Chris Parker and I arose and then drove to McDonald's for my breakfast of hot cakes and sausage. We then drove to Carrollton for the first stop of the morning and parked across from the tracks.
The joint St. Louis-Southwestern and Missouri Kansas Texas station in Carrollton, built in 1914. Across the street is the Dallas Garland & Northwestern Railroad shop area.
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad 26314B 140.
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad RP20BN 147.
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad SD40M 3418.
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad scene.
Califiornia Northern GP15 111. Next we parked in the Carollton light rail station annd purchased a one-region day pass for this morning's ride to Dallas Fort Worth Airport which would be new rail mileage for me, and my current final piece of DART.
This train arrived and went on its way to Carrollton-Franklin.
The facilities of the Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad.
Our train came in and we took it to the Bachman station where we made a cross-platform transfer to catch the next Orange Line train to DFW Airport. The line leaves to the Green Line through a junction.
The line quickly climbs onto this viaduct.
The view of downtown Dallas. After the viaduct it drops to University of Dallas Station.
At the Las Colinas Urban Center Station, there is this guided wheel vehicle and guideway it runs on.
North Lake. Next we did the North Lake College Station followed by the Belt Line Station. After that we started the run to the DFW station.
First the control tower came into view.
Next you could see the Main Terminal Building of the DFW Airport.
That was followed by planes waiting to land or take off. We ran the rest of the way into the DFW Airport station and detrained for pictures.
The train at DFW Airport station.
I have now finished all of DART in its present-day form.
Looking north.
Looking south to the end of track.
Our train.
Another train came into Track 1. We returned to Bachman station and made a two-track crossover to the Green Line train that would take us back to the rental car at Carrollton.
We ran by the maintenence shops of the Green and Orange lines.
Our train left the Carrollton station before we drove to the Saginaw train station for my second day of the 24 Hours at Saginaw.
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