Texas Eagle (MP train)

Texas Eagle
A Texas and Pacific EMD E7 leads an Eagle in this 1950s ticket cover.
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleMidwestern United States/Southwestern United States
First serviceAugust 15, 1948
Last serviceApril 30, 1971
SuccessorInter-American (train)
Former operator(s)Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas and Pacific Railway
Route
TerminiSt. 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 frequencyDaily
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 arrangementsReclining seat coach
Sleeping arrangementsroomettes, double bedrooms; carried-over slumbercoach transferring at St. Louis from the National Limited (1961)
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 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.