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    lidatownson39
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    The Mop was obviously a big railroad and had plenty of connections, especially at the STL and KC gateways. Is there any knowledge on which railroads were typically its biggest interchange partners? The T&P is an obvious one of course, we can scratch that one out. What others were there? And does anyone have any data on this?

    #10127
    peggyrothschild
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    Can you narrow down your question to a more limited timeframe? As example are you asking about the 1940’s or 1970’s? Lots of mergers involved during the decades. Thanks

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    lidatownson39
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    @cduckworth wrote:

    Can you narrow down your question to a more limited timeframe? As example are you asking about the 1940’s or 1970’s? Lots of mergers involved during the decades. Thanks

    Apologies for not specifying-was looking at the 1940s-1950s.

    #10133
    elsaanderson820
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    There was a lot of interchange through TRRA and A&S in St Louis. From there it could go anywhere.
    Once Chicago was opened via C&EI, MP could interchange with about any other railroad (except the BCR and RFP!).
    I do not have numbers, but the MKT was very not happy when MP/UP merged.
    The eastern roads interchanges at the Mississippi, Western roads at El Paso and Omaha, with some at Pueblo.

    There were also differences on commodity. Oil out of Texas might to heavy one month east through Memphis, next month north to Seattle on the C&S/CBQ.

    And thousands of crossings with an interchange track.
    Pick a favorite!

    Sounds like a fine idea for an Eagle article, traffic patterns over the years.

    Thomas
    DeSoto, TX

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