Museum of the American Railroad

Tomorrow, the Museum of the American Railroad Begins Rolling Some Pieces to Frisco

​Couple of months back we noticed that the Museum of the American Railroad hadn't pulled out of Fair Park as planned -- or as stipulated by its agreement with the city of Dallas following the resolution of the lawsuit brought by the city in January 2010. Still not sure when the trains roll out -- ... More >>

Train Museum Was to Roll Out of Fair Park By Saturday. That Won't Happen. Now What?

​Just checked the calendar and noticed: The Museum of the American Railroad should be rolled outta Fair Park by ... well, by Saturday, would you look at that. Except, no: Two years after the city sued the train museum, telling it to chugga-chugga thee to those new digs in Frisco or a temporary hol ... More >>

But City's Suit Against Fair Park Train Museum Is Gone. Trains Will Be Too By Year's End.

​That beer and wine lawsuit's never going away. But the city's lawsuit against the Museum of the American Railroad in Fair Park, which first pulled on to the tracks in January 2010, is officially over. As of yesterday, matter of fact, which I discovered when pulling up that court jacket only to se ... More >>

Fair Park Railroad Museum to Take Baby Step Tomorrow Toward Moving Up to Frisco

​Speaking of lawsuits involving the city ...It's been two months since we learned of a likely resolution in the city's case against the Museum of the American Railroad at Fair Park, which the City Attorney's Office sued to remove in January 2010 so it could reclaim the land for State Fair of Texas ... More >>

City to Discuss What to Do After State Supremes Razed the Reason for Tearing Down House

​Behind closed doors this afternoon, the back-to-work Dallas City Council will be briefed by city attorneys on a handful of lawsuits, all of which we're quite familiar with: City of Dallas v. Museum of the American Railroad (which, last we looked, is close to being settled); Marcus Wood, et al. v. ... More >>

City and Museum of the American Railroad Inch Closer to Derailing That Lawsuit

Via.​The boy and I swung by Fair Park Sunday, and on our way out we drove past the Museum of the American Railroad. Which reminded me: The museum and the city of Dallas, which sued to get those trains chugga-chugga'd to Frisco back in January 2010, were set to go to trial ... let's see ... why, at ... More >>

Railroad Museum at Fair Park Now Says It Has Money to Begin Building Frisco Site

Says the museum, the Sante Fe Tower that's been at Fair Park since '96 "will be the most challenging structure to move due to its excessive height."​There hasn't been much action in the city's case against the Museum of the American Railroad at Fair Park, which city attorneys took to court at the ... More >>

And the Court Battle Between Railroad Museum and the City of Dallas Gets Just a Little Uglier

From the Museum of the American Railroad's 2006 Long Term Strategic Outlook​It was but one week ago we revisited, after some time off, the legal brouhaha between the Museum of the American Railroad and the City of Dallas, which sued to remove the museum from Fair Park almost a year ago. For those ... More >>

Depositions and More Delays in City's Case Against Museum of the American Railroad

From the Museum of the American Railway's computer-generated look at its future home in Frisco​In case you'd forgotten all about City of Dallas v. Museum of the American Railroad, rest assured: It's alive and well in Dallas County District Court, where, in recent days, there have been myriad filin ... More >>

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Unwrapping the "Lead Gift" That'll Help Move Museum of American Railroad Outta Fair Park

​At right, that's Amtrak's Texas Eagle -- or, at least, the coach car and first-class sleeping car that pulled into the Museum of the American Railroad at Fair Park yesterday. It's part of what the museum calls "its long-standing partnership with Amtrak to re-introduce the benefits of rail travel ... More >>

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Railroad Museum in Fair Park Gets a Prized Piece, And It's Headed Straight to Frisco

​Once upon a time, the City Attorney's Office had hoped to get the Museum of the American Railroad outta Fair Park by August 1. But that was way back in February -- before the myriad court hearings and legal filings that ultimately led to Judge Martin Hoffman setting a January 2011 trial date in t ... More >>

While City, Railroad Museum Await January Trial, Vague Hints of Track Being Laid to Frisco

Museum of the American Railroad/Larry Ford, Wilson & CompanyOne of five new "views" of the Museum of the American Railroad's new home in Frisco ... one day​Man, those were good times back in February and March -- headin' down to the George Allen seemingly every other week for a hearing in City ... More >>

Looks Like the Train Museum May Be at Fair Park Till Well After the New Year

​Got to Judge Martin Hoffman's courtroom in the George Allen a few minutes past 9 this morning for a long-scheduled injunction hearing in the case of City of Dallas v. Museum of the American Railroad. It figured to be an interesting hearing, what with all the he said-he said going on between First ... More >>

Train Kept A-Rollin' In From 1963: E.L. DeGolyer Jr. on Railroad Museum

This photo, of a locomotive at the Stewartstown Railroad, is among the myriad pictures E.L. DeGolyer Jr. collected and left to his family's museum at SMU.​So far in the city's legal battle with the Museum of the American Railroad at Fair Park, it's been he said-he said, and no one can agree on any ... More >>

What a Train Wreck: City Doesn't Know Anything About That "Tentative Agreement" With Railroad Museum

​Yesterday I got word that the Dallas City Attorney's Office and the Museum of the American Railroad were in the midst of hashing out an agreement that would allow the museum to stay at Fair Park till August 1, 2011 -- a full year later than the city's been demanding. Till Monday, last I'd heard w ... More >>

A "Tentative Agreement" Between City, Railroad Museum Could Derail Lawsuit

​Looks like the city of Dallas and the Museum of the American Railroad may not lay track to a trial after all, as both parties appear to have agreed that, sure, fine, OK all ready, the museum can move to Frisco by August 1, 2011. Guess it was that second round of mediation that did the trick.Maybe ... More >>

Mayor Tom on Frank Poe's Abrupt Adios: "We Will Conduct a Nationwide Search"

Sam MertenFirst Assistant City Manager Ryan Evans (left) and Frank Poe (right), the city's director of convention and event services, signing the financial documents finalizing the convention center hotel project in August 2009​I just returned from today's showdown between the city of Dallas and t ... More >>

Judge Orders Mediation For City and Railroad Museum, Then Rules on TRO

Museum of the American Railroad CEO Bob LaPrelle and attorney William Brotherton before today's hearing​It was all hugs and kisses in Judge Martin Hoffman's courtroom at the George Allen today -- but only because before the city and the Museum of the American Railroad faced off over the museum's r ... More >>

Railroad Museum Files for Temporary Restraining Order, Wants City to Back Off

​So, 'round 3ish tomorrow, expect the latest update in the case of the City of Dallas v. the Museum of the American Railroad. At 2:30 p.m. tomorrow a hearing been scheduled in Associate Judge Teresa Guerra Snelson courtroom, during which city attorneys and lawyers representing the museum will face ... More >>

Train Museum Lawsuit Kept A-Rollin': City's About to Stop Paying For Water, Power

​I called council member and Economic Development Committee chair Ron Natinsky late last week about the downtown parking study agenda item, which the council didn't get around to discussing yesterday. (An hour was spent instead on talking about how to create a revolving fund from which to make loa ... More >>

City Hall Files Suit to Get Railroad Museum to Chugga-Chugga On Out of Fair Park Pronto

​OK, back to Fair Park, but only to ask: Why didn't the Museum of the American Railroad ever leave Fair Park for Frisco? That's what the city wants to know almost two years after the museum "entered into a formal letter of agreement with the City of Frisco to relocate to that city," per its long-a ... More >>

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