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cpc JUL Y, 1976 $1.00 \ '. \ . \ \ \ , COLORADO RAIL Annual NUMBER NINE Enjoy the COLOR & SOUND of THE AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN Number Nine in our On a more modern Track of the Cats details by popular series of Colorado note, the Prospector is the establishment of the Rail Annuals features the account of the Rio State-owned operation QNTERURBAN four different articles on Grande's ov ernight for the same D&RG nar 'PILMS Colorado railroad history . streamliner on the Den row gauge line that Jukes ver - Moffat Tunnel- Salt had photographed a half Tin Feathers & Gaso Lake City run - diesel century earlier. line Fumes is the story of powered and deluxe, and th e uniqu e Galloping 126 pages, 8112 x II. the pride of the Railroad. Geese motor trains that thoroughly research ed once plied the rails of the and profusely illustrated. Rio Grande Southern, the A Tribute to Fred Jukes legendary narrow gauge is a pictorial biography of Clothbound Deluxe POSTPAID that threaded through the great early-day pho rugged western slope tographer of the D&RG mountain terrain. narrow gauge, while $9.75 DEPT. N, BOX 10, Colorado Railroad Museum, GOLDEN COLO. 80401 Photo by F. Nicas Even with your silent projector, you can GREAT NEW BOOKS FROM INTERURBANS! enjoy the sights and sounds of being in the 2... cab and on the platform of this famous train, pulled by S.P. 4449, on its historical journey TReLLEYS Te THE SURF from Bakersfield, via the Tehachapi Loop and Mohave. BEFORE THE RED CARS CAME 'he G,.en CO" TROLLEYS TO THE SURF by W;II;om A. My." and the late 1m l. This color sound film, shot in 16mm with six ... the famed green cors of Ine los Angeles Swett tells in fantastic detail how Sherman and Clark marched Pacific Railway, opening the way to the found to the sea. All-time, illustrated rosters of the LAP's fascinating cameras, is professionally photographed, ing of Hollywood, Sonta Monico, Venice and passenger and freight fleet, with diagrams, city-by-city his titled, scored, and narrated. A synchronized other resorts. They carried the crowds 10 the tories, line descriptions, interviews with the men who worked beaches. and the people stoyed to populate on the LAP, mops by celebrated railroad illustrator Harlan tape cassette is included with each silent print . it's all there, and much more! a huge and important port of the Los Angeles (cassette is 18 frames/sec.) megalopolis. Our 300mm lens puts you there at the MOSES P. SHERMAN AND Ell P. ClARK come from Arizona to build a country trolley line. They Loop. Plus, you join in the chase at E. Bakers· aimed for Pasadena-but reached the Surf. And field and Mojave, then you are there ...for the electric railway they founded become one of the most important keystones in the great Pacific run-bys at Edison, Bielville, Newhall .. Electric system aher the Great Merger of 191 1. This action packed film is a must for your film library! Reg. 8mm w/cassette (apx. 200') $27.95 Sup. 8mm w/cassette (apx. 220') $27.95 Sup.8mm· Magnetit sound (apx. 220') . $29.95 •• and more 16mm . Optical sound red cars (apx. 400') .. $69.95 maps galore. If you liked Special 60. don't miSS LINES OF PACIFIC ElECTRIC-No,them & Eo,tem this one! It's a compilation of every page of our Postage prepaid in the U.S. Foreign surface Districts (Special 61) is NOW READY! The soft Special 16, Paris 1 and 2 and Supplements 1 add 45c / Foreign air add $1.50. cover companion volume to lost year's Special and 2-PLUS additional photos and data. 60, lines of P.E., Western & Southern Districts, Special 61 covers every Pacific Electric line SPECIAl80NUS SECTION-16 page, on PAClF'C Please send check or money order to: north and east of Main Street Station in meticu ELECTRIC 19761 A surprisingly big chunk of the INTERURBAN FILMS lous detail. old P .E. is still in freight service today under the Southern Pacific banner-and Interurbans P. O. BOX 60, Dept. PN·2 WHERE THE RED CARS RAN, when they ,on, 'he covers the entire 1976 system in maps, photos Seal Beach, California 90740 kind of troHic they carried-it's all here. Photos, and data. (Californians: Please add 6% Sales Tax.) Lines of Pacific Electric Special 61 Produced in cooperation with the American Northern & Eastern Districts Freedom Train Foundation, Inc. 2 JULY, 1976 Pacific No. 177 JULY, 1976 lie' S VOLUME 16 NO. 7 KARL R. KOENIG • EDJTOR " TOM GRAY ..... '.' ..... PRODUCTION STAFF INolOI; CI-I�TI-I�M... HAROLD C. KOENIG •. ......EDITORIAL STAFF This seems to be the year fo r the mentioning of topics more than once JOHN PARSON ........... EDITORIAL STAFF in a short period of time. Last month we suggested that our need for D.S.RICHTER ........... : EDITORIAL STAFF photographs of the American Freedom Train was larger than the GARY VI ELBAUM ......... STAFF LIBRARIAN supply - and so it remains, by the way, for although there is good coverage of the train in this issue we have about used up our supply, Kenneth M. Ardinger ................