Texas Eagle

Texas Eagle

The premier trains of the Missouri Pacific were known as the Eagles – this included the Texas Eagle, as well as the Missouri River Eagle, the Delta Eagle, the Colorado Eagle, and the Valley Eagle. In service from 1948 until Amtrak assumed passenger operations in 1971, the original Texas Eagle operated between St. Louis and El Paso, San Antonio, and Galveston, Texas, with a connection to Mexico City Via the Aztec Eagle via a partnership between the Missouri Pacific and Ferrocarril Nacional de México (National Railroad of Mexico), until the 1960s. Today, Amtrak’s Texas Eagle offers daily service between Chicago and San Antonio, with connections to Los Angeles.

Missouri Pacific Lines | "Smooth and Scenic / Ride the Eagles" and "Dome Coaches Now Between St. Louis and Texas." Printed in the September 25, 1951 Timetable

Illustration of two children looking out a train window at a train traveling through a mountain landscape at sunset. Text includes the headline Smooth and Scenic Ride the Eagles. 

 

Missouri Pacific Dome Coaches promotion showing a dome coach from above. Text includes headline Exclusively on MO-PAC Dome Coaches Now Between St. Louis and Texas.
William R. Hough TImetable Collection

Missouri Pacific Lines | September 14, 1952 Timetable

Missouri Pacific timetable showing a train traveling through a mountain landscape. Text reads Route of the Eagles and Use the St. Louis Gateway. Southern Pacific national map 1951 Illustration of railroad tracks and text with the header: "Smoothest Way West - Southwest? Via the Eagles of Course!"
John A. Swider Timetable Collection

Missouri Pacific Lines / Texas & Pacific | Route of the Eagles Timetable c. 1960s

Illustration of a passenger train passing through the mountains. Text includes: T&P Missouri Pacific Lines - Route of the Eagles
William R. Hough Timetable Collection