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After an interesting look around the Stockyard, it was time to board the train for the Trinity River Trip.
Grapevine Vintage Railroad Trinity River RunAt 3:12 PM they opened the train up for boarding and I took the exact same seat I had on the run from Grapevine. Promptly at 3:30 PM we departed from the Stockyard Station and started our run to the 8th Avenue Yard, our turnaround point.
At the switch to the wye this time we went right. The train took the turn and headed southwest towards downtown Fort Worth.
We crossed US Highway 287 with our first good look at the Fort Worth Skyline.
The train next crossed the West Fork of the Trinity River in Heritage Park.
Great views of the skyline of downtown Fort Worth from this crossing of the West Fork of the Trinity River.
Coming off the West Fork of the Trinity River bridge.
The train took a curve in Heritage Park. Our route crossed 7th Street where there was a large shopping center and a few minutes later we crossed Lancaster Avenue.
The train next crossed the floodplain of the Clear Fork of the Trinity River in Trinity Park.
Below us were the tracks of the Trinity Park Railroad.
The Clear Fork of the Trinity River.
A look back at the bridge across the Clear Fork of the Trinity River.
Another view of downtown Fort Worth.
Next we went under the former Missouri Pacific mainline to El Paso now Union Pacific. We continued through a semi industrial area to 8th Avenue which we turned to run along. Here we entered a small yard where the GVR 2199 cut off to run around the train. Now during this operation I will show you each train car in our consist.
Inside Coach 209.
Inside Coach 1818.
Inside Coach 206.
Inside Coach 1808.
Inside Coach 208.
A happy family aboard the Grapevine Vintage Railroad.
The GVR 2199 was run by us and was now returning to pull us back to the Stockyard Station from the 8th Avenue Yard.
The bridge across the Clear Fork of the Trinity River in Trinity Park.
The Clear Fork of the Trinity River.
Trinity Park.
Curving off the wooden trestle in Trinity Park.
Downtown Fort Worth from the west end of Heritage Park.
The West Fork of the Trinity River in Heritage Park.
Another view of Fort Worth.
The route back to Grapevine. Our train returned to the Stockyard Station where anyone returning to Grapevine was told to stay on the train while all the Trinity River passengers detrained and our Grapevine passengers returned. One passenger carrying his baby who had just made his first train ride of his life, I gave the father one of my cards so that the baby will be able to read about its trip sometime in the future. Chris Parker returned after having a fantastic time at the Stockyards and I told him about the fun train trip he missed. We both did our own thing and each of us had a blast. The train departed the Stockyard Station for Grapevine on time.
Curving onto the mainline for Grapevine across Marine Creek.
At the BNSF Crossing we had to wait for two freights and here is the second one we waited for.
Later a Fort Worth and Western freight left their yards for points south.
Are these real or fake? Try fake but it made a good picture. As the sunset and this trip became an early evening journey, I just sat back and relaxed all the way back to Grapevine
It had been a fantastic trip on the Grapevine Vintage Railroad and one I would recommend to anyone else who loves trains!
The Grapevine Station after we returned from a great trip on the Grapevine Vintage Railroad. Once Chris Parker returned to the car we took off taking Texas 114 East to Interstate 35E to 30E to Texas 134 which we took southeast to Athens. We checked in at the Best Western Inn on the Hill and then went to the Ole West Steakhouse and I enjoyed a Top Sirloin twice as big as any I had in California. That steak really hit the spot. We visited the Walmart before returning to the Inn on the Hill for the night.
12/31/06
The Best Western Inn on the Hill in Athens, Texas. After a better breakfast at the Inn on the Hill, we checked out and headed south down Texas 19 to Palestine on my 49th Birthday and Day 4365 of my sobriety.
The former Palestine Station now the Chamber of Commerce.
Another view of the Palestine Station.
The Texas Historic Marker about the Palestine Station.
Union Pacific power at Palestine.
A fuel car and caboose at the Palestine Car Shops.
On the way out of town a Missouri Pacific Caboose on display. We then took US 84 out of town east three miles where we found the entrance to our next train ride of this trip but that is yet another story.
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