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MISSOURI PACIFIC #1634in theNorth Little RockYards in the early1980's (John Hodkin, Jr photo) ONE.AXLE LOCOMOITYES
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Soonafter the steamlocomotive appeared driving wheelscould be added.This in the United Statesthe designersand increasedthe pulling power by asmuch as 60 builderswere producingengines with only percent,and at the sametime saf*y and one pair of drive wheels.These were riding comfort alsowere increased,Thus, the mountedon a singleaxle directly behinda 4-2-0 type enginewas replacedby lhe 44-0 verticalboiler. At the Baldwin Locomotive type. Worksthe secondengine to roll out of the In Europeand Britain the "singles"had plant wasthe E.L MILLER, built in enduringpopularity. This was due principally February1834. It hadfour smallwheels to more level terrain, aswell as to the underthe front end, andtwo driving wheels preferenceby the railroads'mechanical 54 inchesin diameter.It wasput in sewice departments.Railroad cars, freight and on the Charleston& HamburgRailroad at passenger,in Americawere muchlarger and Charleston,South Carolina. This design heavierthan their counterpartsoverseas. provedto be very popular,and the American With a load compatiblewith their desigq a Singletype oflocomotive was begun. For "single"could not be beat for speedand aboutl0 yearsit wasconsidered very elegance.Enginemen in the U.S. thoughtthe suitablefor ordinaryservice on American engineswere "slippery"and lacked power. railroads. The performanceofthe "single"engines Then,rails beganto leavethe river valleys got a boostin 1834by a patentgranted to andflat-land country, and to probeinto the E.L. Miller, who designedthe engine rolling foothills, then they climbedover the Baldwin built for the Charleston& Hamburg mountainsto seewhat was on the other side. Baldwin boughtthe patentfor $9,000in Locomotiveswith only two driving wheels 1839,It was for a methodof shiftingpart of just didn't haveadequate adhesion to lift the the weight ofthe tenderto the enginedriving trainsthrough this kind of country. wheelsto increasethe adhesion, Locomotivedesigners soon found that at a relativelysmall additional cost two more
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A few "singles"were built by other a platform behindthe cabto feedthe big manufacturers,but so manyrailroad officials firebox. He was exposedto all kinds of had dweloped a mentalblock againstthem weather. there soonwas no marketfor them.No The fellows at Baldwin were proud of their practicalrailroader would acceptone for two-leggedengine, and they gaveit regularservice. constructionnumber 5000. It was completed This situationcontinued until a new in April 1880,and the P&R gaveit number gen€rationof raihoadmen came along. They 507 It had 1894-inch cylinders,78-inch see,medto learnnothing from the experiences drivers,45-inch trailer wheels,and the steam of the prwious generation.This bearsout cylindercould increasethe weight on the the truism - if we ignore history, we will driversfrom 35,000pounds to 45,000 repeatits mistakes. pounds.Baldwin got a patentNo. 227,778 for this cylinderdevice on l8 May 1880. By 1870there were new champions ernbracingold ideaswith the convictionthat On 14May 1880,the P&R madea testnrn they could makethe ideasbetter. Theywere from Philadelphiato JerseyCity with the younger,therefore, they were smarter. new engineand a four-car passengertrain of Perhapsthey were impressedby the fine 84 tons. On tbis 89-milerurL the enginehit servicerendered by thoseone'ade engines 80 milesan hour severaltimes, and averaged on foreign roads. 