AMERICA'S STREAMLINERS
MISSOURI PACIFIC
(POST WW II)
Operated several streamliners known as Eagles. The Missouri River Eagle operated over the route presently used by Amtrak between St. Louis and Kansas City, and north to Omaha. Joining that train in 1942 was the Colorado Eagle, which was probably the last streamliner introduced in America, before war time demands prevented construction of more new cars. The most significant train was the Texas Eagle, which was actually scheduled as two separate trains. Through sleepers to and from New York City and Washington DC connected at St. Louis with the Pennsylvania Railroad's Penn Texas. Amtrak's present day Texas Eagle actually operates over a combination of the previous Texas Eagle routes.
Only streamlined trains and the most important stations are shown.
#5 #11 January 22, 1950 #12 #6
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8:50 am 4:00 pm St. Louis 12:01 pm 5:40 pm
11:00 am 6:05 pm Jefferson City 9:45 am 3:20 pm
12:15 pm 7:18 pm Sedalia 8:38 pm 2:10 pm
2:25 pm 9:10 pm Kansas City 7:01 am 12:20 pm
6:40 pm ----- Omaha ----- 8:00 am
----- 10:13 pm Osawatomie 5:22 am -----
----- 1:15 am Hoisington 1:12 am -----
----- 3:07 am Scott City 10:11 pm -----
----- 6:55 am Pueblo 6:50 pm -----
----- 9:25 am Denver 4:10 pm -----
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MISSOURI RIVER EAGLE (#5-#6)
(required 2 sets)
(all cars built by ACF in 1940)
Baggage 700/701
Baggage Mail 710/711
76 Seat Coach 720/721
56 Seat Coach 730/731
Diner Bar Lounge 740/741
Parlor Observation 750/751
COLORADO EAGLE (#11-#12)
(required 2 sets)
Baggage 703/704 (Budd 1942)
Baggage Mail 712/713 (Budd 1942)
56 Seat Coach 733/734 (Budd 1942)
Coach Grill 722/723 (Budd 1942)
Dome Coach 890-892 (from series) (Budd 1948)
Diner Lounge 742/743 (Budd 1942)
14R/1DR/2BR Sleeper Eagle _____ (from series) (PS 1948)
14R/4BR Sleeper Eagle _____ (from series) (PS 1948)
8S/1DR/3BR Sleeper (heavyweight?) (Wichita-Denver)
January 22, 1950 #21 #1
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St. Louis 5:30 pm 5:30 pm
Poplar Bluff 9:24 pm 9:30 pm
Memphis 8:30 pm 8:30 pm
Little Rock 12:20 am 12:40 pm
Texarkana 3:10 am 3:25 am
Longview 4:50 am 5:01 am
Palestine 6:45 am -----
Houston 10:00 am -----
Austin 10:00 am -----
San Antonio 11:40 am -----
Dallas ----- 7:55 am
Fort Worth ----- 9:00 am
Abilene ----- 12:54 pm
Midland ----- 4:14 pm
El Paso ----- 10:00 pm
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January 22, 1950 #2 #22
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El Paso 12:30 am -----
Midland 8:43 am -----
Abilene 12:10 pm -----
Fort Worth 5:15 pm -----
Dallas 6:15 pm -----
San Antonio ----- 2:10 pm
Austin ----- 3:40 pm
Houston ----- 4:00 pm
Palestine ----- 7:15 pm
Longview 8:45 pm 9:05 pm
Texarkana 10:40 pm 10:50 pm
Little Rock 1:30 am 1:40 am
Memphis 6:30 am 6:30 am
Poplar Bluff 4:20 am 4:30 am
St. Louis 8:15 am 8:20 am
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TEXAS EAGLE (#1-#2)
(required 3 sets)
Divided Coach (Memphis-Fort Worth)
Coach (St. Louis-El Paso)
Divided Coach (St. Louis-El Paso)
Diner (St. Louis-Fort Worth)
5BR Lounge (St. Louis-Fort Worth)
14R/4BR Sleeper (Memphis-Fort Worth)
14R/4BR Sleeper (Washington-Fort Worth via B&O)
14R/4BR Sleeper (New York-El Paso via PRR)
14R/1DR/2BR Sleeper (St. Louis-Fort Worth)
TEXAS EAGLE (#21-#22)
(required 2 sets)
Coach (St. Louis-San Antonio)
Divided Coach (St. Louis-San Antonio)
Coach (St. Louis-Corpus Christi)
Divided Coach (St. Louis-Houston)
Diner Lounge (St. Louis-Houston)
Diner Lounge (St. Louis-San Antonio)
6S/6R/4BR Sleeper (St. Louis-San Antonio)
14R/4BR Sleeper (St. Louis-San Antonio)
10R/5BR Sleeper (PRR owned) (New York-San Antonio via PRR)
10R/6BR Sleeper (New York-Houston via PRR)
10R/5BR Sleeper (PRR owned) (Washington-Houston via PRR)
14R/4BR Sleeper (Memphis-Houston)
14R/1DR/2BR Sleeper (St. Louis-Galveston)
LOUISIANA EAGLE (T&P #21-#22)
(required 2 sets)
T&P #21 June 21, 1953 T&P #22
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7:50 pm New Orleans 7:10 am
12:50 am Alexandria 2:40 am
3:50 am Shreveport 11:25 pm
5:10 am Marshall 10:10 pm
8:35 am Dallas 6:30 pm
9:20 am Fort Worth 5:25 pm
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Coaches (New Orleans-Fort Worth)
Diner Lounge (Marshall-Fort Worth)
Sleepers (R, BR, S) (New Orleans-Fort Worth)
CARS ASSIGNED TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT TRAINS
(some cars numbered differently for subsidiary Texas & Pacific)
Baggage Mail 810-815/T&P 100-104 (ACF 1948)
Baggage Dorm 804/T&P 300-304 (ACF 1947-1948)
Coach Dorm 820-823 (ACF 1948)
60 Seat Coach 830/T&P 450-460 (ACF 1948)
60 Seat Coach 831-833/T&P 461 (Budd 1949)
Diner 840/T&P 500 (ACF 1948)
Diner Lounge 841-845/T&P 525-527 (ACF 1948)
Diner Lounge 846-847 (Budd 1949)
64 Seat Coach 860-862 (Budd 1948)
Divided Coach 863-869/T&P 400-401 (ACF 1947-1948)
Coach Grill Lounge 870-874/T&P 480-481 (ACF 1947-1948)
5BR/Lounge Eagle _____ (3 cars) (PS 1948)
10R/6BR Sleeper Eagle _____ (11 cars) (PRR owned) (ACF 1949)
10R/6BR Sleeper Eagle _____ (2 cars) (Budd 1949)
14R/4BR Sleeper Eagle _____ (38 cars) (PS 1948)
14R/1DR/2BR Sleeper Eagle _____ (6 cars) (PS 1948)
6S/6R/4BR Sleeper _____ River (4 cars) (PS 1942)
VALLEY EAGLE
(required 2 sets)
#11 January 22, 1950 #12
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10:45 am Houston 3:15 pm
3:45 pm Odem 10:30 am
7:40 pm Brownsville 6:45 am
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(all cars built by ACF in 1948)
Baggage Mail 816/817
Grill Coach 824/825
Coaches 850-855
DELTA EAGLE
(required 1 set)
#335 January 22, 1950 #334
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4:00 pm Memphis 11:30 am
9:10 pm McGehee 6:45 am
11:20 pm Tallulah 4:30 am
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(all cars built by St. Louis in 1941)
AA Locomotive/Baggage 7100
60 Seat Coach Mail 760
51 Seat Coach Grill 732