| LC control no. | n 81029000 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Union Pacific Railroad Company |
| Variant(s) | Union Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company Pacific Union Railroad Company |
| See also | Successor: Union Pacific Railway Company Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company Spokane International Railroad Oregon Short Line Railroad Company St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway Southern Pacific Company Nevada Central Railway |
| Biography/History note | The Union Pacific Railroad Company was established in 1862. It later merged with the Kansas Pacific Railway Company and the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company to form the Union Pacific Railway Company. |
| Beginning date | 1862 |
| Ending date | 1880 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Field of activity | Railroads |
| Special note | Unused subdivision: Land Dept. Old catalog headings: Union Pacific Railroad Company (1862-1880); Union Pacific Railroad Company (1897- ) |
| Found in | Its Central Pacific railroad, 1865. LC manual auth. cds. (hdgs.: Union Pacific Railroad Company (1862-1880) and Union Pacific Railroad Company (1897- ); Union Pacific Railroad Company chartered 7-1-1862, opened 5-10-1869; succeeded in 1880 by Union Pacific Railway Company formed by consolidation of Union Pacific Railroad Company, Kansas Pacific Railway Company, and Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company; succeeded by Union Pacific Railroad Company (chartered 7-1-1897)) Drury, G. Historical guide to N. Am. railroads, 1985: p. 157 (Union Pacific took over Oregon Railway and Navigation Company in 1898 of after; Spokane International Railroad acquired by UP in 1958 when nearly 99% of stock purchased; SI still exists, operating under own name) Drury, G.H. Train-watcher's guide to N. Amer. railroads, c. 1984 (under Union Pacific Railroad: Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. one of several railroads owned by Union Pacific still having separate corporate existence) Gross, J. Railroads of N. Amer., c1977 (Oregon-Washington RR & Navigation Co. succeeded by Union Pacific; Oregon RR & Navigation Co. succeeded by Oregon-Washington RR & Navigation Co.) Its Union Pacific Railroad Company. The Congress of the United States ... 1862: t.p. (Union Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company; Pacific Union Railroad Company) Encyclopedia of western railroad history, 1986- : v. 2, p. 219 (Oregon Short Line Railroad Company leased to Union Pacific Railroad Company, Jan. 1, 1936) Yesteryear Depot internet site, Jan. 29, 2004 (St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway; inc. 1897; from St. Joseph, Mo., to Grand Island, Neb.; became part of Union Pacific in 1923) Britannica Online, June 18, 2007: Southern Pacific Railroad (acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation in 1996) NUCMC data from Nevada Historical Society for Nevada Central Railroad records, 1880-1938 (in 1881 the Nevada Central Railway was purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad but lack of income and the need for maintenance gave the Union Pacific reason to allow the line to be sold at bankruptcy to the stockholders and original owners, the Stokes family; a new company, the Nevada Central Railroad was established 1 Nov. 1888) |
| Not found in | NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Blalock, N.G. Papers, 1891-1892 |
| Associated language | eng |
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