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THIRD GROUP OF CARS ARRIVE
The Museum of the American Railroad made its third move on Oct. 12, 2012. An eight-car consist left BNSF’s Irving yard at 1:45 p.m. and was delivered later that day. The consist moved slowly and presented a few challenges. Despite reconditioned journal surfaces, new brasses and pads, two journals ran hot. Volunteers lubed journals with a mixture of oil and STP, as well as hotbox sticks, to keep the consist rolling.
Film posted courtesy of VisitFriscoTX
MAR’s FIRST CARS MOVE
The Museum of the American Railroad moved the first pieces of its collection Aug. 27, 2012 from a BNSF yard in Irving, TX to the museum’s new site in Frisco. A dedicated six-car consist of the Santa Fe M-160 motorcar, Missouri-Kansas-Texas dining car No. 438, Pullman sleeping car Glen Nevis, a 40-foot steel Texas & Pacific boxcar and two refrigerator cars from the old Armour meat packing plant in Fort Worth was placed on a tail track by the Frisco Discovery Center.
Film posted courtesy of VisitFriscoTX
Fort Worth-based Lockheed Martin Recreation Association’s Gulf & Denver Railroad Authority HO-scale layout was the background for a short film which blends live action miniatures and 3D animation that is up for a YouTube- and Ridley Scott-sponsored film award. Towns come to life in “Stop. Watch. Love.”, a five-minute video by Element X Creative of Dallas that tells the story of a young boy who finds a magical device and changes the world around him.
The film was one of 50 semi-finalists in the 2012 Your Film Festival.
Film posted courtesy of Element X Creative
