FWWRR 2248 Tarantula Train pulling into the Ft. Worth Stockyards. This was filmed when it had the old step-top 5 chime whistle around 2000.

(Image credit: Steven Martin “Tarantula Train Locomotive 2248, Fort Worth Stockyards, 1994”) The 1896 locomotive, nicknamed Puffy, heads to a turntable. The Tarantula Train is now known as the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, and Puffy still sometimes pull trains.

(Image credit: Steven Martin “Tarantula Train Locomotive 2248, Fort Worth Stockyards, 1994”)

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