The Missouri Pacific Railroad ( reporting mark MP ), commonly abbreviated as MoPac , was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River . MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad operated 9,041 miles of road and 13,318 miles of track, not including DK&S , NO&LC , T&P , and its subsidiaries C&EI and Missouri-Illinois .
29-2053: (Redirected from Baldwin DR-4-4-15 ) [REDACTED] This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( February 2015 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Baldwin DR-4-4-1500 [REDACTED] Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP) Baldwin DR-4-4-1500 "Babyface" units at Jefferson City, Missouri in 1953 Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works Model DR-4-4-1500 Build date November 1947 – June 1950 Total produced 105 Specifications Configuration: • AAR B-B Gauge 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge Trucks AAR Type B Prime mover 608SC Engine type Four-stroke diesel Aspiration Turbocharged Generator Westinghouse 471A Traction motors Westinghouse 370F (4) Cylinders 8 Gear ratio 15:63 Couplers AAR type E knuckle Performance figures Power output 1,500 hp (1.12 MW) Career Operators Missouri Pacific , New York Central , Central Railroad of New Jersey , Pennsylvania Railroad , Elgin, Joliet and Eastern , Baltimore and Ohio Class PRR- BF15/BF15a, NYC- DFA-4a, CNJ- FD-43 Nicknames Babyface / Sharknose Locale North America Scrapped 1962 (B&O, NYC, MP) 1963 (CNJ) 1966 (PRR) Disposition All scrapped The Baldwin DR-4-4-1500
58-441: A hostler (an employee permitted to move a locomotive in a yard only, not on the road). This terminology has fallen out of use for newer locomotives, since it only really applied to the cab unit style of locomotive. Thus, the term cab unit is used only when an A-unit has a carbody design. Hood unit " road switcher " types were generally equipped with driving cabs and the term "A-unit" was not generally applied to them, although
87-666: A multiple unit , and therefore able to be the lead unit in a consist of several locomotives controlled from a single position. This terminology is generally used in North America , since only there was it commonplace to build B-units —cabless locomotive units which normally could not lead a train. Typical driving cab features, and therefore A-unit features, include windshields, rectangular side windows, crew seats, heating, and sometimes, radios, air conditioning and toilets. B-units always lack all of these features, except that some EMD F-units have an extra porthole-style side window(s) for
116-428: A brand new EMD SD70ACe locomotive, Union Pacific 1982 , with Missouri Pacific paint and logos, as part of a new heritage program. [REDACTED] Media related to Missouri Pacific Railroad at Wikimedia Commons A unit An A-unit , in railroad terminology, is a diesel locomotive (or more rarely an electric locomotive ) equipped with a driving cab and a control system to control other locomotives in
145-512: 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
174-754: A total for all models of 105 locomotives built. Original buyers [ edit ] "Babyface" units produced (1947–1948) [ edit ] Railroad Quantity A units Quantity B units Road numbers A units Road numbers B units Notes Central Railroad of New Jersey 10 5 70–79 K, L, M, R, S Missouri Pacific Railroad 8 4 201–208 201B–204B New York Central Railroad 4 2 3400–3403 3700–3701 Renumbered 3800–3803 (A) Totals 22 11 "Sharknose" units produced (1949–1950) [ edit ] [REDACTED] Pennsylvania Railroad DR-4-4-15 "Sharknose" units at Cincinnati, Ohio . Note
203-990: The Baldwin Locomotive Works Early units Experimental units Baldwin pre-production switchers 4-8+8-4-750/8-DE Switchers VO-660 RS-4-TC DS-4-4-660 DS-4-4-750 S-8 VO-1000 DS-4-4-1000 S-12 Road switchers DRS-4-4-1000 RS-12 DRS-4-4-1500 AS-16 DRS-6-4-1500 AS-416 DRS-6-6-1500 AS-616 Transfer units DT-6-6-2000 RT-624 Cab units DR-12-8-1500/2 DR-6 series DR-4-4-15 RF-16 RP-210 Export units Soviet Railways ДБ20 DRS-6-4-660 DRS-6-4-750 DRS-6-4-1000 RF-615E (See also: List of Baldwin diesel locomotives ) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baldwin_DR-4-4-1500&oldid=1253291584 " Categories : Diesel–electric locomotives of
232-652: 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
261-757: 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 ,
290-498: 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
319-510: 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
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#1732902856448348-1037: 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
377-720: 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, the Pacific Railroad was reorganized as
406-587: The United States B-B locomotives Baldwin locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1947 Locomotives with cabless variants Scrapped locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of the United States Streamlined diesel locomotives Hidden categories: Articles lacking in-text citations from February 2015 All articles lacking in-text citations Missouri Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Corporation ,
435-752: 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
464-573: 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 ,
493-657: 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
522-588: 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
551-638: 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 the Missouri Pacific, its full merger into
580-1806: The prominent side fuel fill, a signature feature. Railroad Quantity A units Quantity B units Road numbers A units Road numbers B units Notes Baldwin Locomotive Works (demonstrators) 2 2 6001A, 6001A1 6001B, 6001B1 to Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad #700A/#701A (A) #700B/#701B (B), then to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 847, 849 (A) 847X, 849X (B), later 4200–4201 (A), 5200–5201 (B) Pennsylvania Railroad 34 34 9568A–9593A, 9700A–9707A 9568B–9593B, 9700B–9707B 9700A,B–9707A,B were equipped with Baldwin RF-16 bodies and Westinghouse 370G generator, and are therefore referred to by some as "RF-15s." 9583B repowered with an Alco 251B V12 prime mover in December 1959, renumbered 9632B. converted to mobile power unit by Sullian Trail Colliery in 1991, scrapped in 1992. Totals 36 36 References [ edit ] Hayden, Bob, ed. (1980). Model Railroader Cyclopedia-Volume 2: Diesel Locomotives . Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-547-9 . Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide . Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI. ISBN 0-89024-026-4 . External links [ edit ] Baldwin DR4-4-1500 (Babyface) Roster Baldwin DR4-4-1500 (Sharknose) Roster PRR Diesel Locomotive diagrams: Baldwin DR-4-4-15 "A" (freight shark) PRR Diesel Locomotive diagrams: Baldwin DR-4-4-15 "B" (freight shark) v t e Diesel locomotives built by
609-432: The rare cabless road switchers were still called B-units . In some cases, A-units were converted to B-units. If the unit had been involved in a collision which damaged the cab, it was sometimes more cost-effective to rebuild the unit without the cab. In rarer cases, B-units were converted to A-units. The Chicago and North Western Railway converted several E8B units purchased from the Union Pacific Railroad . The cabs on
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#1732902856448638-565: 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
667-511: 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
696-461: 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
725-558: Was a 1,500-horsepower (1,100 kW) cab unit -type diesel locomotive built for freight service by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between November 1947 and June 1950. It was produced in two different body types, nicknamed the " Babyface " and " Sharknose " styles by railfans , though Baldwin used the same model number for both. 22 "Babyface" cab-equipped A units were built, along with 11 cabless booster B units ; 36 "Sharknose" A units and 36 B units were constructed, making
754-630: 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
783-589: 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
812-518: 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
841-640: 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
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