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Passengers may board the historic trains at either Rusk or Palestine. Provides history, schedules, and features.
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Since 1896, trains have rolled along the Texas State Railroad (TSRR), passing through the beautiful pineywoods and rolling hardwood creek bottoms of East Texas. Today, the historic state railroad is still maintained as a fully self-contained railroad system. Its train crews maintain and operate 4 steam engines, 4 antique diesel locomotives, and a complete steam engine restoration shop; while its track crew maintains over 25 miles of track and 24 bridges.
Passengers may board the historic trains at either Rusk or Palestine. Both ends of the line have turn-of-the-century style train stations. The trip takes 1 1/2 hours to reach the opposite station. Once visitors have arrived, they have an hour to enjoy lunch, browse through the park's train store, ride paddle boats, or take a short nature hike. Passengers then reboard for the return trip home. The State Park's 50-mile, round-trip steam engine excursions take 4 hours.
The TSRR is known as one of the nation's largest and most unique steam train operations. The TSRR is one of the only steam railroads in the United States that runs two steam trains simultaneously on days of operation. The East Bound and West Bound trains meet twice daily at the mid point of the run. This gives rail enthusiasts a rare chance to see two historic steam engines switch and pass. The track length is 25.5 miles; the longest trestle measures 1042 feet and crosses the Neches River. All 24 trestles are concrete.
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Texas State Railroad P.O. BOX 39 RUSK, TEXAS 75785, Tel: 903-683-2561 Toll Free: 800-442-8951 http://www.texasstaterailroad.com E-mail Texas State Railroad |
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| Date Added: Tue Aug 23 2005 |
| Last Updated: Tue Aug 23 2005 |
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