If the prime trains on this website are "streamliners", I guess you could call this train a "dogliner"...as in, the service improved once it was handed over to Greyhound. Actually, that's not quite fair to this train; most of the equipment (save the coaches from Lewisville to Shreveport) was air-conditioned; there was a first-class sleeper option all the way, and you could have a leisurely breakfast or dinner between Texarkana and Dallas in Cotton Belt's one and only dining car...their only other long-distance train in this time period, the Morning Star, stopped for meals on its way from St. Louis to Dallas.

Unfortunately the amenities, such as they were, were not long for this world. Sometime between March 1951 and August of 1952 the dining car service disappeared. If this was a ploy to drive away passengers, it worked; on November 1, 1952 the train would be gone for good.

From the pages of the Official Guide, March 1951

Cotton Belt herald

The Lone Star

St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt)
February, 1951

1 Train Number 2
Daily Miles (Cotton Belt) Services Daily
9 10P Dp 0.0 Memphis, TN (Union Sta.)(CT) C R Ar 6 45A
F10 11P 44.8 Forrest City, AR C F 5 32A
10 45P Ar 69.0 Brinkley, AR C Dp 4 53A
10 50P Dp Ar 4 50A
11 09P 84.1 Clarendon, AR C 4 26A
11 50P 103.4 Stuttgart, AR C 3 49A
12 55A 137.2 Pine Bluff, AR (Station) C 2 54A
F 1 30A 159.2 Rison, AR C F 2 15A
F 1 42A 169.2 Kingsland, AR
F 1 53A 176.8 Fordyce, AR C 1 53A
F 2 14A 190.6 Bearden, AR C F 1 32A
2 48A 206.9 Camden, AR C 1 05A
F 3 20A 227.2 Stephens, AR C F12 33A
3 38A 237.3 McNiel, AR C 12 19A
F 3 47A 242.5 Waldo, AR C F12 09A
4 06A 242.5 Stamps, AR C 11 52P
4 25A Ar 258.9 Lewisville, AR C Dp 11 44P
201 Through Cars Memphis-Shreveport 202
4 30A Dp 258.9 Lewisville, AR C Ar 11 15P
F 4 42A 264.0 Kress City, AR F10 58P
F 4 54A 271.8 Canfield, AR F10 46P
5 05A 277.8 Bradley, AR 10 37P
F 5 14A 283.4 Arkana, LA F10 27P
F 5 22A 288.6 Bollinger, LA F10 19P
5 29A 291.5 Plain Dealing, LA C 10 14P
F 5 42A 299.7 Hughes, LA F10 00P
F 5 45A 301.1 Alden Bridge, LA F 9 57P
F 5 57A 306.3 Benton, LA F 9 48P
F 6 07A 313.1 Vanceville, LA F 9 37P
6 35A Ar 322.2 Shreveport, LA (Union Station) (CT) C R Dp 9 10P
1 Continuing Train Number 2
4 25A Dp 258.9 Lewisville, AR C Ar 11 44P
5 25A Ar 288.9 Texarkana, AR-TX (Union Station) C M Dp 10 45P
5 50A Dp Ar 10 30P
F 6 08A 301.9 Redwater, TX F10 09P
F 6 16A 307.4 Maud, TX F10 01P
6 51A 331.6 Naples, TX C 9 28P
6 59A 335.9 Omaha, TX C 9 19P
7 20A Ar 349.7 Mt. Pleasant, TX C Dp 9 00P
101 Connecting Train Number 102
7 35A Dp 0.0 Mt. Pleasant, TX C Ar 8 35P
7 56A Ar 11.6 Pittsburg, TX C Dp 8 15P
9 25A Ar 66.4 Tyler, TX C M Dp M 6 45P
10 45A Ar 103.7 Athens, TX C Dp 5 28P
11 45A Ar 141.2 Corsicana, TX C Dp 4 32P
1 30P Ar 196.2 Waco, TX (CT) C Dp 3 00P
1 Continuing Train Number 2
7 30A Dp 349.7 Mt. Pleasant, TX C Ar 8 45P
F 7 52A 358.6 Winfield, TX F 8 26P
8 03A 365.4 Mt. Vernon, TX C 8 17P
F 8 12A 371.8 Saltillo, TX
F 8 18A 376.6 Weaver, TX
8 37A 387.9 Sulphur Springs, TX C 7 40P
F 8 51A 398.0 Ridgeway, TX
9 05A 407.1 Commerce, TX C 7 14P
9 31A 421.5 Greenville, TX C 6 52P
F 9 48A 429.8 Clinton, TX F 6 31P
9 56A 435.0 Josephine, TX 6 23P
10 03A 439.1 Nevada, TX 6 16P
F10 08A 442.7 Lavon, TX F 6 09P
10 23A 449.9 Wylie, TX 5 54P
F10 29A 454.3 Murphy, TX F 5 46P
10 38A 459.7 Plano, TX C 5 39P
F10 45A 464.6 Renner, TX F 5 30P
F10 51A 468.5 Addison, TX 5 25P
F11 04A 476.0 University Station, TX 5 12P
11 20A Ar 481.4 Dallas, TX (Union Sta.) (CT) C R Dp 5 00P

Train 1 (Memphis-Dallas): 39 stops; 14:10; 34.0 MPHTrain 1-201 (Memphis-Shreveport): 25 stops; 9:25; 34.2 MPH

Train 2 (Dallas-Memphis): 35 stops; 13:45; 35.0 MPHTrain 202-2 (Shreveport-Memphis): 24 stops; 9:35; 33.6 MPH


NOTE: The Lone Star operates on Rock Island trackage between Memphis, TN and Brinkley, AR.

PASSENGER TRAIN EQUIPMENT

LONE STAR—Trains 1 and 2.

A-C 12-Section Drawing-room-Pullmans between Memphis and Dallas. Train 1—Car 17. Train 2—Car 16.
A-C 10-Section Observation-Pullmans between Memphis and Shreveport. Train 1-201—Car 15. Train 202-2—Car 14.
A-C Chair Cars between Memphis and Dallas.
Chair Cars between Lewisville and Shreveport.
A-C Dining Cars between Texarkana and Dallas.

Trains 101 and 102.
A-C Chair Cars between Mt. Pleasant and Waco.

Original timetable information copyright ©1951 by National Railway Publication Company.  No record of copyright renewal found; it is believed this information is in the public domain.

The St Louis Southwestern/Cotton Belt name and herald are trademarks of Union Pacific Railroad Company and are used with permission. Cotton Belt herald obtained from Signal Signs.

All comments, original material and page design copyright ©2006-2014 by Eric H. Bowen. Page created 2014-11-18.

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LEGEND

Time:

A - A.M.

D - Train stops only to discharge passengers

F - Conditional (Flag) stop

I  - Customs/Immigration inspection stop

M - Meal stop

N - Not a passenger stop

P - P.M.

R - Train stops only to receive passengers


Services:

A - Auto loading/unloading facilities (as freight)

B - Checked baggage is handled

C - Coupon station (Ticket office)

I  - International border inspection station

M - Food service available

P - Telephone station

R - Rental cars available

T - Telegraph station

X - Checked baggage NOT handled

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