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How did Austin’s MoPac Expressway get its name?
In 1944, the Austin Planning Commission discussed the potential development of a highway using under-utilized right-of-way owned by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, or “MoPac.” From there ...
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Missouri Pacific locomotives remembered
MP 4-6-2 5327 rolls the Missourian past a Terminal Railroad Association Baldwin diesel as Frisco 4-8-2 4401 backs the Will Rogers into Union Station. Harold E. Williams photo Missouri Pacific 4-6 ...
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Trains once ferried across the river from Baton Rouge to Anchorage. But where was Anchorage?
The George S. Walker train ferry transports a train across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Anchorage railroad ...
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Texas Supreme Court refuses to hear train contract case
The Texas Supreme Court has refused to allow Anderson County to have a rehearing in the long running International and Great ...
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MoPac lanes reopen following vehicle fire in North Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — Several lanes of the North MoPac Expressway were blocked Wednesday morning after a vehicle caught fire in North Austin. According to the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority ...