Nostalgia & History > Lone Star (Dallas section) -- Oct 76

A couple of rescans.

(1) Rolling to Dallas on ex-Texas & Pacific trackage is the Dallas section of the Lone Star. It had cars from #15 - the southbound Lone Star picked up in Ft.Worth.

(2) This is where it was parked after being turned (Dallas). The next morning on to Ft.Worth to add the cars to the northbound Lone Star.
That is the Hyatt Regency under construction to the left. 
Dallas Union Station itself was under restoration as most of the old platforms and tracks were being torn out.
The sleeper was ex-Santa Fe 10-6 Pine Lodge (built in 1950) along with an ex-Santa Fe Hi-Level coach.

Gary

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An odd looking little train, but a very interesting operation.  

Andy 

      Another one that is no longer with us is in the back ground - Braniff Airlines building.

Love that first shot out in the countryside.

I had the pleasure of riding the Dallas section in Aug '79. Hi Level dutch door the whole way; I don't know what the passenger train speed limits were between Ft Worth and Dallas, but out in the open country, I was clocking the mileposts at 45-50 seconds, which is in the 75 MPH range.

I'm sure we had an SDP-40 by that time, no E unit.

2-10-2

First-class rescans of an interesting train.
Bob

Thanks for posting this , Gary . I didn't get to see this one in regular service.. 

These photos are great. Thank you for posting them.

Gary R Clark
Griffith, Indiana

The first shot is likely just west of highway Loop 12 in West Dallas (those are levees for the Trinity River).

The Braniff "building" was actually a billboard alongside I-35E.