'OJ Scale Power Amtrak AMTRAK "F40PH" Phase /I Nos. 230-328 OMI #0430.2 Features factory paint and lettering appli ed with head li ghts and Kadee couplers installed. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE "5040-2" Nos. 5020-5027 with 116-lnch "Snoot" Nose (Left) OMI #0500 ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE "5040-2" Nos. 5028-5172 with 81-lnch "Snoot" Nose (Right) OMI #0501 NORFOLK & WESTERN "5040-2" High Hood Version Nos. 1625-1639 (Left) OMI #0509 NORFOLK & WESTERN "5040-2" Low Hood Version Nos. 6189-6207 (Center) OMI #0510 SOUTHERN "5040-2" High Hood Version Nos. 3250-3328 (Right) OMI #0512 All of these fine are handcrafted in brass by Ajin Precision of Korea in 0 scale with a 26-inch minimum operating radius. Photos by Mardan Photography. 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Since Rio Grande Industries purchased SP there has been much speculation that the D&RGW image would be dropped-but to date it hasn't h~ppened. In fact, black and orange was very much in evidence June 4, 1990, as Rio Grande's new GP60s (3155 and 3156) made their maiden run on RGI rails, heading west through Springfield, III., on the BIASM. Steve Smedley ICC OKAYS SP'S K.C. LINE speeds to 60 mph over the en­ branch lines. Santa Fe has al­ PURCHASE: With a 5-0 vote tire route. The addition of this ready sold 500 miles of track­ the Interstate Commerce Com­ line will give SP a 17-state, age in 1990 and hopes to dis­ mission approved the $86 mil­ 15,500-mile rail system and its pose of another 900 miles of lion sale of Soo Line's 532-mile second entry into Chcago in branches before the end of the line from Kansas City to Chica­ the past year. year. Rumors persist that other go to Rio Grande Industries, large chunks of the AT&SF despite opposition from Chica­ MORE BELT· TIGHTENING may be slated for downgrading go & North Western, Kansas FOR SANTA FE: After a poor and/or sale over the next few z City Southern and Burlington first-half financial performance years. "Disposable" lines may z Northern. In making its deci­ in 1990 (the railroad was prof­ include the Raton Pass line sion the commission found no itable but failed to reach pro­ and the trackage to Denver, likelihood of a substantial less­ jected income), Santa Fe has though Santa Fe officials de­ ening of competition resulting announced further moves to cline to comment on their sta­ from the sale. As part of the cut costs. The biggest news is tus. A possible indicator of the transaction, RGI receives track­ the scheduled 1991 move of downgrading of the Denver age rights over Soo's Chicago­ Santa Fe headquarters in line was an announced sched­ Milwaukee line; for its part, Chicago to an off-line location ule change which saw a July 1 Soo Line retains traffic rights in suburban Schaumburg, Ill. discontinuance for the OKCDV I between Kansas City and In addition, 300 salaried em­ ODVKC intermodal trains; just Chicago for trains with prior or ployees across the system will one manifest through freight subsequent hauls elsewhere lose their jobs. Effective Sept. each way- new symbols on the Soo system. 1, the railroad will eliminate 344/443-will ply the line each Several hurdles remain be­ two division headquarters, day, also handling the limited fore SP is up and running on Newton, Kan. , and Winslow, intermodal traffic in and out of the line, including resolution of Ariz. , becoming a four-division Denver. trackage rights disputes with railroad: Eastern, headquar­ C&NW and BN and completion tered in Kansas City; Southern BN AVERTS PLANNED of negotiations with railroad in Euless, Texas; Central in Al­ STRIKE OVER CONCRETE labor unions. Once in control of buquerque, N.M.; and Western TIES: A strike against Bur­ the line, SP has announced it in San Bernardino, Calif. lington Northern by the Broth­ will invest $50 million in capi­ Also part of the shake up is erhood of Maintenance of Way LLI tal improvements to increase an increase in efforts to sell Employees was averted when 4 • AUGUST 1990 a Texas judge issued a re­ straining order barring the employees' planned work stoppage. The BMWE , whose members repair and maintain BN's track, accuse the railroad of contracting out some 40 percent of its concrete tie work to non-union firms in di­ rect violation of agreed upon terms. BN is a leader in the in­ stallation of concrete ties, and was the first major railroad in the U.S. to use the material extensively. The process is complicated, and uses equip­ ment owned by Herzog Con­ tracting Corp. , of St. Joseph, Mo. Only the contractor's em­ ployees are allowed to operate the equipment, and there-in lies the dispute.