Lionel 6-30081 Union Pacific UP Merger Special w/TrainSounds (Conventional GP38 #1988)Through the years, a series of mergers helped Union Pacific create the strongest railroad company in North America. In the 1980s the addition of Missouri Pacific doubled Union Pacific route miles, and the acquisition of Western Pacific and Katy extended service into new regions of California and Oklahoma. The Union Pacific Merger Special set tips a conductors cap to these important railroads before the Union Pacific merger, in their original livery.