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Tarantula Railroad Here comes the train! Pulling several passenger cars the steam locomotive is about to enter the stock yard's 125,000 square-foot hog and sheep pen building. (10.19.02) |
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Tarantula Railroad Coming through the building. The Tarantula name comes from someone's observation of the 1873 railroad map of Fort Worth that proposed rail lines radiating out from the city in all directions. (10.19.02) |
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Tarantula Railroad No. 2248 exits the building to cross Exchange Avenue. (10.19.02) |
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Tarantula Railroad Locomotive No. 2248, a 4-6-0, was built by the Cooke Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey in 1896 for the Southern Pacific Railroad. (10.19.02) |
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Tarantula Railroad Water splashes as the fireman opens the water tower valve. In 1959 No. 2248 was purchased from the SP by Charles T. Brown who, together with Walt Disney, had planned to build a steam railroad around Griffith Park in Los Angeles. That never happened and the locomotive was sold again in 1974 to the State of Texas and then 1990 to the Tarantula. (10.19.02) |
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Tarantula Railroad The Tarantula Train operates over approximately 21 miles of the Cotton Belt, between the communities of Grapevine, Colleyville and Smithfield, and Fort Worth's Stockyards. This is the only operating steam locomotive in Texas that dates from before the turn of the century. (10.19.02) |
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Tarantula Railroad Linda poses with one of the Tarantula's four 1925 day coaches that were purchased from the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania. Each coach contains walk-over seating for 72 passengers. (10.19.02) |
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Tarantula Railroad Linda and David pause for another photograph by one of the vintage day coaches. (10.19.02) |
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Tarantula Railroad Touring coaches were built in 1927 by the American Car Foundry for the Wabash Railroad. The cars have arched openings all down their lengths, with wrought iron railings. Riders experience an open-air feel as they travel. Windows are installed during the winter months for passenger comfort. (10.19.02) |
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Fort Worth Stock Yard David caught Linda in this photograph at Riscky's B-B-Q at Stockyards Station. (10.19.02) |
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Fort Worth Stock Yard David and Linda enjoy lunch at Riscky's B-B-Q on the very day of their 75th anniversary. (10.19.02) |
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