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Missouri Pacific Railroad

Overview
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri
Reporting mark	MP
Locale	Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas
Dates of operation	1872–1982
Predecessor	Pacific Railroad
Successor	Union Pacific Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Missouri Pacific Railroad (reporting mark MP), often shortened to MoPac and called The Mop, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River.

Union Pacific Corporation, the parent company of the Union Pacific Railroad, agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980.

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