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The Survivors - Missouri Pacific and Predecessor Roads
The information I've gathered so far is spotty at best. Despite this, hopefully it is accurate. Surviving steamers of the MoP and its subsidiaries are very, very rare, and preservation efforts have been hampered by bad luck and finacial reasons. One Gulf Coast Lines 4-6-0 or 2-8-0 was to be set aside for preservation, but was wrecked while being moved to a secure site. MoPac's prolonged receivership was a major factor in the fact none of its "big steam" locos have survived for today.
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| number? | MP number? | location? | 0-6-0, display | very poor condition, considered un-restorable |
| MP 124? | MP 124? | Dupo, Illinois location? |
only the front-end exists - the city fathers didn't "want" a steam engine, display | - |
| T&P 316 | T&P 316 | Palestine, Texas Housed at Texas State Railroad at Palestine, Texas | fully restored and runnable engine |
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| T&P 610 | T&P 610 | Palestine, Texas Housed at Texas State Railroad at Palestine, Texas | display |
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| FSSRI
2522 |
MP 2522 | Paris,
Arkansas location? |
4-6-0, lettered Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island 2522, display | in very sad shape, it's one of only two known surviving MP steam engines |
| SLIM&S 2707 / IM 635 | MP 2707, ex-Iron Mountain | St.
Louis, Missouri National Museum of Transport, St.Louis, MO |
display | - |
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On Mike Palmieri's
Louisiana Rail site is a Michael M. Palmieri photo of Does anyone know if this loco still exists/where? I'd like to get any info on here if she's survived. See Additional Reports of preservations at bottom of this page. |
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| MP 4502 / 975 | MP 4502 / 975 | St.
Louis, Missouri St. Louis National Railroad Historical Society, St. Louis, MO |
ALCO RS-3. It was one of only two MP RS-3s never re-engined. Restoration began 1999 into original blue and gray scheme. Display | Restoration still in progress. |
| MP 4124 | ex-New York Central and Conrail #5712 from Kyle Railroad. Never owned by MoPac. |
Downs, Kansas |
EMD GP-7. Restoration began 1999 on GP-7. Refinished into authentic Missouri Pacific blue & gray Eagles scheme, with the original lettering patterns. A project of the Downs Historical Society. | Update 1/02: Doug Brush reports that MP GP-7 #4124 was moved to a permanent section of track just east of the Downs Missouri Pacific Depot . |
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3001 (Heart of the Heartlands site) |
NO&LC 3001 (MP Subsidiary) | Carona,
Kansas Heart of the Heartlands restored Missouri Pacific Depot (1996) |
Plymouth WLD-2, Type 2 Engine, built 7/32, retired 10/61. Never wore MP designation. Recently donated/restored to HotHL. | The little Gas-electric switcher is painted into a modified blue Mopac scheme. NO&LC owned 4 gas-electrics which paved the way for dieselization on the MoPac. |
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Preserved
Locomotives Summaries
Paris City Park, Paris, AR Located in a Paris, Arkansas city park is a little secret. Housed in a partially fenced railroad display and lettered as Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island #2522 (or as Paris #2522 as seen in these three photos) is the former Missouri Pacific #2522, a 4-6-0 steam engine. The Missouri Pacafic owned 128 (2301-2403, 2501-2525) of these TN-61 Class, 4-6-0 locomotives. Though she is in very sad shape, suffering from extreme corrosion, her drivers sunk into the ground and a target for souvineer seekers and vandalism, the #2522 is one of only two known Missouri Pacific steam engines that has survived 'til today. Recommended Links: |
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MP 124?, steam engine Only the front-end exists because the city fathers didn't want a steam engine donation.
MP
4124, EMD GP7 diesel engine Doug
Brush reports that #4124 was moved to a permanent section of track immediately
east of the one-story brick Downs Missouri Pacific Depot (which will begin
major restoration in May, 2002).
