern Railway , part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Indiana Southern Railroad Iowa Southern Railroad , part of

1105-514: The L&;N portion. By that same definition, MP operated 10,431 route-miles at the end of 1929, after A&G, SAS and Sugar Land had come under NOT&M; NO&LC operated 60 and DK&S (not subsidiary until 1931) operated 6. At the end of 1960, MP operated 9,362 route-miles, NO&LC and DK&S were the same, and M-I operated 172 miles. "T&P" includes its subsidiary roads (A&S, D&PS, T-NM etc.); operated route-miles totaled 2,259 at

1170-1368: The Long Island Rail Road, New York Southern Alabama Railroad Southern California Railway Southern Railroad of New Jersey Southern Railway – Carolina Division Southern Railway (U.S.) , now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway Tennessee Southern Railroad , part of the Illinois Central Railroad Vermont Southern Railroad , part of the Boston and Maine Railroad Virginia Southern Railroad Elsewhere [ edit ] Midi Railway , France PeruRail , Peru Railway to Beersheba , Israel Southern Railway (Turkey) Southern Railway (Württemberg) , Germany Southern Railways (Ukraine) Southern Xinjiang railway , China See also [ edit ] Südbahn (disambiguation) Southern Line (disambiguation) South Line (disambiguation) Great Southern Railway (disambiguation) Ohio Southern Railroad (disambiguation) Southern Railway Depot (disambiguation) Austrian Southern Railway Company Topics referred to by

1235-833: The Missouri Pacific, its full merger into the Union Pacific Railroad did not become official until January 1, 1997. On July 4, 1851, ground was broken at St. Louis on the Pacific Railroad , the predecessor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The first section of track was completed in 1852; in 1865, it was the first railroad in Kansas City , after construction was interrupted by the American Civil War . In 1872,

1300-1209: The New York Central Railroad Canadian Pacific Railway New Brunswick Southern Railway , part of the Canadian Pacific Railway Quebec Southern Railway Southern Manitoba Railway Southern Prairie Railway , a tourist railway in Ogema, Saskatchewan Southern Railway of British Columbia India [ edit ] Southern Mahratta Railway , a railway company in British India founded in 1882 Southern Punjab Railway , India Southern Railway zone , India United Kingdom [ edit ] Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway) Southern Railway (UK) , 1923–47 United States [ edit ] Alabama Great Southern Railroad Alton and Southern Railway , Illinois Arkansas Southern Railroad , part of

1365-1104: 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". Other predecessors included the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (SLIMS), Texas and Pacific Railway (TP), Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (C&EI), St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway (SLBM), Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (KO&G), Midland Valley Railroad (MV), San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad (SAU&G), Gulf Coast Lines (GC), International-Great Northern Railroad (IGN), Kansas, Nebraska & Dakota Railroad, New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway (NOTM), Missouri-Illinois Railroad (MI), as well as

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1430-742: The South of the province that crossed the Riachuelo through the "Puente de Gálvez". As this transport was too costly, the products could not be carried on very long distances. In 1860, 7,416 carts with wool and leather had arrived to Constitución (each vehicle had a capacity of 25 100 kg packages). The state of passenger transport was similar. The carriages made three trips per month to Lobos , Cañuelas , 25 de Mayo , Saladillo and Dolores , two trips per month to Tandil and Lobería and just one to Bahía Blanca . The carriages were accompanied by "cuarteadores" that helped them to cross rivers and streams. There also were intermediate stops such as "La Botica",

1495-526: The South station. It totalized four services per day, including the two express services. Nevertheless, a few days before the inauguration, the BAGSR requested the Government that only the express services arrived to the new station, due to the other three trains programmed had to end their routes in Miramar and could not change their path to the south station. The request was approved and therefore only

