New systems, new car designs lines and new techno\ogy kee arriving, and they're all in the 1994 edition of the Light Rail Annual. Color photos galore. User's Guide is updated, maps changed, rosters revised. The standard reference of the industry. To keep up, you've got to have it!

Illustrated feature articles include: � Mexico Says Sf to Light Rail

� Portland Builds Westside Line

� Philadelphia Faces its Future

� San Diego Keeps it Simple

� Europe's Radical New Cars

� Heritage Lines Gain Momentum

� Denver LRT Opens in 1994

From the publishers of PASSENGER TRAIN JOURNAL, the all-new 1994 Light Rail Annual keeps up with the rapid-fire developments in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with a look at Europe, too!

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West Chicago's Turner Junction 16 Illinois' oldest junction survives as a busy interlocking Bryan Pieper and Josh Hallerberg

4 Images: Southern Pacific's New Image 2 A wealth of new locomotives are streaming onto the property Contributing photographers

On the Flanks of Kicking Horse 28 CP Rail's superlative crossing of the Continental Divide Dave Gayer and Doug Harrop

40 Focus Oklahoma: Curtis Hill Santa Fe's ruggedly scenic climb above the Sooner State plains A new SP Dash 9 leads loaded unit coal train AINNC in Coal Creek Canyon, west of Denver. Wesley Fox Gary Clark

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NEW CALIFORNIA LOCOMO­ Joining the nine locomo­ cal components of the locomo­ TIVES UNVEILED: A new era tives will be 66 California Cars, tives to help the state reach in California rail passenger double-deck passenger coach­ air and noise pollution control service was introduced in Los es that will start arriving in goals, van Loben Sels said. Angeles on Sept. 15 with the late October. "Caltrans expects The F59PHI also features a unveiling of the first of nine to increase San Jo aquin service new isolated cab to give the new locomotives for the from four to six daily round crew a more quiet and com­ state's intercity system. The trips, Capitols from three daily fortable ride. z streamlined F59PHI locomo­ round trips to 10, and San Die­ With a top speed rating of a tives, all of which will be on gans from nine to 10 round 110 mph, the 135-ton locomo­ line by the end of the year, trips," van Loben Sels said. tives offer 3,200 h.p. plus an are being built for the Califor­ The state-of-the-art, diesel­ additional 600 kilowatts for nia Department of Trans­ electric locomotives are built head-end power. The 12-cylin­ portation (Caltrans) for ser­ by General Motors Locomotive der engine and other major vice on the Capitols, San Group (GMLG) headquartered components are enclosed Joaquin and San Diegan corri­ at La Grange, Ill. They are the within a sleek, high-tech, dor services, which together first passenger locomotives de­ composite-and-steel outer carried nearly 2 million pas­ livered in the United States shell. The contemporary de­ sengers last year. that meet tough pollution con­ sign is not only aesthetically "The California Locomotive trol requirements in terms of pleasing-the aerodynamic is critical in helping us reach both emissions and noise. and lightweight construction our goal of expanding passen­ "These will be the quietest enhances fuel performance ger rail service and making it a and cleanest locomotives oper­ and overall efficiency of the viable transportation alterna­ ating in the United States," locomotive. The F59PHI is a tive for even more travelers in said Michael Smith, chief finan­ technologically enhanced ver­ the state," said James W. van cial officer of GMLG. "The new sion of GMLG's conventional Loben Sels, Caltrans Director, electronically fuel injected en­ F59PH, which operates in Los at unveiling ceremonies held gine, tuned for low emissions, Angeles' Metrolink service. at Los Angeles' Union Station. provides the most environmen­ "The conventional F59PH has "Lack of equipment has been tally friendly, fuel efficient a proven track record for relia­ the biggest impediment to ex­ package available today." bility and efficiency," said panding intercity passenger The emission and noise re­ Smith. "It will now be known LLI rail services," he added. ducing innovations were criti- as the most advanced and

4. NOVEMBER 1994 streamlined passenger loco­ motive in North America." Eight California Locomo­ tives and 47 California Cars are also on order for use in L.A. Metrolink and San Fran­ cisco CalTrain commuter ser­ vices. Funding for the equip­ ment is provided by Proposi­ tion 108, a $1 billion bond is­ sue for rail and transit im­ provements approved by Cali­ fornia voters in 1990. Tills report was prepared by Charles Seifert.

UP STUNNER-RIVAL BID FOR SANTA FE: When the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe merger was announced on June 30, nobody expected Union Pa­ cific to sit idly by while its two main rail competitors joined forces. On Oct. 5, UP answered the proposed BNSF alliance with a stunning garnbit-a rival merger proposal with Santa Fe Pacific Corp., one that offered SFP stockholders 33 percent more money than BN had on the table. UP Chairman Drew competition in the western U.S. Lewis and President Dick It's hard to argue with the lat­ Davidson presented the idea to ter statement. UP is already the Santa Fe Chairman Rob Krebs dominant railroad out west; in a private meeting on Oct. 5; many saw the BNSF merger as he turned them down. UP re­ the best way to provide a de­ sponded by publicly announc­ cent competitor for UP. Imagine ing that it would earnestly pur­ UP-AT&SF, a blockbuster com­ sue this now-hostile takeover bination that would leave two bid. The next day, UP filed suit weak competitors in the against BN, SFP and the SFP West-BN and SP-that even board of directors to force con­ merged together couldn't sideration of its proposal. Mean­ match UP's routes, resources while, the SFP board met and and managerial acumen. unanimously rejected UP's offer. This is just the kind of sce­ Is Union Pacific serious nario that the ICC loathes-thus about gaining control of the the reason why many think that Santa Fe, or does it simply UP's main intention wasn't ac­ want to slow up or stop the quiring Santa Fe when it pro­ BNSF merger? Most analysts posed this deal. The two rail­ believe the latter, with one de­ roads overlap just about every­ TOP: Amtrak's Desert Wind climbs through Cajon's Blu Cut on the San­ scribing the play for SFP as "a where you look. Even UP's offer ta Fe as wild fires burn nearby. A Southern Pacific train on the adja­ brilliant tactical move." If UP to provide competitors generous cent Palmdale Cutoff started several fires in the pass on Aug. 22, 1994. can manipulate a termination concessions would do little to Mark Johnson ABOVE: On Aug. 23, a Warner Brothers movie train used in the fi lming of Under Siege II, caused numerous brush fires in the of the BNSF agreement and get appease an ICC bent on main­ Front Range near Denver. The locomotives were subsequently fi lted SFP to seriously consider its of­ taining competitive balance. with spark arresters, as seen in Denver on Sept. 11, 1994. Chip Sherman fer, it could tie up the merger And what about UP's ongoing process for years. Should a UP­ attempt to gain control of Chica­ AT&SF merger application ever go & North Western? MEANWHILE, KCS-IC DEAL mined that value of the original be presented to the ICC, UP Historically, it has taken UNRAVELS: At press time, it deal. (KCS stock has also has indicated that it wouldn't years to consummate big rail appeared that Illinois Central's dropped since the deal was an­ need a decision until 1998! mergers, and it looks like acquisition of Kansas City nounced.) Publicly, railroad offi­ High-level corporate mud­ BNSF will be no different. And Southern was going to be de­ cials remained optimistic that slinging dominated the first while it appears that UP-and railed. An Oct. 17 press confer­ the deal would be completed, couple of days after the an­ even BN-may be content to ence was scheduled to an­ possibly with an extension of nouncement. Krebs let it be continue business as usual nounce the fate of the deal, the the original agreement. Private­ known that Lewis had earlier while the lawyers fight it out, preliminary agreement for assured him that UP would not you can't help but wonder ly, KCS employees expressed oppose the BNSF alliance. BN what will happen to Santa Fe. which was to expire on Oct. 16. their doubts about the merger, Chairman Gerald Grinstein de­ Currently AT&SF is a prize The two railroads apparently echoing the opinions of Wall clared that the BN offer for San­ that both UP and BN covet; had difficulties ironing out their Street analysts, a group that ta Fe was still a better deal for bashed around by years of differences; compounding had given an almost-unanimous everyone involved, and that UP merger battles, will it become these problems were slumping thumbs down to the deal when simply wanted to stifle healthy the Rock Island of the 1990s? IC stock prices that under- it was announced in July. PRN

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west. Announced plans for the next three years alone could absorb all existing ca­ pacity to move containers via BN and UP, a forecast that will compel BN action in the immediate future. In this vein the Port of Portland has announced plans to invest $25 million in an upgrade of its Terminal 6 facility, near the confluence of the Willa­ mette and Columbia rivers. Annual traffic volumes at this facility are projected to reach 200,000 units in the near future, with the expansion capable of supporting an annual rate of 300,000 containers. Other projected changes in operations could impact the movement of intermodal and manifest traffic between Kansas City and the Pacific Northwest. BN is consider­ ing moving through business from the coal corridor and operating via the former Colorado & Southern at Casper, Wyo., reaching Montana Rail Link at the west end of its large yard at Laurel, Mont. When sufficient equipment is available, it is reported that BN will restore intermodal There's more to Burlington Northern than stacks and coal trains-on July 27 , 1994, BN's unre­ service between the Gulf Coast and Pacif­ marked "Twister" local makes a 36-mile round trip across the South Dakota plains, running from ic Northwest. Another significant traffic Sioux Falls to Garretson. The train is shown at Corson, led by GP39E No. 27 67. Steve Glischinski shift that could take place as early as this fall would involve the rerouting of trains nal facilities at key locations. It is also ex­ 19 and 218 between Miles City, Mont. and Improvements and Traffic Diversions pected that concurrent investments in im­ Minneapolis. Because of coal train conges­ proved signal systems will also take place. tion on the former NP between Glendive, Citing the optimistic outlook for traffic One of the first projects under way during Mont., and Fargo, N.D., BN has had a diffi­ growth between the Midwest and Pacific the summer of 1994 is the construction of a cult time maintaining ideal operating Northwest, BN management has commit­ new passing siding at Beatrice, Wash., lo­ speeds for these trains. These trains will ted $800 million to Northern Corridor ca­ cated on the former Northern Pacific main likely utilize the former Milwaukee main pacity improvements over the next few line between Spokane and Pasco. line east of Terry, Mont., to Appleton, years. Planned projects include the exten­ Because of the one- to two-day savings Minn., then use former GN trackage via sion of existing passing sidings, construc­ in water travel between the Pacific Rim Benson and Willmar, Minn., to the Twin tion of new sidings where dictated by con­ countries and the U.S., it is expected that Cities. Massive track upgrading between gestion, double-tracking of heavily traveled steamship lines and container users will Appleton and the South Dakota border will route segments and improvement of termi- ship more traffic to ports in the North- allow good operating speeds across the entire corridor.

Corporate News: Grain, Intermodal Heavy GREAT BN is benefiting from a massive increase GIFT IDEA IIIAR'" in grain shipments, with a significant rise in carloadings in mid-August. Because of a UP's COUNCIL BLUFFS SUB 3 hrs, 8 min. decline in world wheat production, the (Council Bluffs. IA to N. Platte, NE) Visit 284 company expects heavy traffic volumes to miles of N. America's busiest, fastest and flat­ est double track main line. See the awesome continue through the end of the year ... 120 platform Big APL train moving at 70 For the first 31 weeks of 1994, intermodal mph over the Nebraska Prairie ...... $39.00* shipments on all carriers were up 14.3 per­ $4.00 5 H. 1 *Two tape set, t Counts as tape for cent over the comparable period. multi tape discount. 1993 Trailer volumes are up 9.8 percent, while OTHER TAPES CAB RIDE ON KCT IN CNW 5018 ... 55 min., $15.00 container movements increased a whop­ SANTA FE'S MARCELINE SUB ...... 2 hrs, $29.00 ping 18.5 percent. With a current fleet of SANTA FE'S EMPORIA SUB ...... •••.•...2 529.00 hrs, 100,000 trailers and 50,000 containers, the BN ST. JOE LINE ...... •..•2 hrs, 528.00 "COLD & POWERFUL" UP COFFEYVILLE/CHEROKEE SUBS .....2 hrs, 528.00 industry hopes sufficient equipment will

SP's HERINGTON (KS) SUB ...... 2 528.00 UP Big Boy in Wasatch Mountains . hrs, be available to handle the expected surge TRAINS OF KANSAS CITY VOL .•••.••.• 2 $28.00 1 hrs, in intermodal business during the last half From Original by railroad artist Gil Bennett UP MARYSVILLE SUB .•...... 2 hrs, $28.00 MAINLINES INTO KANSAS CITY ...... 2 hrs, $28.00 of October. BN's major problem may be a 18 x 24" Full Color SANTA FE IN KANSAS CITY •••.•••...... 1 hr, $20.00 only 520.00 plus S4.00 shipping lack of motive power as a result of the con­ UP ACROSS MISSOURI ...... 2 hrs, $28.00 Send 3·stamp SSAE for HUGE LIST current surge in grain shipments ... The of over 200 other RR prints -Titles - Narration - Music recent Evergreen Marine container con­ -Recorded in HI·8 - Available in VHS only -Add $2.00 5tH for each tape tract wrestled from UP will have a three­ -MO residents add 6% sales tax �;.;;.;;;.;c.;;..:;.:;;;';'::'.;;..;!I... PRI NTS AND HOBBIES -If ordering 2 or more tapes, deduct $1 per tape. year term. Shipments have already ex­ ceeded BN's expectations, with two sec­ MAKE CHECKS/MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO: MO-KAN VIDEO tions each of trains 26 and 28 operating (Texans: Please add 8% sales tax.) 425 Leslie Drive, Independence, MO 64055 through Minneapolis on Aug. 22 ...As

