Sunday, July 29, 2007
Texas State Railroad Between Rusk and Palestine Texas
One of the best tourist trains anywhere is the Texas State railroad. This was built in the late 1800's by convicts from a prison located in Rusk, TX. It was used to supply the prison foundry for a number of years and to haul iron ore, timber and the like. Today there is a beautiful State Park at each town with a restored depot and at the Rusk park there is a beautiful lake. We used to live in Palestine and have ridden this train many times. Years later after we had moved away, I was thrilled to watch Robbie Knievel jump a moving steam train in Palestine. I wish I could have been there to see it in person. You can not ride the train currently as a recent flood washed out a portion of the track. The train used to cross an awesome wooden bridge but since I have ridden, they appear to have replaced it with a modern concrete bridge. If you ever travel to East Texas you should make plans to visit and ride the Texas State Railroad.
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