1560-1042: The Wabash Railway Kansas Southern Railway , part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Louisiana Southern Railway , part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Minnesota Southern Railway , part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Missouri Pacific Railroad , part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Montana Southern Railway New Jersey Southern Railroad , and New Jersey Southern Railway Norfolk and Western Railway , Virginia Norfolk Southern Railway , Virginia Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad , Virginia South Side Railroad of Long Island , part of

1625-465: The city of Buenos Aires with the south of the province. In August 1861, Edward Lumb, a British entrepreneur, requested the concession of a railway line that would run from Constitución to the city of Chascomús , 120 km from Buenos Aires. Lumb offered $ 1,000,000 as guarantee to the Government of Buenos Aires. Lumb's initiative was debated in the Chamber of Deputies , where it was concluded that

1690-773: The company after it declared bankruptcy in 1915. The line was merged with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (SLIMS) and reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1917. Missouri Pacific later acquired or gained a controlling interest in other lines in Texas, including the Gulf Coast Lines , International-Great Northern Railroad , and the Texas and Pacific Railway . The railroad's first heavy repair shops were built in Sedalia, Missouri in 1872. In 1905 several smaller shop sites were consolidated at Sedalia when

1755-442: The company began to expand their net, through two main branches. The first extended from Altamirano to Azul (connecting cities as Ranchos and Las Flores) and the other branch from Chascomús to Dolores and Ayacucho (inaugurated in 1880). Some rumours referred to a possible expropriation of the company by the Government of Buenos Aires. Because of that, the company directory sent Frank Parish and C.O. Barker (President and Secretary of

1820-404: The company credit to finance the construction of the railroad. The limited liability company Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway was established, whose statutes were approved in 1863. The company requested Samuel Petro & E. Ladd to take over the construction of the whole railroad, including lands, stations, workshops and rolling stock at a cost of GBP 651,000. For GBP 14,000 the company hired

1885-515: The company should make a monthly trip, being granted for its services. The BAGSR extended the line to Olavarría, opening the service in March 1883. The tracks continued their expansion, reaching General Lamadrid in October. Finally the line reached the city of Bahía Blanca in April 1884, opening the service to passengers on July 7. The travel from Buenos Aires to Bahía Blanca took 24 hours. By 1884

1950-406: The company, respectively) to Buenos Aires with the purpose to deal with the Government to avoid cancellation of the concession. The parties finally make an agreement that established BAGSR compromise to build two extensions of the line: one from Azul to Bahía Blanca and the second from Ayacucho to Tandil . The contract signed in October 1881 ruled that the train would reach the city of Tandil within

2015-569: The construction of a new railroad with the terminus station in that city. The works were carried out by the Buenos Aires Western Railway , then owned by the Government of Buenos Aires. The construction of a new railroad limited the possibility of expansion of the BAEPR. One of the branches built by the BAWR extended from Tolosa to Magdalena , acquired by the BAEPR in 1888. The company also tried to expand its business acquiring

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2080-528: The downtown to the South West (nearest to the coast) so the train station was far from the residences and hotels where the tourist were hosted. In June 1908, the Congress promulgated Law 5.535, authorizing the BAGSR to build a new station in Mar del Plata. Although the construction of a new station had been approved, a neighbours committee (led by Mar del Plata pioneer Pedro Luro) opposed to the old station

2145-467: The employees of the workshops. This housing complex was named "Colonia Ferroviaria" By the end of the 1940s, the workshops of Escalada had become a sort of factories, where all type of components and spare parts for the locomotives and coaches were manufactured. On 26 September 1886, the first train arrived to Mar del Plata station , in the homonymous city , which was the main tourist destination during summer seasons. The BAGSR expanded its business on

2210-583: The end of 1929 (after C≠, PVS and TSL had become subsidiaries) and 2,033 at the end of 1960. In the early years of the 20th century, most Missouri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern passenger trains were designated by number only, with little emphasis on premier name trains. This changed in May, 1915, with the inauguration of the Scenic Limited between St. Louis, Kansas City, and San Francisco . Between Pueblo, Colorado and Salt Lake City ,

