MoPac SD40-2 3100 with eagle paint scheme.

Eastbound and westbound trains meet along the Missouri River.

Missouri Pacific 1891 is the lead unit in a very, very long line of stored Missouri Pacific power in the Fort Worth Centennial Yard.

The Plainville branch is probably already on borrowed time, but UP is still spending a few dollars on maintenance, as evidenced by this ballast train behind a hybrid yellow/MP GP50.

OK&T freight waits at East Salina for a UP local to clear. From this point to Abilene, Santa Fe and OK&T ran over UP's Kansas Pacific.

A very, very long line of stored Missouri Pacific power in the Fort Worth Centennial Yard.

Missouri Pacific caboose 13603 sits in the Union Pacific Argo Yard.

Three brand-new Missouri Pacific EMD SD50 locomotives power a coal train at Dupo, Missouri, in December 1984. Dupo is located south of St. Louis on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.

Southland movie star
Missouri Pacific EMD GP38-2 No. 2377 rests at Yard Center locomotive facility at Dolton, Illinois, on August 10, 1986, after starring in a movie disguised as Southla... (more)

Train #153 is in the hole for a Z train to pass, while MoW has to wait a bit longer to replace some switch ties the old fashion way (by hand) under the west switch at Bivins. The open switch lock ... (more)

A pair of Missouri Pacific six-axle EMDs are seen moving engine lite in the yard in Dupo. Tom Bowers photo

Missouri Pacific power leads Union Pacific train MF (Memphis to Fort Worth) as it approaches the stop for the crew change in Texarkana. The signals on the semaphore are distant approach signals, w... (more)

The crew of Missouri Pacific's Topeka Local works the Overbrook elevator on MP's Topeka Branch while enroute back to Osawatomie. "Oz" was the Kansas Division headquarters at the time. The GP38-2 t... (more)

Missouri Pacific SD40-2 3306 and Union Pacific B23-7 257, former MP 4667.

The 6000-series (6000-6078), equipped with dynamic brakes, for coal service. They were designated as "SD40-2c" by Missouri Pacific.