54.7m.p.h. In the 1870'sa new railroadwas built The "single"locomotive desigrr was givan betweenPhiladelphia and Bound Brook, new life, and seernedto havea great future, New Jersey.It was leasedby the Philadelphia The railroadsneeded faster motive power, & Readingrailroad to provide a direct and now it was available.Advocates ofthe connectionto JerseyCity. FranHinGowan, "singles"said the enginewas saferthan the P&R president,wanted to makethe traveling standarddesign, by the elirninationof danger public awareofthe new route, so he decided from a broken siderodflailing upwardand to inauguratea fast expresstrain. He asked danolishingthe sideofthe cab,thereby Baldwin LocomotiveWorks Mechanical killing or injuring the firemanor engineer. SuperirtendentWilliam P. Henszeyto The enginecertainly was easierriding and providethe motive power. lessdamaging to the trach sincevery little counterbalancingwas required The ideaof a single-adeengine was rcyivd, A 4-2-2 type was decidedupon. A. A. Mcleod was presidentof the Baldwin useda steamcylinder to shift some Philadelphia& Reading,and was most ofthe weight ofthe cab,usually carried by a ambitiousto expandthe road. He gained pair of trailer-truck wheels,to the driving control ofthe New York & New England wheels.They decidedto also usea firebox and Boston & Maine.By a stealthy designedby JohnE. Wooten, general acquisitionofcapital stock he gainedcontrol managerof the P&R in 1E77.It was ofthe ConnecticutRiver Railroad.Then he designedto burn the locally availableinferior tried to forc€ the CR to be leasedto the gradeof antluacitecoal. A largergrate area Boston & Maine. was requiredthan for bituminouscoal. To The MassachusettsRailroad Commission accommodatethe wide frebox it was located ruled this was the most unconscionable behindthe driversand abovethe trailer transactiotrin the railroadhistorv ofthe wheels.This requiredthe fire,nunto standon
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state,This finally causedthe bankruptcyof orderedthe enginesold. The only bidderwas the Philadelphia& Reading,and in a few a scrapdealer, and he got it for $900! monthsMckod disappeared. The bell was salvagedfor useat tbe Great Creditorsdescended on the P&\ taking Northem Railwayengine house. In 193E, all propertynot alreadyattached. Baldwin Americanlocomotive enthusiast, Richard E. reclairnedthe lrttle one-adelocomotive, and Pennoyer,got the bell andpresented it to the stoppedshipment on two others.The ScienceMuseum in London. number5000 sat at the shops,unwanted by In 1895,just 15 yearsafter the misforhrne any other railroad.The "jinx' had struck the ofthe 5000,the last desperateefort was "singles"again. madein Americato succeedwith the ideaof A saviorappeared. He was FrederickW. the "singles"type enginein express Eames.He had dweloped and secureda passengerservice, It is interestingto note patantfor a locomotivevacuum brake. A this final try was madeby the samepa(ies factory wasbuilt at Boston to malufactue involvedwith the Number 50@ - Bddwin the brake.Eames needed a locomotiveto LocomotiveWorks and the Philadelphia& demonstratehis invention.Baldwin had an ReadingRailroad! enginefor saleat a very CIIEAP price. Thus, The P&R askedWilliam Henszeyat two problemswere solved. Baldwin to try onceagain. The previous Eamesput his brakesystem on the 5000 desigrrwas revised,the weight was increased andarranged to demonstrateit in Britain. 15tons to a total of57 % tons,and one of The enginegot a brilliant coat ofpaint and a SamVauclain's pet ideawas used. portrait ofhis father,Lovett Eam€s,was In 1889,Vauclaiq generalsuperintendent attachedto the right sideofthe cabjust at Baldwin sinceFebruary 1886, had belowthe window. The nameLOVETT inuoduceda systemby \phichthe expansive EAMES wascast in brassand mounted force of steamwas usedtwice beforeit was below the portrait. On the tenderEAMES exhausted.On eachside of an enginerwo VACUUM BRAKE COMPANY was cylinderswere mountedone abovethe other. letteredin gold