About Our Archives
Our archives support our efforts to preserve the history of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and its predecessors
Please consider making a donation to help us in this effort
Missouri Pacific Historical Society Archives
The MPHS Archives are located in Suburban St. Louis, MO. The collection includes documents, photos, equipment diagrams, building diagrams, and operational information related to The Missouri Pacific Railroad and its predecessors and subsidiaries. Many research requests can be handled electronically. Please contact the archives with specific requests, and provide as much detail about the request as possible (dates, location, etc). Please note the archives are volunteer run and only open by appointment only. We make every effort to answer all requests in a timely manner.
The mailing address for the archives is:
Missouri Pacific Historical Society
87 Grasso Plaza Shp. Ctr. #247
St. Louis, MO 63123
A Brief History of the Archives
The original MPHS archives were located in a caboose located at The National Museum of Transportation. MoPac Caboose # 13546 was graciously donated by Union Pacific to the National Museum of Transportation for use as an archives by the MPHS. Today we still use the caboose for offsite storage of items that do not require temperature or humidity control.
Our current facility is about 1,200 square feet of office space located in St. Louis County and is available by appointment.
Donate to the Archives
Your support allows us to continue to preserve, digitize and make the contents of our archives available. Please use the form below to contact us about making a donation.
More Information
Donations of memoribilia should be mailed or otherwise delivered this address. Please contact us first so we know what to expect.
Send Memorabilia to:
Archivist
Missouri Pacific Historical Society
87 Grasso Plaza Shp. Ctr. #247
St. Louis, MO 63123