2275-425: The engineer Thomas Rumball to supervise the works. When the works were about to begin, William Wheelwright (owner of Central Argentine Railway ) tried to boycott the works of BAGSR and refused to cooperate with the other British companies that built competitive railways. He also stated that the BAGSR had obtained more benefits than his own company (CAR) to build the line. The Governor of Buenos Aires refused to sign

2340-676: The express services stopped at the new station. Missouri Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Corporation , the parent company of 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 Supreme Court denied a trial to the Southern Pacific , the merger took effect on December 22, 1982. However, due to outstanding bonds of

2405-685: The first such train inaugurated in 1940. These routes included the Missouri River Eagle (St. Louis-Kansas City-Omaha), the Delta Eagle ( Memphis, Tennessee - Tallulah, Louisiana ), the Colorado Eagle (St. Louis-Pueblo- Denver ), the Texas Eagle (St. Louis to Texas ), and the Valley Eagle ( Houston - Corpus Christi - Brownsville, Texas ). Other notable MoPac trains operated included: Missouri Pacific gained

2470-525: The intense traffic of passengers, the railway station exceeded its capacity and the Municipality demanded the company to increase the facilities. The company had always denied to this request alleging that the station was only overcrowded during two months per year (the period of summer season in Argentina). During the first decade of the 20th century, the urban development of Mar del Plata moved from

2535-428: The landscape was unsuitable. Consequently, the line's route was moved to La Paz (current Lomas de Zamora), where the field was more solid to extend the tracks. The route would extend from La Paz to Samborombón. Lumb tried to get money in Buenos Aires to finance the construction of the railroad, but his attempts were not successful. As a result, he traveled to London, where bankers Baring and David Robertson agreed to give

2600-585: The line should be extended to Dolores or any city determined by the National Government. The company built a branch from Altamirano to Río Salado (current General Belgrano Partido ) in 1871. One year later the line extended to Las Flores and finally reached the city of Azul in 1876. Some of the stations built were Ranchos, Villanueva, Bonnement, Salado, Chas, San Pedro (then Newton), Rosas, Las Flores, Colorado (then Dr. D. Harosteguy), Pardo, Cacharí, Parish, Pinedo and Azul. The branch to Chascomús

2665-609: The old shops were closed and moved to a new site along Marshall Avenue. The MoPac began using the Baring Cross Shops of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway in North Little Rock , Arkansas in 1882. A fire in 1900 caused them to be rebuilt on a larger scale that would ultimately become the primary MoPac shop site (now known as the Downing B. Jenks Shops). Minor locomotive repairs were carried out at

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2730-471: The profits increased year after year. In 1870 the line carried 516,993 passenger and 54,116 tonnes of freight. The first serious obstacle that the engineers found was the Riachuelo , a stream that defines the southern boundary of the Buenos Aires federal district. It was necessary to build a double bridge (because of the double track that ran between Constitución to Barracas) to cross the stream. For that purpose, three iron cylinders were placed in both sides of

2795-463: The railroad (77 km from Buenos Aires to Jeppener ) was inaugurated on August 14, 1865. By December it had been extended to Chascomús (113 km). A total of 11 estaciones were built on this path: Plaza Constitución, Barracas al Sud (current Avellaneda ), Lomas de Zamora , Glew , San Vicente (current Alejandro Korn ), Domselaar , Ferrari (then Coronel Brandsen ), Jeppener, Facio (then Altamirano ), Gándara and Chascomús . The rolling stock

2860-785: The railroad was necessary for the development of the Argentinian nation. Juan B. Alberdi stated "The railroad will join the Argentine Republic better than all the congresses... without the 'iron road' that connects their extremes, the country will be always divisible and divided against all the Legislative decrees". Finally, on May 27, 1862, the Buenos Aires Legislature promulgated the Law that authorized President of Argentina, Bartolomé Mitre , to enter into

