Alex Wolford
@thetexanrhino.bsky.social
Writer Covering Transportation, Cities, and Sometimes Other Stuff
Work on Substack & Medium + @dmagazine.bsky.social
Dallas, TX | Columbia, MO
https://linktr.ee/TheTexanRhino
Work on Substack & Medium + @dmagazine.bsky.social
Dallas, TX | Columbia, MO
https://linktr.ee/TheTexanRhino
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They Have The People
No Kings and Peaceful Protest
substack.com
New story about the recent No Kings protests and peaceful demonstration in our current moment.
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for our "Texas Canon" series, I wrote about Halt and Catch Fire, the underrated AMC show about the '80s Dallas tech boom, and how it reminds us of why we were optimistic about tech in the first place: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
One of TV's most underrated shows gave Texas' tech past its due
Texas rarely gets the prestige treatment. One AMC drama pulled it off.
www.chron.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
for our "Texas Canon" series, I wrote about Halt and Catch Fire, the underrated AMC show about the '80s Dallas tech boom, and how it reminds us of why we were optimistic about tech in the first place: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Reposted by Alex Wolford
I wrote about train-surfing's rise in NYC and other American Metros in context to other global train-surfing heydays, such as Berlin years immediately after the Wall came down www.substack-bahn.net/p/train-surf...
Train-Surfing: A Global Look
An attempt at context to an act of madness
www.substack-bahn.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I wrote about train-surfing's rise in NYC and other American Metros in context to other global train-surfing heydays, such as Berlin years immediately after the Wall came down www.substack-bahn.net/p/train-surf...
The Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Texas Zephyr," northbound to Denver, heading out of Fort Worth in 1950.
Photograph by Roger Plummer.
Photograph by Roger Plummer.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Texas Zephyr," northbound to Denver, heading out of Fort Worth in 1950.
Photograph by Roger Plummer.
Photograph by Roger Plummer.
This is why, in earnest, I like the current City Hall building. If Dallas is anything, it's "strange and hard to love." I like that City Hall is challenging at first glance but beautiful with time. It reminds me of this city and why I love it.
"I am asking you to think big and save to reimagine this strange but hard to love building."
Next is Rawlins Gilliland. (Fun fact, he was a reader in my wedding and read an original piece.)
Says the new City Hall "stunned me" in 1978, showed the city wasn't as "humorless" as he thought. He also talks about how cities across the country have restored and preserved its history.
Says the new City Hall "stunned me" in 1978, showed the city wasn't as "humorless" as he thought. He also talks about how cities across the country have restored and preserved its history.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is why, in earnest, I like the current City Hall building. If Dallas is anything, it's "strange and hard to love." I like that City Hall is challenging at first glance but beautiful with time. It reminds me of this city and why I love it.
Looking west toward the Trinity River, Dallas City Hall under construction in the mid-1970s.
Photograph by John Rogers.
Photograph by John Rogers.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Looking west toward the Trinity River, Dallas City Hall under construction in the mid-1970s.
Photograph by John Rogers.
Photograph by John Rogers.
They're brighter in the photo than they were to my eyes, but you can see the northern lights from Downtown Columbia, Missouri.
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
They're brighter in the photo than they were to my eyes, but you can see the northern lights from Downtown Columbia, Missouri.
A DART Silver Line FLIRT meets with an eastbound CPKC manifest train at 12th Street Station, Plano, October 2025.
Photograph by David Hawkins.
Photograph by David Hawkins.
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A DART Silver Line FLIRT meets with an eastbound CPKC manifest train at 12th Street Station, Plano, October 2025.
Photograph by David Hawkins.
Photograph by David Hawkins.
Hope everyone is having a good boat day.
today, like every day, is a good day to remember everything Lake Superior has taken from us. the only language the Great Lakes understand is force.
RIP to the Eddie Fitz
RIP to the Eddie Fitz
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hope everyone is having a good boat day.
Dallas man in front of the Southland Life Building, 1950s–60s.
Photograph by John Rogers.
Photograph by John Rogers.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Dallas man in front of the Southland Life Building, 1950s–60s.
Photograph by John Rogers.
Photograph by John Rogers.
This account turns a year old today! People like to complain about this place, but given the sheer number of people I have met on here and the opportunities they have given me, I think it's been a pretty good year.
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This account turns a year old today! People like to complain about this place, but given the sheer number of people I have met on here and the opportunities they have given me, I think it's been a pretty good year.
Looking east over Elm Street, Dallas, December 1943.
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Looking east over Elm Street, Dallas, December 1943.
