Valley Eagle

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

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.