Dennis, thanks for the mention of the Ravinia-Jefferson area. In my youth, I always thought this was a nice neighborhood, and wondered about some of the large houses located there.
Regarding the trestle NW of Cockrell Hill, the _oakcliff.advocatemag.com_ article, with its erroneous reference to the trestle as the "Mountain Creek Bridge," was discussed and the error source found four years ago:
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phorum.dallashistory.org]
A search of the archives using the "advanced" feature should turn up quite a few other references to the trestle.
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Dave McNeely