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my desktop computer is finally up after a month of trying to get moved into my new place so here's some shots I really liked in San Francisco from a few months ago before I was ceaselessly sick and plagued by personal crises lmao
Fujica GW690i | Kodak Portra 160
Fujica GW690i | Kodak Portra 160
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
my desktop computer is finally up after a month of trying to get moved into my new place so here's some shots I really liked in San Francisco from a few months ago before I was ceaselessly sick and plagued by personal crises lmao
Fujica GW690i | Kodak Portra 160
Fujica GW690i | Kodak Portra 160
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This account also feels in line with some of what other people that have been in Broadview have shared.
Lawsuit Alleges Inhumane Conditions at Broadview ICE Facility
Federal authorities moved two plaintiffs in the suit out of state; a judge has ordered they be returned Monday.
southsideweekly.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This account also feels in line with some of what other people that have been in Broadview have shared.
I'm so tired
Irving City Council has unanimously voted to hold a DART withdrawal election on May 2nd. This makes them the fourth city to call for such an election this week.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I'm so tired
Irving City Council has unanimously voted to hold a DART withdrawal election on May 2nd. This makes them the fourth city to call for such an election this week.
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Irving City Council has unanimously voted to hold a DART withdrawal election on May 2nd. This makes them the fourth city to call for such an election this week.
Reposted by Alex Wolford
Dallas Area Rapid Transit just built a transit line extension into Plano that opened just a couple weeks ago. Yesterday, Plano City Council voted 8-0 to allow voters to choose whether or not to leave DART www.keranews.org/news/2025-11...
Plano leaders vote to hold DART withdrawal election next spring
City council members heard hours of public comment Wednesday, most of it in support of DART, before voting to call the election.
www.keranews.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Dallas Area Rapid Transit just built a transit line extension into Plano that opened just a couple weeks ago. Yesterday, Plano City Council voted 8-0 to allow voters to choose whether or not to leave DART www.keranews.org/news/2025-11...
The motion passes 8 to 0. Plano has become the third member city to call for a DART withdrawal election.
Plano City Council is discussing DART right now. More than 100 people are scheduled to speak to the council tonight.
www.plano.gov/1565/Plano-TV
www.plano.gov/1565/Plano-TV
Plano TV | Plano, TX - Official Website
Plano TV brings you award-winning broadcast programming dedicated to Plano 24/7. Plano TV has received more than 400 accolades for their programming including 20 Lone Star Emmys.
www.plano.gov
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The motion passes 8 to 0. Plano has become the third member city to call for a DART withdrawal election.
Plano City Council is discussing DART right now. More than 100 people are scheduled to speak to the council tonight.
www.plano.gov/1565/Plano-TV
www.plano.gov/1565/Plano-TV
Plano TV | Plano, TX - Official Website
Plano TV brings you award-winning broadcast programming dedicated to Plano 24/7. Plano TV has received more than 400 accolades for their programming including 20 Lone Star Emmys.
www.plano.gov
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Plano City Council is discussing DART right now. More than 100 people are scheduled to speak to the council tonight.
www.plano.gov/1565/Plano-TV
www.plano.gov/1565/Plano-TV
The motion passes three to two, Farmer Branch has called for a DART withdrawal election.
Public comment on Farmer Branch’s motion to call a withdrawal election from DART is going on now:
www.youtube.com/live/lUdV2yo...
www.youtube.com/live/lUdV2yo...
City Council Meeting November 4, 2025
YouTube video by FBTV
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The motion passes three to two, Farmer Branch has called for a DART withdrawal election.
Public comment on Farmer Branch’s motion to call a withdrawal election from DART is going on now:
www.youtube.com/live/lUdV2yo...
www.youtube.com/live/lUdV2yo...
City Council Meeting November 4, 2025
YouTube video by FBTV
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Public comment on Farmer Branch’s motion to call a withdrawal election from DART is going on now:
www.youtube.com/live/lUdV2yo...
www.youtube.com/live/lUdV2yo...
The American railroad industry circa 1850:
god i am so stoked to go to chicago
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The American railroad industry circa 1850:
Some very interesting polling numbers regarding Plano and Farmers Branch's calls to withdraw from DART here.
November 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Some very interesting polling numbers regarding Plano and Farmers Branch's calls to withdraw from DART here.
Reposted by Alex Wolford
NEWS: Trump administration’s Chicago immigration raids are coming to a city near you as Homeland Security sidelines old ICE leadership. “What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect. This is the new model.” Our story on what that means www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...
Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership
“What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect,” said Fred Tsao, senior policy counsel at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
NEWS: Trump administration’s Chicago immigration raids are coming to a city near you as Homeland Security sidelines old ICE leadership. “What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect. This is the new model.” Our story on what that means www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...
Yeah, it's November in Missouri, alright.
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Yeah, it's November in Missouri, alright.