User talk:NE2/UP tree


 * Southern Pacific Rail Corporation: Western Rail Transportation Company incorporated in DE under Anschutz ownership 1988-06-23; changed name to Rio Grande Industries, Inc. 1988-08-08; changed name to SPRC 1993-05-04
 * Owned Rio Grande Holding, Inc.: Rio Grande Industries, Inc. incorporated in DE 1968-10-01; gained control of D&RGW 1969; Anschutz Corporation gained control through TAC Acquisition Corporation 1984-11; changed name to RGH and became subsidiary of new RGI 1988-08-08; sold D&RGW to SPTC, thus becoming useless 1994-10-01
 * Owned Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company: RGH sold D&RGW to SPTC 1994-10-01
 * Owned SPTC Holding, Inc.: incorporated in DE under RGI ownership 1987-11; acquired SPTC 1988-10-13; merged into SPRC 1993-08-18
 * &larr; Southern Pacific Company: incorporated 1969; merged with Santa Fe Industries, Inc. to form Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation 1983-12-31; eliminated from SP influence 1988-10-13
 * Owned Southern Pacific Transportation Company: Southern Pacific Company incorporated in KY 1884; began operating 1885; reincorporated in DE 1947-09-30; reorganized as Southern Pacific Transportation Company under SPC ownership 1969-11-26; SFSP sold SPTC to SPTC Holding 1988-10-13; gained control of D&RGW 1994-10-01
 * Owned Central Pacific Railway Company: merged into SPC 1959-04-21
 * Owned Oregon and California Rail Road Company
 * Owned Southern Pacific Railroad Company

So, after 1994, Southern Pacific Rail Corporation owned Southern Pacific Transportation Company, which owned Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.


 * Union Pacific Corporation: incorporated in UT 1969
 * Owned Union Pacific Railroad Company: merged into SPTC 1998-02-01
 * UP Acquisition Corporation: incorporated in DE under UPRR ownership; acquired 1/4 of SPRC 1995-09; merged into UPRR 1996-06-25
 * Owned Southern Pacific Rail Corporation: UP Holding Company, Inc. incorporated under UPC ownership; renamed SPRC 1996-09-11
 * Southern Pacific Rail Corporation: UPAC acquired 1/4 1995-09; STB approved full UP (which one?) control of SPRC 1996-08-12; merged into UPHC 1996-09-11
 * Owned Union Pacific Railroad Company: Southern Pacific Transportation Company; renamed UPRR 1998-02-01
 * Owned Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company: merged into UPRR 1997-06-30

So, after 1998, Union Pacific Corporation owned Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, which owned Union Pacific Railroad Company. SPRC still exists as a UPC subsidiary, but I doubt it still owns UPRR...

SPCSL Corporation: merged into UPRR 1997-06-30

St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company: merged into UPRR 1997-09-30

Chicago and North Western Railway Company: merged into UPRR 1995-10-01

MP
Merged into UP in 1982...I would have added this myself, but i can't figure out how.  the_ed 17  20:25, 27 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I've put this project on hold, but I know for a fact that that's not the full story. The two companies may have come under common ownership then, but the MP was still a separate company at the time of the SP merger. --NE2 20:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)