Trinity Railway Express (Official Site)


Pictures of the TRE

Inauguration Day!: September 16, 2000 marked the day when Dallas and Tarrant counties were once again linked.
General TRE Pictures: Pictures of both the Dallas and Fort Worth style trains, plus pictures of some stations.
Fort Worth Expansion: Construction of the Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) and includes pictures of the tunnel through the historic Alarm Supply Building!


Sounds of the TRE

There are lots of sounds created by the TRE! This is, in part, due to the nature of there being two completely different types of rolling stock. Sounds from the Fort Worth rolling stock will be denoted with the letters FW and those from the Dallas rolling stock will be denoted with the letter D:

- Echoing horn FW: Through the city of Irving there are a number of grade crossings. Consequentially, there is a lot of horn blowing going on! This is probably the most interesting of the crossings because it occurs under an overpass, creating a unique echo of the horn.
- Sounds of a departing train FW: The Fort Worth rolling stock has automated doors, unlike the Dallas rolling stock. The sounds heard in this clip are 1) Doors Closing warning, 2) Doors closed notification to the driver, and 3) Train departing horn.
- Ding Dong FW: Just a bell. Ringing for an incredibly long period of time.
- Dallas Union Station FW: Automated station notification. Dallas Union Station, the end of the line.
- Medical/Market Center Station D: Approaching the Medical/Market Center station. Unlink the Fort Worth rolling stock, the Dallas trains don't have automated notifications.
- Slight delay D: A marjority of the route is just single track, and as a result it is necessary to stop on a spur sometimes to wait for a train going in the opposite direction to pass.
- South Irving Station D
- Dallas TRE between stations D: Just a sample of the train travelling between stations.
- West Irving Station D: Notification of approach to West Irving Station. This announcement includes the passenger alert tone. For some reason this isn't used before all announcements.
- Acceleration D: The hefty diesel engines create quite a bit of noise!
- Centreport/DFW Airport Station D:
- Noises outside the train D: Just a small sampling of the various noises outside the train while stopped at the Centreport/DFW Airport Station.

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