DART, TRE, and Amtrak actions at Dallas Union Station 3/12/13

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  • This video is mainly about the TRE commuter rail and DART light rail actions at the Union Station in Dallas, TX. There is one clip showing an Amtrak train arriving at the platform. To see the TRE clips, go to 2:19, 4:15, 6:54, or 11:53. To see an Amtrak arriving at the station, go to 10:40. Enjoy.

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  • @dfwrailvideos
    @dfwrailvideos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite videos as a kid. Looking back on it everything is so different. 175-195 still have their GTO-VVVFs, EBJ Union Station was called Dallas Union Station, Ledbetter was the blue line terminus and there were no LEDs. Such good times. Thanks for posting.

  • @Tyrannosaurus_Wrexx
    @Tyrannosaurus_Wrexx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Former DART train operator 🙋🏾‍♀️
    My favorite thing was operating the Green or Orange line coming into Victory Station at the same time as the TRE, trying to see who would birth their train first😄

    • @dfwrailvideos
      @dfwrailvideos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow I love train races
      Especially DART vs TRE

  • @christopherorourke6362
    @christopherorourke6362 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dallas Union Station is one of the best places for train watching, watching Union Pacific freights, TRE commuter trains, the Blue & Red DART rail trains. I travel Amtrak when I go to & from Dallas to visit my youngest son who lives in Carrollton. I get off Amtrak at Union Station, get my luggage, I buy a DART rail ticket, catch the Blue or Red Line train to West End or Akard station, transfer to the DART rail Green line to Carrollton Frankford station where my son picks me up and also takes me there when I return to my home outside Loser City Tucson,AZ.

  • @irelandbloke
    @irelandbloke 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent shots

    • @Random.Channel_
      @Random.Channel_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I watch ur vids and ur watching vids from were I live

    • @irelandbloke
      @irelandbloke 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍🏼

  • @lionelkid456
    @lionelkid456 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just saw 61 yesterday! nice catch!!

  • @uprailroadkidthomas
    @uprailroadkidthomas 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video man!

  • @CNSD75I
    @CNSD75I 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video!

  • @railfanxjofficial
    @railfanxjofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:52 wait a minute

  • @TexasTrainProductions
    @TexasTrainProductions 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just to let you know F59-PH's are dominant on the TRE. They have 7 of those and 2 F59-PHI's. The RDC's were all they used until 2000-2001 when they got some of the current equipment. They put them out of service in 2011 when they lease then to DCTA, north of Dallas but they have come back. They don't use the RDC's anymore because they can't accommodate the ridership and with the installment of PTC they are gonna be done for good.

    • @TheACman42
      @TheACman42  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yeah, I noticed that TRE currently uses only their F59's and Bombardier cars. That sucks to hear about the RDC not being able to come back to the TRE. Those RDC's were nice lookin cars. I was hoping for TRE to retrieve back their RDC's after DCTA got those new Stadler fleets, but oh well. I've heard those RDC's are pretty aging though.
      And as for DCTA's rolling stocks, those ex-TRE RDC's look wayyy better than those new European looking Stadlers IMO.

    • @TexasTrainProductions
      @TexasTrainProductions 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree with you on the fact that try look better than the current DCTA rolling stock. Next time I ride the TRE I'm going to ask about the RDCs to see what will happen to them, I hope at least a museum buys them or the TRE does special trips with them, which I doubt.

    • @TheACman42
      @TheACman42  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Yeah, hopefully those RDC's will be saved. That would be great if TRE does special trips with those units. Plus DCTA's current fleets have ugly horns while those old Budd RDC's have nice K3's.

    • @TexasTrainProductions
      @TexasTrainProductions 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you know the whole DCTA line is a QZ? They only blow the horn coming into the stations and passing work crews.

    • @TexasTrainProductions
      @TexasTrainProductions 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a video in TH-cam that has footage from when the TRE only had RDCs.

  • @EastTexasRailfan
    @EastTexasRailfan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    anyone catch the herzog in the very beginning of the first DART clip??

