Grapevine Vintage Railroad

Grapevine Vintage Railroad (GVRR)

The "Vinny" locomotive at the Stockyards
Overview
Type historic railroad
Status operational
Locale Tarrant County, Texas
Termini Main Street station (east)
Fort Worth Stockyards (west)
Stations 2
Operation
Rolling stock See below
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Highest elevation at grade

The Grapevine Vintage Railroad (GVRR) is a heritage railroad in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, that runs from the Main Street station in Grapevine, Texas to the Fort Worth Stockyards.

The "Puffy" locomotive at the Stockyards displaying the old Tarantula branding

History and description

The railroad operates passenger excursion trains using an 1896-era 4-6-0 steam locomotive and sometimes a diesel engine (a GP7) to pull its 1920s-era coaches. Passengers board AT Grapevine's historic Main Street station and the train operates over a 21-mile (34 kilometer) route to the Fort Worth Stockyards on former trackage that was owned by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (aka the "Cotton Belt").[1] The main run starts in Grapevine, then runs to the Fort Worth Stockyards. After stopping in the stockyards, the train then runs a separate excursion along the Trinity River, then returns to the stockyards. The engine then runs around the train, and departs toward Grapevine.

The route was formerly known as the "Tarantula Train".

The under-construction TEX Rail line will parallel the GVRR for most of its route.[2]

Rolling stock

Two locomotives are used for the service, one of which, "Puffy", an 1896 steam locomotive, is the oldest continuously operating steam engine in the South, and the other, "Vinny", is a 1953 GP-7 diesel locomotive.[3]

Currently, Puffy is out of service for a 15-year inspection.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://railfanning.org/2016/03/taking-the-grapevine-vintage-railroad-back-in-time/
  2. ↑ "Finally, TEX Rail project underway from Fort Worth to Grapevine and DFW". Star-Telegram (Fort Worth). Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Grapevine Vintage Railroad". Grapevine Texas USA. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Grapevine Vintage Railroad". Grapevine Texas USA. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

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Coordinates: 32°56′02″N 97°04′41″W / 32.9338°N 97.0780°W / 32.9338; -97.0780


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