6. NOVEMBER 1994 the list of issues facing the merger task departing Northtown on Aug.27, behind force continues to develop, BN is deliber­ UP GP38-2 2254 and SD40-2 3827.The ating its plan to shut down the Inside same day, No.15 left Minneapolis with a Gateway through Oregon and Northern pure trio of MRL units, including SD40 NEWS California.Because of the need to reach 223, SD40-2XR 265 and SD45-2 308. In ear­ PACIFIC RAIL' Santa Fe trackage in the Bay Area, it is ly August, BN had 33 MRL units on lease, doubtful that any permanent line action with specific units rotated as maintenance NEWS STAFF will be taken in the next year ...In an un­ requirements dictated.BN survived late News/information submissions: If you would like to expected legal maneuver, BN sued rela­ July and August with a plethora of Soo share items on any of the topics listed below, please tives of two crewmen killed in the Nov.11, units, with as many as 25 on-line at any contact the appropriate columnist at the address list­ ed. NOTE: Do not send photos to the columnists, 1993 wreck between a southbound BN time. Despite the temporary respite of and we ask that you please not ask the columnists to and northbound UP train near Kelso, Soo's labor problems, many units re­ send you photos or information. Wash. Company representatives viewed mained on the BN into September, with this as a defensive posture for expected SD60s 6024 and 6030 as well as SD40-2 RAILROAD COLUMNISTS laws\lits initiated by crew members and 6621 noted at Northtown on three differ­ families involved in the incident. ent trains on the 3rd. AMTRAK/PASSENGER-Dick Stephenson 444 Piedmont Ave. #128. Glendale. CA 91206 AT&SF-Elson Rush Operations: Schedule Changes Motive Power Shorts P.O. Box 379, Woukesha, WI 53187 BURLINGTON NORTHERN-Karl Rasmussen Because of continued intermodal traffic Delivery of the first order of SD70MACs 11449 Goldenrod St. rw/,Coon Rapids, MN 55448 growth, BN has made a number of sched­ should nearly be complete, as the 9474 CN NORTH AMERICA-Mike Cleary ule changes in the Pacific Northwest. was noted at Cicero Yard in Chicago on 1395 W. Jessamine #206, SI. Paul. MN 55108 Train 44 operates from South Seattle to Sept. 3. Burlington Northern has commit­ C&NW-Michael W. Blaszak Birmingham, departing the Northwest on ted four three-unit sets of the big EMDs to 211 South Leitch Ave .. La Gronge, IL 60525 Saturday and Sunday nights.Train 46 is a Texas coal trains, rotating to five different CP RAIL SYSTEM-Karl Rasmussen new Tacoma-Chicago doubles tack train, destinations on the BN and the Santa Fe 11449 Goldenrod st. NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55448 ILLINOIS CENTRAL-Greg Sieren handling mostly Sea-Land traffic. These ...BN has received SD40-2s 6000 and 6117 South 31st. st. Apt. 12, Milwaukee, WI 53221 symbols reflect the concentration of in­ 6100 from Helm Leasing to replace KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN-Michael Hasbargen bound container shipments that tend to GP40s 3110 and 3111 sent to CP Rail ... 1718 King Eider Drive, WestLofayette, IN 47906 hit Washington on the weekends. Seattle­ Speaking of GP40s, new DM&E units MEXIC�lifford R. Prather Roosevelt, Wash., garbage trains 88/89 4003/4004 departed Northtown Sept. 3 P.O. Box 925, Santo Ano, CA 92702 have been renumbered 675/676, while sis­ on the point of No. 132.HATX (Helm) REGIONALS-Dave Kroeger ter Everett-Roosevelt trains 93/94 have GP40-2 516 was noted at Northtown one 115 Sugor Creek Lone No. 7, North Liberty, IA 52317 been redesignated 677/678, opening up day earlier, apparently being returned to SHORT LINES WEST-Wayne Monger vacant numbers for possible expansion of Soo at St. Paul.NRE GP10 7718 was an 1409 Tillmon st . Suisun City, CA 94585 intermodal schedules later this year or unexpected guest at the Northtown CompuSeNe 73563.2652 next. Train 114 has been also added as a diesel shop on Aug. 28 ... BN shop SHORT LINES MIDWEST-Bob Thompson second section of the northbound SP con­ forces continue to perform upgrades on Route 6, Box 207, Paris, TX 75462 nection between Vancouver, Wash., and manifest service SD40-2s, with many SP/SSW-Joseph A. Strapac Seattle ... As Santa Fe currently owes BN units in the 7000 and 7100 series noted P.O. Box 1539, Bellftower, CA 90707 a huge balance of horsepower hours, a with touchup paint and ditch lights. SP (D&RGW)-Richard C. Farewell 9729 w. 76th Ave.. ANOdo, CO 8CXXl5 large volume of partnership power was Thanks to Mike Blaszak, Terry TRANSIT-Mac Sebree expected during September ... Notewor­ LaFrance, Glenn Lee, David Lehlbach, 11111 NW 19th Ave.. Voncouver, WA 98685 thy sets of foreign power included a 120- Mike Murray; NORTHWEST RAiLFAN, Tom UNION PACIFIC-Wayne Monger car drag of potash empties, Advance 883, Robinson, David Shore and TRAFFIC WORLD. 1409Tillmon St.. Su�un City, CA 94585 CompuSeNe 73563.2652

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WC's New Trains, New Power

Wisconsin Central delivered its first Gene­ va Steel iron ore train to Southern Pacific on Aug.20. Reportedly, there will be five sets of Rio Grande hoppers dedicated to the service. SP units have visited Wiscon­ sin; on Aug.21 an empty train was spot­ ted in Fond du Lac with SP units 7433/6806/8271 and D&RGW 5349. With Wisconsin Central needing more power to handle the heavy taconite trains and Santa Fe cleaning house to make room for 50 new C44-9Ws, a deal between the two railroads seemed natural.There was lit­ tle surprise on Aug. 10 when Santa Fe re­ vealed that it had leased 33 old units to WC. Two features distinguish this transac­ tion from the 1993 sale of 22 Santa Fe SD45s to WC. First, it is structured as a lease/purchase. Santa Fe retained the right to use some of the units during peak traffic periods.The number of units sub­ ject to callback will diminish each year, however, and eventually this privilege will GP 10 1719 leads Chicago Central & Pacific train No. 51 westbound past the restored Illinois expire. Second, two F45s are leased along Central depot in historic Galena, II I., on Aug. 7, 1994. This portion of the CC&P represents with 31 SD45s. WC expects to apply its one of the oldest segments of railroad in Illinois, dating to the 1850s. Scott Muskopf standard paint scheme to all of them. The units covered by the lease are the the traffic mix,thanks to to a deal be­ loaned GP38AC 3802 to the GCRy for helper following: SD45s 5327-5329,5331,5332, tween Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) service behind the steam locomotives on 5334,5336, 5337, 5339, 5341,5342, 5344- and La Paz County, Ariz. BFI will manage passenger trains between Williams and the 5346,5377, 5379, 5382, 5383, 5384, 5388, the county's landfill and use it to dispose south rim of the Grand Canyon. 5390-5394, 5395-5397,5399, 5400 and municipal waste from cities in Arizona 5402; F45s 5959 and 5972. All of the units and California. Initially, ARZC will handle had been stored at Kansas City, Topeka 2,000 tons of waste daily in sealed con­ Big Sky News or Barstow; some had been "laid up good tainers to a rail-truck transfer point. There order" in June following delivery of the are plans to build a five-mile spur to serve Montana Rail Link ran two passenger spe­ first 50 C44-9Ws. the landfill site directly. cials over its rails this past summer. On Santa Fe began moving the leased AZCR came to the rescue of the Grand July 27, MRL ran the Copper King Sp ecial units toward Corwith on Aug. 9,when the Canyon Railway in August. Due to prob­ from Missoula to Superior and back on the M-KCCH1-09 departed Argentine Yard lems with both of the GCRy diesels, AZCR Fourth Subdivision. The trip included a with the 5337, 5336, 5395 and 5402 isolat­ ed.However, it wasn't until Aug. 27 that WC accepted the first quartet,pulling them north out of Corwith on its Tuesday­ 5uc�P�- Saturday intermodal transfer.WC expect­ ed to move the rest in foursomes, but WC Up Clear Creek on GP35 4009 was seen lugging eight Santa the Narrow Gauge­ Fe units north on Sept. 2. Modeling the In other WC news, Green Bay, Neenah 5�P�- Colorado & Southern and Stevens Point were added to the CSX SP Steam Narrow Gauge to intermodal network in late July. Ship­ Switchers No Man's Land $37.25 ments will be interchanged with CSX at A hardbound collection of 54 that road's Bedford Park ramp in Chicago $17.95 $38.95 articlesfrom d1e NARROW near Belt Railway's Clearing Yard. Also in This liZ-page softcover The story of the U.s. GAUGE AND SHORTLINE �he works is a direct interchange with book consists of photos Army's 60 cm gauge Union Pacific at Global II in Chicago. GAZETTE, including an lImo­ with corresponding data railways in World duction, Layout Plan, Layout from the 1930s to the end War I. Over ZOO pages Photo Album, and Index. This lumber, Hay, Gas and Trash on the ARZC of the steam era, provid­ with 214 photos. Also book is me sto'Y of me aud1or's ing a visual review of the maps, scale drawings, HOn3 model railroad based Arizona & California Railroad's traffic grew 0-6-0's, 0-8-0's and shop anecdotes, locomotive on the Clear Creek District of and diversified during summer 1994. switchers of the southern rosters, bibliography, the 3-foot gauge Colorado & Phoenix-bound lumber loads from the Pa­ Pacific's Pacific Lines. and index. Southern Railroad. cific Northwest surpassed LPG tank car loads as the railroad's Number One com­ modity. Containers of compressed hay for CA residents add8Y.% sales tax. Add $1.60 (U.S.A.) or $3.20 (foreign) shipping per book.{Foreign checks export from the Tohshin Trading Company must be payable through U.S. banks in U.s. dollars.) at Blythe, Calif., now exceed 50 per week. Order from: BENCHMARK PUBLICATIONS, L TO. Starting this autumn, ARZC will add P.O. BOX 26 • LOS ALTOS, CA 94023 large volumes of inbound solid waste to

PA CIFIC RAILNews • 9 surprise birthday party for MRL owner Cloverdale, Calif.To reduce problems on the rest of the train east of the derailment Dennis Washington. The next day, MRL the grades of Ridge Hill between Willits blocked a main road crossing. When the along with Burlington Northern, ran a cus­ and Ukiah, CFNR will install 2,500 steel crew realized that all CFNR locomotives tomer appreciation trip, called the Mon ­ ties as a test. Other track work has been were caught west of the derailment and tana Express from Billings to Livingston. done on the West Valley line between that they needed to get the road crossing Both trips were powered by F45 391 (ex­ Davis and Woodland. unblocked, they called the NVWT. Within WSOR 1001, nee BN 6627), passenger cars CFNR marketing efforts have really paid two hours, a combined crew of Wine Train were provided by Great Lakes Western off. Traffic increases include outbound and and CFNR personnel arrived with a pair of and Rail Ventures, although the Mon tana inbound lumber, trainloads of poultry feed FPA-4s to help clean up the mess. Express had three BN business cars on for the Petaluma area, outbound carloads of the rear of that train. rice and beer and a steady flow of export MRL had about 30 units on long-term high-pressure steel pipe from Napa Pipe IAIS Alco Update lease to BN as of late August, and four Company bound for the Port of Stockton. units, all Geeps, are on lease to the Idaho Pipe shipments will slow at the end of 1994, All three of Iowa Interstate's M-420Rs have Northern & Pacific. SD40 225 is being but this traffic loss will be compensated for been delivered. The 802 was delivered in leased to the Eastern Idaho Railroad for by the 1995 start-up of the Napa County sol­ mid-August, after being bounced around in use in the Pocatello area. id waste transport facility. Waste will be Chicago between Conrail, IHB, BRC, and fi­ shipped on dedicated doublestack container nally UP, where it ended up at Yard Center. trains via the SP to Portland, then on the BN The first all-Alco/MLW lash-up was California Northern Improves the Plant to a disposal site at Roosevelt, Wash. seen Aug.28 on a grain train out of At­ Napa Valley Wine Train came to the lantic, Iowa. C-420 850 was bracketed by California Northern track crews (and some rescue of the CFNR the evening of Aug. 4. MLWs 800 and 801. on loan from sister road Arizona & Califor­ As a crew was finishing up switching the Thanks to Dennis Weber, Wisconsin nia) have been upgrading portions of the west side of Lombard Yard, they split a Central, Elson Rush, Craig Bassett, ex-Northwestern Pacific lines.In August, spring switch with a handful of TTX flat­ Allan Hunt, Kevin Angel, Mike Pechner, new tie and ballast work was concentrat­ cars. When the dust settled, there were Glen [canberry, Mark French Wa yne ed in the Russian River Canyon north of cars jackknifed across both tracks while Monger and Vic Neves.

RTH WESTERN

tric utilities through the air-conditioning connecting WC trackage, between South Booming Traffic Halts Coal Line Trackwork season without losing the track to the engi­ Itasca and South Necedah. These rights neering department. However, congestion preserved a direct line between Chicago On the rebound from depressed 1992 lev­ and longer cycle times increased operating and the Twin Ports. However, C&NW els and interference from 1993's floods, expenses during that period. The railroads elected to route its Chicago-Duluth/Superi­ booming coal traffic led Chicago & North resumed track work on Sept. 6, establish­ or trains PRITAIITPRA and other traffic Western to a record volume of business ing a five-hour maintenance window. Rest­ (mainly potash trains from CNIDW&P) via during the second quarter. Carloads for the ed crews also are in short supply, and its BN trackage rights to the Twin Cities. first six months of 1994 totaled 1.26 mil­ C&NW has combined some empty coal In 1994, C&NW and WC agreed to in­ lion, an 11 percent increase over 1993 fig­ train consists to stretch its employee roster. stall a connection in the southwest quad­ ures.Coal loads carried over the Powder Other sectors posted increases during rant of the crossing at Junction City to fa­ River Sub in Wyoming increased 25 per­ the first half. General Motors trucks manu­ cilitate C&NW operations over the track­ cent during this period, while coal traffic factured in Janesville, Wis., and Chrysler's age rights route. At Junction City, WC's rose 18 percent on the rest of the railroad. Neon, made in Belvidere, Ill. , are enjoying former Soo Duluth-Chicago main line While welcome, this surge of business, strong sales, and that led to an 11 percent crosses the one-time Milwaukee Road Val­ coupled with a similar increase in Burling­ increase in vehicle shipments. Intermodal ley Division, now also owned by WC. ton Northern traffic, interfered with con­ advanced 9 percent during the half, while C&NW must use the former Valley line to struction of double track and new sidings construction materials traffic (lumber, pri­ reach the Adams Sub at Necedah. Without in Wyoming. In late July, C&NW agreed marily) was up 28 percent. this new connection, C&NW trains would with BN and Union Pacific to impose a C&NW's grain traffic continued at de­ have to back around the existing connec­ moratorium on these engineering projects pressed levels due to last year's flooding, tion to enter or exit the Valley, a maneuver until Labor Day, Sept. 5. This permitted the which wiped out crops in portions of both railroads want to avoid. C&NW and railroads to move coal needed to tide elec- Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois and reduced WC will split the cost of the work. the volume of grain available for trans­ port. Grain traffic declined 5 percent dur­ ing the first six months. However, KCS Withdrawal Clears Path for UP prospects for the 1994 corn and soybean crops are excellent, and C&NW expects There's nothing like having a merger of grain traffic to return to normal levels your own to keep you from interfering with You need our help during the fourth quarter. the mergers of others. That's the obvious to select the best one. conclusion to be drawn from the conduct of Serving the Railfan community The second quarter was financially re­ the railroads protesting UP's application to for 16 years, we align our radios warding as well. C&NW recorded second the Interstate Commerce Commission for for optimum performance in the quarter net income of $21.5 million, or 15 authority to control C&NW. RR band. percent more than the $18.7 million After it was filed in January 1993, the WRITE OR CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION. earned in the second quarter of 1993. control application drew protests from Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Burlington . SOUTHWEST �:';/ Duluth-Chicago Trains to Use WC Northern, Illinois Central, Kansas City ELECTRONICS Southern and Chicago Central & Pacific.In When C&NW sold its 97-mile line between 1994, though, Santa Fe and BN, and later P.O. Box 1099 • Prescot1, AI. 86302 ,. Cameron and South Itasca (Superior), Wis., IC and KCS, reached agreements to merge (602) 445-1942 _:_ .' '" ,- to Wisconsin Central in July 1992, it re­ with each other. Not wanting UP to retali­ "It's smart to buy from an FCC licensed technician" ceived trackage rights over this line, and ate in their upcoming merger hearings,

10 . NOVEMBER 1994 Santa Fe, BN and IC all quietly withdrew from the UP-C&NW case. On Aug. 3 KCS also withdrew its oppo­ sition, filing a settlement agreement with the ICC.KCS settled for far less than it had originally requested. UP agreed to modest revisions of the K.C.-Omaha haulage agreement to provide KCS with three trains per week in each direction. UP also consented to establishing joint rates on grain products moving from UP origins in Nebraska to KCS destinations. Not having announced mergers of their own, SP and CC&P continue to fight the UP control proposal. The ICC now expects to issue a decision early in 1995, almost a year behind the original schedule.

