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by Mike Condren

51 Years of Railroad Photography 1960-2011

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Tuesday & Wednesday of Dallas Trip

Feb. 28, 2012

I decided to explore the photo possibilities along the trains west of the entertainment district of the west end. My first train was a Green Line train heading to North Carrollton. The track here are parallel to the very busy I35E and its associated feeds.

The next train was a TRE arriving from Ft. Worth.

The next train was a north bound Red Line Train.

This shot was taken from Dealey Plaza showing a Blue Line train passing over the famous overpasses.

This shot was taken behind the Texas School Book Depository looking toward the Trinity river as a Trinity Railway Express train arrives from Ft. Worth. The lines in the forground lead east through downtown on Pacific Ave.

This view shows the junction of the light rail tracks on Pacific Ave. through downtown and the lines paralleling I35E.

In the distance you can see headlights of a UP stack train crossing the Trinity River. It will turn to the left and pass DUT on its way through Dallas.

The first train through the junction was a Green Line train from Nnorth Carrollton.

Here we look east down Pacific Ave. where double tracks allow light rail trains to run through downtown. First we see a west bound Red Line train. Note the vertical LINE signal allowing the Green Line train in the previous images to cross the street and meet the Red Line train.

Not the horizontal LINE meaning stop in the image below.

Then the Red Line train got the signal to proceed across Houston Street and head for DUT.

This is the tower which once controlled the movement of train through the junction of the lines leading to DUT.

The UP stack train is still passing DUT.

Then this Red Line train heads east on Pacific Ave.

Here we see a Red Line train heading into DUT.

Then a Blue Line train is out bound from DUT.

Another Blue Line train is seen heading for DUT.

This UP freight is seen crossing the overpass west of Dealey Plaza.

My last shot from Dealay Plaza is of a Red Line train cross the overpass.

For the 1955 Cotton Bowl we spent the night in this apartment hotel in Oak Cliff. On Jan. 1, Dad and I got up early and caught the street car in front of the hotel and rode to the end of the line across the Trinity River in Dallas.

The following images were taken at the Age of Steam Museum at Fair Park in Dallas.

As I was leaving Fair Park, I met this Green Line train.

I spotted these Amtrak cars and ATSF caboose across from Fair Park.

My last train in Dallas was this UP east bound freight. I found a spot on the river side of Riverfront Blvd, along the mainline across the river and across from the Dallas County Jail.

We headed north out of Dallas on I35E to Denton and I35. We crossed into Oklahoma and stopped at Ardmore. One of Jan's uncles had been the President of one of the bank there at one time. We found the former ATSF station, now Amtrak station.

We also found the freight house in Ardmore.

This was the local engine.

Here is the "shoving platform", former caboose.

Feb. 29, 2012

We spent the night in Norman, OK with the purpose of catching Amtrak's "Heartland Flyer". We headed down Main Street toward the station. When we got to the business district, there was a sign denoting the street as the "James Garner Corridor". I found a parking about 1/2 block from station. The Amtrak station had 3 parking places, all taken. I discovered this statue to home town boy James Garner.

Here is the former ATSF station in Norman, OK, now the Amtrak station.

By the time I had walked to the station, I could hear the horn of the approaching Heartland Flyer.

The only railroading in Oklahoma City was taking pictures of the Amtrak and former Union Station (Frisco and Rock Island).

A trip to Oklahoma City would not be complete without a picture of the State Capitol.

And a visit to the site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. This trip was to take Rev. Jan Condren to a church conference in Dallas. It allowed me to see railroading and other things that are part of my memory. I remember this fateful morning just as I remember the noon day in Dallas in 1963. Thanks for letting me share these remembrances with you.

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