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Issue 416 • July 1998 I Issue 416 • July 1998 I " " ,'" , . FIND OUT WHY WE ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING RAIL.ROAD MAGAZINES IN THE U.S.!!!! GET OUR ISSUE #36 FREE WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE RAILROAD PRESS MAGAZINE. ONE YEAR (FOUR ISSUES) FOR ONLY $16. TRP 1150 CARLISLE STREET, SUITE 444·E HANOVER, PA 17331 July 1998 Issue 416 FEATURES 34 The Final Ride West Ride along an Amtrak journey through the Southwest aboard the Texas Eagle, the Sunset Limited, and the Desert Wind. by Eric Thorp Above: A componentof the Bangor & Aroostook system, Canadian American trainNo. 90 skirtsaround the terrain of Quebec to reach destination. 44 its San Diego Trolley DEPARTMENTS Expansions and new projects ensure a strong future for this progressive transit system. 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Shippers and farmers are using the everyone from railroads to shippers to example of last year's spoiled crops politicians to consumers, but we can't caused by Union Pacific bottlenecking expect them overnight. The story of to demand reform-and people are lis­ Union Pacific will be told for genera­ tening. Reports are that Surface tions to come. What we are seeing now sr�� Transportation Board Chairperson will change railroading as we know it. © 1998 Pentrex Media Group. All rights reserved. Linda Morgan is in talks with the USDA Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. to develop an early warning system that Brent Haight 4' July 1998 READERS RESPOND Contemporary Letters Railroading Women in Railroading truck than a 5,000 lb. passenger vehicle. In any event, railroads don't know what their Videos from Herron Rail Thanks for taking the time to bring attention customers want, and never will because they've Order now for great action of today's railroading! to an important, but often overlooked section downsized to the point where there are only three of the railroad workforce-women (Women in sales reps., left and they are busy filling out Railroading, RN 415). reports on the customers they didn't caLl on AT SF because they're too busy filling out reports. ACROSS THE ARIZONA DIVIDE Is anybody in the industry listening? Basha Levertan Warbonnets on parade in heavy Arizona ac­ Springfield, Illinois Michael J. McLaughlin tion on doublestacks and other fast paced Women working on the railroad? No way! Denver, Colorado trains. Shot BEFORE the BNSF merger! Women lack the physical stamina required for By jB Productions Order item JB-001 such demanding work. I firmly agree with Jim Giblin (Last Word, RN Women are now working in many formerly 414) that the railroad industry needs solu­ all male bastions, and I have no problem with tions, not scapegoats. But, to imply that rail­ BN most of it. But except for non-operating posi­ roads and trucks compete on a level playing tions on passenger trains, they should not be field, I don't buy it. THE FUNNEL working on the railroad. Giblin waves a flag for trucks that are BN and MRL freight action in the vicinity of Railroading is one of the very few traditions allegedly covering 91 percent of their share Sandpoint, Idaho. The BEST of the tapes men can pass along to their sons and grandsons. of highway costs. Therefore, they are getting In other words, keep railroading a man's world. only 9 percent subsidy from the American available on this area! By jB Productions taxpayers. What he fails to mention is that Order item JB-002 Frank G. Williams railroads must cover 100 percent of their Independence, California road-use costs and then pay taxes based on their right-of-way property, some of which CSX are at higher rates than any other industry, to Trucks VS. Trains: Myth vs. Reality subsidize their competition. TRAINS OF THE BONE VALLEY In addition, railroads had to finance and I enjoyed Jim Giblin's Trucks vs. Trains: Myth vs. build their own roads. They didn't have Uncle CSX's biggest power on Fla Phosphate Mine Runs! Reality (Last Word, RN 414) and would like to Sam supplying them with super highways. Heavy action with IN-CAB, LlNESIDE, and add my own comments. To compete with high­ Yes, some railroads did get large subsidies in TRAIN LOADING & UNLOADING footage. way transportation, railroads must offer fast, reli­ the form of land grants when they were con­ able, damage-free service.
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