St. Louis Division Wreck

"I didn't know it was up," said a Cornick Concrete Products driver about the 20-foot boom on his flatbed truck.But it was, and the error cost C&NW plenty. As the truck proceeded east near South Pekin,ill., on July 26, the outstretched boom whacked the overpass of C&NW's St. Few industries offer greater contrasts in technology, demonstrated by C&NW GE Dash 9-44CW Louis Sub main line, misaligning the track. 8674 and Dash 8-40C 8542 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. These children of the microprocessor age are sitting alongside a sanding tower dating from the age of steam. George R. Cockle Moments later, northbound train MAPRA (Madison, ill.-Proviso) hit the bridge at 30 mph and derailed. SD40-2s 6811 and 6830 are mobilizing to fight BN's expected ap­ had not been settled as of early September. made it across the bridge before nosing up plication for authority to build this exten­ Thanks to Phil Becker, Gregory We st­ two feet of ballast and dirt.The first two sion and to support C&NW instead. water, Bruno Berzins, Ken t Desormey, cars derailed and jackknifed on the bridge; Ron Chamberlain, Ron Si ms, THEMIxED NORTH WESTERN DISPATCH. four wheelsets dropped off the bridge and TRAIN and THE bounced onto the road. Clearing the wreck Motive Power Changes on Horizon closed the line for a day,and C&NW esti­ mated damage at $200,000-300,000. North Western is negotiating with both EMD and GE toward what probably will be * A NEW VIDEO RELEASE! * a large 1995 order for new locomotives. Landfill Wars Radical changes in the motive power fleet CNW's are expected, reflecting the ideas of the Farmington, Ill., about 15 miles west of Peo­ new operating and motive power manage­ Iron Ore ria, hosts the crossing of two inactive rail ment team installed earlier in 1994. Details, lines.C&NW's Elm Sub,a remnant of the including the types of units to be ordered, Route Minneapolis & St.Louis main line to Peoria, A system-wide look at the runs to the inactive Rapatee coal mine at CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN'S Middle Grove, about 24 miles west. This Upper Michigan Ta conite Operations line is crossed at Farmington by BN's Ninth Professionally Produced Videos Sub, which extends southward from BN's Galesburg-PeOria line at Yates City. + New Release + Both railroads are keeping their lines Nebraska Panhandle Rails through Farmington because they hope to VHS 60 minutes capture garbage traffic moving to the Gal­ $29.95, plus $4.00 shipping latin National landfill at Fairview,ill. Fair­ Fe atures the Chicago & North Western, view is not served by rail but the landfill Burlington Northern, and Th e Union Pacific Railroads on six main lines. You see the could be reached by extensions from ei­ action on Cra wford Hill, The Trans­ Locatedon the famous Marque tte iron range,'CNWs ther carrier's trackage. Continental Main Line and more. Iron Ore Route' takes an in-depth look at this Gallatin, which may be acquired by trash fascinatingoperation from theempire mine's + Still Available + giant Browning-Ferris Industries, has yet to & taconiteplant, to therail transportan �nA C:NV,ftn tt,� negotiate a contract for rail transportation The Cowboy Lines pellet storage & ship loading facility at Esc:anlwa. Action includes: mining processes, ore car to the landfill.BN hauls some Twin Cities VHS 85 minutes $39.95, plus $4.00 shipping runby's,cab rides, pacas, GE Loootrol trains, waste for disposal at Gallatin, but the con­ cardumping,pelletstacker/reclaimer, and ship loading Chicago & North Western, Western tainers are presently deramped at Gales­ on thehuge ore carrier,Joseph LBlock. Division: Features North Western's Lines burg and trucked from there. C&NW and from Norfolk to Crawford, Nebraska; SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFERI BN want to capture the much larger flow of Chadron Nebraska to Colony, Wyoming; l.JvEAuotO • NARRATlON Cf' 90 MIN . Chicago-area garbage. and the Wyoming Powder River Basin ()", t VHS . CoLoR Environmental concerns may give Coal Line. OFFERExPiRES 1 C&NW an edge in competing for this traf­ VISA I MasterCard accepted WI RESIDENTSADO 5% SAI..ES TAX fic.The proposed C&NW extension from Mail Orders: Send check or money order Middle Grove to Fairview would pass through an area of abandoned strip mines WES T RIVER which is not suitable for farming.BN's ex­ 1-800-272-1591 IDEO tension from Farmington, however,would 1222 Oregon Street �PiEf5' Rapid City, SO 57701 PRODUCTION iiiir� cut through prime farmland.Area farmers 0, Box 217 . WISCONSIN 54720

PA CIFIC RAILNews • 11 UTHERN PA Fie LINES

ta Fe from Vaughn, N.M., to Rosenberg, signed D&RGW hoppers are routed east to SP Income Improves Texas, 745 miles. Two westbound trains Denver then south down the Joint Line to also used this route, while six westbounds Colorado Public Service's Ray Nixon power Southern Pacific Rail Corporation reported utilized Santa Fe from Caldwell, Texas, to plant south of Colorado Springs. first quarter 1994 operating income of $62.3 Colton, Calif., 1,575 miles. One SP LADAF million, triple that reported for the same pe­ symbol operated over Santa Fe from riod of 1993, and revenues of $748.2 million. Vaughn to Tecific, Texas, and then to Fort Even More New SP locomotives First quarter carloadings were up 13.6 per­ Worth via Santa Fe's UP trackage rights. cent over 1993, with coal carloadings jump­ Recent deliveries from SF's order of ing an impressive 30 percent.The operating SD70Ms have arrived in Colorado and ratio now stands at 91.7 percent, compared SP Taconite Trains Start have been tested in unit-coal service. It with 96.9 during the first quarter of 1993. has been stated that the SD70Ms will mi­ Continuing his sell-off of Southern Pacif­ Southern Pacific, with partner Wisconsin grate to the West Coast to be assigned to ic Rail Corp.stock, Chairman Phillip An­ Central, commenced a taconite operation Los Angeles/Long BeachlWest Colton to schutz has stated that he will dispose of that cycles from Minnesota's Iron Range to Portland, Ore., manifest service, thus the roughly one-fourth of his present holding in Geneva steel mill in Utah. The contract was appearance in Rocky Mountain unit coal SP Rail Corp. The move will drop his in­ underbid from its previous UP/C&NW rout­ assignments may have been strictly an volvement in SP Rail from 41 percent to 32 ing; SP expects to roll taconite tonnage initial evaluation. percent of outstanding stock. Anschutz will westward to Geneva and then back-haul SP has also been accepting units from its release 13.7 million shares worth $270.6 western Colorado or eastern Utah coal on order for GP60s. The second unit in the se­ million at a par value of $19.75 per share in the return to the Midwest, thus accomplish­ ries, SP 9771, was noted on Sept. 1 working the upcoming sale. The overall offering of ing maximum utilization of the assigned eastbound near Pinecliffe, Colo., as the the sale will include 17 million shares, with equipment. The contract calls for SP to dedi­ point locomotive assigned to GJDVM an additional 2.5 million shares available to cate at least 100 locomotives to the opera­ (Grand Junction to Denver manifest). SP's cover over-allotments.No new stock will be tion. The first westbound taconite move­ recent order of C44-9Ws are still arriving. issued or sold during the transaction. ment crossed SF's intermountain desert Early September found SP 8125 and 8135 west of Grand Junction, Colo., during the working mainline tonnage near Roseville. morning of Aug.26. This first movement Detour Moves was underpowered, assigned older locomo­ tives in the form of SP 8541, 8548, 8376 and Yet, the Junk Still Rolls SP made use of its detour agreement with 8514 between Grand Junction and Westwa­ Santa Fe in July and August.In addition to ter, Utah.At Westwater an additional unit D&RGW GP30s remain in revenue service, weekday moves between Chicago and was added from the eastbound ROGJM concentrated in the Rocky Mountain region Kansas City to avoid a BN maintenance (Roper to Grand Junction manifest) in an at­ and normally assigned to local duties. SP's window on SF's trackage rights route, SP tempt to help coax the 100 taconite-laden rebuilt GE B30-7s/B36-7s have been spot­ sent several trains over the Santa Fe be­ D&RGW hoppers across the roller-coaster ted working through Denver, with SP B36-7 tween K.C.and Pueblo because of UP's profile in a more expedient fashion. 7760 and B30-7 7851 receiving servicing at failure to supply adequate crews.The Coal traffic originating in Colorado and North Yard. SP GE B30-7 No. 7830 was most notable detour was the first Wiscon­ Utah continues to increase. Of significance recently observed deep within the depths sin Central-SP ore train from Minnesota to is the expanding tonnage moving from SP­ of Ruby Canyon assigned to RVNSQ (Ro­ Utah, which departed Chicago on Aug.20 based coal load-outs eastward to Kansas seville to Norfolk and Southern quality), an on the AT&SF to avoind a derailment on City Power & Light generating plants. eastbound unit-train of empty auto racks. the BN at Maxwell, Mo. The train operated Prominent among the load-outs is the Ener­ SP has repainted D&RGW 5380 and all the way to Pueblo over the Santa Fe be­ gy Mine which feeds unit trains onto SP's 5514 (SD40T-2, SD50) into the current scar­ hind four WC SD45s. Craig Branch for movement east.The load­ let-and-gray speed-lettered scheme. Both The tragic head-on collision of two SP ed trains are usually composed of gondolas units, however, have a prominent freights at Marathon, Texas, on July 25, carrying KPLX reporting marks and are "D&RGW" painted on each cab side at coupled with an earlier and unrelated de­ symboled EYKCC (loads) or KCEYC (emp­ frame rail elevation.As well, they have re­ railment west of San Antonio, forced SP to ties). Another recent addition to the Craig tained their D&RGW road numbers. detour traffic over a variety of routes. SP Branch unit trains is HYNNC which loads Among Southern Pacific's oldest loco­ sent five eastbound stack trains over San- from a site near Hayden, Colo. HYNNC's as- motives, the two dozen 1500-series

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12 . NOVEMBER 1994 SD7E switchers, 1951-built No. 1518 is still serving in yard duties at Roseville

Movie Train Blazes

A test train utilizing equipment for an up­ coming Steven Segal film operated up the grade west of Denver on Aug. 23 and pro­ duced far more excitement than was ex­ pected. The train ignited no less than 42 fires along SP's right-of-way. The blazes ig­ nited near Plainview required the services of every pumper truck in the immediate foothill area to control the flames. A heli­ copter fire spotter and borate bomber were also called into action. Two residences were initially threatened but saved from destruction, and for a time the hamlet of Plainview was threatened. During the fire­ fighting caper SP's main line was shut down, delaying a number of trains includ­ ing Amtrak's No. 5. The movie train con­ sisted of ex-Alaska Railroad. geeps 1804 and 1810 pulling a baggage car and eight The evening before their unveiling, Southern Pacific's Morrison Knudsen MK5000Cs 501 -503 ex-SP commute service bilevel galley cars. wait at Denver Union Station on Sept. 11, 1994. These Caterpillar-engined units represent MK's high-horsepower entry into the new locomotive market. Chip Sherman

A New Look in Service Schedules Sunset (L.A.-New Orleans) and Mid-Amer­ power to pull them," Calder said. Now SP ica (Texas-East St. Louis) will all be more proposes to assign locomotives in advance SP's newly named VP and Chief Trans­ strictly scheduled,with specific trip plans to corridors and even to particular trains. portation Officer,Wayne Calder,has an­ and accountability assigned for each train. Thanks to R. Ch uang, arlo Elfes, H. W nounced a tightening of accountability for According to Calder, locomotives will Farewell, SF Info Center, Jim Schiro, Chris­ service on all five major corridors. The be assigned to specific corridors and tian Stem an, Mike Murray, Mike Abalos, Central (via Salt Lake City), 1-5 (Los Ange­ trains. "Traditionally,railroads have made John Bergman, John Shaw, H. A. Th ome, les-Portland), Golden State (L.A.-Chicago), up trains in a yard and then called for Wes Carr, Chip Sherman and Jim Johnson.

PA CIFIC RAILNews . 13 MAC SEBREE TRANSIT

steelyard property now converted to a bus/rail interchange. Predictions are that at least 8,000 bus rides per weekday will be turned over to rail, saving some 500 bus trips a day along the congested Broadway/Lincoln corridor. Two problems have dogged the LRT in the run-up to opening. The 11 Siemens Duewag DS100 cars don't seem to proper­ ly interface with downtown traffic signals, and this may result in longer train sched­ ules, in turn reducing peak capacity. Should ridership be higher than expected, this could cause severe overcrowding.

Vancouver, B.C.

CP RAIL SAYS YES TO COMMUTERS • After years of stonewalling opposition, CP Rail has relented and signed an agree­ ment to begin commuter rail service along 40 miles of its main line between Mission and downtown Vancouver. It's hoped to begin service by fall 1995. Five trains, each with five cars, will run inbound in the a.m. rush hour with the first train leaving Mission at 6:01 a.m. The five trains will return east in the p.m. peak Passing the site of the 10th and Osage station, one of Denver's new Siemens Duewag hours, with the first train leaving Vancou­ light rail cars undergoes acceptance trials. The October debut of the Denver line will be ver's Waterfront station at 4: 15 p.m. At the only all-new LRT opening in the United States this year. Bryan Bechtold Waterfront, there will be a direct inter­ change with Skytrain, Seabus (to North be given on Oct.8-9, with fare-paying ser­ Vancouver) and city buses. Denver vice to commence Oct. 10. Travel time from end to end will be A massive change in bus routes also is about 74 minutes. Intermediate stations NEWEST LRT CITY • Denver's 5.3-mile set for that date, with 102 bus schedules will be located at Port Moody, Coquitlam light rail starter line should be soon carry­ directly connecting with the new LRT. Centre, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, ing revenue passengers. Regional Trans­ The biggest intermodal point will be the Maple Ridge and Haney. portation District set Friday, Oct. 7 as the BroadwaylInterstate 25 south LRT termi­ BC Transit will operate the service, and ceremonial grand opening. Free rides will nal where 25 bus routes pass the old is investigating the lease or purchase of locomotives and cars. Canada's Bom­ bardier undoubtedly will offer to provide a number of its UTDC-designed bilevel cars so successfully employed in Toronto, Miami, Send New England and Los Angeles and soon in San Diego. Eastern Canada for Christmas Spokane, Washington "Best of '91 "-Vol. 1 Alcos Down by the Sea ANOTHER CITY WANTS IN • A light rail CP MLW's on D&H "Canadian Main The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia line connecting downtown Spokane and Line." Montreal's MUCrC electric Railway where C630M's, RSCI4's and RS- the fast-growing Spokane Valley to the boxcabs. Bangor & Aroostock's F3 in 18's haul tonnage through one of Canada's east has been proposed in a 300-page Maine. VIARails "Chaleur" on the Gaspe most scenic provinces. 2 Hrs. . ..$39.95 + "High Capacity Transportation System Peninsula. 2 Hrs ....$29.95 + $3.00 S&H $3.00 S&H Plan" commissioned by the Spokane Re­ gional Council. "Best of '91"-Vol. 2 LRT tracks would be built in the old CV Northern Division before CN run-thru power became the rule. Lamoille Milwaukee Road rail right-of-way which Valley RS-3 pulling summer and fall foliage excursions. Conway Scenic Rail­ was purchased by the county for a six­ roads railfan weekend w/ex-B&M F7 4266, 44 tonner 15, and S4 1055. Green lane arterial street. Consultant Gary Mountain Railroad XR- l behind a trio of GP-9's between Bellows Falls and Molyneaux says the LRT line could be