leaf paint, alongwith a scene The upperone was smallerin diameterand of Black River Falls-Vermont. receivedsteam at high pressuredirectly from In Britain it was found the limited the boiler. Steamfrom the uppercylinder clearanceson the railwaysrequired some was exhaustedinto the largercylinder where modificationsof the engine.The edgesof the further expansionoccurred. This systemwas cab roof were given a sharpercurve, the calledthe "Vauclainbalanced compound smokestackwas shortened,and the design." headlampwas lowered. On this new enginethe driving wheels The trials ofthe Eamesbrake systemtook were 6.25 inchestaller than on the LOVETT placein the fall of 1881,but theBritish EAMES, makingthem 84.25 inchesin railwaymanwere not impressedfor some diameter.This enginehad the cab mounted unknownreason. Also, the British astraddlethe boiler aheadof a wide Wooten governmentobtained control of the engine, firebox. This gavethe enginean unusual or Eamesacquired some sort of appearanoe,and it soonbecame known as a inde.btedness.In April 1884a British court "camelback,"or "Mother Hubbard"type
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TheP&R got the enginein 1895and gave evenlyover the wide firebox.The 92-mile it number385. A secondone was ordered runwas made in two hoursand six minutes, immediatelyand was numbered 378. Angus includingseven stops. At timesthere were Sinclair,co-editor with J.A. Hill of the speedsup to 70 milesan hour. magazine"Locomotive Engineer" was Eventhe praiseof old Anguscould not invitedto ridethe 385.He wasvery prolongthe eraofthe "singles"locomotives. favorablyimpressed. The train weighed 120 Both enginessoon were assigned to tonsand the enginestarted it without secondarytrains. In 1904they were rebuilt slippingat all. The six heavyparlor carswere as4-4-0's, and stayed in serviceuntil the keptmoving at 60 milesan hour while 1930's. expendingvery little power. The "singles"type of locomotivewas not The enginesteamed exceedingly well, consideredas an important class of consideringthe qualityofthe coal,It was locomotives.They were unique and unusual, anthLraciteslack, a mixtureof peacoal and andcertainly deserve a prominentplace in dust.The soft exhaustfrom the compound the historyof America'srailroads.lH cylinderslet the firemanspread the fine coal
ARruNSAS RAIIROA'ER 6 Volume XXVIII, Number 2- February 1997
1997OFFICERS OF THE ARKANSAS RAILROAD CLUB
PRESIDENT- CraigGerard, 201 I AzteoDr, Bldg 16#6, N LittleRock AR 72116-4470(501-83 5-4057) VICE-PRESIDENT- Leonard L. Thalmueller,2l Haoover Dr, Littl€ Rock AR ?2209-2159 (501-562-8231) TREASTTRER-Walter B. Walker,8423 Linda Ln, Little RockAR 72207-5983(501-225-0826) SECRETARY- CaroleSue Schafer, 103 Thayer St, Little Rock AR 72205-5951(501-371-0034) EDITOR- KenZiegenbein, 905 ValerieDr, N Little RockAR 721l8-3160(501-758-1340) NRIiS DIRECTOR- JimBennett, 1002 South Leslie St, Stungart AR 72160,501-673-6753 PHOTOGRAPHER- John C. Jones,I 17Cottonwood, Sherwood AR 72120-401|(501-835-3729) BQ!RL9Z- Tom Shircliff, 129Jessioa Dr, SherwoodAR 72120-3429(501-8344914) BOARD'98- JobaHoclkin, Jr.,506 Gordon St, N Little RockAR72l l7 (501-945-2128) BOARD'99 - StanleyWozencraft, 108 N Palm,Little Rock AR 72205(501-664-3301) BOARD'00 - C'eneHull,3507 E Washington#31, North Little RockAR 721'14-6455(501-945-7386) BOARD'01 - Tom Shook,1716 Alberta Dr. LittleRock AR 72227-3902 (50l-225-8955)
The nextmeeting of the ArkansasRailroad Club will be held SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 9 beginningat 2 p.m. in the MercantileBank on Main Streetin North Little Rock,just acrossthe streetfrom the RiverfrontHilton. The program will be givenby PETER SMYKLA andwill be slidesof variousrailroad subjects. The Marchprogram will be givenby Tom Shook.It will be on 1950'spassenger trains in Califorrua.
