National Museum of Transportation near Kirkwood in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Missouri Pacific #750
1940
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 22, 2019
1. Missouri Pacific #750 Marker
Inscription.
Missouri Pacific #750. . American Car and Foundry built this lightweight parlor- observation car largely of riveted aluminum, with some low-allow, high-tensile steel. It seats 26 first class passenger in individual reclining and rotating parlor seats, six in the observation lounge at is streamlined end (equipped with a radio, clock and speedometer), and five in an enclosed stateroom with a private toilet. It is 84'6" long, 10' wide, and 13'6" high above the rail. Its empty weight is 101,760 pounds, about 9,500 pounds lighter than a car entirely built of low-allow, high tensile steel, and about 40% less than a car of conventional heavy steel construction. The styling, including colors and the sculpted eagle at the rear, was by Raymond Loewy, the famous industrial designer. It ran in "The Eagle," later renamed the "Missouri River Eagle," a pair of daytime streamliners between St. Louis and Omaha via Kansas City. It was often used by President Truman. The two trains went through his home town of Independence, MO at midday in both directions at both ends, and the MP was the logical route to St. Louis and via connections to Washington, D.C. The Truman family used the staterooms on these cars so often that they were known as the "Truman Rooms." Donated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1962.
American Car and Foundry built this lightweight parlor- observation car largely of riveted aluminum, with some low-allow, high-tensile steel. It seats 26 first class passenger in individual reclining and rotating parlor seats, six in the observation lounge at is streamlined end (equipped with a radio, clock and speedometer), and five in an enclosed stateroom with a private toilet. It is 84'6" long, 10' wide, and 13'6" high above the rail. Its empty weight is 101,760 pounds, about 9,500 pounds lighter than a car entirely built of low-allow, high tensile steel, and about 40% less than a car of conventional heavy steel construction. The styling, including colors and the sculpted eagle at the rear, was by Raymond Loewy, the famous industrial designer. It ran in "The Eagle," later renamed the "Missouri River Eagle," a pair of daytime streamliners between St. Louis and Omaha via Kansas City. It was often used by President Truman. The two trains went through his home town of Independence, MO at midday in both directions at both ends, and the MP was the logical route to St. Louis and via connections to Washington, D.C. The Truman family used the staterooms on these cars so often that they were known as the "Truman Rooms." Donated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1962.
Location. 38° 34.331′ N, 90° 27.629′ W. Marker is near Kirkwood, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in National Museum of Transportation. It can be reached from Barrett Station Road east of Old Dougherty Ferry Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3015 Barrett Station Road, Saint Louis MO 63122, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 22, 2019
2. #750 and Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 240 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 28, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