2925-413: The same as that of the Buenos Aires Western Railway and the company was able to build a tram line to Monserrat and other strategic points in the city of Buenos Aires. The contract was officialized by the Government of Argentina on June 12, 1862. On November 12 the railroad route was approved, according to the maps proposed by the concession. The Government wanted the railway to cross San Vicente but

2990-465: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Southern Railway . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern_Railway&oldid=1194423199 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Railway disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

3055-646: The shops were equipped to make every part of a locomotive or a railway carriage. When the company took over the working of the Bahía Blanca and North Western Railway from the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway company in 1925 it acquired the latter's workshops in Bahia Blanca. At the same time the workshops began their activities in Remedios de Escalada, the company draft a project to build houses for

3120-573: The small Central Branch Railway (an early predecessor of MP in Kansas and south-central Nebraska), and joint ventures such as the Alton and Southern Railroad (AS). Missouri Pacific was under the control of New York financier Jay Gould from 1879 until his death in 1892. Gould developed a system extending through Colorado , Nebraska , Arkansas , Texas , and Louisiana . His son George Gould inherited control upon his father's death, but lost control of

3185-523: The southwest. When new streamlined trains were delivered, the Scenic Limited and Rainbow Special names faded, but the Sunshine Special had sufficient name recognition to co-exist along with the new streamliners into the late 1950s. In the streamliner era, the Missouri Pacific's premier passenger trains were collectively known as the Eagles . A variety of Eagle trains were operated, with

3250-529: The stream, filling them with concrete. The bridges were placed on those cylinders. The first bridge built by the BAGSR over the Riachuelo lasted 44 years, so in 1909 it was replaced by a moveable bridge that operated until 1982, when the line was electrified and a new bridge (built in concrete) replaced the old iron structure. By 1880 the GSR line reached 562 km built. The contract of concession ruled that

3315-469: The terminals in St. Louis and Kansas City . MoPac declared bankruptcy again in 1933, during the Great Depression , and entered into trusteeship . The company was reorganized and the trusteeship ended in 1956. By the 1980s, the system owned 11,469 miles (18,458 km) of rail line over 11 states bounded by Chicago to the east, Pueblo, Colorado , in the west, north to Omaha , south to

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3380-730: The three subsequent years. The prolongation of the line from Ayacucho began in 1882. The station was built on a land that had belonged to Mari Blas Dhers, acquired by the company for $ 200,000. On May 6, 1883, the first train arrived to Tandil. On September 1 the definitive opening of the line was promulgated. By 1884, many towns had been founded in Buenos Aires Province. Some of them were Azul (established 1832), Esperanza (now General Alvear , 1854), Las Flores and 25 de Mayo (both 1856), Tapalqué (1863), Saladillo (1864), Arenales (then Ayacucho , 1866), Olavarría (1867) and Benito Juárez (1874). Moving among those cities

3445-435: The workshops was surpassed due to the growth of the line. There was not enough place to enhance the workshop so the company managers considered the possibility of installing new facilities on some point of the line. Therefore, the new workshops were built in 1901 at Remedios de Escalada , 11 km from the Plaza Constitución, were the largest in South America, and employed nearly 2,700 men. Although primarily for repair work,

3510-449: Was a major hauler of coal, grain, ore, autos, dry goods and shipping containers . At the time of its mega-merger in 1982, the MoPac owned more and newer locomotives and operated more track than partner Union Pacific Railroad . On December 22, 1982, the Missouri Pacific was purchased by the Union Pacific Corporation and combined with the Western Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad to form one large railroad system. The new entity

3575-447: Was a real odyssey. In most of cases the vehicle used was the "galera", a big carriage with capacity for many passengers. Those vehicles transport guns to repel malones and assaults, and could cover 80 km in a day. In 1866 the Government of Argentina and the shipping company Aguirre y Murga signed a deal to establish a passenger and freight service between Buenos Aires, Bahía Blanca and Carmen de Patagones . The contract ruled that

