Texas & Pacific was majority-owned by Missouri Pacific, but they were separately (if cooperatively) operated, so T&P’s 1955 timetable doesn’t look anything like MP’s. Click image to download a 2.5-MB PDF of this timetable contributed by Ellery Goode. In fact, … Continue reading
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Texas & Pacific, the cover of this timetable asserts, was the “short line” from “New Orleans to all points in northern Texas, California, Colorado & the West.” That seems to be true in terms of miles: the Southern Pacific route … Continue reading
Like most railroads with “Pacific” in their name, the goal of the Texas & Pacific was to build to the Pacific Ocean, in this case, San Diego. By the time this time table was issued, it had only built from … Continue reading
In 1936, Texas celebrated the 100th anniversary of its independence from Mexico with a world’s fair in Dallas. Despite then-still-rampant racism, the fair included a Hall of Negro Life, which presented black culture in exhibits from 32 states and DC. … Continue reading
The Texas & Pacific basically consisted of a line from New Orleans to El Paso, which was probably viable in 1960 only because it was a part of the larger Missouri Pacific system. The railroad offered two passenger trains on … Continue reading
Texas & Pacific was controlled or owned by Missouri Pacific for most of its existence until the two finally merged in 1976. Although they kept separate corporate identities before the merger, T&P streamlined trains were, like MoPacs, called “eagles” and … Continue reading