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Bill, it’s interesting, and somewhat puzzling, that the Mopac initiated the St. Louis-Mexico City sleeping car in 1962, an era time when the railroads, including the MoP, were turning negative regarding passenger service. It was about the time, I believe, that the MoP discontinued the Texas Eagle through sleeping car arrangements at St. Louis with the Eastern railroads PRR & B&O (with the possible exception of the Slumbercoach interchanged with the latter road). Perhaps there was a brisk market to and from Mexico that they tapped.
As a sidelight on this — I grew up in Ohio, where my high school (1960’s) Spanish teacher, an older widow, would periodically travel to Mexico during summer vacations utilizing the Eagle sleeping car, using the Pennsy to and from St. Louis. Of course I was insanely jealous.
