Now connecting Grapevine, Tarrant
County's oldest settlement, with Fort Worth's Historic Stockyards.
Grapevine Vintage Railroad
The "Cotton
Belt Route" was the first serious attempt
to develop an extended railroad system on the North American
continent. The builders dreamed of a narrow gauge route from
St. Louis to Eagle Pass, Texas, on the Mexican border and on
to the capital of the Aztec Republic.
Within a decade of its
inception in 1877, the pioneer builders extended its rails
to the "up and coming" community of Fort Worth,
primarily as an outlet for lumber along its line. Passenger
service along this route was discontinued about 1930.
Today
the Grapevine Vintage Railroad operates over approximately
21 miles of the Cotton Belt line, linking the historic communities
of Grapevine, Colleyville and Smithfield, and Fort Worth’s
historic Stockyards.
Grapevine
Convention & Visitors Bureau
One Liberty Park Plaza
Grapevine, Texas 76051
Phone: 817-410-3185
Toll-Free: 1-800-457-6338 www.grapevinetexasusa.com