RecklessMage me to bro. But work with what you got. I spent many of youthful years in that reddish building in the background skyline aka Tarrant County Correctional Center TCCC. Or Jail for short. But I turned alright, not awesome but ayight. All this is too familiar with me it is kinda creepy. I remember all this crystal clear.
Youth is wasted on the young. We all come to realize that. 1993 was a good year for me....my junior year in high school.....back then all I wanted to do was be with my gf and drive around......:)......so long ago....but feels.....like just a minute ago......I should travel back to ftw and relive those days for a while....whoo the nostalgia is up in here...
Believe me my friend, there will come a day not far, you'll see Streetcar back in Downtown Fort Worth. Planning is underway, but still kept confidential for a while. "The condemnit lives longer". Streetcar & Lightrail celebrate a great revival all over the world, right now. So trust me ! 👋😉 🇩🇪 Greetings from Germany.
Yeah when I worked for Tandy R&D as a Senior Electronics Design Engineer from 1991 to 1995, we all parked down there in that parking lot. It was full everyday and multiple trains were arriving every 10 minutes in the Tandy Center. The glory days of Tandy that went from 28,000 employees on the R&D side of the company and 20 factory's around the world to 1 factory in China that ultimately sunk the company, when John Roach CEO was ousted by Robert McClure....yeah the good ole days.
I would happily, freely, willingly give up 10 years of my life just to go back and relive the entire decade of the 90's. All of that was 2nd grade through the first half of junior year in high school for me.
My parents, older sister, and I used to go downtown to Leonard's, park in the outer lots, and ride the subway to the basement entrance. Later, years after Tandy Center replaced the old department store, I would, as a juror, park in the outer lots, and ride the subway to the Tandy Center, and have breakfast in the food court before reporting to the Justice Center across the street. Jury Services' partnership with the Tandy Center to accommodate us was much appreciated, and was a great part of the experience. Y'all are missed!
I was born and raised in Hood County. We would come to Fort Worth once a year to shop at Leonard's. I had Joined the Corp before it became the Tandy Center. Like others here, i have the fondest of memories of riding the train and it will forever be etched in my mind the sight and smells of getting off the train after passing through the tunnel. The popcorn and candy and the colors. It seemed like so far from our Ranch back in Acton. Thank you so much for shearing this video. Maybe someone that reads this can answer a question for me. I remember all the candy on display just as clear as if it were yesterday. Am I right in my thinking that it was a Penny a pound?
I rode this subway many times during the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Mama would take me on it when I was a very little girl and we'd go downtown to shop. I used to hide under the seats when we went through the tunnel. One day I tried to do that, and to my surprise they had put in new bench seats and I could no longer crawl underneath. The place where you got off and went into Leonard's department store was much darker than when the mall was there in the 90s. They used to have a food stand there that sold hot dogs, pizza, popcorn, etc.
I rode that subway when i was at a accelerated management training week at Tandy Center. John Roach gave us a private speech. Very intelligent man. Worked at Radio Shack for 13 years. The best week was at Tandy Center .
Does anyone remember the bathrooms of the Tandy Center? The walls were mirrors from floor to ceiling so you would be able to see like a thousand reflections of you 😂😂 it was like a funhouse
I think that's where I sometimes had a hamburger during recess from the court. If I remember right, it had a jukebox where I played "Free Fallin" or "Learning To Fly" by Tom Petty, and other songs while enjoying my food. I should have visited more often than only when I had jury duty.
Stop signs on a train track? I don't understand why they didn't use headlights in the tunnel, and it doesn't look like any cars had tail lights or turn signals. Not exactly FRA approved. Still I wonder why no one could have saved the only privately owned subway in the world.
We had people that would walk out as the car came into the stations , so we used the Stop signs.... As for headlights in the tunnel we kept it well lit . FRA had no oversight on the system, we did what we needed to do .. As for saving the subway it was all about money and a lot of it to run.
RecklessMage me to bro. But work with what you got. I spent many of youthful years in that reddish building in the background skyline aka Tarrant County Correctional Center TCCC. Or Jail for short. But I turned alright, not awesome but ayight. All this is too familiar with me it is kinda creepy. I remember all this crystal clear.
It became Radio Shack's campus after 2002, and that public housing project outside the Justice Center was demolished to make way for part of it. I think it's a Tarrant County College campus now.
I took so many rides on this train back in the day. Sad that I took these years of my youth for granted. Now I wish I could have them all back.
RecklessMage me to bro. But work with what you got. I spent many of youthful years in that reddish building in the background skyline aka Tarrant County Correctional Center TCCC. Or Jail for short. But I turned alright, not awesome but ayight. All this is too familiar with me it is kinda creepy. I remember all this crystal clear.
Youth is wasted on the young. We all come to realize that. 1993 was a good year for me....my junior year in high school.....back then all I wanted to do was be with my gf and drive around......:)......so long ago....but feels.....like just a minute ago......I should travel back to ftw and relive those days for a while....whoo the nostalgia is up in here...
Believe me my friend, there will come a day not far, you'll see Streetcar back in Downtown Fort Worth. Planning is underway, but still kept confidential for a while.
