A Texas and Pacific EMD E7 leads an Eagle in this 1950s ticket cover. | |
Overview | |
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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 |
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Service frequency | Daily |
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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) |
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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.