MEETINGNEWS - Somethings discussed at the January12 meeting: JIM BENNETT hasagreed to becomeour NRHS NationalDirector, replacing Jonathan Royce, who died in December. The LaymanLibrary in North Little Rockwill havea RailroadHistory seminar on Saturdaysin Februaryfrom 1-2 p.m.Our PresidentCRAIG GERARD will host this event(he's head of Referenceat this library). Plansare still goingstrong for acquiringand renovatingan old Little Rock Streetcarin Hillcrest Heights.An organizationhas been set up in the Heightsarea to do this (not associatedwith our club).Visitors from that organizationat the meetingsaid they mayestablish a streetcarmuseum. Another car hasbeen found in Cabot.Both streetcarsfound sofar are Birneycars, built in 1926.The lastday of streetcarservice in Little Rockwas Christmas Day, 1947.They aretrying to havean "event" at Christmastimein 1997,restoring streetcars 50 yearsafter theywere sold. The White RiverRailway in North Arkansasis reorganizingand is expectedto openfor businessagain next spring undernew management; John Toler, a newmember, demonstrated a teletypehe hadwith MorseCode. Hewas associatedwith MissouriPacific many years and worked with Mike Adams- he will givea programin the future. Our V.P. LeonardThalmueller, introduced him and madehim awareof our organization. The ArkansasDepot book by GeneHull will be sentto the printer January27. It hasbeen paid for. JohnJones, our officialphotographer, said that John Bailey,owner of Union Station,has agreed to let our club havea work dayand clean up the westside of the stationarea. Amtrak stopsbere and grassand debrishas accumulated over theyears. We will do thisin thespring.
RAILFANTRIP TO TEXAS?- Want to attendthe Third TexasState Railroad's Railfan Weekend March I and 2, 1997?The trips,between Palestine and Rusk,in eastTexas, will featuresteam engine No. 500,an ex-SantaFe Pacific4- 6-2,and Alco RS-2No. 7. Thesetwo dayswill be gearedto railfanswith numerousphoto runbys(especially on that Saturdaywith the steamengine). The fare is only $85for the full weekend.If you'reinterested in going,please contact
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Boardmember John Hodkin, Jr., 507-945-2128.We will get a van from North Little Rock if enoughare interested. Soundslike fun.
PHOTOSWANTED - I needphotos that canbe usedin the newsletter,both on the coverand on the insidepages. They canbe anysize, black and white or color.Slides are O.K., but I'll haveto sendthem off to makeprints for our purposes. Pleaseput a captionon them and date,along with who took the picture.Send them to our club address.Thanks a lot.
RPCACOI{VENIION - The 1997joint conventionof the RailroadPassenger Car Associationand CUPS (CabUnit PreservationSociety) is scheduledfor January17-20 in Michigan.If anyoneis interestedand wants addresses, contact ChuckCrisler, PO Box 114,Ponchatoula, LA7O454-Oll4.. f997 SHOWAND SALE of the ArkansasRailroad Club will be held in conjunctionwith the NMRA RegionalMeeting on June21, 1997. The NMRA's conventionbegins on June19 and laststhrough the 21st.Location will be the Robinson ConventionCenter in Linle Rock.Our RailroadianaShow & Salewill be on the 21st.For information.contact Walter Walker,PO Box 9151,North Little RockAR 72119or call 501-663-8901.
REOUESTFOR NEWS- Thanksto all of you who havebeen sending news in to me. I needconsistent sources of news from variousparts of the stateto keepthe newsletter"newsy." Mainly, I neednews from your LOCAL PAPER.Please keepsending the articlesin.
CALENDARSFOR f998 - Preparationsare underwayto createthe ArkansasRailroad Club's 1998 calendar and WE NEED PICTURESIArkansas railroad subjects only, please. If you haveany that we canuse, please send them to the ArkansasRailroad Club, PO Box 9151,North Little Rock AR 72119by March 15.It will be takento the printer that week,so we canhave it readyfor the Showand Salein June.We needprints, color or blackand white (slidesO.K., but we'll haveto havea print madebefore we canuse it). (We still havea few 1997calendars for saleat $7 each,by the way).
