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  1. Check-up

    Check-up

    New employees of the Grapevine Vintage Railroad take a look at the locomotives they will be managing. Currently, they are checking the 2248. The man with the beard is the new general manager, replacing Tom Wayne.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  2. Logo

    Logo

    FWWR 2248 proudly displays her logo on the tender.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  3. Waiting...

    Waiting...

    On a sunny summer day, FWWR 2248 is forced to wait in the shed while repairs are done on her. Plus, today isn't a scheduled run day.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  4. Preparing to Depart

    Preparing to Depart

    The Fort Worth and Western Railway's vintage 1896 4-6-0 steam locomotive prepares to depart on a sunny day in 2003
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    • 2248 fwwr grapevine steam
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  5. BNSF 9254

    BNSF 9254

    BNSF 9254 leads a mixed manifest on the Fort Worth&Western tracks southwest of Fort Worth.
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    • bnsf fort fwwr worth
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  6. Putting her away

    Putting her away

    FWWR 2248 is put away in her shed and gets a bit of cleaning after a long hard day of work running passenger trains between Fort Worth and Grapevine, Texas.
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    • 228 fwwr grapevine steam
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  7. Fort Worth & Western 2005

    Fort Worth & Western 2005

    FWWR 2005 conductor getting ready to flag crossing.
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    • 2005 fwwr
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  8. Fort Worth & Western 2000

    Fort Worth & Western 2000

    GP38-3 Dublin Turn heading west.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  9. Fort Worth & Western 2248

    Fort Worth & Western 2248

    Tarantula train (www.grapevinesteamrailroad.com) Passenger excursion out of Grapevine TX.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  10. Fort Worth & Western 2005

    Fort Worth & Western 2005

    FWWR 2005 at Fort Worth TX on 10/18/2003.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  11. FWWR Tarantula

    FWWR Tarantula

    2-27-2004 Fort Worth & Western RR 2248 steam excursion train crosses the Trinity River from northside Fort Worth along the old SL-SF bridge. This is an almost daily steam operation through a major metropolitan urban zone so it's neat to find different spots to photograph it from. It wont...
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  12. Fort Worth and Western 2248

    Fort Worth and Western 2248

    FWWR 2248 pulls the Tarantula tourist train into the Fort Worth Stockyards on 2-14-04.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  13. Fort Worth Western

    Fort Worth Western

    FWWR 1500 does some local switch jobs around Fort Worth on 12/31/03...
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  14. FWWR 2248

    FWWR 2248

    After an event in Irving, FWWR 2248 is returning to Fort Worth over Trinity Railway Express tracks. Sunset came before the train did. 12-20-03
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  15. FWWR 2004 at Cresson, Texas

    FWWR 2004 at Cresson, Texas

    FWWR GP38-2 #2004 leads the Dublin local through Cresson, TX on 12-6-03.
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    • 2004 fort fwwr gp38-2 western worth
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  16. Fort Worth & Western Tarantula

    Fort Worth & Western Tarantula

    FWWR 2248 arrives in the Ft Worth stockyards from Grapevine, TX with several carloads of visitors. 2248 was made by Cooke Locomotive Works in 1896 as a heavy mountain class unit for the Southern Pacific. See www.tarantulatrain.com for further history.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives


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