Valley Eagle
The Valley Eagle was a named streamliner passenger train of the Missouri Pacific Railroad that began in 1948. It ran from Houston, Texas's Union Station to Brownsville, Texas at the Mexico–United States border and a second section to Corpus Christi. It first carried the numbers #11 south and #12 northbound and in later years carried the number of #321 south and #322 heading north.[1]
It made coordinated connections in Houston with trains from St. Louis (Texas Eagle #21/22), from Memphis (#201/202) and from New Orleans (Houstonian #309/310). The Valley Eagle had its final run in 1962.[2]
Night train counterpart
The Missouri Pacific Railroad also operated the Pioneer, a night train counterpart that outlasted the Valley Eagle.[3] After the Pioneer lost its sleeping car and its name, it continued to 1965 or 1966 as an unnamed night train on the route.[4]
External links
- Photo of the Valley Eagle departing Houston Union Station, 1953
Notes
- ^ December 1960 Missouri Timetable, Table T
- ^ December 1960 Missouri Timetable, Table U
- ^ "Missouri Pacific Railroad, 'Equipment' and Table 6". Official Guide of the Railways. 96 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1963.
- ^ "Missouri Pacific Railroad, 'Equipment' and Table 6". Official Guide of the Railways. 98 (2). National Railway Publication Company. July 1965.
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- Colorado Eagle
- Houstonian
- Louisiana Sunshine Special
- Orleanean
- Pioneer
- Rainbow Special
- Southerner
- Sunflower
- Sunshine Special
- Texan
- Texas Eagle
- Valley Eagle
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