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14 . NOVEMBER 1994 carries revenue passengers over a one-way reach 179th, which is way out in the once owned by the Santa Fe, now belong to distance of about 11 miles. In addition, country. The southern terminal may be the San Diego Northern Railroad. there is a non-revenue section of more than built at Clackamas Town Center instead Morrison Knudsen is supplying five a mile running to a new carhouse. of Oregon City. F40PHM-2C locomotives and Bombardier In Guadalajara, Mexican President Car­ Routing the new line through down­ bilevel coaches and cab cars for the Coast­ los Salinas de Gortari personally opened town Portland will be a real challenge. er service. Line 2 of the city's LRT system on July 1 Use of the old Hawthorne Bridge, a lift and briefly took the controls of a three-car structure which was once the downtown train during the inaugural run. The new entry for the Portland Traction Co.in­ San Francisco line is more than five miles long, runs en­ terurban to Oregon City, has all but been tirely in subway and connects with Line 1 ruled out in favor of building a new TRACKWORK PROCEEDS APACE • Muni at Juarez II Station. bridge further south. is making progress on several track con­ The Port of Portland has offered to pay struction projects.The new double-track part of the estimated $150 million cost to Embarcadero/Bayshore extension south of Los Angeles extend MAX to the city's major airport, Folsom street is completed as far as but action on this idea will be deferred for Fourth Street, and an extension past the GREEN LINE EXPANSION EYED • With several years since it has a lower priority Caltrain commuter rail terminal to Sixth the main part of the Green Line LRT set than the South/North line. should be under way by early 1995. to open in mid-May 1995, the MTA has Construction on the Muni Metro Turn­ certified the Final Supplemental Environ­ back project, which includes an extension mental Impact Report for the Green Line San Diego of the LRT tunnel beyond Embarcadero extension toward Los Angeles Interna­ Station to a portal near Folsom Street was tional Airport. "Toward" is the proper COASTER KICKOFF • The deal to have 28 percent complete in August with com­ word, since there are still two rail alter­ Amtrak take over operation, track and pletion predicted for August 1996. natives, neither of which calls for actual equipment maintenance for the new San On the F-Market streetcar project, the operation of light rail trains into one of Diego commuter rail operation was Market Street tracks are finished except for the world's busiest airports. signed Aug. 18 and Amtrak President the middle portion between 11th Street and The extension would be in the form of Thomas Downs was in town to host a Duboce, which is now set for completion in a branch leaving the main line at Avia­ special train from San Diego to Oceanside January 1996. This project has been repeat­ tion/lmperial Station.One option calls for to celebrate. The new Coaster service will edly delayed by contractor disputes.Dirt is some LRVs to branch off and run north debut in February 1995. already flying as construction begins on the along Aviation Boulevard, either in tunnel The 43-mile line will feature six trips dai­ F line extension along the Embarcadero or on the surface, going through Parking ly in each direction, five of them in the peak from the Ferry Building to North Point. Lot C and ending up at the Westchester hour direction.Implementing agencies are Thanks to Bob Rynerson, Van Wilkins, Station near Sepulveda Boulevard. the North San Diego County Transit Devel­ Ch uck Verceili, Jim Walker, Ed Von The second option is a people mover opment Board and the San Diego Metropoli­ Nordeck, Steve Morgan, BC Transit, PORT­ connecting to LRVs at Aviation/lmperial tan Transit Development Board. The tracks, LAND OREGONIAN and WHEEL CLICKS. and looping directly into the airport and stopping at all major terminals. Testing of the new Green Line tracks began in April with a borrowed Blue Line trainset. The 15 new Nippon Sharyo RPkrt W Ricltt1rtlgOIt'g cars are now coming on stream and are being set up at the new Green Line shops in Hawthorne. Construction of the Pasadena Blue Line is under way at Union Station, where HARROW two tracks will come in on an elevated structure, descend to ground level and terminate on Tracks 1 and 2 at high-level GAUGE platforms adjacent to the Metrolink com­ muter rail platforms.As well, the new double-track bridge over the Los Angeles HEWS River is taking shape.This structure will COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL NO. 21 take LRT tracks over the SP tracks on the east bank, the river, and the Metrolink From 1949 until 1958 Bob Richardson was the editor and "abandoned lines reporter" ofthe tracks on the west bank, and continue on Narrow Gauge News. Seventy-nine issues were mailed to those who sent envelopes to the aerial structure through Chinatown to "World's Largest Narrow Gauge Museum and Motel" at South Alamosa, Colorado. Union Station. It replaces a dismantled Circulation was limited, and today copies are almost impossible to find. single-track Santa Fe bridge. We have reprinted these as a book with over 150 photographs made from Bob's original negatives, many of which have never been published before, now preserved in the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library. This is a fa scinating account of the final years Portland of the SailJuall and Galloping Geese, snowfighting, abandonment hearings and last runs. The struggle among railroad officials, employees, rail fa ns and a then-indifferent public over the SOUTH/NORTH ROUTE STUDIES • A survival ofthe slim gauge is recounted fr om Bob Richardson's unique perspective. slightly shorter South/North interstate • 264 PAGES · OVER 170 ILLUSTRATIONS . 4 PAINTINGS BY TED ROSE light rail line seems to be shaping up • D&RGW Alamosa Division and Rio Grande Southern employee timetable reprints. from route studies of the proposed $1.4 39.95(plus $3 .25 shipping) prepublication price through August 31,1994+ billion line. A vote on a $475 bond issue $ for the Portland local share of the line $44.95(plus $3 .25 shipping) thereafter was set for this November. +Note: the first 300 retail orders to us will include a rare original of one of the printed issues. Though final decisions have not been COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM taken, it appears that the northern termi­ P.O. BOX 10. GOLDEN. CO 80402-0010 nal will be at 88th Street and Interstate 5, 800·365.6263 FAX 303.279-4229 in the Vancouver, Wash., suburb of Hazel Dell. Originally, the line was supposed to

PA CIFIC RAILNews • 15 We st Chicago's r

By BryanPie per & losh Hallerberg

hirty miles west of Chicago's busy Loop , all converged in today's town of West Chicago, there is an interlocking full of history and creating Illinois' first railroad junction at a point endless rail traffic. Turner Junction in appropriately named Junction. Eventually, the Ful­ WestT Chicago, a true railroad town, is a place ton Line became Chicago & North Western's east­ where branchline jobs meet fast stack trains, a west main, and the Freeport line was regulated to place where first generation Geeps meet some branchline status. of the latest high-tech locomotives, and a place where track warrants and train orders meet Turner Jet. Flourishes With the C&NW power switches and continuous welded rail. Turner Junction was the first railroad junction in In 1857, Junction was renamed Turner Junc­ Illinois and today boasts the only manned inter­ tion to honor the fifth president of the G&CU, locking tower on Chicago & North Western's John Bice Turner, who helped found both the 500-mile east-west main line. Unfortunately, railroad and the town that grew around the con­ progress may soon rear its ugly head at Turner verging rail lines. Turner Junction soon became Junction-rumors suggest the tower could close an important point for the G&CU. After merging within two years. with Wisconsin-based railroads in 1864 to form the Chicago & Illinois' OldestJunetion North Western Railway, the rail­ road built a freight yard, a The first railroad to enter the rolling mill, and a large depot at area that we know today as Turner and, in 1869, replaced an West Chicago was the Galena & old three-stall roundhouse with Chicago Union Railway. The a new 10-stall roundhouse G&CU was chartered in 1836; southwest of downtown. however, construction was not In 1869, a brick passenger initiated until 1848 when the station was built on land that to­ first 10 miles of track were laid day is occupied by the library west from Chicago to the Des parking lot. This new depot re­ Plaines River. Within a year of placed an older wooden depot construction, the railroad built in the early 1850s. The new reached the West Chicago area, structure served as North West­ where the G&CU turned north­ ern's passenger station until west, reaching Elgin in 1850. 1912 when a larger brick station By 1853 G&CU rails reached Freeport, Ill. Just was constructed. Once the third station was com­ southeast of Freeport, the line connected to the Illi­ plete, the railroad moved the 1869 depot to a spot nois Central Railroad, which was constructing its along Washington Street, where it was used as a charter line through the length of its namesake freight station along the Freeport line. state from Cairo to Galena and East Dubuque. IC's Today, three Chicago & North Western de­ new route actually beat the Galena & Chicago pots survive at West Chicago (which Turner Union to Galena. The G&CU had no intention of Junction was eventually renamed). While the competing with another railroad past that point, so 1869 depot still remains at its second location, it allied itself with a company building another the tracks are gone and the station's windows railroad westward to the MissiSSippi River. The have been bricked in. The 1912 depot also sur­ new line reached Fulton, Ill., 45 miles south of vives as West Chicago's chamber of commerce. Galena, in 1855. This new route to Fulton, the Passenger trains stopped serving the old sta­ G&CU line to Freeport and Chicago Burlington & tion when a new Metra commuter station was Quincy's Aurora Branch, built southward in 1850, dedicated in June 1991.

16 • NOVEMBER 1994 LEFT: Chicago & North Western GE Dash 9-44CW No. 8665 leads PRDMB (Proviso-Des Moines, Iowa) post West Chicago on Aug. 27, 1994. Charles Streetman BELOW: Heading for Joliet, Elgin Joliet & Eastern Extra 657 East posses JB Tower at West Chicago on Sept. 12, 1993. Robert Banke

Illinois ' Oldest Ju nction Survives as a Busy Interlocking

PA CIFIC RAILNews • 17 By 1903, approximately 100 passenger trains and nearly as On May 21, 1994, a Burlington Northern local led by whiteface many freight trains passed through Turner Junction daily on GP39E No. 2770 heads westward to Eola, III., on the Aurora Branch the Chicago & North Western. The railroad was forced to after visiting C&NW's West Chicago Ya rd. This relatively obscure branch build a third track and considered installing a fourth to ac­ is the oldest survivingsegment of the entire BN system. Josh Halierberg commodate its voluminous traffic. After the third track was completed, traffic volume decreased and, by 1929, the plans road did retain land occupied by the roundhouse to build its for a fourth track were abandoned. Illinois Division headquarters. In 1961, a new yard was devel­ At this same time, North Western's presence in West oped about two miles from downtown West Chicago along Chicago started to change. When Chicago's huge Proviso with a new wye connection to the Freeport Line that was Yard was completed in 1929, some of the shops and locomo­ controlled by the tower. tive facilities at West Chicago became superfluous. This worked out well as far as many people in West Chicago were The Burlington Comes Calling concerned because North Western's rail yard and structures in the center of town took up much-needed space, and there The second railroad to enter the area was originally known was always the threat of a railroad-caused fire consuming as the Aurora Branch. Founded by a few Aurora businessmen downtown buildings. Sub­ in 1849, the Aurora Branch laid rails southwest from Turner sequently, most of C&NW's Junction to Batavia in 1850 and reached Aurora a short time West Chicago shops were later. When the track was completed, neither the new rail­ either abandoned or sold. road's rolling stock nor its locomotive had arrived from the The 10-stall roundhouse East, forcing it to borrow equipment from the Galena & burned to the ground on Chicago Union. After startup, passenger traffic boomed on May 21, 1953, and with the the Aurora Branch and for nearly 15 years the line was a pop­ diesel era dawning, it was ular way to reach the busy river town of Aurora. During the not rebuilt. A wye connect­ branch's heyday, more than 50 trains either arrived or depart­ ing the east-west line to the ed Aurora daily. This heavy traffic forced the railroad to order Freeport line was removed more equipment to keep· trains moving"":"'five years after con­ after C&NW ceased passen­ struction the branch rostered 11 locomotives. ger service on the Freeport Trackage rights on the Galena & Chicago Union from line in the early 1950s. The Chicago to Turner Junction prompted the Aurora Branch to land previously used for the use G&CU facilities, although at the junction the branch did yard and wye was sold to plot its own depot. Built in the early 1850s, this small wooden developers, though the rail- passenger station was replaced by a new freight and pass en-

18 • NOVEMBER 1994 ger station after passenger traffic diminished in the mid- tering the city. The belt line, called the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 1890s. Both stations were built on Wood Street one block Railway Company, was incorporated on March 18, 1887. southeast of today's tower. The 1890 depot was later moved The EJ&E constructed lines from Joliet to Spaulding, IlL, next to West Chicago's city hall where it still stands. and Porter, Ind. The Spaulding line arrived at Turner Junc­ In 1855, the Aurora Branch merged with four other rail­ tion in 1888, but ran into a roadblock. Marvin Hughitt, roads, emerging as the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Nine C&NW president, was not receptive to allowing the J cross years after the merger, CB&Q built its own route between the busy North Western at grade. Alternatively, an EJ&E Chicago and Aurora. That year CB&Q also discontinued its overpass would have required two sharp curves and a 1 per­ trackage rights over the C&NW from Turner Junction into cent hump in the main line. Eventually the J convinced Chicago. No longer the main line from Aurora to Chicago, the Hughitt to allow a crossing at grade and North Western be­ Aurora-Turner branch became a lightly used appendage. De­ came a user of the belt line. spite its secondary status the spur has generated enough As the EJ&E built northward through the village of Turn­ traffic to keep its rails in place for 144 years. er the railroad offered free factory land next to its right-of-

The J Arrives at Turner Junction

The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern was the third railroad to arrive at Turner Junction. The "J," as it is locally called, was first chartered in April 1884 as the Joliet, Aurora & Northern to build a line from Joliet to Aurora and planned to eventually reach the Mississippi River near Dubuque, Iowa. Less than two and a half years later, the JA&N was completed between its namesake towns and operated its first train. Owning to fi­ nancial difficulties, the JA&N dropped plans to build to the Mississippi, and turned its efforts to constructing a belt rail­ road around Chicago that connected with every railroad en-

RIGHT: The Union Pacific influence on Chicago & North We stern has become more overt in recent years, with run-through power traveling into Chicago daily. Union Pacific SD60M No. 6348 leads a westbound at West Chicago on July 15, 1993. Mike Abalos BELOW: Displaying a prominent J on its nose EJ&E SD38-2 No. 662, working with No. 660, leads a westbound at West Chicago on July 22, 1994. Bryan Pieper

PA CIFIC RAILNews • 19 way to boost freight traffic. To make the small village sound Metra's presence at West Chicago is represented by F40PH No. more industrial and metropolitan, the J persuaded the town 145 leading a swift outbound Chicago & North Western West Line to change its name from Turner Junction to West Chicago in commuter train on the afternoon of June 22, 1994. Andrew S. Nelson 1896. Many companies were attracted by the new image, even though downtown Chicago was about 30 miles away. a point known as Geneva Junction. When the CW&W was The EJ&E built a small interchange yard and a depot just built, it was reportedly the best-constructed interurban in the north of the interlocking at West Chicago. The first depot, country, with the line conforming to the steam railroad stan­ built in 1888, was destroyed by an 1894 fire started by sparks dards of the era. Since the CW&W had no rolling stock, it was from a passing coal-burning engine. Another wooden depot operated by the CA&E, with a train running approximately was built on the same site, but it too fell prey to fire in 1906. every hour. In October 1910, the CA&E merged the CW&W A third small, wooden depot, built more than 85 years ago, into its system. Twenty-seven years later the CA&E discon­ still stands in the yard north of the junction. It is used by tinued operations on the branch line because of the lack of EJ&E maintenance crews as an office and a storage room. freight traffic and the availability of frequent commuter ser­ With an extension from Spaulding to Waukegan complet­ vice on the parallel North Western. ed in 1890, and the acceptance of belt lines in Chicago grow­ ing, the EJ&E steadily increased its traffic. By the 1920s the The Tower EJ&E had progressed from its beginnings as a 17-mile branch line into a 175-mile loop around Chicago. Though As the junior railroad at the West Chicago junction, the El­ traffic has grown and de­ gin, Joliet & Eastern was stuck with the responsibility for build­ clined cyclically over the ing, maintaining, and operating the interlocking. A smail wood­ years, the J remains a en building was built on the northwest side of the junction in freight-only, heavily indus­ 1889, but it was not an interlocking cabin; trains going through trial carrier interchanging a the junction had to stop and wait for the operator to flag them substantial volume of traf­ through. This system worked fine for many years, but traffic on fic with the North Western. both the C&NW and the J increased and the mandatory stops The Chicago, Wheaton, slowed down North Western's fast through passenger trains. & Western, an interurban, In June 1928, the present two-story, brick interlocking tow­ also made an appearance in er was constructed in the northeast quadrant of the crossing. Turner Junction with its The new building had 49 Armstrong levers connected to rods line from Wheaton to Gene­ up to 800 yards in length. These levers controlled the va, built in 1909. CW&W's C&NW/EJ&E junction, the EJ&E/CB&Q crossing, the C&NWI eastern terminus connected CB&Q junction, and EJ&E's siding and yard north of the to the Aurora, Elgin & crossing. The small shack that once controlled the interlock­ Chicago Railroad (later ing was not destroyed, but instead recycled into a gate tower Chicago, Aurora & Elgin) at controlling the Washington Street crossing.

