Pennsylvania Railroad Train 4, The Penn-Texas, Circa 1957

PRR Train 4, The Penn-Texas was a part of the PRR Blue Ribbon fleet. It ran between St. Louis and New York City The train was notible for carrying through passenger cars to Texas destinations.

The through passenger cars for this train were received from The Frisco and the Missouri Pacific at St. Louis.

Durring 1957, the Pennsy had 2 Plan 4140 10-6 sleepers (Tioga Rapids and Swatara Rapids) painted for the Texas Special and 11 plan 9008 10-6 sleepers painted for The Eagle (Eagle Beam,Bluff,Charm,Chief,Cove,Eye,Grove,Head,Oak,Park,Pass). Cars in standard PRR paint were used on some car lines (Tippecanoe Rapids was a regular on the Texas Special).

The primary source for this consist listing represented here is The Pennsylvania's Consists of Inter-Regional Passenger Trains Effective April 28,1957 as recorded on Rob's PRR Page

More information about the Penn-Texas can be found at the following sites

consist

The following consist represents a typical Friday Penn-Texas consist between Indianapolis,IN and Pittsburg,PA. Substitution on the model car indicates the car is prototypically correct, but was not the type assigned to this car line. Standin means that the car isn't prototypically correct.

PRR Car Designation Contents/Type Frequency Starting Station Ending Station Model Car Info Photo
BM70M Mail Daily Except Monday St. Louis Pittsburg Renumbered Kato BM70M RPO/Baggage (From the Broadway limited) PRR 6580
BM70M Mail Daily Except Saturday/Sunday St. Louis Pittsburg Renumbered Kato BM70M RPO/Baggage (From the Broadway limited) PRR 6586
B60 Express Daily except Monday St. Louis New York Wheels Of Time 70 Foot Baggage/Express (Substitution) TP 1117
P70GSR Coach Friday,Saturday,Sunday St. Louis New York Broadway Limited P70R (substitution) PRR 3440
P82A Coach Daily St. Louis New York Kato Budd Built Coach (Standin) PRR 4000
P85A Coach Daily St. Louis New York Kato Budd Built Coach (Standin) PRR 4002
P85A Coach Daily St. Louis New York Centrailia Car Shops PRR P85 PRR 4131
Recreation-Lounge Daily St. Louis New York Micro-Trains Plan 3416 Parlor (Substitution) PRR Blue Stone
Diner (part of a twin-unit) Daily St. Louis New York Renumbered Kato Broadway Limited Diner PRR 4600
Kitchen-Dormitory (part of a twin-unit) Daily St. Louis New York Renumbered Kato Broadway Limited Kitchen-Dormatory PRR 4601
6DBR Bar Sleeper/Lounge Daily St. Louis New York Custom "Falls" Series 6DBR Bar PRR Hemlock Falls
21 Roomette Sleeper Daily St. Louis New York Renamed PRR Broadway Limited Budd built 21 Roomette Sleeper PRR Coschocton Inn
14-4 (MKT or SLSF) or 10-6 (PRR in Texas Special paint) Sleeper Daily San Antonio (from MKT/Frisco 2, The Texas Special) New York Railsmith Models MKT 10-6 (Standin) MKT David Crockett
14-4 (MP or TP) Sleeper Daily El Paso (from MP/TP 2 the "West Texas" Eagle New York Centrailia Car Shops MP 6-6-4 (Substitution) MP Colorado River
10-6 (PRR in Eagle Paint) Sleeper Daily San Antonio (from MP/TP 22, the Texas Eagle) New York Centrailia Car Shops PRR 10-5 in Eagle paint (Standin, wrong era) PRR Cascade Slope
10-6 (PRR in Eagle Paint) Sleeper Daily Houston (from MP/TP 22, the Texas Eagle) New York Centrailia Car Shops PRR 10-5 in Eagle paint (Standin, wrong era) PRR Cascade Cliff
10-6 (PRR in Eagle Paint) or MP 10-6 Sleeper Daily Houston (from MP/TP 22, the Texas Eagle) Washington (to PRR 58 at Harrisburg) Centrailia Car Shops MP 6-6-4 (Substitution) MP Gunnison River
21 Roomette Sleeper Daily Except Saturday Indianapolis Washington (to PRR 58 at Harrisburg) Renamed PRR Broadway Limited Budd built 21 Roomette Sleeper PRR Mansfield Inn

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