1997DUES WERE DUE .IANUARYf - As you know,it's renewaltime againfor membershipin the ArkansasRailroad Club andNRHS. Annual duesare $20 for local and $17for nationalNRHS. If youjoin the NRHS throughour club, total duesare $37. Please use tbe membershipform in this newsletterand mail it in.
NEW MEMBERS- The followinghave joined our club this month: R.A. (Tony)COUNCIL, 1326Pinewood Ct, BentonAR7ml5-2417,501-315-0m9 ROBERT J. TILLMAN, 609W Moore St,Aurora IN 47001-7170,812-926-m61 DOYLE Q. TERRELL, PO Box 6763,Fort SmithAR 72906-6763,507-649-0264 JOHN M. TOLER, 38 OaktreeCir, North Little Rock AR 72116-7006,501-758-3651
FILLER'S STREETCARARTICLE - MemberFRED FILLERS is a streetcarbuff andwrote a veryinteresting article in theArkansas Democrat-Gazette on January9 aboutthe streetcarsof Little Rock.Although he saidhe had no plansto write a book,he is trying to get accurateinformation about them and remembersriding them asa boy.
HOME PAGEON INTERNET- I now havea separatepage just with ArkansasRailroad Club newson my World Wide Web page.Set your browserto find the followingURL: - http:/t'ww.netcom.com/ ken.z.rwAffeather/trains.html Thereare also lots of other railroadlinks andweather links. (I've had emailfrom severalstates and countriesfrom this page,including Vermont and Germany) 8 Volume XXVIII' Number 2- February 1997
JONATHAN ROYCE
Born: August 18, 1924
Died: DecemberI7.1996
Followingis a part of the servicefor Jonathan,read by Victor H. Nixon, PulaskiHeights United MethodistChurch. December 20.1996:
"We were on board the night train from Cairo to Luxor, I believe,when I learnedthat Jack wasa lover of railroads.He and Fay Jeanshared a berth next door to Freddie and me. We were travelingwith a group from our churchthat had visited Israel,bussed across the Sinai Peninsulato Egypt and were on our way to visit the Valley of the Kings.The train ride wasa specialtreat for Jackwho rode the rails everyopportunity. He evenhad a scripturaltext for this train fascinationfrom Isaiah6 where the prophet describeshis vision of God: 'In the year that King Uzziahdied I sawthe I-ord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; andhis train filled the temple." But I learnedsomething else about Jack,the travelerof tracks,who laid sometrack of his own.What I learnedabout him andfrom him wasthis: while destinationwas certainly importantto him, it wasthe journey itself that matteredmost. His preferencesfor trains indicatedthat howhe traveledwas just asimportant as where he traveled. In a hurry up and get there society,Jonathan Franklin Roycecertainly has much to teach us aboutenjoying the trip throughlife. What is so impressiveabout Jack's obituary (that he wrotehimself) is that his list of personalpleasures is longerthan his professional accomplishments.He workedto makea living,but he didn'twork for a living.Since he worked for the samecompany for 37 years,he wasobviously very good at what he did, but hisjob wasn'this whole life. His interestsin musicand drama, travel and trains, his relationshipsand his religion,were what he lived for. He wasa Renaissanceman who enjoyedand engagedin a varietyof interests.Jack taught us to enjoy the trip, to laugh,to talk, to sing,to read,to contemplate. He alsotaught us somethingabout dealingwith disappointmentsalong the way.We were in DiscipleBible Classtogether when his cancerwas discovered. Fay Jeanhad to pushhim into tellingus aboutit becausehe didn't sharesuch things easily, didn't want to appearto complain.He nevervolunteered a reporton his condition;I alwayshad to ask.When I inquiredabout his health,he wouldoften chuckleand discuss it like someminor annoyance. He sufferedfrom cancerbut he wasn'tconsumed by it, I suspect,because his real interests, Volume XXVIII, Number 2- February 1997 I
his real loves,were elsewhere- in his marriage,his family, his faith, in the choir, in the SundaySchool Class. It wasa part of his journey but it wasn'tthe wholejourney. When Jesustold his disciplesthat he must die and leavethem, they were fearful. He providedthem - and us - with reassurancethat a placewas prepared for them, their destinationwas assured and he would comefor them later. Meanwhile,he said,don't let your heartsbe troubled.Don't be afraid for the rest of the journey. "PeaceI leavewith you; my peaceI giveto you." As I reflect upon Jack'slife, it seemsapparent to me that he knew that peaceof God, that divine shalom,that senseof wholenessand healingdeep within, that knowsbeyond knowing that the destinationis assuredand we can enjoy the trip comewhat may.We neednot be troubled,nor afraid,we needonly follow the One who is our peaceand enjoy the journey.It hasbeen our privilegeto sharethis journey of faith with Jackwho hasarrived at the place preparedfor him by God. Thanksbe to God for JonathanFranklin Royce.Thanks be to Christ Jesuswho brinss us peacenow and forevermore, Amen."