20 • NOVEMBER 1994 In the mid-1930s EJ&E electrified the tower making the tower operator's job much easier. Most of the old manual equipment was taken out of the lower level of the tower and today EJ&E uses this area as a storage room for railroad equipment. The red brick tower continues to function in 1994, controlled 24 hours per day by four operators. Computers and improved communications technology have revolutionized the railroad industry. Of the many interlocking towers on the J's 175-mile belt line, just a handful are still in service, including West Chicago, Griffith, Ind., Rondout (pro­ filed in the July 1993 PACIFIC RArLNEWS), Bridge Junction and Barrington. The closing of the latter pair of towers is immi­ nent; the tower at West Chicago will likely be the last to go.

Turner Junction To day

North We stern's Geneva Subdivision-the east-west main-is by far the busiest of the three railroads at Turner Junction. Two main tracks run through the interlocking plant, called JB by C&NW. At the yard west of the crossing Metra Eastbound C&NW NPPTA (North Platte-Proviso Ya rd Two) passes West commuter trains are serviced and stored between runs and Chicago Ya rd on the morning of May 29, 1994. The DMPRA, visible many C&NW manifest trains pick up and/or set out cars. in the distance, prepares to depart after making a set-out. The line Since C&NW closed three tracks in Proviso prior to the expan­ to Belvidere diverges to the right past the signal bridge. Mike Abalos sion of the yard's Global 2 intermodal terminal, West Chicago has been quite busy handling St. Louis traffic. at West Chicago Yard to make pick-ups and set-outs. However, North Western's east-west main line is protected by Auto­ nine stack trains, six piggyback trains (called "birds" by C&NW matic Train Control (ATC) a train control system using cab employees), and the numerous unit coal and grain trains strik­ signals, as a result there are no wayside block signals along ing JB's diamond daily rarely stop at the yard. On Saturdays the railroad. At the West Chicago crossing, though, the tower and Sundays, when many Metra train sets are not in use, they operator controls the interlocking signals, which usually dis­ are stored in the yard awaiting Monday morning's rush hour. play a stop indication untiF a train approaches. There is a hot­ Wednesdays and Thursdays are the busiest on North West­ box detector at milepost 29 that gives good advance warning ern's east-west main line. Motive power on mainline trains of westbound Metra commuter trains. However, the crossing ranges from C&NW SD40-2s and C44-9Ws to Union Pacific gates are generally down at the junction when the last car of SD60Ms and C40-8Ws. North Western GP7s and GP9s are com­ a freight train hits the detector. mon on transfer trains between West Chicago and Proviso. As C&NW's other line in West Chicago is the Belvidere Subdi­ vision to Rockford, Ill. , via Belvidere; this is the former Gale­ na & Chicago line that was cut back from Freeport in the 1970s. The majority of the traffic on this line consists of au­ toracks and auto parts destined for Chrysler's assembly plant The Railroads of in Belvidere. The original wye connecting the east-west line West Chicago to the Belvidere line has been abandoned through downtown West Chicago, and a new connector track was constructed just east of the yard. Belvidere-bound trains originating at Proviso usually bypass West Chicago Yard, but occasionally - BN TRACKAGE they stop in the yard to pick up cars. - EJ&E TRACKAGE Elgin, Joliet & Eastern is the second-busiest railroad in - ABANDONED CA&E (PRAIRIE PATH) West Chicago, but its traffic is paltry compared to North MOSTLY STREET Western. North of the tower, EJ&E maintains a small yard TRACKAGE and a passing siding for meets and interchange with the - MAIN ROADS - OTHER ROADS North Western. The J utilizes approach-lit automatic block (NOT All SHOWN) C&NW-CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN ON-BURLINGTON NORTHERN signals. The Signal just north of the C&NW crossing is the EJ&E-HGIN. JOLIET & EASTERN CA&E-CHICAGO. AURORA & ELGIN yard approach signal. Controlled by the tower operator, this signal displays a red aspect until a train approaches. Burlington Northern provides the least activity at the junc­ tion with its daily local freight. BN's West Chicago Branch con­ verges with North Western's east-west main east of the EJ&E crossing. The BN branch has no Signals except at the EJ&E crossing and C&NW's junction, and these interlocking signals display a restricting signal until a train is lined through the plant. BN trains run a short distance over the C&NW main line to reach West Chicago Yard where they interchange cars. One staple of BN traffic is interchange of high and wide loads that cannot be handled through other Chicago-area facilities. BROWN ST.

We ekdays Rush at West Chicago FOREST AVE. o INTERLOCKING TOWER (1928) 0::: o o METRA STATION z Traffic on the North Western is heavy with both Metra com­ C&NW DEPOT (1912) !:i o w muter trains and freights. On an average weekday, more than o EJ&E DEPOT (1906) z 30 freights and nearly 60 Metra trains ply the triple-track main C&NW DEPOT (1869) line east of the interlocking. Many of the 13 manifest trains stop CB&Q DEPOT (BN)

PAC IFIC RAILNews • 21 of late, C&NW has been reactivating stored locomotives and Metra commuter trains tie up at West Chicago Yard in the evening leasing ex-Santa Fe C30-7s and General Electric Super 7 units after the commuter rush. The next morning, the F40s will get back as a result of a motive power shortage. On C&NW's Comail con­ on C&NW's east-west main and push their bilevel gallery cars to nection trains ELNPA and NPCRA, CR units are quite common. North Western station in downtown Chicago. Christian J. Goepel Hosting two or three trains each day, North Western's Belvidere line is not nearly as busy as the main line. Traffic is the week. Power on these trains is often drawn from the J's dominated by auto parts westbound and Chrysler autos east­ fleet of SD38s and SD38-2s, usually with two units per train. bound on train 5MBEO, which usually departs Proviso at 9:30 Lately, though, SD9s and SD38-2s from sister railroad Duluth, a.m. and arrives at West Chicago between 10 a.m. and 12:30 Missabe & Iron Range have been common visitors to West p.m. Occasionally, the train picks up cars at West Chicago, but Chicago. The radio frequency for the EJ&E is 160.350 MHz. rarely sets out cars. 5MBEO usually takes four or five hours to Burlington Northern serves the area with a daily local be­ run to Belvidere, set out, pick up, and return to West Chicago. tween Aurora and West Chicago. After interchanging with the All radio transmissions on the C&NW at West Chicago are North Western in West Chicago Yard, the local immediately re­ on frequency 161.040 MHz. turns home to Eola Yard, east of Aurora. The train can run at Patience is required to photograph the Elgin, Joliet & East­ any time, but recently it has been arriving in West Chicago ern and Burlington Northern in West Chicago. About two to around midnight. Traffic on the branch is classified in Eola Yard three daily trains operate and includes anything from auto racks to sugar. Morrison Knud­ on the J. Although these sen-rebuilt Geeps usually make the 12-rnile trek with the train trains do not operate on a to West Chicago. Crews use radio frequency 161.100 MHz. schedule, a westbound (running northward) usual­ Good Photos Abound ly arrives at West Chicago between 6 and 10 p.m. The Photo opportunities abound at Turner Junction. The most eastbound J freight departs commonly used spot is the EJ&E/C&NW junction where the Waukegan on the crew's tower is located, but other good locations include the rest, and therefore it can BN/EJ&E crossing just south of the tower and the C&NW/BN appear any time from the connection near the east interlocking approach signal. The afternoon to well after dark. Prairie Path bridge in Reed Keppler Park that originally car­ Occasional coal and extra ried the CW&W/CA&E main line to Geneva offers a good trains also run on the J. Re­ view of C&NW's Belvidere line and of EJ&E's small yard. cently, coal trains have North Western's yard is a good place to see parked Metra been showing up at West equipment, first generation Geeps, and through trains setting Chicago towards the end of out and picking up cars.

22 . NOVEMBER 1994 A time exposure on Aug. 10, 1994, reveals the legacy of West Chica­ The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, as it rebounds from problems go. J's tower stands guard against the endless parade of C&NW in its past, looks forward to a growing and prosperous future. freights, though the ghostly image of the C&NW Dash 9 may be sym­ The J is poised to enter railroading's fastest-growing busi­ bolic of the railroad's fading identity under UP control. Bryan Pieper ness segment with the development of the new Sauk Village intermodal terminal. The new terminal could bring inter­ Getting to West Chicago is quite simple and there is the op­ modal interchange traffic between C&NW and EJ&E in West tion of traveling by either road or rail. From downtown Chicago Chicago once the facility is completed. the best choice would be a Metra commuter train via C&NW's It's unbelievable to think the oldest line on Burlington West Line. Metra's West Chicago station is located a half-mile Northern's 23,000-mile system is its West Chicago Branch. east of the tower. To reach the crossing by car, use the East­ Through the years, BN has added an extra flavor to Turner West Tollway (Interstate 88) and exit at Route 59 northbound. Junction, and after watching the constant stream of fast Once in West Chicago, turn left (west) on Washington Street freights on the C&NW, it's refreshing to see a couple of green­ (called Geneva Road east of West Chicago). Take Washington and-white Geeps pulling a train over the weed-plagued West Street about one and one-half miles to the crossing. Chicago Branch. Currently, it looks as though this daily episode will continue, but the pending BN-Santa Fe merger Out of the Past and into the Future also promises to deliver a complete overhaul of the now-sepa­ rate Chicago-area operations of the two Western rail giants. The evolution of Turner Junction continues. North West­ Decades ago interlocking towers flourished at almost every ern's West Chicago shops are gone, marked only by an empty junction in the country. In recent years, railroads have been field west of Main Street. The Prairie Path north of town de­ forced to cut operating costs to keep pace with their competi­ picts a location where the red cars of the Roarin' Elgin once tors. Towers, by nature, are labor- and maintenance-intensive ran, and three preserved passenger depots scattered around and they've been an easy target for cost-cutting managers. The West Chicago reveal the importance of this small village to the red brick tower at West Chicago-along with the North West­ local rail industry more than 100 years ago. The tower, one of ern herald on the locomotives that roar by dozens of times each the only railroad structures that endures in railroad service, day-may soon be just a distant memory as they seemingly fol­ may soon be retired-along with C&NW's ball-and-bar herald low paths laid out for them long ago. For now however, you can which will likely be consumed by UP's Armour yellow. still see the picturesque tower, the approach of a smoking But despite all these factors of change, the trains keep run­ green-and-yellow Geep from West Chicago Yard, and the ritual ning at West Chicago. While Union Pacific control of the of hanging train orders at Illinois' oldest junction. C&NW may be only months away, the merger could spell Sp ecial thanks to Mike Blaszak, Jo Blaufuss, West Chicago more traffic through Turner Junction. UP would likely shift Historical Museum and Archivist Sally DeFauw, and the em­ traffic now moving between Chicago and the West Coast via ployees of Chicago & North Western, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern St. Louis to C&NW's east-west line. and Burlington Northern railroads. PRN

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This year has seen the greatest influx of new locomotives on the Southern Pacific in nearly a generation. As five models of new power grace SP rails, the railroad can again proudly display its scarlet-and-gray paint. ABOVE: In a contrast of decades on June 4, 1994, on its first westbound run since leaving the GE plant in Erie, Pa., SP Dash 9-44CW 81 17 leads the westbound CHPBM (Chicago-Pine Bluff mani­ fest) at Lexington, III., passing vintage B&O­ style GRS colored position light signals that date from Alton days. Steve Smedley RIGHT: A Morrison Knudsen SD40M-2 leads a west­ bound at Tunnel 7 in California's Te hachapi Mountains on July 31, 1994. Dave Burton

RIGHT: SD70M 9800 leads one of Southern Pacific's hottest trains, the PTPCX (Port­ land, Ore.-Los Angeles Pacific Coast Express) past the Castle Crags in the Sacramento River Canyon south of Dunsmuir, Calif., on July 2, 1994. Greg Brown

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Near Andesite, Calif., on Aug. 5, 1994, an SP S070M leads a hot eastbound intermodal train past Mt. Shasta. SP has pledged to dedicate most of its new S070Ms to its Portland, Ore.-Los Angeles corridor. James A. Speaker

26 • NOVEMBER 1994 TOP RIGHT: In early 1994 the latest order of 25 EMD GP60s began to grace SP property. These units, numbered 9770-9794, were the first of many new locomotives to be delivered to the SP in 1994, but were the only four-axle units ordered. A fresh 9784 leads the PTWCQ at Brooklyn, Ore. Greg Brown ABOVE: Two new Dash 9-44CWs charge westward across Kansas on May 26, 1994, leading the KCWCQ (Kansas City-West Colton quality) at Bonner Springs. Dan Munson

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ituated in a setting of superlatives, the upper water­ again. And why not? In a land that virtually defied descrip­ sheds of the Bow and Kicking Horse rivers leave the tion (then again, who could argue with the inspired, rever­ unprepared first-time visitor in awe. Like the opening ent naming of Cathedral?), the pictures said it all. sequenceS in Th e Sound of Music, the landscape that forms If you build it, th ey will come. And come they did ...vis­ the flanks of Kicking Horse Pass is overwhelming. itors lured by the call of the West. As a result, national However, for the builders of the Canadian Pacific, the parks popped up everywhere here-Banff, Yoho, Kootenay, spires of the Bow Range were more impediment than spec­ Jasper, Glacier (the Canadian version), and Mount Revel­ tacle. Seeing the Canadian Rockies first-hand, the 1860 Pal­ stoke-"supernatural" draws for the tourist, then as now. liser expedition advised against building a transcontinental For a mix of family vacation and a course in railroad appre­ railroad at all, and further stated that Kicking Horse Pass ciation, Kicking Horse is still hard to beat. With easy rail­ was one of the least hospitable byways. So the CP initially road access and the likelihood of a bad picture almost nil, considered the lesser grades of Yellowhead Pass, 200 miles the desire to return for another photographic spree is very farther north. But because of financial and political reasons compelling. Here on thE! British Columbia-Alberta border, a (primarily keeping U.S. railway Gompanies out), the compa­ first-time visitor is rarely a last-time visitor. ny directors instead opted for the Kicking Horse routing in 1882. Time, not gradient, was of the essence. When the construction dust finally settled three years Because of the severe topography, the early morning shadows later, CP had built itself a railroad whose proximity to these are reluctant to release their hold on the Kicking Horse Valley. Since leaving Field far below, it has taken 15 minutes for Extra towering peaks-and which was, by 1909, literally. integrat­ 5868 East to reach the first tunnel beneath Cathedral Crags and ed into them by virtue of a pair of spiral tunnels-was al­ first sunlight. Although the sun's been shining on the distant peaks most unparalleled on this continent. The railroad would use of the Va n Horne Range for half an hour, it will take nearly anoth­ these peaks to its advertising advantage over and over er hour for the shadows to depart Field and the valley. Dave Gayer Wo rking the Mountain

CP Rail Extra 9008 East passes the approach sign to Partridge before entering 3,200 feet of tunnel-in this case Up­ per Spiral. After having corkscrewed around in darkness to face east, the grain train will encounter Partridge sid­ ing, Wapta lake, former Hector siding, and finally the summit at Stephen before the dynamics kick in. Dave Gayer

