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Hi-Techs of the 90's 1~"9359 " ! uNfON PAC , f Prototype photos by G. R. Cockle UNION PACIFIC "Dash 8-40CW" Nos. 9356-9405 OMI #5154 Coming this Summer and will include Norfolk Southern " Dash 8-32B", OMI #5351 ; Conrail " Dash 8- 40CW", OMI #5352; and Canadian National " Das h 8-40CM" full body unit, OMI #5353. PACIFIC RAIL Fro m the Heartland t 0 the Pacific NEWS 7eACIFIC RAILNEWS and PACIFIC NEWS are regis tered trademarks of Interurban Press, a California Corporation. PUBLISHER: Mac Sebree Santa Fels Warbonnet Week: The GP60Ms Arrive EDITOR: Don Gulbrandsen ART DIRECTOR: Mark Danneman The newest Super Fleet power is delivered amid much fanfare ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Mike Schafer ASSISTANT EDITOR: Elrond Lawrence 24 Elrond G. Lawrence EDITORIAL CONSULTANT: Dick Stephenson CONTRIBUTING ARTIST: John Signor PRODUCTION MANAGER: Ray Geyer CIRCULATION MANAGER: Bob Schneider RAilROAD COlUMNISTS Portrait of a Classic: The Disappearing Rio Grande AMTRAK/ PASSENGER-Dick Stephenson 655 Canyon Dr .. Glendale. CA 91206 As scarlet-and-gray encroaches, an intimate look at D&RGW AT&SF- Elrond G. Lawrence Steve Schmollinger 908 W. 25th St.. San Bernardino. CA 92405 28 BURLINGTON NORTHERN-Karl Rasmussen 11449 Goldenrod St. NW. Coon Rapids. MN 55433 CANADA WEST- Doug Cummings 5963 Kitchener St .. Burnaby. BC V5B 2J3 I C&NW- Michael W. Blaszak I DEPARTMENTS 910 N. Sherwood Dr .. LaGrange Pork. IL 60525 D&RGW-Richard C. Farewell 4 EXPEDITER 38 UNION PACIFIC 9729 w. 76th Ave .. Arvada. CO 800J5 6 AMTRAK/ PASSENGER 40 ILLINOIS CENTRAL ILLINOIS CENTRAL- David J. Daisy 8 ATCHISON , TOPEKA & SANTA FE 42 SHORT LINES 746 N. Bruns Lone Apt. A. Springfield. IL 62702 11 SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES 43 PRESERVATION MEXICO-Clifford R. 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On May 23, 1990, the point of an east ST. lOUIS-Scott Muskopf and Paul Fries bound 891 train-shown in the desert near Ludlow, Calif.-was graced by four red-and-silver lo SOUTH TEXAS-Carl M. Lehman comotives, including brand-new GP60Ms 100 and 101 , along with freshly renumbered SDFP45s TWIN CITIES-Steve Glischinski 96 and 92. Turn to page 24 for the complete story on the first week in service of Santa Fe 's WASATCH FRONT-Dave Gayer newest power, along with the how-and-why of the model's development. Elrond G. Lawrence PACIFIC RAILNews • 3 The log-haulers of the West continue to disappear, the latest victim being Oregon, California & Eastern; OC&E's last Bly Turn is shown eastbound at Dairy, Ore., on April 29 behind a string of the railroad's distinc tive rebuilt U25Bs. After 68 years of moving timber products, OC&E owner Weyerhaeuser cut the capaci ty of its mill at Klamath Falls, negating the economic benefits of hauling in timber by rail. Greg Brown CALIFORNIA VOTES FOR Prop 116 monies was funding Healdsburg trackage should IMPROVED RAIL TRANS for expanding Amtrak's San transfer to the bridge district PORTATION: In a stunning Diegans and San Joaquins ; in three years, and the final vote that some are heralding money for the burgeoning two segments-from Healds as symbolic of America's re-ac Sacramento-Bay Area corridor; burg to Willits and from Nova ceptance of the passenger funding for various commuter to to Napa Junction-will be train as a viable transportation rail projects, including Cal purchased in four years. SP mode (and which may also sig Train in the Bay Area and sold the northern 162 miles of nal the end of the so-called San Bernardino/Orange County the NWP between Willits and z "taxpayers revolt" era), Califor routes in L.A.; and funding for Eureka to Eureka Southern z nia voters approved three bal light-rail expansion in Bay Railroad in 1984. lot measures that together will Area, L.A. and San Diego. help provide nearly $3 billion AND SP MAY SELL ITS in funding for all forms of rail SP SELLS NWP: In a devel HEADQUARTERS: Apparently transportation. In the June 5, opment which will be aided by trying to escape the burden of 1990, primary, voters approved money provided by the rail its huge debt incurred with the (by fairly narrow margins): bond projects, Southern Pacific purchase of SP Railroad, Rio Proposition 111 , which basical has agreed in principle to sell Grande Industries, is putting ly relaxed spending limitations the 151-mile Northwestern Pa more non-rail properties on the on transportation projects and cific to the Golden Gate Bridge seller's block . .. possibly in provided a nine-cent-per-gal District for $37 million. The cluding the historic SP head Ion fuel tax increase to fund bridge district plans to use the quarters in downtown San highway and rail projects; route to develop a commuter Francisco. An internal SP Proposition 108, the Passenger rail line serving the North Bay memo of April 30 indicated Rail and Clean Air Act of 1990, region. Under terms of the that the venerable edifice at which was the $1 billion rail plan, segments of the railroad One Market Plaza is one prop bond companion to Prop 111; -initially started as a Santa erty that company manage and Proposition 116 which au Fe-SP joint venture in 1907 ment has considered selling. thorized the issuance of $1.99 -will be purchased over the Sale of the building would re billion in general obligation next four years. The first sec quire finding another work bonds to be allocated to a long tion of track, from San Rafael place for the company's 1,800 list of specific rail projects. In to Novato, will be purchased workers in San Francisco; new LLI cluded in the laundry list for immediately; the Novato- locations suggested by SP em- 4. JULY 1990 ployees include other SP prop erties in or near San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento or Den ver (home of new owner Phil Anschutz). BUSH VETOES AMTRAK FUNDING; BUY-OUT AMEND MENT BLAMED: On May 24, President Bush vetoed a fund ing bill that would have guar anteed money for Amtrak in in fiscal years 1991 and 1992. Though the president is not a big Amtrak supporter and has suggested zero funding for the national rail passenger carrier in the past, money for Amtrak was not the primary issue in the veto. In fact, administra tion officials said that they were resigned to providing The delivery of BC Rail's firsf GE C40-8M prompted this line-up of BCRjPacific Great Eastern-heritage mainline $684 million for Amtrak next power at Squamish on May 8, 1990. From left: New C40-SM 4601 in the current BCR red-white-and-blue; M630 year and $712 million in 1992. 706 in the same livery; RS18 604 in the second PGE and first BC Rail paint scheme; and RS3 561 (on loan from Instead, the veto was prompt the Wesf Coast Railway Association) in the firsf PGE livery. Doug Cummings ed by an amendment to the bill that would give the ICC UP AGAIN UNDER THE GUN employee buyout of the strug the possibility of employee three months to review any FOR BRANCH ABANDON gling Western carrier.