Saturday, January 10, 2015

Mopac's 'Colorado Eagle', 1950s


The train was inaugurated in June 1942. Its route headed westward from St. Louis and once reaching Pueblo, Colorado, worked in tandem with the Denver & Rio Grande Western to complete its journey to Denver. 

In early 1964 the train lost its all-Pullman status and its dining services. Just a few years later it had completely lost its name and was cut back to just Kansas City, no more than a regional run, and remained this way until the start up of Amtrak in 1971.

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