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[quote user="daveklepper"] Was not the original McKinney Avenue operation, still the heart of the line, tracks never covered over or removed since Dallas Terminal and Railway days? [/quote] The rails on McKinney Avenue had been covered with a relatively thin layer of asphalt. It was relatively easy to remove.  The original rails that could be used (double track) ran from St. Paul and McKinney Avenue to Allen Street.  They were extended along St. Paul (one curb track) to Ross Avenue, which was on the edge of downtown at the time.  They were also extended northeast along McKinney Avenue (one curb track) to Hall Street, where they turned left for one block, before looping back along Cole Avenue to McKinney.   The original restoration was funded in part by Prufrock restaurants founder Phillip Cobb. He is still chairman of the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority.  I am not sure what role his partner played in the restoration. Operations were funded voluntarily by business owners along McKinney Avenue, who saw the trolley as an opportunity to bring tourists to the restaurants and night spots along McKinney Avenue.  Today the trolley is funded by the Uptown Improvement District and DART. It is route 825 in DART's schedules. Subsequently the line was extended further north to Blackburn, with an extension to City Place, where one can connect with DART's light rail system.  This extension was funded from a combination of private and public sources. Currently, the McKinney Avenue trolley is being extended into the heart of the Dallas Arts District, which means running the line further down St. Paul to Federal Street, left on Federal to Olive Street, and back on Olive Street to McKinney Avenue.  This extension is being funded by the federal government ($8.5 million) and Dallas City bonds.   The McKiinney Avenue trolley is a fun ride.  I commuted on it for several years.  I was a rarity.
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