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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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