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• KCS: LAND OF THE HELPERS STEAM IN ST. LOUIS 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 r ~ WOODEN TRAIN PHONE Carl Loucks ... SELLING RAILROAD TIMETABLES 199 Wayland St., North Haven, CT 06473 SPECIALS OF THE MONTH ... a few of the more than 250,000 items in our stock, We do NOT sell any reprints. All are original railroad issue. You'll learn about railroad operations from these ... THE END OF AN ERA: Public system timetables of the last year of service before Amtrak. B&O/C&O Joint .... .. .. .... .... .......... .. .8 /01 /70 Illinois Central ......................... ..... 12/13n o Louisville & Nashville ........ ........... 12/10/70 Milwaukee Road ......................... 1 0/25n O Missouri Pacific ........................ .. .. .. 2/10/70 Norfolk & Western ... .. ...... ... ...........8 /01 /70 Penn Central (East-West) ......... ......3 /03/71 #964 ........ $89.50 R F & P ............................ ... ......... 12/11 /70 Seaboard Coast Line ........ .. ......... 12/ 11 /70 Southern Pacific .......................... 10/20/70 Each timetable .............. .. .. ... $6. Five for .... ...... .. ......... ... ........ $25. All ten for just ... .. ....... ....... .. .$40 . EMPLOYEE TIMETABLES: The best way to learn about railroad opera tions. Line by line, branch by branch com plete details. ATSF-Eastern Region 1989 ... .. .. ... .. ..... $12. ATSF-Western Region 1989 ............ .. $12. CN-Great Lakes 1989 .................... .... .. $10. CP -Toronto/London 1988 ......... .. ...... ... $12. CNJ -System 1971 ... ... .. .............. ......... $10. CSX - Atlanta 1987 ........................... .. $10. GTWIDT&I System 1981 ...................... $9. NS - Eastern Div 1987 ...... .. .................. $9. NS - Decatur Div 1987 .. .............. .. .... .... $12. PC - Eastern Region 1971 .............. ...... $9. • Tone/Pulse Switchable • Fully modular P & L E - System 1978 .... .. ... .. .. .. ...... ..$12 . • Clang-Clang Ringer • Trimmed in Gold Tone Rock Island System 1979 ............... ..... .. $15. in SOO LINE - System 1987 ..... ... ... .. ... ... $12. • Last Number Redial • Headlight lights up in red when use SP - Eastern Region 1986 ................. $10. • Will not scratch table • Well made with finest qualities SP - Western Region 1987 ........ .. ........ $10. ANY FIVE ABOVE FOR JUST $40. ORDER FORM EMPLOYEE TIMETABLE NAME______________________________ _____________________ STARTER KIT: Ideal for the new collector. Ten employee ADDRESS____ _______________________________,APT .# ____ timetables, hours of interesting reading about railroad operations. One each from the SP , CITY_____________ _ --'STATE, ____,ZIP ______ UP, IGC, SBD,SOU, ATSF, BN, MP, L&N , and GN. o Visa 0 Me 0 Discover 0 AE 0 Enclosed in check or money order All ten for $35.00 Please fill in NO. below for charge orders MAJOR RAILROAD EMPLOYEE TIMETABLES 0000000000000000 You'll receive seven different ETTs cover ing various divisions of these major lines. Signature X____________ ______________ _ Random dates from the 70's and 80's. Choose from: Exp. Date: _________ YR. ___ SORRY - NO C.O.D.'S ATSF .. ... .. .7 ETTs for .. .. .. .......... ...... .. .$30. CN ............ 7 ETTs for .......... .. .. ........... $30. HOW MANY TOTAL PRICE ICG ........... 7 ETTs for ................ .. ....... $3Q. U.S. SHIPPING & HANDLING CHARGES L&N .......... 7 ETTs for .... .. .. .. .. .. .......... .$30. $75.00 to $150.00 add., ... .. .. ............... $ 8.95 N&W ...... .. .7 ETTs for .. ...... ................. $30. I $150.00 to $295.00 add""" .... " ... "" ... $10.00 SP ..... .. ...... 7 ETTs for ............. .. ..... .....$30. OVER $300" "". """" FREE SHIPPING AI. Residents add 8% pi=======l ANY FOUR SETS FOR .... ........... $100. DISCOUNT PROGRAM: Discou nt I OVER $t50.00 DEDUCT to% New Catalogue Issued Monthly l====~ Sent with each order or SSAE Shipping Charges I l====~ Carl Loucks TOTAL ENCLOSED IL... _____--' The Train Station P.O. Box 4923 . .. SELliNG RAILROAD TIMETABLES ... Call or write for our Montgomery, AL 36103-4923 199 Wayland Sr., North Haven, cr 06473 ... FREE CATALOG Phone (205) 240-8537 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 PACIAC RAIL Fro m the H ear t 1 and tot h ePa c i fie NEWS SE 1;EMBER 1990 PACIFIC RAIL NEWS a nd PACIFIC NEWS are regis tered trademarks o f Interurban Press, a Ca lifornia Corporation. Steam in St. Louis: NRHS 1990 PUBLISHER: Mac Sebree Four working locomotives wowed fans at this year's national convention EDITOR: Don Gulbrandsen ART DIRECTOR: Mark Danneman 20 Scott Muskopf and Paul Fries ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Mike Sc hafe r ASSISTANT EDITOR: Micha el E, Fa lk CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Elrond La w re nce EDITORIAL CONSULTANT: Dic k Stephenson Renaissance on the Golden State Route CONTRIBUTING ARTIST: John Signor PRODUCTION MANAGER: Ray Geyer As the 1990s begin, there's been a revival of traffic on SF's Carrizozo Sub CIRCULATION MANAGER: Bo b Schneider 24 Chuck Conway RAILROAD COlUMNISTS AMTRAK/ PASSENGER-Dick Stephenson 655 Canyon Dr., Glendale, CA 91 206 Kansas City Southe rn: In the Land of Helpers AT&SF-Elrond G . 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LA./S, CALIFORNIA-Dick Ste phenson NORTH TEXAS-Kirby Pople PACIFIC NORTHWEST-Steve Hart COVER: On Aug, 23, 1985, SSW GP40-2 7255 splits the lower quadrants near Torrance, N,M" with the Sl lOUIS-Scott Musko pf and Paul Fries westbound KCWCM, The Carrizozo Sub, once SP's connection with Rock Island at Tucumcari, N,M" SOUTH TEXAS-Carl M. Lehman faced an uncertain future with the demise of the Rock, Then, SP "rescued" the line west of Kansas TWIN CITIES-Steve Glischinski City and restored the Golden State Route, Today, waves of doublestacks crossing the New Mexico WASATCH FRONT-Dave Gayer desert signal the importance of the line in SP's operational plan for the '90s, Chuck Conway 'PACIFIC RAILNews • 3 BC Rail received the last of its new GE Oash-840CMs in May; red-white-and-blue widenoses 4603 and 4608 are shown leading a southbound train at Onward, B.C. (just south of Williams Lake), on May 12, 1990. After the new GE products arrived on the property three groups of AlcojMLW M630s were dis patched east,