Morning Star (train)

The Morning Star was a passenger train operated by St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) between St. Louis and Dallas, designated as train numbers 5 (southbound) and 6 (northbound). From 1941 to 1950, the Morning Star also carried through cars from Memphis to Dallas, connecting with the main train at Brinkley, Arkansas. The Memphis connection for the Morning Star was added to permit Cotton Belt passenger trains to readily connect with the new Tennessean which had been inaugurated by Southern Railway in 1941. The Morning Star was replaced by unnamed train numbers 7 and 8 in November 1952, as a part of extensive passenger train restructuring by St. Louis Southwestern. The #7/#8 trains continued to the mid-1950s along the St. Louis - Dallas route, with coach and sleeping car service; however, food concession cars were eliminated.^[1]

Morning Star

Advertising blotter for the Morning Star in June 1941
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	discontinued
Locale	Southwestern United States
First service	1941
Last service	c.1950
Former operator(s)	St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Route
Termini	St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee Dallas, Texas
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	5 (southwest-hbound), 6 (northeast-bound)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	coach
Sleeping arrangements	Sections, compartments and drawing room between St. Louis and Pine Bluff, Ark. (1950)
Catering facilities	dining car (Jonesboro, Ark. - Dallas)

References

1. "St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 88 (4). September 1955.

• Goen, Steve Allen (1999). Cotton Belt Color Pictorial. Four Ways West Publications. ISBN 1-885614-25-X.^{[page needed]}
• Railway Age. May 17, 1941. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)^{[full citation needed]}