I took this photo on a hot and hazy Chicago summer afternoon, in June of 1985. The Union Pacific had acquired the former Missouri Pacific Railroad through a buy out merger in 1982. For the first 5 years, it was possible to find former Missouri Pacific or Mo Pac units as they were nicknamed, on numerous Union Pacific freight trains in and around the greater Chicagoland aarea. This train is traveling westbound over the Belt Railway of Chicago trackage, enroute to nearby Clearing Yard in Bedford Park Illinois. This view is looking east toward the GTW crosstracks and interchange connections.Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Westbound Union Pacific transfer train with former Missouri Pacific locomotives. Hayford Junction. Chicago Illinois USA. June 1985.
I took this photo on a hot and hazy Chicago summer afternoon, in June of 1985. The Union Pacific had acquired the former Missouri Pacific Railroad through a buy out merger in 1982. For the first 5 years, it was possible to find former Missouri Pacific or Mo Pac units as they were nicknamed, on numerous Union Pacific freight trains in and around the greater Chicagoland aarea. This train is traveling westbound over the Belt Railway of Chicago trackage, enroute to nearby Clearing Yard in Bedford Park Illinois. This view is looking east toward the GTW crosstracks and interchange connections.
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