The Tex Factor: Grapevine Vintage Railroad

[@RailroadFanatic-hr6pf]

Can’t wait for 2248 aka “Puffy” to come back into service.

[@gradymcclintock6160]

They need to get that steam engine going again

[@T128Productions]

Definitely. I mean what’s taking so long?

[@gradymcclintock6160]

@@T128Productions I'm not sure

[@elwazaraza]

Any restrooms on the train by any chance?

[@sliedogg]

I live a block from this.

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

0:19 Diesel locomotives didn't exist like these in the 20s.

[@T128Productions]

Meanwhile, the 4-6-0 is still in the process of being restored…

[@whiteknightcat]

No, the GP7 was NOT manufactured in 1960 as the engineer stated. They were produced from 1949 to 1954, then superseded by the GP9 through 1959, after which the GP18's and GP20's began production. The locomotive shown, GVRX 2199, began life as ATSF 2788 in March of 1953. All GP7's then were built with high hoods fore and aft of the cab. Sometime in the 1980's, she was rebuilt as a GP7u which included the new "chop nose" and the number change to 2199. Retired in the 1990's, she went to the short-lived shortline Central Kansas Railway before being acquired by the GVRX around 2003.

[@steveberkley102]

were is the Steam engine