With the launch of The Eagle in 1940, the Missouri Pacific began a new era in streamliner service, laying the foundation for a fleet of Eagle streamliners following WWII.

With builders swamped with postwar orders, the MP turned to Alco for new passenger power, taking delivery of 36 PA locos by 1952. Run in matched A-A sets or leading other builder's booster and cab units, they were found on the point of Eagles large and small, and often ran solo on St. Louis-area commuter trains.

Orders for new cars were equally diverse, with Budd, Pullman and ACF-built coaches, diners, dome coaches and more joining the fleet. Since 1939 the MP's blue and gray scheme was the signature on all passenger equipment, but the new postwar fleet also included many stainless steel cars that now used these as trim colors. While some were lettered for specific trains, most carried "The Eagle" in the letterboards, a practice carried over to run-through cars from other lines, as well as heavyweight head-end cars.

The 1960s would see the arrival of a simpler solid blue paint job, and a surplus of equipment as lesser trains were combined or dropped. The PAs left the roster by 1968, and the MP would join Amtrak in 1971. Some of its passenger cars were held for special uses, eventually joining the ranks of Union Pacific in the 1982 merger.

Features:

• Mix and match passenger cars and locomotives for realistic consists
• Prototypically accurate window tinting and printed gaskets as appropriate on passenger cars
• Available in standard non-lighted and factory installed DC/DCC LED lighted versions
  
• Car name and/or number decals as appropriate
• Factory-installed grab irons
• Turned metal wheelsets
• Proto MAX metal knuckle couplers
• Matching Walthers Mainline ALCO PA and PA-PB locmotives available in DCC Ready and DCC w/Sound versions
• PLEASE NOTE: As these cars are the correct prototype length and feature full underbody detail to match the prototypes, a minimum 24" radius is recommended for operation