IanLK Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> hank Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > IIRC D&RGW still exists, legally, just as
> Central
> > Pacific lasted until 1959 or so, Michigan
> Central
> > until 1975 (Conrail) and so on. So at some
> point
> > you have to decide what constitutes "Fallen".
> > Even the Wabash, for/from whose absorption into
> > N&W the term was coined, ("Follow the Flag")
> was
> > actually only leased and continued to exist,
> > legally, for many years. (Still listed in my
> 1980
> > Moody's Manual, the most recent I have I'm
> > afraid.)
>
> Could be wrong but I believe the Rio Grande was
> merged by the SP Transport Company with the SSW
> and UP (and maybe one other survivor; MOPAC?) into
> the SP, and then they renamed the SP the UP for
> branding purposes. The SPTC survived as the
> holding company until just recently but has now
> also changed its name to the Union Pacific
> Corporation, which only owns one railroad entity,
> the UPRR.
Mopac was one of the early railroads gobbled up by UP along with Kathy, back in the 80's. SSW was part of SP long ago, as some of their 4-8-4's finished service on SP Commuter trains in the Bay Area.
Greg