Yes, today was a day for the railroads. The trip began with about a 8-minute bus ride to the train station. From there it was taking the Red line to the St. Paul station downtown, then transfer to the Orange line for a trip to DFW's terminal A on DART light rail. From there, it was a little bit of a walk, but not overbearing and the walk to terminal B from terminal A was outside. Finding the TEX rail station was exactly where I thought it would be (it was my first trip on the new TEXrail). The original plan was to ride the TEXrail all the way to the Center Station in Ft.Worth, but the trip ate up a bit more time than I had planned. So, I got off at downtown Grapevine and checkout the new bronze statuary of Circle of Peace before having a late lunch at Weinberger Deli in Downtown Grapevine. The Weinberger Reuben was out of this world. The new tower complex at the Old rail station had to be put on hold. Guided tours run $3 of the complex plus a view from the top of the tower overlooking downtown. My train back to DFW was due in about 6 minutes. As it was, it came in on track 1 and I was at track 2 so had to hustle to catch the train.The engineer said ,"I saw you hustling and wouldn't leave with out you." That is the one thing that was recalled about riding the TRE and now, the TEXrail. They have that conductor finesse that DART lacks. The comparison runs like the difference between riding in a hailed taxi and riding in a top notch limo.Oh, there is such a difference and yes, it can be said that TRE and TEXrail have exhibited it from the very beginning.
Walking in the door at home exactly 6 hours and 5 minutes after leaving the house was not bad. It can also be said that of the three rail lines, the TEXrail, which is an electric diesel like the TRE is even smoother riding than the TRE and certainly left DART at the station, pardon the pun. Speaking of that: today's pun # 32 follows here.
" Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine."
Terminal B at DFW. TEXrail
