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Union Pacific Railroad

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• Union Pacific operates North America's premier railroad franchise, covering 23 states in the western

two-thirds of the United States.

• Fort Worth Line

• Rail/Freight Service (TownSquarePublications.com)

The Union Pacific RR main line extends through Weatherford from the northwest to the southeast and provides daily, multiple-

train freight portage to the northwest Industrial Park on three company spurs. This UPRR rail line connects east to the Fort

Worth Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) and the Tower 55 intersection, near downtown Fort Worth. Freight services

include unit and intermodal interchange with the BNSF Railway and passenger service aboard Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer

and Texas Eagle. BNSF and Union Pacific local switchers serve nearby customers and the Alliance Intermodal Terminal to

the north.

• Day in North America: December 28, 2005 Tracing the T&P through North Texas

Text and photos by Wes Carr

• Abandoned Railways > Weatherford to Graford

The Missouri Pacific was another classic fallen flag that had an entire fleet of passenger trains with a common name known as

Eagles. Most of these were regional in nature although two were long-distance concists, the Texas Eagle and Colorado Eagle.

While the Eagles are well remembered, particularly in the regions and cities they served the trains never carried the patronage

of other famous fleets like the Union Pacific’s City trains or Southern Pacific’s Daylights. The TE was the railroad's connection

to the Midwest and Texas, serving most regions of the Lone Star State for over 20 years before handed over to Amtrak in the

early 1970s.