The following is for those who want to find released in early January. Hardbound 400- Tennessee last sunmer on a publicity tour certab raihoad-relate.ditems, information, or page book oontains 400 black and white and usingE-units, arefor sale. This set coDsistsof want to sell or tade such items n ith other color photos of MP cabooses, including cmceled envelopesftom each ofthe 39 towns raifans. We reservethe right to refirse listings roslers. Cosl is $75 plus $4.50 shipping. visited by the train and are for sale at $3E per if deemed inappropriate. The Arkansas Contact Missouri Pacfio Historioal Soeiety, s€t. ContaetMarge Chesser,USPS Customer Railroad Club is not responsible for 2718 Hwy 3E, CabotA$,'12023-812v. Service, 525 Royal Parkuay, Nashville TN misleading ads. 37229. (fhanls to member Chuck Cislerfor FOR SALE - Sets of speoially canceled the aboveinfomqtion) FOR SAIJ - "Cabooses of-the Missouri bicentennial envelopes ftom the Tenn 2000 Paofic Liues" by G. J. Michels, Jr. To be Spirit of Tetrnesseetrain, which rain across
RAILROAD A BANDONMENTPROPOSALS
Theseare rarlroad abandonment notices that havebeen published in the FEDERAL REGISTERdunng the pastcouple of months.Effective abandonment dates are valid UNLESSstayed OR an offer of financialassistance is recrrvedOR trail use/rail bankingrequests are filed OR envronmentalissues are raised. They arepresented generally in chronologrcalorder of being published.The stateswrll be listedfirst, thenthe railroad.The "FR' standsfor FederalRegister.
MIIU\ESOTA - DAKOTA, MINNESOTA & EASTERN RAILROAD CORP - To abandon13.03 mrles of line benveen m.p.3.07 at PlainviewJunction and m.p. 16.I at Plainview,Minnesota. Effective January 15, 1997. (FR December 16, 1996) WEST \IIRGINIA - CONRAIL - To abandon4.0 mrlesof line known as the Wenton SecondaryTrack between m.p. 35.70 andm p. 39.70in BrookeCounty, West Virginia. Effective January 26, 1997.(FR December27,1996) OKLAHOMA.iKANSAS- K&E RAILWAY CO. - To abandonits entre 57.69-mileline betweenm.p. 0.60 near Kiowa, IO Volume XXVIII, Number 2- F ebruary 1997
Kansasandm.p 56.98 near Blanton, Oklahoma and between m.p 29998 andm.p.301.19 near Cherokee, Oklahoma. EffectiveJanuary 30, 1997.(FR December31, 1996) TEXAS - MISSOURIPACIFICIHOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL - To abandon0 52 milesof hneknown as the ColumbiaTap Branch extending from the end of theline at E.S.261+00 to E.S.288 60 nearHouston, Texas. Effective Januarv21. 1997.(FR December 31. 1996)
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LIGIIT RAIL SERVICE STARTED train operator will fall asleep. He also said Nebraska to St. Fraacis, Kalsas; Flpn, @allas, Texas) - On December 30, 1996, lhat shouldthe new nrles be adopted that hain Nebraska to Almena Junction, Kansas; aad light rail service begaa behveen Dallas aad lengthsbe limited lo 10 aarc. (Iroff c World, Oronoque Jutretiotr to Oberliu, Katrsas. Irving using a push-pull traiu made up of DecemberI6) BNSF's ooal trainsin Nebraskawill operate Amtrak #318, 319, 383 and 401 plus two with NAR's crews. @NSF pres s release, cers from the Connecticut Department of Youhave lo wrirc your own Book of Lrfe December17, 1996) Tralsportation. These were temporary cars, you can't expeclit to be written for you. (Ken to b€ us€duotil DART's regular $2 .5 million Zregenbein, thought up on a mid-shift) UP SELI,S 190 MILES OF LINE cars arrive fiom GEC Alsthom