Missouri Pacific passenger trains remembered

Rock Island passenger trains: All through February 2025, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and heritage of the Missouri Pacific.

MP’s Colorado Eagle
St. Louis–Denver Colorado Eagle at Pueblo, Colo., July 1947. Photo by Joe Lynch

MP’s Sunshine Special
St. Louis–Laredo/Mexico City Sunshine Special, leaving San Antonio, 1948. Photo by Philip R. Hastings

MP’s Missourian
Kansas City–St. Louis Missourian (far left) arriving St. Louis, late 1940s. Photo by Harold E. Williams

MP postwar bedroom/lounge car
26-seat lounge section of 5-double-bedroom/lounge car, built by Pullman-Standard. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP postwar dining car
44-seat dining car built by American Car & Foundry for the Texas Eagle. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP train 220
Little Rock–Memphis, at Little Rock, Ark., June 1960. Photo by J. Parker Lamb

MP’s Texas Eagle
St. Louis–Houston/Galveston Texas Eagle, Houston Union Station, July 1953. Photo by R. S. Plummer

MP’s Missouri River Eagle
Omaha–St. Louis Missouri River Eagle, north of Leavenworth, Kans., July 1958. Photo by M. Arendt

MP E7 diesels
E7’s 7005 and 7012 at St. Louis Union Station, 1947. Photo by George C. Drake

MP postwar dome coach
Rear main-level coach section of dome coach built by Budd for Colorado Eagle. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP postwar dome coach
Center lounge and forward coach sections of “Planetarium” dome coach built by Pullman-Standard for the Texas Eagle. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP’s Eagle motor car
Lincoln–Union, Nebr., connection to Omaha–St. Louis Missouri River Eagle, built 1945. Photo by Robert Milner

MP’s Missouri River Eagle
Omaha–St. Louis Missouri River Eagle at Atchison, Kans., November 1947. Photo by Harold K. Vollrath

MP postwar coach
Coach built by American Car & Foundry for MP and T&P trains. Photo by American Car & Foundry

MP timetable cover
Public system timetable issued September 16, 1956. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP’s Valley Eagle
Brochure (panels 1–3 of 6) for Houston–Brownsville, Tex., Valley Eagle, inaugurated 1948. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP’s Valley Eagle
Brochure (panels 4–6 of 6) for Houston–Brownsville, Tex., Valley Eagle, inaugurated October 1948. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP’s original Eagle
Brochure (p. 1, front cover) for Omaha–St. Louis Eagle, inaugurated March 1940. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP’s original Eagle
Brochure (p. 2–3) for Omaha–St. Louis Eagle, inaugurated March 1940. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP’s original Eagle
Brochure (p. 4–5) for Omaha–St. Louis Eagle, inaugurated March 1940. Photo by Missouri Pacific

 

MP’s original Eagle
Brochure (p. 8–9) for Omaha–St. Louis Eagle, inaugurated March 1940. Photo by Missouri Pacific

MP’s original Eagle
Brochure (p. 10–11) for Omaha–St. Louis Eagle, inaugurated March 1940. Photo by Missouri Pacific

Please enjoy this photo gallery of Missouri Pacific passenger trains, originally published online in December 2020.