Louisiana Eagle

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Louisiana Eagle
Overview
Service type
Coaches
Sleeping arrangementsOpen sections, roomettes and double bedrooms
Catering facilitiesDining lounge car
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)

The Louisiana Eagle was a long distance night train operated by the

Missouri Pacific's Texas Eagle, whereas other east-west trains from New Orleans into Texas went to the south, to Houston and San Antonio.[1][2]

The train was #21 westbound, #22 eastbound. It had a daytime counterpart in the Louisiana Daylight (#27, westbound, 28, eastbound).[2] The Missouri Pacific ran successor night and day trains to the Louisiana Eagle and the Louisiana Daylight as late as 1968.[3] By 1969, all that was left was the successor night train, which was shortened to a Marshall, Texas to New Orleans route.[4][5] By 1970, passenger service was completely discontinued.[6]

Major stops served

Notes

  1. ^ Streamliner Schedules, Louisiana Eagle, 1952 http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track9/louisianaeagle195208.html
  2. ^ a b Texas & Pacific September 1960 timetable http://streamlinermemories.info/South/T&P60TT.pdf
  3. ^ "Missouri Pacific Lines, Table 2". Official Guide of the Railways. 101 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1968.
  4. ^ "Missouri Pacific Lines, Table 2". Official Guide of the Railways. 102 (3). National Railway Publication Company. August 1969.
  5. ^ "Missouri Pacific Lines, Table 2". Official Guide of the Railways. 102 (5). National Railway Publication Company. October 1969.
  6. ^ "Missouri Pacific Lines". Official Guide of the Railways. 102 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1970.