Grapevine Vintage RR near Hodge.avi

Grapevine Vintage RR runs a tourist train between Grapevine, TX and Ft. Worth Stockyards most weekends during summer. While they used to run it with a steam loco, they have had maintenance issues and now run a GP unit on the train. Here's the train between FWWR's Hodge Yard and Tower 60 just north of downtown Ft. Worth.

[@railfool]

Hi arlington! A little yes and a lot of no to your question; from Grapevine to FWWR Jct. (xing with UP in Haltom City) there are no signals - its the old SP line that ran from Ft. Worth to Mt. Pleasant but was dark territory. At FWWR Jct., UP leased the track to Tower 60 and installed CTC as part of UP's Choctaw Sub (Choctaw Main 1). At Tower 60, there is the interlocking with BNSF and UP; from there to the Stockyards, no more signals.

[@arlingtontrains7]

very nice video man.. i was jw if the gvrr rail line has block signals?.. jw

[@craigpalmer9196]

how has thatchanged

[@railfool]

Craig, TexRail has since upgraded the track between Grapevine and Haltom City, so that portion now operates under CTC, which includes GVRR operations. From Haltom City to FWWR Jct., GVRR is operating on FWWR track, with no signals except the approach and the controlled signal at FWWR Jct. From FWWR Jct. to Hodge Yard, GVRR continues to operate on UP's Choctaw Sub, which is CTC controlled. At Hodge Yard, GVRR re-enters FWWR trackage to Tower 60 with no signals. After the approach and control signal at Tower 60, GVRR remains on FWWR tracks into the Stock Yard which is dark again. Quite the confusing system of signals/no signals, but it all seems to work, since they successfully run every Sat and Sun from around March to November.