AMF Union Pacific sold 190 miles of line in Traosport Co. The fust train left Dallas 8 WORI(ER PENSIONS RAIDED Louisiana to the BNSF in December as part a m. leturned9i45 a.m. Ln mid December. the Railroad Retiement of the merger agre€mctrt. The line nms This was the startofthe "Trinity Express" Board in Chioago voted to slash railroad between Iowa Junction and Avondale. sen ice. Dallas's hrsl rail commuler service disability pension benefits. Over 200 labor Louisiana IIP also sold its intermodal in decades.The segment from Dallas Union utrion members protested AFL-CIO operatiom in Avondale. IJP can still operate Stationto lrvilg, l0 miles, ruus mostly on President John Sweeney said that this move trains over the line via trackage rights. (t/P former Rock Island tracks. which were will haveuuified opposition of its' l3 milliou- press rclease,December 19) boughth 1983.By t999, the l4-mile leg membsr labor movement. This move was ftorn Irving to Fort Worth will open rvith made rvithout union consultation, which is sNowPlows servrceto thc airport targetedfor 2005 The illegal. It will be Lppeiled ta corurt.(via the BNSF used four of its snowplows on its' hvo car traim v,,ill run wery 25 minutes in the Intemet) northem lines the week ending January 13, momings atrd etenigs. (Dallas Moming 1997 . I\ fact, Union Pacific letrt them an Newsand the Intentel - thanksb whouever BNSF SHORT ON COMPETITION? additional plow aad crew from Cheyenneto sentthe atlicles from Dallas - you didn't put As of December 26, BNSF was not help clear the lines. (via the Intemet) youl naue on anything) providing full-scale competition to UP/SP over its'traokagerights (4,100 miles). BNSF EIID-OF-TRAIN DEVICES ONE-MAN TRAIN CREWS? was providing only flive fiahs a day over (lP- The FRA issuedorders Jaauary l0 rhat will WisconsinCentral is pushug for one-man SP lines, below the 20 or so thal was require the nation's railroads to install two- crews on its trains - the mions are tryhg to experted (apparctrtly, as of mi6January, the way end-of-train devices on most trains by block it. The FederalRailroad Admrnistralion number of trains have increased). The July 1,1997 This would enable engineers to held hearings on ttis, as well as remote railroad blamed some of the delay on apply emergencybraking ftom both ends of a conhol of lo€omotives, in early December. regulatory issues. A Union Pacific press lrain. (PRNewsta)ire) Unions (the UT(D had sought au ernergency release Dec.ember 13 said that tlP handled order from the FRA to block these otre-man over 150 tains for BNSF and the Texas U.S.'S LAST INTERURBAN LIIIE crews UTU spokesman James Mexicar Railway since the BNSF obtained (Ilouston, Texas) - The U.S.'s last Bmnlealoefer said. comparilg Wiscousin the trackage rights. (Ihe Joumal of intemrban lhe to be developed was betweetr Cenhal's safety record with that of another Commerce,December 26) Houston and Brytown, Texas. It was built in slarl-upcompany: "...You havea carier with I 927 andknown asthe Houston North Shore. a great deal of leased atrd rehabilitated BNSF SELIS FOUR LII{ES A1 fu it hauledfteight as well as passengers, equipmenl.You have a carrier that has gro*u lColorado) - BNSF sold four lines i.r then Missouri Pacific obtained it. It operated ftom 200 to 2,000 employees. What do you Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas on by elechicity until 194E and remains today call that carrier? Valujet." Dec.ember l7 to North America! Railnet, (sans eleotrioity) as a Union Paoifio branob. Leroy Jones, of the BLE, said he was based in Bedford. Texas. The 416 miles Parts of Houston's old interurban lines coroerned that one-ma! crews invite includes lines Aom Sterlhg, Colorado to becme the Cnrlf Freeway (Houston Business vandalism and addsto the possibility that the Holdrege, Nebraska; Orleans Junction, Joumal, November 28 via Don Barr)