30 • NOVEMBER 1994 Unlike the classic Canadian Pacific publicity shot, whose freight train was broken in two to simulate the over­ and-under effect of a spiral tunnel, nearly every westbound grain train is easily able to loop over itself here at the Lower Tu nnel. The Yoho sign board, which Extra 5802 West is pass­ ing, actually means that an east­ bound would be on the approach to Yoho following its upbound emer­ gence from this tunnel. Dave Gayer

hile the grade here is a tricky but man­ engineer has a couple of options-he can W ageable 2.2 percent, there was a time release the brakes and re-set them. But when it was worse ...an awful 4.5 percent. trouble can arise if he continues to release In 1902, CP engineer John Schwitzer the brakes and the air doesn't have time to suggested that a pair of corkscrew tunnels sufficiently re-charge. When this occurs, would help lessen the grade and ease the the engineer may lose his braking capabili­ frustrating Big Hill bottleneck. It took 20 ty altogether and thus the ability to safely months to complete the now-famous spiral control his train. Another choice is to great­ tunnels and the Z-shaped alignment of the ly reduce the speed starting down the hill, new main. And though the grade had been as the engineer of the 5875 did, holding the reduced, Mother Nature could still combine train with the dynamic brakes on the loco­ violent weather tricks with abrupt topogra­ motives, and using only an occasional set phy to give the railroad fits : disastrous of air. Having done this, 5875 made a slow avalanches and unanticipated washouts. All but safe descent of Kicking Horse Pass, sat­ of this weighs heavily on the crews each isfying everyone, including the photogra­ time they set out to work the mountain. phers. A less experienced engineer might While the combination of grueling grades have had a hair-raising trip. They happen, and fierce weather still presents an operat­ on mountain grades everywhere, more of­ ing challenge, other problems also plague ten than you might think ! railroad operations, making Kicking Horse Pass a theater of railroad drama for train Although most of their train is still watchers and photographers. on the hill, the crew aboard CP Rail A loaded grain train-Extra 5875 West­ 5875 is beginning to breathe easy came over the top of Kicking Horse at again as they pass the east switch Stephen and started down the Big Hill at a at Field. It's been a stormy trip from painfully slow speed, so slow that the pho­ Calgary, but here at milepost 136, tographers were getting dozens of shots. It the July afternoon sun is shining was apparent something just wasn't right. and the end-of-run and Field de­ Yet the culprit was neither weather nor pot are only three minutes away. A new crew will get to tackle the de­ grade. Once the 5875 had arrived at Field, a scent through Lower Kicking Horse conversation with the engineer revealed the Canyon and, further west, the nature of the problem: a bad-order pres­ grades of Rogers Pass. Dave Gayer sure-maintaining valve on the lead unit. Normally when the engineer comes over the top, he sets the air, then makes a second set if needed, and he controls the speed with the dynamic brake, balancing the grade. The pressure-maintaining valve holds the set of air at a constant level. However if the valve is defective, the air in the trainline may continue to reduce on its own, setting the brakes tighter and tighter eventually bringing the train to a stop. To prevent this from happening, the

PA CIFIC RAILNews • 31 Field Day • • • and t__ ig ht

Empty grain trains often plug up the oused from deep mountain sleep at comes more and more difficult the closer few Field yard tracks while waiting Rthe onset of daylight, you first notice you get to Golden. their turn to proceed eastbound. it : a deep rumble, slowly increasing in in­ Make no mistake, Field is a mountain Reflecting on their wait, CP Rail 540 1 tensity. Though you are camped more than town and a railroad town. Gone are the past and 9009 sit it out on July 22, 1993. a mile from the CP Rail main line in Yoho glories: roundhouse, turntable, and regular Dave Gayer National Park, the echoing roar of hard­ depot passenger activity. Yet train crews (30 working locomotives has obliterated the of 'em, about 15 each way) change out here former silence: those EMDs might as well day and night, moseying down to the depot be in your tent. And so another day has shortly before traintime and checking the dawned-and another eastbound freight computer printouts. The modest yard here has left Field to assault the barrier. still houses accumulated trains (usually east­ In a land of the pristine, Field is a minor bounds) waiting for rested crews. man-made interruption and a momentary, Life in Field (population 200) seems pretty if not completely horizontal, opportunity laid-back. Sure, trains stomping eastward out for trains in both directions to catch their of town wreak momentary havoc on the sens­ exhaust before surmounting the next ob­ es. But as the growl slowly recedes, tranquili­ stacle. Eastbound Laggan Sub crews bare­ ty returns to the alpine setting. And there you ly pass the eastern yard switch before the are, sitting on the bench under the depot long grade up the Big Hill begins. West of eaves at dusk, taking in the entire scene and Field, on the Mountain Sub, the railroad its contrasts and it's then you realize you've hugs the gently meandering Kicking Horse been lulled into the magical spell of this River at first, then gouges out a 1.8 percent mountain town. Ve rtical, visual, visceral: the grade through a canyon where access be- environmental dimensions of Field.

32 • NOVEMBER 1994 LEFT: Mount Stephen towers above the station sign in Field, B.C. Dave Gayer BELOW: Spotted at the "spot," 5040-2 5793 and its charge of Cal­ gary-bound vans and trailers come to a temporary halt shortly before midnight on Aug. 20, 1992, to board a fresh crew before beginning the assault of Kicking Horse's steep western slope. Dave Gayer

PACIFIC RAILNews • 33 On the East Approach

SD40-2F 9003 struggles to reach the summit of the westbound grade at Stephen. Though not as severe as the ap­ proach from the west,this side of the mountain is no little challenge for loaded grain trains like this one. Dave Gayer

34 • NOVEMBER 1994 here are no spiral tunnels-indeed, no lane is crowded and definitely not de­ ABOVE: During a 45-minute wait at tunnels at all-on the eastern side of signed for the chase, as eastbounds clip the east end of the Stephen-Lake KickingT Horse Pass. The grades are not as right along. On the other hand, westbound Louise double track, crew members severe, and there are no deep, chiseled freights, particularly heavy grain trains, take to the horseshoe pits outside canyons. Instead, there are the lazy curves are sluggish, making them prime targets the old Lake Louise depot, now a restaurant. Dave Gayer BELOW: of the Bow River, and even some fairly long for multiple photographs during the crawl "Red barn" 9010 works its grain train stretches of tangent track. However, that upwards. The carded time from Calgary to westward on the new line out of doesn't mean that the tracks ide scenery is Field is three and a half hours, but one Lake Louise on Oct. 28, 1992. The any less impressive. As a matter of fact, the knowing crew member remarked, "We summit at Stephen is less than three region's chief tourist attractions are right never make it. " miles away. Doug Harrop here : Lake Louise and Banff National Park. To the casual visitor, Lake Louise means one of the grandest mountain loca­ tions on the continent ; it also means a visit to the impressive Canadian Pacific-built hotel that has stood on the lake's shore for decades. To the railroad-oriented, howev­ er, Lake Louise means the eastern end of the double-track which extends to the top of the pass at Stephen. It is not unusual to find an eastbound waiting by the old de­ pot (now a restaurant) for an upbound train. Furthermore, just east of Lake Louise is milepost 113 and Morant's Curve, a rail location with a moniker as hallowed as Sullivan'S Curve in Cajon. A little further east, Castle Mountain is an extraordinary landmark. And though spec­ tacular pictures are almost always within a few steps of the car, a little hiking down by the Bow River in many locations will yield a rewarding eastbound framed by the "Cas­ tle. " Really, there are few poor choices here. Along old Highway 1, which roughly fol­ lows the railroad right-of-way, the two-

PACIFIC RAILNews . 35 Vertical Frame of Referfence

Not all verticality necessarily means looking up. Aiming one's camera down, the cliffs and tunnels of the lower canyon of the Kicking Horse River are much in evidence. These five 5040-2s are holding back grain on the 1.8 percent between Glenogle and Cloister on July 20, 1993. Dave Gayer

36 . NOVEMBER 1994 CP Rail's THIS PA GE, LEFT: With the summit hurdled, CP Rail 9003 leaves West Stephen to begin the slow descent Kicking Horse Pass into Field, nine miles by air, but 14 ! miles by rail. Even with a timely crew change, it will be dusk before �N the westbound train leaves Field. BELOW: Massive Mt. Stephen forms a backdrop for 5796 and its west­ bound freight exiting the Upper Spi­ ral Tunnel on the approach to Yo ho. The sign in the foreground alerts eastbounds leaving the east tunnel portal to the presence of Partridge To Calgary siding. Two photos, Dave Gayer

or the most part, we perceive the world F horizontally. Our eyes are arranged hor­ izontally, and the railroad-related things we take pictures of (trains, tracks, freight cars, etc.) are, generally, situated that way. Even your camera is designed to be held parallel to the horizon. But, in the deep recesses of the Canadian Rockies, you spend a great deal of time look­ ing up . For example, Mount Stephen and Mount Duchesnay, on opposite sides of the Kicking Horse valley, loom nearly a mile above the Field depot, but they are physical­ ly separated by less than two miles. Obvi­ ously, the topographic contour lines on the valley walls converge quickly, compressed in a manner that translates into sheer. Whether out of instinct or necessity, the photographer is drawn to turning his camera the picture. On the flanks of Kicking Horse vertically. It's a natural thing. As a result, the Pass the sand may fly, the dynamics may trains-CP Action Red and all-take second roar, and a mile's worth of multi-colored grain place to the surroundings. So ifthose 20-year­ cars may catch your eye, but the setting's the old CP Rail SD40-2s don't exactly capture thing. Treat yourself to a visit to Morant your fancy, make them almost incidental to country and put yourself on vertical hold.

PAC IFIC RAILNews • 37 Domes and Candy Stripes

38 • NOVEMBER 1994 n the United States, it was the Union Pa­ I cific that first encouraged Easterners to go transcontinental and visit the West Coast. It was Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited that helped draw attention to the beauty of the unsettled West, specifical­ ly the grandeur of Yellowstone. And it was Burlington/Rio Grande/Western Pacific's sleek California Zephyr that promoted vista­ viewing from those dynamite domes. North of the border, however, all those draws were rolled into one. Canadian Pacif­ ic, largely on the strength of intense promo­ tion and the stunning photography of Nicholas Morant, rolled out the streamliner carpet in 1955 for those wishing to experi­ ence the remoteness of the wild, unglamor­ ized Western mountains. It was the Cana­ dian, an institution that was to last through decades of scenery-seekers. For those who loved the train as much as the view, Canadian Pacific's sleek Canadi­ an put on a magnificent show. The perfectly matched, fluted, stainless-steel consists made this passenger train a superior visual treat. And its motive power: Was there a more striking, in-your-face covered wagon nose than that of a candy-striped FP7? And though the number of Canadian domes rarely matched that of the CZ, what but a dome seat could do the view outside the window justice? Even the 1978 passing of the torch to VIA, and the less-than-subtle introduction of blue­ and-yellow paint, didn't detract from the ride. The passengers still oohed and aahed their way through the Canadian Rockies, right up until the end. That came on Jan. 15, 1990, when the Canadian government elimi­ nated passenger service over Kicking Horse Pass. The Canadian still ran, but far to the "streamliner" summer trips from Vancouver OPPOSITE PAGE: The weather in north, ironically over CN's Super Continen­ to Calgary. The train may not have Fs (not the Canadian Rockies is fre­ tal Yellowhead routing. For the last few even F40s !) or domes, but its Canadian quently oppressive. The lesson? years, Great Canadian Railtour Company has legacy-and the views on stunning Kicking Always carry black-and -white film in your pack. Consider the offered a little redemption with occasional Horse Pass-are still there. PRN eastbound Canadian at Lean­ choil in 1980, where the rain­ soaked image sparkled in the downpour but looked rather dull on Kodachrome. ABOVE: It may be VIA blue-and-yellow, and the sleekness of the consist may be interrupted by a CP Rail GP9, but the timberline scenery remains the same. Eastbound No. 2 has left Banff and is making time through the Bow River Valley on May 30, 1980. LEFT: It's June 8, 1976, and train 2 is leaving Lake Louise with 12 cars. Though there are some battle scars on the nose of 1424, those FP7 A candy-stripes look just dandy. Three photos, Doug Harrop

PACIFIC RAILNews • 39 Santa Fe 's

Text and Photography by A mixed bag of warbonnets and blue-and-yellow units lead an auto rack train crawling out of the Cimarron River valley and toward the summit of Curtis Hill in April 1993. The westbound Gary Clark is sweeping around a mile-long curve as it approches Belva siding.

orthwestern Oklahoma is a region road,with trains having to scale the 3 route through rugged Abo Canyon, just dominated by flat,nearly feature­ percent grades of Raton and Glorieta east of Belen,N. M.,was a challenge,but less plains. Santa Fe Railway's fast­ passes in New Mexico. A new low-grade when track connected Belen with Clovis, trackN Chicago-California main line cuts route between Kansas and Albuquerque, N.M., through which the Wellington­ across the region,and warbonnet-led in, N.M., which came to be known as the Be­ Carlsbad route ran, a new transcontinen­ termodal trains race through Oklahoma, len Cutoff, was surveyed and developed tal link was forged. In June 1908 this line with hardly a challenge ...until they between 1878 and 1902. Establishing a was officially opened, and Curtis Hill in­ reach Curtis Hill. From the Cimarron River stantly became a part of Santa Fe's prima­ crossing,just west of Waynoka,to the ry Chicago-California freight route-sta­ small town of Curtis,about 20 miles away, tus this property maintains 86 years later. the railroad takes a curving and ruggedly Visiting Curtis Hill today you find a scenic diversion.From the siding at He­ busy, scenic, Single-tracked, Centralized man to summit at Curtis,the elevation ris­ Traffic Control-equipped railroad with a es 600 feet, a grade stiff enough to slow wide range of photographic possibilities. westbounds to a crawl,and force heavy Currently,35-40 scheduled trains top the eastbounds to use dynamic brakes to keep crest of Curtis Hill in a typical 24-hour from racing out of control into Waynoka. period-many of these in the daylight This portion of the Atchison, Topeka & hours. As is typical anywhere on the Santa Fe was once part of a line running Santa Fe, most of these trains carry inter­ from Wellington, Kan., to Carlsbad, N.M. modal tonnage, but you also see mani­ Santa Fe's original main line to the West fest freights, potash and grain unit Coast was slow and costly for the rail- trains, and local jobs.

40 . NOVEMBER 1994 LEFT: Sunrise at Woodward, Okla., west of Cur­ tis, reveals a flat landscape more indicative of Santa Fe's crossing of Oklahoma than the hill to the east. ABOVE: An SD40-2-led mani­ fest train rumbles through the colorful sand­ stone cut at Quinlan, six miles east of the summit. The Curtis Hill grade provides a stiff challenge for westbounds, and forces many eastbounds to use their dynamic brakes.