3640-407: Was called Pacific Rail Systems; though part of the Union Pacific Corporation, all three railroads maintained their own corporate and commercial identity. On December 1, 1989, the Missouri Kansas Texas and the Galveston, Houston & Henderson were merged into the Missouri Pacific after having been acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation in 1988. By 1994, all motive power of the Missouri Pacific

3705-636: Was composed by 8 locomotives (manufactured by Robert Stephenson and Company ), 38 first and second class wagons, by Brown, Marshalls and Co. Ltd. and 184 wagons for freight transport. The line was single track with the exception of the path between Constitución and Barracas, where a double track was built to facilitate the transit of the trains due to the workshops and rolling stock depots operated in Barracas. As time passed, some station were added, such as Barracas al Norte (current Hipólito Yrigoyen, 1866), Burzaco (1867) and Lanús (1868). The Great Southern Railway did not extend their tracks until 1870 but

3770-406: Was demolished, requesting its preservation. Percy Clarke, manager of the company had to accept the neighbours' claim. The other point of conflict with the inhabitants of the city was the path of the new line. While the company wanted to build the new station near to the coast (to reduce costs), the neighbours demanded the station should be located far from the most populated areas of the city. Finally,

3835-409: Was extended to Dolores (opening this new section in 1874). The new stations built were Monasterio, Lezama, Guerrero, Taillade (current Castelli), Sevigné and Dolores (km 203). The original Lomas de Zamora station building was demolished at the beginning of the 1870s to make way for a more modern structure. The new stations built were: Temperley (1871), Adrogué (1872) and Banfield (1873). Temperley

3900-419: Was founded by Edward Lumb in 1862 and the first general manager was Edward Banfield after whom the Buenos Aires suburban station of Banfield was named, when it opened in 1873. After president Juan Perón nationalised the Argentine railway network in 1948 it became part of the state-owned company Ferrocarril General Roca . The market of Plaza Constitución in Buenos Aires was served by carts coming from

3965-399: Was given approval to extend its tracks from Tres Arroyos to Bahía Blanca. The works were concluded in December 1891. In 1866 the Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway opened its services to public. The project was to build a new port to replace the Port of Buenos Aires but this project was cancelled and the port never built. The foundation of the city of La Plata in 1882 brought with it

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4030-447: Was inaugurated. The station would be moved some years later to its current location. In 1877 the BAGSR built new warehouses for the freight trains in Constitución station and acquired land to build a freight station (Solá, in Buenos Aires). The company also increased the capacity of the Barracas al Sud station's warehouses. In the same year all the tracks were replaced and the double track was extended from Barracas to Altamirano. In 1871

4095-421: Was placed in service in July 1921 between Kansas City and Little Rock. The Sunshine Special soon eclipsed the other trains in travel volume, becoming the signature train of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. An advertising slogan in 1933 proclaimed: " It's 70-degrees in the Sunshine when it's 100-degrees in the shade ," referring to the fact that the Sunshine Special was one of the first air-conditioned trains in

4160-640: Was repainted and on January 1, 1997, the Missouri Pacific was officially merged into the Union Pacific Railroad by the Union Pacific Corporation. UP continued to use the MoPac headquarters building at 210 N. 13th St. in downtown St. Louis for its customer service center until February 15, 2005. The former MoPac building has undergone rehab as apartments and is now known as Park Pacific. In this table, "MP" includes New Orleans Texas & Mexico and all its subsidiary railroads (Beaumont Sour Lake & Western, I-GN, StLB&M, etc.) that officially merged into MP in 1956. Ton-miles for C&EI in 1970 presumably don't include

4225-406: Was then a small town with small farms extending from Lanús to Burzaco. The nearest station was Lomas de Zamora where some houses stood alongside the main road (today Pavón Avenue). Jorge Temperley, who owned many plots of land in the area, expressed his interest in building a train stop for which he donated the field where the station would be built. Therefore, in 1871 the primitive Temperley station

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