"The condemnit lives longer". Streetcar & Lightrail celebrate a great revival all over the world, right now. So trust me !
👋😉 🇩🇪
Greetings
from Germany.
I remember riding this when I was a young girl.. best memories ever!
Great video of a subway long gone.
Yeah when I worked for Tandy R&D as a Senior Electronics Design Engineer from 1991 to 1995, we all parked down there in that parking lot. It was full everyday and multiple trains were arriving every 10 minutes in the Tandy Center. The glory days of Tandy that went from 28,000 employees on the R&D side of the company and 20 factory's around the world to 1 factory in China that ultimately sunk the company, when John Roach CEO was ousted by Robert McClure....yeah the good ole days.
Where are the trains now ?
@@paleo704 I worked on the Subway line we have some cars still in Fort Worth, One car went to Dallas and 2 cars went to the north east.
Would you mind explaining more about what happened? I grew up in Fort Worth and was devastated when they closed Tandy down, and removed the trolly.
I would happily, freely, willingly give up 10 years of my life just to go back and relive the entire decade of the 90's. All of that was 2nd grade through the first half of junior year in high school for me.
I was 11 years old in 1993! I worked in the food court around the Ice rink in my late teens. Rode this daily.
My parents, older sister, and I used to go downtown to Leonard's, park in the outer lots, and ride the subway to the basement entrance. Later, years after Tandy Center replaced the old department store, I would, as a juror, park in the outer lots, and ride the subway to the Tandy Center, and have breakfast in the food court before reporting to the Justice Center across the street. Jury Services' partnership with the Tandy Center to accommodate us was much appreciated, and was a great part of the experience. Y'all are missed!
I was born and raised in Hood County. We would come to Fort Worth once a year to shop at Leonard's. I had Joined the Corp before it became the Tandy Center. Like others here, i have the fondest of memories of riding the train and it will forever be etched in my mind the sight and smells of getting off the train after passing through the tunnel. The popcorn and candy and the colors. It seemed like so far from our Ranch back in Acton. Thank you so much for shearing this video. Maybe someone that reads this can answer a question for me. I remember all the candy on display just as clear as if it were yesterday. Am I right in my thinking that it was a Penny a pound?
I rode this subway many times during the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Mama would take me on it when I was a very little girl and we'd go downtown to shop. I used to hide under the seats when we went through the tunnel. One day I tried to do that, and to my surprise they had put in new bench seats and I could no longer crawl underneath. The place where you got off and went into Leonard's department store was much darker than when the mall was there in the 90s. They used to have a food stand there that sold hot dogs, pizza, popcorn, etc.
Thank you for uploading this! Miss this time in Fort Worth.
I wish they still had it built.
This Tandy Center concept would be a lot more viable today than it was back then. back in the early 90s Fort Worth was not a nice place.
I rode that subway when i was at a accelerated management training week at Tandy Center. John Roach gave us a private speech. Very intelligent man. Worked at Radio Shack for 13 years. The best week was at Tandy Center
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I loved riding this!
Does anyone remember the bathrooms of the Tandy Center? The walls were mirrors from floor to ceiling so you would be able to see like a thousand reflections of you 😂😂 it was like a funhouse
I rember the pay toilets 10 cents
Wow memories I worked for and dated Henry who owned uncle Charlie’s, hotdog shop...
I think that's where I sometimes had a hamburger during recess from the court. If I remember right, it had a jukebox where I played "Free Fallin" or "Learning To Fly" by Tom Petty, and other songs while enjoying my food. I should have visited more often than only when I had jury duty.
This is what it's supposed to look like, I don't even recognize that area any more.
Stop signs on a train track? I don't understand why they didn't use headlights in the tunnel, and it doesn't look like any cars had tail lights or turn signals. Not exactly FRA approved. Still I wonder why no one could have saved the only privately owned subway in the world.
We had people that would walk out as the car came into the stations , so we used the Stop signs.... As for headlights in the tunnel we kept it well lit . FRA had no oversight on the system, we did what we needed to do .. As for saving the subway it was all about money and a lot of it to run.
Shawn Boswell how true, jim said the cost to operate was so costly, lots of great memories.
My parents took me on the Tandy subway once when I was six . I don't remember if they had to pay a fare or not.
@@tedvillalon4139 It was free, I worked on the cars.
Not regulated by the FRA. For the record we did have stop signs in several places on the railroad.
RecklessMage me to bro. But work with what you got. I spent many of youthful years in that reddish building in the background skyline aka Tarrant County Correctional Center TCCC. Or Jail for short. But I turned alright, not awesome but ayight. All this is too familiar with me it is kinda creepy. I remember all this crystal clear.
Even in 1993 this was old
Tandy closes 5 days after was born
You missed an experience!
What is it now?
It became Radio Shack's campus after 2002, and that public housing project outside the Justice Center was demolished to make way for part of it. I think it's a Tarrant County College campus now.
I used to park there for free and ride the train to Tandy Center to walk or bus to Federal Building. No more Tandy and no more train. Shame.