A good place to begin a visit to Curtis take another dirt road to the north. This town of Woodward (milepost 382.8) has a Hill is the former Santa Fe depot and Har­ road turns back east and parallels the unique Santa Fe depot still used by railroad vey House in downtown Waynoka,just off main line past the east end of Belva sid­ maintenance-of-way forces. Gerlach siding Highway 281. The former depot houses a ing and the end of the long curve. North is located on the west side of Woodward. A museum that is often open on weekends. of the curve is another butte,the back­ county road bridge spanning a broad curve Until September 1986 all Wellington-Amar­ drop for a great westbound shot. The Bel­ is another excellent photo location here. illo, Texas, through trains stopped in va siding sign is at milepost 356.3, Movements in the Curtis Hill area are Waynoka to change crews. Today, crews reached by returning to the paved road controlled by the Santa Fe Panhandle run the full 312.5 miles between Welling­ and continuing west. The county pave­ Subdivision Dispatcher in Schaumburg, ton and Amarillo-the longest crew dis­ ment bridges the Santa Fe 4.5 miles west Ill. The road channel used in the area is trict on the Santa Fe. of Belva and offers a good bi-directional 161.190, while the PBX channel is Though many transcontinental hotshots shot depending on the time of day. A talk­ 160.245. When visiting this area, the now roar through Waynoka, some local ing hotbox detector is located here, and a best bet is to base opera- trains still originate and terminate here. dirt road departs to the west end of Belva tions out of Woodward, To Avard, Okla. Also, Santa Fe-Burlington Northern run­ siding and more photo opportunities. which has a variety of mo­ through trains operating via Avard,Okla. Four miles west, the county road crosses tels,eateries, gas stations (10 miles east of Waynoka),change crews another overhead bridge and the west end and retail outlets. PRN here. The current BN connection symbols, of Quinlan siding (milepost 361.6). The sid­ allthe more significant considering the ing departs from the current main line on a pending BNSF merger,are 698,896, HA V­ right-of-way that was actually the original BA,HBAA V, PBHLA and PLAME. main line. The trackage was realigned in Following the main line west from the 1940s. This is a top-notch location for Waynoka,the first siding is at Heman, shooting af ternoon westbounds. milepost 351.8 (from Kansas City). To Continue south on the paved road to reach Heman, head south from Waynoka Highway 412. Turn west and drive five Mt. Heman X on Highway 281 approximately seven miles to Curtis Cemetery, then turn miles, in the process crossing the Cimar­ north. This county road runs to the west ron River, and turn on the paved county end of Curtis siding (milepost 367.1) and HEMAN road toward Belva. Three miles west, the hill's namesake town-what little turn north on a gravel road which runs there is of it. A dirt road parallels the under the tracks and then parallels the tracks from here to the east end of Curtis siding. To the north, a large Butte known siding,however this road is best tra­ at Mount Heman makes a great backdrop versed with a four-wheel-drive or high­ for photos of westbounds. One of the clearance vehicle. best photo locations on the hill can be West from Curtis, toward Moore­ reached by turning northeast off the He­ land and Woodward, the land­ man gravel road on either side of the scape begins to become more Santa Fe overpass. The roads run to the representative of the region­ SANTA FE'S center of a mile-long curve which is a flat. However,the large good shot for trains from both directions CURTIS HILL in the morning. Be pre-

pared to park and do -- SANTA FE RAILWAY some hiking; the results -- PAVED ROADS will be worth the effort. -- GRAVEL/DIRT ROADS Returning to the MAP BY GARY CLARK, DON GULBRANDSEN paved county road, travel AND TOM DANNEMAN two miles west and then

PA CIFIC RAILNews .41 MEXICO

testing of the electrics and full electric op­ Electrification eration is planned for this fall. Unfortunately,after only about two Mexican National Railways (FNM) began months of limited electric operation, two limited electric operation on the 250-kilome­ electric-powered freights met head-on near ter route between Mexico City and Quere­ Queretaro, killing five crew members and taro. The 25,000 "iTolt a.c.catenary is ener­ injuring another seven. The trains were es­ gized from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. and FNM usually timated to be traveling at 60 mph.The line runs three freight trains each way, plus the is not protected with block signals. passenger train El Tapatio (Mexico City­ The accident resulted in the discontin­ Guadalajara).Trains are hauled by both uance of electric operation for more than a electric and diesel locomotives. The diesel month, while an investigation was con­ provides protection from electrical failure. ducted and repairs were made. The electrification project began during the petroleum-fueled boom years of the mid-1970s. At that time, the railroad (then Privatization on Horizon? known as the NdeM) and the Mexican gov­ ernment's Secretariat of Communication The privatization of government run and Transportation (SCT) decided that the companies has been one of the main existing two CTC-controlled, single-track goals of the government of Carlos Sali­ routes between Queretaro and Huehuetoca nas. One of the last major operations un­ should be replaced by a new double-track der federal control is the railroad. The route with less-demanding grades and few­ Mexican constitution prevents the sale of er curves. The trackage into Mexico City, FNM; however, Mexico's constitution was to be upgraded and electrified. can be amended fairly easily. Serious trouble with the Mexican econo­ Who would want to buy a money-losing my slowed progress on the project as costs operation such as FNM? The system has a rose and the ability to purchase foreign ma­ large workforce and much of the facilities terials and technology diminished. would be inadequate to handle increased Nonetheless construction continued traffic. Reports in various publications have and traffic began operating over a segment stated that Union Pacific might be interest­ of the new line between Aragon and San ed in selected routes, or that the Mexican Juan del Rio in late 1980.By 1987, the line shipping company Tranportacion Maritima change was in service.Construction con­ Mexicana could improve movement of con­ tinued on the Mexico Division into Mexico tainers if it controlled the railroad. City, including a new Barrientos tunnel. FNM officials have consistently denied The General Electric E60C locomotives that the railroad is for sale, however some that were built for this service in 1982 maintenance functions were up for bid. Lo­ and 1983 sat in storage during all the comotive maintenance in three of FNM's years of construction.Enough catenary five regions have been contracted out. was in service by 1991 to allow limited Shops at San Luis Potosi and Acambaro will be operated by Morrison Knudsen with a Mexican partner.At Monterrey, Jalapa and Mexico City, the Spanish sub­ , ATTENTION! sidary of GEC Alsthom and its Mexican as­ NARROW GAUGE RAILFANS sociate won the 10-year contract. A group including VMV will handle maintenance FEBRUARY 5-19, 1995 and repairs at Torreon and Chihuahua. Bids for work in the southeast and Pacific 717 MILES BY CHARTER TRAIN areas were not accepted.FNM has made a IN GUATEMALA - HONDURAS contract with a Spanish company for track EL SALVADOR - COSTA RICA maintenance in the Northeastern Region.

***HIGHLIGHTS*** • 13 Narrow gauge charters Passenger Train Discontinued • Steam - Diesel - Electric - Railcar • 36" and 42" gauge The Mexico City-Guanajuato passenger • Rugged mountain railroading train El Constitucionalista has been dis­ • Rare freight only trackage continued. The train began operation in • 11 different rail lines 1986 between Mexico City and Queretaro • 3.7% grades, tunnels, trestles, and loops to help carry crowds between World Cup • Plenty of photo run-bys soccer game sites. The trains featured din­ er and lounge service. The service was lat­ • cab and roof riding er extended to San Luis Potosi and Guana­ • Workshop visits juato with the train dividing at Queretaro. • Other railfan tours worldwide Recently the train ran with only one or two Call or write for our 1995 brochure coaches and on a schedule not competitive with the buses. The San Luis Potosi sec­ P.O. Box 1997 tion was discontinued at an earlier date. Portola, CA 96122 TRA INS (916) 836-1745 Thanks to Ed von Nordeck, Bill Farmer, UNLIMITED, TOURS FAX (916) 836-1748 P.J. Gra tz and the JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.

42 • NOVEMBER 1994 ELSON RUSH

eral Electric and 25 SD70M locomotives of coal to NS Resources at the Port of Long Willow Springs Te rminal Opens from General Motors. The C44-9Ws, num­ Beach, Calif. for export. Santa Fe planned bered 650-699, are being delivered from to handle this movement in six 102-car Rolling up the illinois Division from Joliet on Erie, Pa., in September and October. Sev­ unit trains, projected to begin operating the morning of Aug. 8, train 1-198-06 didn't enteen of them had been received by Sept. Sept. 19. To get these heavy trains across continue to Corwith Yard. Instead, the hot 8. The 4,300-h.p. SD70Ms are expected to the railroad, the SOC will assign RCE­ Los Angeles-Chicago TOFC consist became arrive from London, Ont. , in early 1995. equipped locomotives to them. the first revenue train to enter Santa Fe's The SD70Ms will be numbered 200-224 Tucson Electric Power contracted for new Willow Springs intermodal terminal. and will wear the warbonnet scheme. more coal from Lee Ranch during August, Four years in the making, the Willow These units will bring the total number of and Santa Fe put together a 50-car unit Springs terminal covers 269 acres at Chilli­ Super Fleet units acquired to 446; two train to handle it beginning Aug. 22. The cothe Subdivision milepost 17.6 from have been lost through wrecks since the new train, symboled C-LENT9/C-NTLE9 Chicago, just west of the Interstate 294. first unit, GP60M 100, arrived in 1990. (Lee Ranch-Coronado Spur, Ariz.) operates Four 5,000-foot ramp tracks can accommo­ Mechanical Department correspon­ in continuous shuttle service. Assigned date long intermodal trains without time­ dence indicates that the 9500-class SF30Cs power will be two C44-9Ws, one equipped consuming switching. These tracks are (rebuilt U36Cs) are nearing the end of their with Pacesetter controls for loading. spaced 108 feet apart, permitting cranes lease/maintenance agreement [with GEJ Riverside Cement at Oro Grande, Calif., to load or unload from either side. Four and are slated for retirement when new lo­ began receiving coal via SP and Santa Fe parallel yard tracks provide 20,050 feet of comotives equipped with radio-control during August. Previously, UP had held this storage space. The facility has enough equipment for mid-train operation arrive. contract. SP delivers the 84-car coal train at paved parking space to hold 2,900 trailers. Conrail power was common along the Mojave; Santa Fe uses its own power east Power from the first train deadheaded main line during the summer, straying far of there. Cycle time is about two weeks. east to Corwith, where the units were from its usual haunts east of Kansas City. washed and serviced. The same units re­ Solid Conrail consists appeared, such as CR turned to Willow Springs that afternoon and GP40-2s 3334 and 3383 on the M-PXKC4-05, Freight Service Notes coupled onto the first train to depart the seen at Wellington, Kan., on Aug. 7. On new terminal, 9-198-08, leaving at 5:30 p.rn. Aug. 13, however, the System Operations American President Lines again with­ As Willow Springs has no locomotive facility Center directed the power distributors to drew its weekly Chicago-L.A. stack train or crew quarters, power and crews for all send all CR units back to Conrail. (S-LAKC1/S-KCLA1) from the Chicago & trains will operate to or from Corwith. North Western-Santa Fe route via Kansas Selected trains handling "G" rated, or City after canceling its contract with guaranteed, trailers are being shifted from 199's Performance Problems Santa Fe, effective Aug. 10. APL had Corwith to Willow Springs in phases. Pri­ pulled these trains back onto the C&NW­ mary customers using this class of service Once again, Santa Fe had trouble operat­ UP route in September 1993 following are United Parcel Service and J. B. Hunt. In ing the 199 train on time during August. congestion problems at Hobart Yard, but addition to trains 198 and 891 , Kansas Late arrivals not only raise the hackles of subsequently gave the C&NW-Santa Fe City-Chicago train Q-KCCH (operating UPS, but also shorten or even obliterate route another try. Tuesday-Saturday with an 8 p.rn. arrival) SP's window for the Tehachapi tunnel en­ Santa Fe continued to tinker with ser­ and Phoenix-Chicago train 791 (originating largement project, which starts after the vice in the Colorado-Texas corridor Tuesday and Wednesday) were included in 199 passes and ends when the 991 is due. through August. On Aug. 9 trains M­ the first phase. Q-KCCH began terminating During the week of Aug. 8, the 199 AMTEl and M-TEAMl began triweekly at Willow Springs, and 791 began setting showed up so late on the hill that SP's operation between Amarillo and Temple, out a block there, on Aug. 9. At present, no crews couldn't get in the tunnels before running opposite Amarillo-Slaton locals containers are handled at Willow Springs. the 991 appeared. This caused several LPH131/LPH141 (reduced to triweekly The second phase of the shift began on days of work to be lost, at a cost to Santa frequency) to maintain one train per day Aug. 29, when Chicago-Richmond train Fe of nearly $60,000 per day. in each direction over the Plainview Sub­ 199 began originating and eastbound To address that problem, the SOC first division. The new service relieves pres­ counterpart 991 started terminating at ordered assignment of five big units to sure on the locals, which had been dying Willow Springs. Also on Aug. 29, train 189 each 199-and no tampering with this on the law as they tried to move 100 or began picking up a block at Willow heavy-hitting consist en route. Santa Fe more cars and switch industries within Springs, although the bulk of this train still took a more radical step on Aug. 22 when the hours of service. comes out of Corwith. it began running traffic for the North Bay Santa Fe started an entirely new pair of UPS terminal as an advance section of 199 Willow Springs trains on Sept. 7. Trains Q­ on Mondays and Tuesdays, with the hope WSLA and Q-LASW (Willow Springs-Los this first section would make it through The Original Slideseller Angeles) handle trailers from less-than­ the Tehachapis on time. truckload carriers, primarily Roadway and Original slides sold on approval from Yellow Freight, exclusively. Santa Fe had the late 1950s to the present. been planning to start these trains during Cool Service Changes the fall, but the LTL lines were so anxious Reasonable, quantity discounts, good to divert their traffic to rail that the rail­ selection. State your requests, Santa Fe and UP moved the interchange road rushed the trains into service a see before you buy! point for coal trains serving Oklahoma Gas month early. Initially, these trains operat­ & Electric's Red Rock generating station ed triweekly in each direction, but expan­ The Limited Cost Auction. from Kansas City back to Topeka during sion to daily service is expected. Wri te For Details. August. The cycle time for the Topeka-Red Rock round trip is 18 hours. UP power runs through on these trains, and Santa Fe Dan Pope 5703 Shady Hill Lane, Arlington, TX 76016 SD70Ms and More Dash 9s Ordered fuels the consists as they pass through Topeka northbound. The Original Slideseller Santa Fe announced on Aug. 9 its planned Lee Ranch Mine in New Mexico con­ buys collections! acquisition of 50 new C44-9Ws from Gen- tracted with Santa Fe to move 60,000 tons

PACIFIC RAILNews • 43 Chico Chatter

Memphis-Los Angeles train 9-698-01 suf­ fered a derailment while running across the BN at Carrier, Okla. (west of Enid),on Aug. 2. After hitting a grain truck at a crossing and killing the driver, the lead un it, Santa Fe SD40 5016, split a switch and swerved up the industry track serving a grain elevator at 40 mph. Derailing, the 5016 slammed into the elevator. The trailing unit, Santa Fe SD45-2 5803,also derailed.Fort unately,the BN crew escaped with minor injuries. Santa Fe announced on Aug. 9 that it would buy five 53-foot AutoRailer trailers from Wabash National Corp. These units, which can carry up to six automobiles or conventional freight, will be the first of their kind and the first RoadRailer equipment purchased by Santa Fe. Because the new equipment is slackless and uses air suspen­ sion, vehicles will be held down by nothing more than a nylon belt looped over one tire. Building a new line off the El Paso Sub to On Sept. 2, 1994, a westbound Santa Fe intermodal train detours on unfamiliar trackage at the proposed Mexican border crossing at Pinole, Calif.-the bayside Southern Pacific line. Santa Fe trains used the SP because of a Santa Teresa,N. M., is still an active subject, trailer train derailment near tunnel 2 at Glen Frazer, Calif. Jamie Miller Santa Fe industrial development manager John Dugan said in August. The line would Local L-IL041 was instituted on Aug. Aug. 24 in the form of train L-EA091,run­ avoid Santa Fe's congested and landlocked 22, running from Corwith to Joliet and re­ ning from Argentine to Marceline Mon­ crossing in El Paso.Huge obstacles remain, turn to handle on-line customers and the days, Wednesdays and Fridays and to though,including money (for both Santa Fe Indiana Harbor Belt interchange. This lo­ Carrollton, Mo.,on Tuesdays, Thursdays and FNM),NIMBY s and SP,whose Sunset cal goes on duty Sundays through Fri­ and Saturdays, starting at 7 a.m. Wayno­ Route blocks the way to the border. days at 9:30 p.m. At Kansas City, local ka-Amarillo local service also reappeared Thanks to L.S. Walters, O.R. Bixler, service on the Marceline Sub returned on Aug. 24. Starpacer and Jayhawk.