  • @lordmichaelnolan3993
    @lordmichaelnolan3993 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:20 this is the same engine that crashed with a dump truck between Centreport station & Bell Station in 2018

    • @TheACman42
      @TheACman42  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I heard about that wreck too. It sounded brutal

    • @soimadethishandle
      @soimadethishandle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude remember the DART train wreck in 2014? It was brutal aswell.. Those poor engines... At least there hasn't been a case of DART or TRE crashed today

  • @TheNWClassA1218
    @TheNWClassA1218 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice!!

  • @johnmassey5679
    @johnmassey5679 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice video

  • @robdc2861
    @robdc2861 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Red LIne usually on time. Blue Line rarely on time and dangerous especially in Garland. Be very careful as there is never security on these trains. Also, early morning, you have to wake up riders who think they are in a moving hotel.

  • @nicolasgoldring7128
    @nicolasgoldring7128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My home. 😌

  • @jordantrivett3587
    @jordantrivett3587 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At 2:36 What is the name of the bell used on the TRE train?

    • @Surfliner6905
      @Surfliner6905 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Canadian E-Bell

    • @gregjr812
      @gregjr812 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Transtronic E-Bell

  • @TERF59PHIFAN
    @TERF59PHIFAN 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah... noticed that too!

  • @GaltRailfan
    @GaltRailfan 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice one man

  • @code3texas
    @code3texas 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was there Yesterday 3pm-4:30pm with Willie Melendez, I have some videos if you want to watch them

    • @code3texas
      @code3texas 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also Nice Video

    • @code3texas
      @code3texas 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw 124, 125, and 569 too

    • @code3texas
      @code3texas 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dart honks at me with that loud horn sometimes

  • @lionelkid456
    @lionelkid456 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kinda well to me it sounded like one of its 5 Chimes is broken.. T-T

  • @Random.Channel_
    @Random.Channel_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:45 what the train behind the dart :0

    • @dfwrailvideos
      @dfwrailvideos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Umm Herzog rail inspection train

  • @nikmign_fan3379
    @nikmign_fan3379 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    secret train behind dart 0:59

    • @DFWRF
      @DFWRF 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you mean secret train that’s just the 2nd car of the train

  • @veronicamassey7796
    @veronicamassey7796 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good morning

  • @tylermcintyre1454
    @tylermcintyre1454 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tyler Mac who is this

  • @AmtrakandAWVRFan
    @AmtrakandAWVRFan 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool video! But if I were you next time, I would railfan at a non QZ.

    • @TheACman42
      @TheACman42  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! I would definitely try to find a non-QZ crossing if I happen to railfan the TRE corridor the next time. Dallas Union Station is also a nice place to get actions from TRE, DART light rail, Amtrak TX Eagle, and UP. Some UP trains there occasionally have foreign powers

    • @veronicamassey7796
      @veronicamassey7796 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      what is a QZ?

    • @TheACman42
      @TheACman42  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      veronica massey Quiet zone

    • @veronicamassey7796
      @veronicamassey7796 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks

    • @Surfliner6905
      @Surfliner6905 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +TheACman42 Dallas is not a quiet zone

  • @MrKingJulian11
    @MrKingJulian11 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what kind of camera do you use

    • @TheACman42
      @TheACman42  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Canon Vixia HF R30

    • @MrKingJulian11
      @MrKingJulian11 11 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you for telling me

  • @magiccat877
    @magiccat877 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    yea! :-)

  • @veronicamassey7796
    @veronicamassey7796 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    what number is tre

    • @North_Texas_Railfan
      @North_Texas_Railfan 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      veronica massey for the F59-PH, there's 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, and 126. For the F59-PHI, there's 569 and 570. For the cabcars, there's 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, and 1009

  • @tylermcintyre1454
    @tylermcintyre1454 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tyler Mac Dallas

  • @bobafett1204
    @bobafett1204 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    cf