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The Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company was chartered on May 13, 1988, to acquire trackage in Fort Worth from the Burlington Northern Railroad Company. This track had been owned by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company prior to its merger into the Burlington Northern. The new road was capitalized at $100,000, and the business office was in Fort Worth. Members of the first board of directors included Edward M. McLaughlin of Euless, Jerry Brannon of Granbury, and William S. Davis, Sr., Robert Robertson, and Bradford Farrar, all of Fort Worth. The company began operating in October 1988 over 6.5 miles of track. It is controlled by the Tarantula Corporation. The Tarantula Train, an excursion passenger train, operates over the Fort Worth and Western between Eighth Avenue and the Fort Worth Stockyards.^qv The Tarantula Corporation also controls the Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad Company with 1.25 miles of track at Dallas. This line, acquired from the Union Pacific, began operating in November 1988.

Chris Cravens in Handbook of Texas Online

938 was built by Alco-Schenectady in November 1910, #48510, as Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 938, Class P-33.  It was donated to the State of Oklahoma at Enid in 1954.  It was sold to FW&W in 1990 and resold to Illinois Railway Musum in 1995.

2248 was built by Cooke in July 1896, #2341, as Southern Pacific 1829, Class DA. In 1901 it was renumbered 2248, Class T-1. It was assigned to fire train service until more modern methods were developed. It was leased to Pacific Fruit Express from March 15, 1945, until March 10, 1949, and then when into display use until the flue time expired in 1959. It was retired at Sacramento on May 3, 1961, and sold for scrap to Purdy Co on May 8, 1961. It was purchased for tourist use in California by C T Brown, but that failed to materialize. In 1974 it was sold to the Texas State RR and rehabilitated as TSR 200 in June 1976. After 5 years of service, the locomotive was stored until purchased by the FWWR in 1990. It was restored at 8^th Avenue with the exception of boiler work. It operated until 1999 when the boiler required major work. It was replaced by Coe Rail for a short time. The locomotive was then rebuilt in 2001 and is in service.  It was sold as Grapevine Vintage RR 2248 "Puffy" in 2005.

2569, CF7, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1949, #8284, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 213C, Class 200, an F7A. It was rebuilt at Cleburne on May 31, 1973, as 2569, Class 2417. It was sold to Econorail on April 24, 1986, and leased to FWWR as 2569 in 1988. It was later replaced by 2473.

2473, CF7, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1948, #5410, as AT&SF 28C, Class 16, an F3A. It was renumbered 301C, Class 300, in May 1971 and later renumbered 345C, Class 325, in July 1973. It was rebuilt at Cleburne on December 17, 1976, as 2473, Class 2417. It was sold to Econorail as 2473 on April 7, 1986, and later leased to FWWR as 2473. It was later returned to Econorail.

4299, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in September 1952, #16872, as Chicago & North Western 1557. It was rebuilt at Oelwein on December 26, 1980, as 4299, and sold to OmniTrax in October 1993. It was then leased to FWWR as 4299. In 2001 it was returned to OmniTrax.

2003, "General Worth", GP38-3, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1965, #30160, as Southern Pacific 7753, Class GF-626, a GP35. It was renumbered 6650, Class EF425-4, in 1966, and later became FWWR 2003

2005, "Maj Ripley Arnold". GP38-3, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1969, #35325, as Penn Central 7696, Class EF-20, a GP38. It later became Consolidated Railroad Corp 7696, Class GP-38, in April 1976, and later Norfolk Southern as Pennsylvania Rail Road 2891. It later was rebuilt to FWWR as 2005.

2007, "B B Paddock", GP38-2, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1969, #34849, as Baltimore & Ohio 3726, Class GP-40. It was renumbered 9726 in 1979 and returned as 3726 in April 1981 as 3726, It was later returned to General American Transportation Co as 3726 on May 17, 1984. It was rebuilt by Mid-America Car in January 1986 and leased to Point Comfort & Southern as 3726.  It later was sold to FWWR as 2007 .

103, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1950, #9228, as New York Central 5601, Class DRS-4a. It was reclassified Class ERS-15 in 1966 and became Penn Central 5601, Class ERS-15, in 1968. In April 1976 it became Consolidated Railroad Corp 5601, Class GP-7. It later was sold to Precision National in October 1979 and then sold to Chicago & North Western in March 1980. It entered service as C&NW 4439 on June 10, 1980. It was retired in May 1994 and sold to OmniTrax in October 1994. They rebuilt it as South Orient 103. It was sold to FWWR in 1999 and retained its identity but was relettered in 2003.

1744 was built by Baldwin in November 1901, #19671, as Southern Pacific 1744, Class M-6, a compound. It was simpled at Sacramento on January 6, 1912, and superheated at Sparks on July 16, 1919. It was retired on September 24, 1956, and donated to the National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers at Corinne, UT, on May 9, 1959. It then went to the Heber Creeper where it was operated until it was purchased by FWWR in 1990. Rebuilding was begun but never completed until it was sold to the New Orleans & Gulf Coast in 1999. They had a crew rebuild the locomotive at 7^th Street prior to shipping it to New Orleans in October 2000. It made several break-in trips before shipment.

Since 1744 was gone, plans were made to acquire Texas & New Orleans 771.  When it was moved from Victoria to Grapevine it was found that the condition is bad that the only use would be for display.

 The history came from the The Handbook of Texas Online.

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