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Missouri Pacific River and Prairie Rails The Mopac in Nebraska by Michael M Bart
Missouri Pacific River and Prairie Rails The Mopac in Nebraska by Michael M Bartels
Hard Cover w/Dust jacket
204 pages
Copyright 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 7
MoPac Men and Me 9
1. First in the West 11
2. North to Nebraska 13
3. A Capital Connection 23
4. A New Way North 27
5. Buckling the Belt 31
6. Up the Nemaha 35
7. On to Omaha - Again 39
8. Pikes Peak or Bust 43
9. Prosser or Bust 47
10. The Wyandotte 51
11. Passenger Trains 55
12. Freight Traffic 61
13. Motive Power 67
14. Footprints in the Snow 75
15. Tracks and Wrecks 79
16. Floods and Snow 85
17. Division Point 91
18. Division Point Life 99
19. The 1920s-1930s 105
20. The Eagle and the Eaglet 109
21. War 117
22. Steam's Demise 121
23. Passenger Demise 137
24. Branch Line Abandonments 145
25. Depots 149
26. Solid-Blue Stability 155
27. Merger Proposal 167
28. The Siberian Subdivision 171
29. Bluebirds to Canaries 173
30. Rationalization and Retreat177
31. Unbuckling the Belt 183
32. New Era for the Main Line187
33. Into the Future 191
Missouri Pacific Timetable - June 25, 1933193
Missouri River Eagle Schedule - May 1956198
Bibliography 199
Index202
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
MISSOURI PACIFIC - RIVER AND PRAIRIE RAILS
Starting in 1881, the Missouri Pacific Railroad extended its tracks north and west to serve the rich riverfront and prairie lands of southeast Nebraska. For just over 100 years the "MoPac" was a familiar method of conveyance touching the lives of both small-town denizens and those residing in the state's metropolitan centers of Lincoln and Omaha. The story of the MoPac in Nebraska includes the historic Omaha Belt Line and Union connection to Lincoln, the glory days of the Missouri River Eagle steamliner and the melancholy demise of steam power. Although a 1982 merger with the Union Pacific Railroad spelled an eventual end to its separate corporate identity, Missouri Pacific River and Prairie Rails provides an expertly written memorial to a fondly remembered railroad.
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