This site has been accessed
times since December 15, 1996
This page is best viewed 
Centennial Yard Looking East During Summer Thunder Storm.
Fort Worth Skyline in Background. - Photo by C. Martin.
Bowl Yard Tower as seen from the south side of the Diesel Shop. Inbound power on tracks at right await entrance to Service Track. - Photo by C. Martin.
West end of Ready Track, looking toward Service Track Building on left and Diesel Shop (middle) and Maintenance of Way Shop on right. Photo by C. Martin.
Locomotive Cleaning Facility is building at right. Diesel Shop is in background. Locomotives are on Ready Track awaiting outbound assignment. - Photo by C. Martin.
The Outbound or 300 Yard is on left side of road. At the right is the Bowl Yard where cars roll to rest from the computer controlled Hump. - Photo by C. Martin.
Bowl Yardmaster John Temple ponders switching moves from his perch in the Bown Tower. - Photo by C. Martin.
Centennial Yard Rip Track or Car Shop, as seen from Bowl Tower.
Photo by C. Martin.
Departure Yard as seen from Bowl Yard Tower.
Photo by C. Martin.
Locomotives lined up for their turn at the Service Track and preparation for next trip. Tall structure is Sand Silo. - Photo by C. Martin.
Hump lead where cars are released to coast by gravity through computer controlled switches and retarders into tracks for switching into outbound trains. The small building next to the track is the Hump Conductor's Cabin which is usually called "The Dairy Queen" because it resembles an old time Dairy Queen. The large building in the background is the Crest Tower Building. - Photo by C. Martin.
Looking east under the Hulen Street Overpass at the Crest Yard. Hump Lead is to the left. West end of the Departure Yard is to the right. Crest Tower is in distance. - Photo by C. Martin.
Looking south from West Vickery Street at the Crest Yard. Cars can be seen being released over the Master Retarder. Crest Tower is in distance. - Photo by C. Martin.
This Regional Dispatching Center, called "STO Fort Worth" is located on the Second Floor of the Crest Tower Building. Although our dispatchers like Mike Wyatt in the picture dispatch only the area around Fort Worth, the various CRT screens display track occupancy, switches and signals al the way west to Clyde, north to McAlester, east to Marshall, and south to Houston. - Photo by C. Martin.
08-19-96