Mississippi River Corporation - Railroad Holding Stock Certificate

Railroad Stock. Train, oil derrick, pipeline & 2 male figures. American Bank Note Co. Available in Green or Orange. Please specify color.

The Mississippi River Corporation, now known as the Union Pacific Corporation, is a publicly traded railroad holding company incorporated in Utah in 1969 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. It serves as the parent company of the current Delaware-registered form of the Union Pacific Railroad. Initially, Union Pacific was headquartered in New York City from its re-founding in 1969 until Drew Lewis became CEO in the mid-1980s. Under Lewis’ leadership, the company relocated its corporate headquarters to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Subsequently, it moved to Dallas, Texas, before settling in Omaha to join the Union Pacific Railroad headquarters. Lance M. Fritz currently holds the positions of chairman, president, and chief executive officer.

The Union Pacific Corporation acquired the Missouri Pacific Railroad, which included the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, the Western Pacific Railroad, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, the SPCSL Corporation, and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. All railroads except the Southern Pacific Transportation Company were merged into the previous form of the Union Pacific Railroad. As part of the UP-SP merger, which also involved the merger of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway and the SPCSL Corporation were integrated into the previous form of the Union Pacific Railroad. Subsequently, the Union Pacific Corporation merged the previous form of the Union Pacific Railroad into the Southern Pacific Transportation Company and renamed it to the current form of the Union Pacific Railroad.