Texas Eagle (MP train)

Texas Eagle

A Texas and Pacific EMD E7 leads an Eagle in this 1950s ticket cover.
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Midwestern United States/Southwestern United States
First service	August 15, 1948
Last service	April 30, 1971
Successor	Inter-American (train)
Former operator(s)	Missouri Pacific Railroad Texas and Pacific Railway
Route
Termini	St. Louis, Missouri El Paso, Texas San Antonio, Texas Galveston, Texas Mexico City
Stops	45 (St. Louis–El Paso) 37 (El Paso–St. Louis) 18 (St. Louis–San Antonio) 17 (San Antonio–St. Louis) 23 (St. Louis–Galveston) 21 (Galveston–St. Louis)
Average journey time	29 hours 45 minutes (St. Louis–El Paso) 30 hours 20 minutes (El Paso–St. Louis) 18 hours 10 minutes (St. Louis–San Antonio) 18 hours 31 minutes (St. Louis–Galveston) 18 hours 20 minutes (Galveston–St. Louis)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	1 (St. Louis–El Paso) 2 (El Paso–St. Louis) 21-221-21 (St. Louis–San Antonio) 22-222-22 (San Antonio–St. Louis) 21-221-21-25 (St. Louis–Galveston) 26-22-222-22 (Galveston–St. Louis)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Reclining seat coach
Sleeping arrangements	roomettes, double bedrooms; carried-over slumbercoach transferring at St. Louis from the National Limited (1961)
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Operating speed	45.6 mph (St. Louis–El Paso) 44.7 mph (El Paso–St. Louis) 50.8 mph (St. Louis–San Antonio) 46.7 mph (St. Louis–Galveston) 47.2 mph (Galveston–St. Louis)
Track owner(s)	Missouri Pacific Railroad

The Texas Eagle was an American streamlined passenger train operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Texas and Pacific Railway between St. Louis, Missouri, and multiple destinations in the state of Texas. It operated from 1948 to 1971. The Texas Eagle was one of many trains discontinued when Amtrak began operations in 1971, although Amtrak would revive service over the Missouri Pacific with the Inter-American in 1974. This train was renamed the Eagle in 1981 and finally the Texas Eagle in 1988.