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PLAltO, TEXAS - February15,16 - 12' RailroadClub may havea vaa goingthere. If 21 - ArkansasRailroad Club's AnnualShow Annual Dallas Area Train Show in Plano you'dlike to go,call JohnHodkin, 501-945- and Sale will be held on June 2l in (nearDallas) at the PlanoCenter, 2000 East 2128. conjunctimw h rheMid-Continent Region's SpnngCrcek Parkway, l0 a.m.to 5 p.m.both Amual NMRA Con€ntion,which will begin days. This is located% mile eastof Cental PII{E BLUfr, ARKAIISAS - April 5, l99Z on June19. Therewill alsobe aotivitieswith Expressway,Exit 31. For information,oall - SecondAnnual Railroadianaand Model the local Rock Islaad Technical Society's RussCovitt, 972-625-4012 TrainMeet in lheArkansas Railroad Museum chapter.For information,contact Walter in Pine Bluff. The 819 will be stesmedup. Walker. PO Box 9151.North Little Rock PALESTIIIE. TDXAS - Maroh 1.2- Texas For more informrtion, oall Robert Worlow, AR 72119or call501{63-890r. StateRailroad RaiJfan Weeke;nd. Nunerous 21515No. Mill Rd,Little RockAR 72206, mixd fright andpassenger-only hains using 501-888-5655. ex-SantaFe #1316, RS-2 #7 plus other looomotives. Cost is $85. The Arkansas LITTLE ROCK, ARKAIISAS - June19-
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Membershipdues information: Membership:$20.fi) peryear, Arkansas Railroad Club only; $37.fl) per yearif youjoin or renew NationalRailway Historical Societymembership through our Club. Duesare payable/dueby JanuaryI of eachyear. Ifwe don'thave your duesby March l, you will be droppedfrom the membershiprolls. Membershipin the ArkansasRailroad Club entitlesyou to a membershipcard andthe monthly ARKANSASMILROADER newsletter.Meetings are held monthly, except December, on the second Sundayof themonth, We usuallymeet at 2 p,m.in theMercantile Bank main building on Main Streetin North Little Roch just north of the ArkansasRiver. Interestingprograms are presentedeach month and refreshments(cookies, sandwiches) are served,We are a non-profit organizationand memberofthe NRHS. Officersare listed in eachnewsletter. :Psg€ Tblrty-tour tEbe tDlcketSgent l3
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TOP - The844 parked on thewye at BaldKnob, Sunday, October 27, 1996.It thenbacked northward onto the mainline and headed south for Little Rock.A hugedownpour and thundertorm occurred just afterwe returnedto Little Rock that night. BOTTOM - Workersoiling and checkingthe engineat Bald Knob. (KenZiegenbein photos)
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TOP - Partof the crewand riders of the OctoberU.P. excursions, l-r Bob Bunch(of PacificLimited), Reed Jackson,Carl Jensen and John (H.O. Tylerphoto). BOTTOM - GilbertZiegenbein (your editor's father) builds uniquebirdhouses at his homein New Ulm, Texas,including railroad cabooses, like theKATY caboosein the foreground.(Wilma Ziegenbeinphoto)
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