Former SLIM&S
2707 / IM 635, steam engine Other equipment at the NMOT include:
Related links:
MP 4502 / 975,
ALCo RS-3 diesel engine This RS-3 was one of only two MP RS-3s never re-engined by MoPac. Restoration began in 2000 of this engine into it's original blue and gray scheme. The Museum of Transport in St. Louis was able to acquire a former Missouri Pacific RS-3 road number 4502 / 975. This Alco unit is unique in that it is one of the few units of this class that were never re-engined by the Missouri Pacific. Prior to starting the GP-12 rebuild program in the 1960's on their fleet of RS-3's, the MoPac traded the 4502 / 975 and the 4504 / 977 to the Bauxite and Northern for an SW-1200 switch engine. As a result this locomotive escaped the rebuilding program. Eventually Equity Grain Coop of Houston purchased both units from the Bauxite and Northern, renumbering them as #1 and #2 respectively. The 4502 / 975/ #1 was retired in 1992 with a broken crank. With the 4504 / 977 / #2 being retired in 1992 due to a failure of a lower main bearing. Shortly thereafter these units where donated to the Houston Chapter of the NRHS. The chapter then sold all the units to an individual in the Houston area. In 1995, this individual offered the #4502 to the Museum of Transport for a nominal amount. In January of 2000, the cosmetic restoration of the MoPac RS-3 to its "as delivered" paint scheme began through the efforts of the NRHS and the Museuem of Transportation members and volunteers. (Background from RS-3 Project website) Project Update: What little time we had was spent on cleaning and removing grease, oil and rust accumulations, removal of the hood doors for paint stripping and repairs, and stripping paint from unit. The glazing has been removed and stored. Presently we are waiting for some warmer weather to resume work on the unit, this is required because the stripper does not function below about 60 degrees. Please note that this project is funded by a grant from one of the St Louis Section NRHS members. The main problem we face in completing the restoration is getting volunteers, to date we have had six volunteers working on the project. To the best of my knowledge, none of these are members of the MPHS. What You Can Do: On another front there may be a few other things that some MPHS members could help us out with. We could really use a couple of good color prints of this or one of its sisters in the original blue and grey paint. A side shot and both ends would be helpfully. When we received the unit it was missing the air horns, marker lights and builder plates. The air horns appear to have been the long version of the Wabco E-2. We need to get two of the horns and all four of the markers. (Steve Linhardt) Related Links:
TSRR 201
/ T&P 316, 4-6-0
steam engine This engine is fully restored and repainted. TSRR No. 201 (Built by A. L. Cooke, 1901, 79 tons, 4-6-0) is the former No. 316 on the T&P, and then as 316 on the P&MP (Paris & Mount Pleasant).The T&P would then buy it back from the P&MP and sent it to Abilene, TX as T&P 75. In May 1974, it was donated to the Texas State Railway and was restored at TSR 201. The engine is class D-9, with 4-6-0 wheel arrangement at 4'-8.5" guage. It is owned by TSRR (as T&P) Texas State Railroad, and housed at Palestine, TX. It is operational. It is presently used as a backup to three other operating steam locomotives and usually can be seen at the Rusk shop. Related Links:
T&P 610,
2-10-4 steam engine Only a few years back this was a fully restored and operational steam engine once leased out for rail excursions by a Texas agency. The 610 is a 2-10-4 Lima built locomotive. The 4'-8.5" guage, I1a class locomotive is owned by Texas State Railroad and resides today at the Palestine shop, occasionally on display there. Due to budget constraints there are no plans to restore No. 610 to operating condition at this time. Related Links:
In addition to the above, there is a report of a 0-6-0 (no number, no location) in storage somewhere in the South which is in very poor condition, and considered un-restorable. T&P 909 - there has also been a report of an ex- New York Central 3001 that came to T&P as no. 909 that has been preserved. T&P 400 (410) - an E-4-A, 2-8-2, 4'-8.5", T&P (FW&D) is reported to be displayed at a city park (Pope & S.Wash) in Marshall, Texas.Ê T&P 642 - aÊ 4-4-0 / 4'-8.5" is said to still be at the bottom of Village Creek near Handley (annexed in 1946, it is now part of far west Arlington / east Ft. Worth), Texas. T&P 642 was/is an 'American' class 4-4-0 that fell into Village Creek near Handley, TX during a flood in 1885. A group of investors hope to turn the old T&P Passenger Terminal in downtown Ft. Worth into a railroad-themed hotel, and they're hoping to get the funds to extract the engine still buried under the creekbed. Related Links: "Bertha" (0-6-2) and "Rosa" (0-4-4) - a pair of narrow guage sugarcane steam engines once owned by a Donaldson, Louisiana branch of the T&P were reported to be preserved and running in the Lampasas, Texas on the Westerfield Railroad as recently as late 1995. (Read the whole story in the Spring & Summer 1996 MPHS EAGLE Magazine) Rio Grande Railroad
Company #1 - a 2-4-2 42-inch guage steamer is possibly the oldest
surviving U. S. narrow guage locomotive. Due to the twists and turns of
railroad mergers and divisions over the past 100 years this very old engine
has ties that link it to the rosters of several roads including the St.
Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Co., a subsidiary of the Missouri
Pacific. RGRR No. 1 was reported to still be in existence in Brownsville,
Texas as late as 1992, though it has suffered many modifications and considerable
corrosion over the last century plus. (read about it in the Winter
1992 MPHS EAGLE Magazine)
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