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COWCATCHER MAGAZINE

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MAR close to moving equipment collection

By Tim Blackwell / Cowcatcher Magazine FRISCO, TX — With only one piece of track left to install, the Museum of the American Railroad is almost connected to its equipment collection that sits 55 miles away at Dallas Fair Park. A section of track on …

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Vintage passenger car is saved from being scrapped

KELLER, TX — The Old Town Keller Merchants Association will spare the 1917 Rock Island passenger car any further damage from the scrapper’s torch. In a well attended and hotly debated meeting Monday night, OTKMA voted unanimously to halt scrapping the car and to dismiss …

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Merchants file restraining order to halt scrapping

KELLER, TX – A restraining order was filed this week in Tarrant County District Court to prevent further destruction of a vintage Rock Island passenger car that has divided the city’s Old Town Keller Merchants Association. A copy of the order filed against association president …

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Texas State Railroad to get new owners

Ownership and operations of the Texas State Railroad could change hands within 90 days if a deal is reached between American Heritage Railways and Iowa Pacific Holdings. Texas State Railroad Authority agreed Thursday to pursue the proposed acquisition of the railroad from current operator AHR …

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