A Day on the Job - Hermann Park Train, Houston, TX (Pt. 1)

To confirm the rumors, yes, Hermann Park will be ceasing a family run miniature train business after 50 years. Starting in September/October, the City of Houston will be replacing the old 16 in gauge train set with one that is a 24 in gauge (for the sake of carrying people with wheelchairs - this is kind of pointless considering the 12 in gauge miniature train in Moberly, MO, can do the same thing). However, since it's official, I figured I'd get a few shots of my workplace before the entire thing changed. (On another note, they intend to re-open in March of 2008). So...without further ado, this is operating the Hermann Park Train (engine #100, a replica of the UP Texas Eagle in streamline blue, yellow, and gray) as we come out of the tunnel that starts the trip off.


Addendum (updated 9/25/08): As I haven't had a chance to come back and revise this, there once was a message here that said I could email you the original video. Unfortunately at the time that this was written, I did not forsee my laptop crashing and taking with it most of the raw footage. Unfortunately, this means that in some cases it comes down to using Real Player to download the video if you'd like to have it for your own personal enjoyment on your laptop, or else I can return to certain locations in order to shoot a similar shot. Either one works for me, as long as I don't see a facsimile uploaded on any other account (which is why most of us have disabled embedding). Drop me a line if you're interested.

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Travel & Events

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• Hermann
• Park
• Train
• Houston
• Texas
• Railroad
• Tunnel

[kanjo007]

Actually, this train is going to be close to what the light rail is in terms of transit, but this is actually an amusement ride that just runs around Hermann Park.

[MisterNifty]

Is this Houston's Metro Lightrail? I've heard it is dangerous. No wonder.