The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile (2102 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2728 miles (4390 km) total, three days a week (incorporated as part of the Sunset Limited).

However, as of the August 2009 issue of "Trains" Magazine, Brian Rosenwald, Amtrak's chief of product management, has noted that the Sunset Limited may be replaced by an extension of this route to Los Angeles, California. "We projected the revenue and looked at the logistics," [he said], "and with a little bit of rescheduling came to the conclusion that we can make this happen with the equipment we have, and the additional revenue the train earns will more than cover the increased operating costs." The hopes of this move is to restore a connection to the Coast Starlight in both directions, and board in Maricopa and Tucson, Arizona, at civilized times. "We are putting a stake in the ground: Triweekly needs to disappear," Rosenwald said. In the July 2010 issue, a little blurb on p. 20 shows this as something the would come to fruition at some point along with four other routes. While the route of the Sunset Limited wouldn't be entirely replaced, the performance improvements listed explain what will happen:

• Conversion to daily Chicago-Los Angeles train
• Shortening of the schedule by 9 hours
• San Antonio-New Orleans stub service on a daily basis to connect with this train
• Use of the Diner-Lounge on the stub service

These changes would in turn create a thru-car change similar to that of the Empire Builder. Such service would originate from Los Angeles and split at San Antonio, and vice versa from New Orleans. However, no information exists as to whether westbound trains originating from New Orleans will be able to send cars or effectively connect passengers to travel north to Chicago.

See also:

• Regional: North America: United States: Texas: Recreation and Sports (138)

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