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Round Trip; Fort Worth Stockyards to Grapevine Texas by Train

Fort Worth Stockyards 1866 – 1890; four million head of cattle is routed though Fort Worth. 1876; The railroad arrives in Fort Worth. 1890 Jan; Fort Worth Stockyards opens the stockyard covers 206 acres. 1890 Feb; Fort Worth Dressed Meat and Packing Company founded. Armour & Swift meat packing companies build plants near the Stockyards 1907; Construction began on the Grand (Cowtown Coliseum) Coliseum Fort Worth Stockyards (Cowtown) created Niles City. The city was 1.5 Sq miles with a population of 508. Niles was valued at $12 million in 1911 or $323,484,631 in 2019. During that time Niles was called "The richest little city in the state of Texas. Through political scams, Niles lost its independence and in Aug 1923, Niles became part of Fort Worth. Ellis Pecan Company 1920; The original building was built for the Ku Klux Klan but was firebombed. 1924; Earl Glasgow redesigned building - had a 4,000-seat auditorium for Ku Klux Klan meetings. 1946; Ellis Pecan Co purchased the property & ceased operations in 1999. 2004; The property was scheduled for renovation for the Texas Ballet Theater, but never happened. The property has been sitting vacant for about 14 years. Soon to be listed as an endangered historical place. Grapevine Rail Road (GVRR) Grapevine rail road (GVRR) operates over a 21-mile route to the Fort Worth Stockyards from Grapevine Tx. GVRR operates passenger excursion trains using 1896-era engines. The daily run is called the "Cotton Belt" run. The main run follows the Trinity River and starts in Grapevine. It is called Tarantula Train. "Puffy", a 1896 steam locomotive is the oldest continuously operating Southern Pacific engine in existence. "Vinny", is a 1953 GP-7 diesel locomotive. GVRR passenger cars are restored 1920 editions. Grapevine Vintage Railroad is considered a heritage railroad. GVRR crosses Marine Creek, Forest Park miniature railroad, West Fork Trinity river, Interstate 30, Clear Fork Trinity river, #GVRR #GrapevineTX Music Horses & Trains - Jesse Gallagher Rubens Trains - Nat Keefe with The Bow Ties Atmospheric - Midnight Bell, www.Purpleplanet.com Cattle Drive, www.Purpleplanet.com Music; Valley Drive - The Whole Other https://www.star-telegram.com/news/lo...    • Jesse Gallagher ~ Horses & Trains (Officia...   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapevi... www.gvrr.org/