•.... Contributing Staff again, and have no views of the 4449 in storage at Birmingham yet we do Edward M. Berntsen ...................... Contributing Staff have readers hoping to see such a scene in PACIFIC NEWS-and this George R. Cockle ..........•............. Contributing Staff month the subject of the magazine's delivery comes up once more. In Doug E. Cummings .....•................ Contributing Staff four simple words, it's not our fault! Tom Eikerenkolter . .. ..... •..•.... Contributing Staff Yes, as admitted in the June issue, we have been a bit late with the past Robert L. Hogan .. ...•.... Contributing Staff Don Jewell ................•..•.......... Contributing Staff issues of 1976, but not as late as many subscribers are being led to Joe McMillan . • . ............ Contributing Staff believe. We've not missed a single issue in 177 consecutive months and Ken Meeker .........•................... Contributing Staff have no intention of doing so now; and to settle a question that has Peter J. Replinger ........................ Contributing Staff come up many times lately, the May issue was the latest in reaching the Virgil C. Staft"... ..........•.... Contributing Staff post office but somehow from the early indications the June issue is F. Hoi Wagner, Jr ......................... Contribultng Staff breaking all of the records for late delivery. Once it reaches the post office, there's little we can do to help speed the magazine along that is not being done already. New sorting methods © went to work with the May issue and should have helped it. Instead of C'p( Contents Copyright 1976 rushing the June issue along, however, it appears that across San ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Francisco Bay from here subscribers never had a chance. From everywhere between Vallejo to the north and Fremont to the south, and THOSE WESTERN BICENTENNIALS ..................... 4 east to Tracy, the post office managed to delay the magazine for weeks. STEAMING IN THE WEST WITH THE4449 .12 Our circulation department informs me that renewals from across the CANADA'S MIGRATING INTERURBANS. .. 15 continent - even from across the international boundary - were being SANTA FE'S NEW BARSTOW YARD ............. ....16 received in return from the June issue be/ore it was delivered in the East TODAY'S TRONA RAILWAY.... .18 Bay. The problem, however, seems to, hopefully, have been somewhat CAMERA CAR PHOTO SECTION ... ............... 21 of a one-time situation that should not occur again. BURLINGTON NORTHERN NEWS. ................. 27 As for our own tardiness, the march back to on-time performance is UNION PACIFIC NEWS/MUNI JOTTINGS ... 28 SANTA FE/WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE/WP ................ 9 already being made. This issue will be in the mails on an earlier date 2 NEWS PHOTOS . .. .. .. ....................... than was June, and June, as mentioned, was earlier than May. That ..30 SHORT STUFF . , ...........33 orderly return to on-time publication is itself on schedule. EXCURSIONS/CLASSIFIED. ............. ....3 4 We are f1attered, by the way, with the f100d of calls and letters BOOK REVIEWS/LETTERS . .. .. ...........35 received shortly after PACIFIC NEWS fa ils to show up on time. We value your admiration for the magazine and faith in its delivery. We will not let you down. No doubt some eagle-eye will remember a long-ago comment in this column that it is written fa irly early each month and now be wondering how so many comments on a June issue could be made so early in the fo llowing month. Simple. This June issue is more than half done as this is being written and there's a resulting note on the deadline chart that page 3 is overdue. That's why there's only a quiet office, an occasional SUBSCRIPTIONS DIRECT BY MAIL passing fr eight train on the Southern Pacific - the radio reports that In United States, Canada and Mexico: $10.00 for one Extra 4450, that upgraded passenger-equipped S D9E, is about ready to year, $18.00 for two years. Single copies $1.00. Foreign: leave Bayshore Yard fo r San Jose - and me. This is a Saturday, but $11.00 per year. Foreign (only) First Class and Air when the magazine is late weekends often give up a .bit of their time in Mail rates are available on specific request. fa vor of getting back on schedule. There's a BiCentennial story to tell, a visit to the Trona Railway to make, Santa Fe's new Barstow Yard to CHATHAM PUBLISHING COMPANY study, migrating Canadian interurbans to learn about, and an Post Office Box 283, Burlingame, California 94010 USA eastbound Southern Pacific freight to photograph. 4450 just got the • highball from the caboose.