Nostalgia & History > Looking for information on MoPac "Texas Triangle" train

Howdy everyone!

I'm doing some research on the MoPac Texas Triangle trains and ran across a posting about them from last year. I'm looking to find out as much as possible about them as they appear to be the first usage of the term "Texas Triangle"-a term now used frequently to describe the high-growth region between Dallas/Ft Worth-Houston and San Antonio.

They apparently were fairly short-lived. I first found mention of them in a MoPac press release mentioned in the Galveston Daily News of May 6, 1936 that stated the train would begin operation on May 17 of that year-and can find no mention of them post WWII. I was beginning to think it had been one of those trains like The Chessie that was advertised but never actually operated until I found a posting about them on here. Does anyone have any other information about them? Information about consists etc. would be really helpful.

Thanks much!

Cameron

CameronM Wrote:
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> Howdy everyone!
>
> I'm doing some research on the MoPac Texas
> Triangle trains and ran across a posting about
> them from last year. I'm looking to find out as
> much as possible about them as they appear to be
> the first usage of the term "Texas Triangle"-a
> term now used frequently to describe the
> high-growth region between Dallas/Ft Worth-Houston
> and San Antonio.
>
> They apparently were fairly short-lived. I first
> found mention of them in a MoPac press release
> mentioned in the Galveston Daily News of May 6,
> 1936 that stated the train would begin operation
> on May 17 of that year-and can find no mention of
> them post WWII. I was beginning to think it had
> been one of those trains like The Chessie that was
> advertised but never actually operated until I
> found a posting about them on here. Does anyone
> have any other information about them? Information
> about consists etc. would be really helpful.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Cameron


This train did operate.
From August, 1946 OGR:

#17 #18
9 00pm Houston 5 30am
11 27pm College Sta 2 17am
12 15am Valley Jct 1 10am
1 25am Valley Jct 12 15am
3 40am Waco 10 00pm
6 50am Ft Worth 7 00pm

(condensed version of sch)

There was a thru 12-1 Pullman & Grill-Coach btw Corpus Christi-San Antonio and Ft Worth on connecting trains 37-205 & 38-206 (also named Texas Triangle), but only coaches btw Houston-Ft Worth and San Antonio-Ft Worth.

hope this helps



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/14 10:23 by cracker41.

SP RR operating crews on the old Missouri Pacific passenger trains were based out of Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston worked between Fort Worth and Houston. (Trainmen only). Houston and Fort Worth based passenger enginemen worked between Houston and Valley jct. and Fort worth and Valley Jct. MOP RR Houston based operating crews worked between Houston and Corpus Christie, TX.