SI ANTA JoinFE us AC as weRO followSS Santa AR Fe's mainIZON line acrossA Arizona at the end of April, 1994. We start at the Colorado River Bridge and make our way through the desert and upgrade to the conti­ nental divide, downhill to Winslow, and then steadily upgrade again to New Mexico. Lots of warbonnet superfleet, including the brand new C44-9W's, in all sorts of weather, from the desert heat to hail and snow in the mountains. We caught all the action, from AMD 1 03's and the westbound parade at speed in the snow after a magnificent dawn at Williams Junction, to meets on the high plateau be­ yond Kingman, and a 70 mph pace out of New Mexico. This is one Santa Fe tape you won't want to miss. 100 minutes of non-stop action, order YOUR copy today! $34.95 plus $3.00 S&H. SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN SE ARIZONA The companion tape to "Santa Fe Across Arizona". We followed SP through the beautiful Arizona southeast from Steins Hill (NM) across the Tu cson Division to Estrella, west ofTucson. Lots of action around the beautiful Dra­ goon Mountains and Davidson Canyon, with Sp, CCw, RGW, Conrail, CSX, SF, I�L-..>o- Up, BN, C&IM(!), VMV, EMD and MK power, lots of SD45's, SD45-2's, tunnel motors and GP60's. 75 minutes, only $29.95 plus $3.00 S&H. HIGHBALL PRPDUCTIONS SPECIALOFFER - Both tapes for $59.90 & we pay the PO Box 727, Hampton NH 03843-0727 shipping. Call 1-800-345-6985. Visa/Mastercard • •

44.NOVEMBER 1994 N NORTH AMERICA

The carmen are seen as a vital element of panies are hoping to delay abandonment Merger Ta lks Over any emergency evacuation procedures that of the line long enough to allow a shortline could arise from incidents involving the operation to be set up. Negotiations between Canadian National transportation of dangerous commodities and CP Rail for a proposed merger of rail by the many CN freight trains which rum­ operations in Eastern Canada were termi­ ble through Jasper and the surrounding Motive Power Notes nated on July 20. CN President and Chief Jasper National Park. Last year, carmen at Executive Officer Paul M. Tellier said that Jasper discovered about 60 bad-order cars CN's 20 MLW HR-616s, Nos. 2100-2119, are from the beginning CN had a simple bot­ with hazardous materials. CN plans on us­ being equipped for service as lead units in tom line for the transaction. "It had to be ing train crews to do a lot of the car inspec­ the United States. Several of the units have good for the company, our employees and tions but local officials feel that the crews been spotted in that role on the Grand our customers." The negotiations eventu­ lack the level of training of the carmen and Trunk Western, mostly on trains 392 and ally broke down over valuation of assets. that safety will suffer as a result. 393 in and out of Chicago. The units are as­ CP Rail reportedly disagreed with CN's signed to Moncton, N.B., for maintenance. estimate of the value of CN's eastern as­ Units recently retired include sets at nearly $3 billion. The book value of Graham Sub Gone (Almost) SW1200RSs 1213, 1282, 1300, 1311, 1314, CP Rail's eastern assets was put at $1.2 billion. CN also took strong exception to CN was given authority to abandon the the value placed by CP Rail on one of its Graham Subdivision from mile 0.0 (Con­ U.S. subsidiaries, Delaware & Hudson Rail­ mee, Ont.) to mile 159.5 (Superior Junc­ way. "The tough part is always valuation, " NOW! FIVE FULL COLOUR tion), including the Mattabi Mine Spur, ef­ Tellier said. "I drew a line in the sand. We CALENDARS FOR 1995 fective Sept. 1, 1994. CN is already looking brought more to the table than CPo " for a contractor to dismantle the line. Upon termination of the talks, CP An appeal has been filed, however, by promptly announced that it was prepared CANADIAN Av enor, Inc. and the Buchanan Group of to make an offer to purchase the eastern TRAINS forest companies asking that the authority Canadian steam, rail operations of CN North America in or­ diesel and electric to abandon the line be overturned or de­ interurban CPR, der to merge the two railways operations layed. The forest companies argue that CNR, BC Rail, ACR, east of Thunder Bay and Chicago. This ONR CR and VIA. the line is the most efficient and logical would include CP obtaining the Grand means of getting large quantities of wood Trunk Western but not the Duluth, Win­ to their Thunder Bay operations. The com- nipeg & Pacific. Rail analysts suggested SOUTHERN that CP's offer was designed to pressure PACIFIC the government to send CN, which is SP exclusive; state-owned, back to the negotiating table. Moguls, 2·8·05, 4·8·45, CN will now concentrate on pursuing ROCK ISLAND Trainmasters, • • •• SO·9s, Aleo PAs and an aggressive turnaround strategy aimed , Color Pictorial , Black Widows. at resolving overcapacity problems and re­ , • Volume 1· versing losses. "We will be examining a Follow renowned author on a full range of other options which would Lou MarTe achieve the goal of an efficient and mod­ nostalgic look at one of the most unique SEASONS ern rail industry for Eastern Canada, " said and colorful railroads in America. OF STEAM . . -.- -,�." Variely of British Tellier. It is estimated that CN may earn a Steam : ex-GWR ii · ...... 2·6·2Ts, Castle, profit of as much as $150 million in 1994 �. - - ___� --:: r '/:"'• . • . i.- i§1�:-�- -���'Iltk ex-LNER Pacific's, after incurring a $75 million loss in 1993. Featured are the early diesel locomotives Bulleids, plus more. (including rosters) with a close look at the original, and many of the second, Tu nnel Work To Resume paint schemes worn by these engines. PASSING There is also a brief look at the steam TRAINS Work on CN's new tunnel between Sarnia, Contem porary steam locomotiveswhich these diesels replaced. and diesel action Ont., and Port Huron, Mich., was to resume across the U.S. - BN, around Aug. 15 after a six month stoppage. Sante Fe, OM & IR, UP, Montana Damage to cutting equipment on the tun­ Western, NP, N&W, nel-boring machine halted forward progress plus more. in mid-February. A 100-foot deep vertical shaft had to be drilled to gain access to the ALL NEW cutting assembly so that the main bearing UNION and cutting head could be removed and Volume~ 1 is a 128-page, 8 1/2 x 11 hard­ PACIFIC sent to the manufacturer for repairs. Com­ bound All Color book - hi-gloss paper. UP exclusive. Big Boys, pletion of the project is now scheduled for $ave with this retail pre-publication Challengers, late summer or early fall 1995, not Septem­ offer of $40 & $3_60 shippinglhandling; 4·8·8-45 E-unils, Centennials, plus ber 1994 as originally planned. $5. fo reign by ordering prior to Decem­ ber 15, 1994: CA res. include $3.30 tax. Calendars fold out to 18"x12". Available now at After Dec. 15th price is $49.95 & $3. 50, Jasper Carmen To Go $9.95 U.S. 1 $1 0.95 Cdn. (incl. GST) / £4.75 $5. fo reign; CA res. add$4. 12 salestax. (incl. VAT) + $1.50/75p shipping per calendar. ChecksOf money Ofdenonly. SOfry. no cred" cords. Any two or more - 20% off. CN has found itself in the middle of more Dealer inquires invited. Order today I Send controversy after announcing that it would to: STEAMSCENES LAWSON AVE., reduce the number of carmen at Jasper, Al­ 2254 �(W/L -W�W� W. VANCOUVER, B.C. V7V 2E4 ta., from 13 to four as part of systemwide PUBLICATIONS BOX 8014-8, BLAINE, WA 98230 cost cutting measures. The news did not sit BOl( 1734-RF La Mirada, CA 90637 22 SKYLARK WAY, THE PINES well with the Jasper Townsite Committee. GLOUCESTER GL4 gay ENGLAND

PA CIFIC RAILNews • 45 1328 and 1334, all with major component Helm Leasing SD40s 005, 013, 015, 016, one of Canada's two transcontinental rail failures. Also retired was M-636 2337 due 5001 and 5002 maintained at Battle Creek, carriers offset by its large debt burden and to frame damage. GP40-2L(W) 9427, which Helm Leasing SD45-2s 900-910 (ex­ weak profitability. " The report notes that sustained heavy fire damage in a 1993 de­ Seaboard Coast Line and Clinchfield) CN remains one of the highest-cost rail­ railment at Hornepayne, Ont., has entered maintained at Battle Creek, Helm Leasing ways in North America with an operating Transcona Shops at Winnipeg for repairs . SD40-2s 736, 738 and 741 (ex-BC Rail) ratio of 97.6 percent. Here are some further details on the 24 maintained at Vancouver, National Rail­ The North West Terminal Ltd. of Unity, ex-Union Pacific SD40-2s that CN acquired way Equipment SD40s 869, 870, 872, 878, Sask., has announced that CN has been earlier this year. As of late August, about 10 882, 886, 889 and 892 (ex-C&NW) main­ selected as its rail transportation partner of the units were at AMF in Montreal for re­ tained at Battle Creek and Morrison Knud­ for its proposed grain handling facility. building. The remaining units are in general sen SD40M-2s 9053-9057 maintained at Under the terms of the agreement, CN freight service as trailing units. During the Symington Yard in Winnipeg. will be the sole provider of rail freight ser­ rebuild process, 14 units will have Positive Grand Trunk Western's Battle Creek vice to the terminal. CN will construct a Traction Control added and will be renum­ shop is upgrading the cabs of the six spur to the terminal, linking it with the bered to 5364-5377. Four units will have Helm-owned former Detroit Edison transcontinental main line. PTC and dynamic brakes added and be SD40s. This will allow the units to be Vancouver-Montreal train 202 is no renumbered 5378-5381. The remaining six used in the lead position. So far the 001 longer on the schedule. Daily expedited ser­ units will be equipped with a Woodward and 002 have been completed and renum­ vice to Montreal is provided by train 204. CLC microprocessor and dynamic brakes bered to 5001 and 5002. Overflow traffic for Montreal is now carried and will be renumbered to 5382-5387. Interesting motive power lashups in­ on other trains as far as Capreol, Ont. The 26 SD70Ms ordered from General clude train 404 leaving Edmonton on Aug. Capreol originates train 224 to Montreal on Motors are expected to be delivered in 5 with 4022/5527/9628/5172/5265/2440 an as required basis. Toronto-Winnipeg mid-1995. The units will have d.c. traction (GP9RM/SD60FIGP40-2L(W)/SD40/SD40- train 225 has been renumbered to train 211. motors, radial trucks and GM's new isolat­ 2(W)/C40-8M). On Aug. 9 train 340 was Approximately 6,500 shopcraft workers, ed cab. Although it has been assumed that observed at Edmonton with units mostly electricians and machinists, have these units would be assigned to Edmon­ 473 1/5213/9576/2328/1610/1603/1608 voted to join the Canadian Autoworkers ton, Alta., for maintenance along with the (GP38-2/SD40/GP40-2(W)/M636/GMD l ul Union (CAW ). The new members make the SD50Fs and SD60Fs, there is some talk that GMDl u/GMD 1 u). CAW the largest single union representing these units could be assigned further east. rail workers in Canada. The units will be numbered 5600-5625. On July 10 eight cars of train 340 (Van­ As of early August CN was leasing 45 eN Shorts couver to Chicago) derailed near Barriere, locomotives. This included EMD Leasing B.C. (mile 105.9 of the Clearwater Subdivi­ GP40M-2 200 and 201 (ex GO Transit 725 Standard & Poors has affirmed its AA- rat­ sion), forcing VIA to bus passengers from and 726) maintained at Montreal, EMD ing on CN's unsecured debt and Shelf-reg­ the eastbound and westbound Canadian Leasing GP38-2s 763, 772, 775, 790, 794, istered senior debt. According to Standard around the wreck. 795, 800, 806 and 813 maintained at Battle & Poors, "CN's rating reflects the support Thanks to BRS-BRANCHLINE, Jim Brock, Creek, GATX Leasing GP40 3702 (payback of its owner, the Canadian government Pete Johnson, Harold Lake, Bryce Lee, for use of CN units on the St. Lawrence & and CN's strategic importance to the Bryan Martyniuk, Wi llie Radford and Karl Atlantic Railroad) maintained at Montreal, country's transportation infrastructure as Rasmussen.

Rock, Ark., for set-up and sent onto North quence instead of being numbered upward Dash 9s On-Line Platte, Neb., for use. The last unit of this or­ from where the Dash 8s left off at 9556. der, 9739, was in use by Aug. 20. Union Pacific's first order of 40 General Like most series of new UP motive pow­ Electric 4,380 h.p. Dash 9-44CWs were on­ er over the past 10 years, initial break-in Inspection Train Gets Wall Street Talking line and in service as 01 1nid-August. The and evaluation use is on the Powder River first seven were delivered to the UP on July Basin coal train service pool based out of Between Aug. 8 and 13, top management 16 through St. Elmo, Ill., in the consist of North Platte. The UP Dash 9s join the from UP and CSX participated in a special Cornail run-through train NYDAZ (New C&NW Dash 9s that have been in use on joint inspection train on portions of both York-Dallas expedited). The new units were this service for several months. Beginning railroads. This train, made up of four UP taken to the Jenks Shops at North Little at 9700, the Dash 9s start a new number se- passenger cars, departed Council Bluffs on Aug. 8 traveling to Houston by way of Kansas City and McAlester, Okla. At Hous­ ton, three CSX business cars were added and the train departed for New Orleans, RAILFAN stopping at the newly opened Livonia, La., PHOTOGRAPHER hump yard for an inspection tour on Aug. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR? 10. Departing New Orleans on Aug. 11, this train traveled over the CSX to Mobile, TRP shows you today's railroading at its best - the west coast - Ala., arriving in Atlanta that evening. The the northeast - the mid-west - the south - all across the country and return trip was made Aug. 12-14. Canada! Now with a new editor and more mainstream railroading fea- Coming so soon after the announce­ tures, loads of color and b&w photos, trackside nuts & bolts photography tips, and a ments of the proposed BN-AT&SF, KCS-IC train photography contest in each issue, you will enjoy TRP! and NS-Cornail mergers, Wall Street WA NT MORE? caught wind of it and rumors of secret UP­ How about 8 exciting issues CSX merger talks began to fly. To squash for the price of 6! $22.50 US the rumors, the railroads considered can­ (AZ residents ad sales tax); celing the trip, but instead UP issued a $27.00 Canada; $52 foreign. _���i���i�i��i�i�l�i� terse announcement stating that there Call 1-800-758-6406 for major credit card orders, or order by mail from: have not been nor would there be any PO Box 787, Dept. PR, Higley, AZ 85236-0787 merger discussions. It should be noted

46 • NOVEMBER 1994 that rumors of a UP-CSX merger have been around for a few years, due to the strong business relationship between the ------>- two railroads and the fact that former UP -I ------VP-Operations Jerry Davis went to a simi­ lar position at CSX a few years ago. PRN sources indicate that a merger between UP and CSX is unlikely, though the idea has been studied by both railroads.

Abandonment Wish List

Union Pacific has filed its updated system map with the ICC showing lines under con­ sideration for abandonment within the next three years. As in the past, there are a few surprises, with new lines added to the list. A portion of the troubled Paris Branch in Arkansas, currently leased to a short­ line operator, is one of the new additions. Another branch that was on this list for years, then removed five years ago due to increased traffic, is back on the list-the 15-mile Iron Mountain Branch west of Cedar City, Utah. This line has two active Union Pacific 9700, the class unit of UP's order for 40 General Electric Dash 9-44CW (to be iron mines shipping raw ore to Geneva, numbered 9700-9739 and classified by UP as C44-9Ws) leads an empty SFIX coal train north­ Utah. UP has most branches in Idaho list­ ward at Wagoner, Okla., on Aug. 8, 1994. David Smith ed, including the long-moribund but intact 16-mile Scoville Branch to Arco, the six­ once again powered by the E9s. The spe­ which will be delivered sometime in 1995. mile Grace Branch, 31 miles of the Home­ cial made a round trip from Council Bluffs Th anks to Keel Middleton, Wh itney dale Branch from Nyssa, Ore., to Marsing, to Denver Aug. 10-11 ...In mid-August, Pratt, Roy Lopez, Tom Messer, Steve Idaho, plus the 67 miles of Camas Prairie's UP received 10 short-term lease units Kalthoff, TerryLaFra nce, Gene Kelly, Rich Grangeville line. UP is also finalizing the from EMD. The units will serve as interim Wallace, Mike Murray, THE MI XED TRAIN, abandonment and trail conversion of the power under the terms of a contract with GPC-NRHS DIAMOND, FLIMSIES and NORTH­ 17-mile Stoddard Branch south of Nampa. EMD for new SD80MACs, the first of WES T RAILFAN. In California, targeted lines are the three-mile Chemurgic Branch near Turlock, the one-mile Lakewood Spur near Long Beach, a mile of the San Jose Branch in 1995 West San Jose and five miles of the ex­ 1995 Sacramento Northern Yuba City Branch. In Illinois, seven miles of the Sparta Branch from Nashville to Hoyleton plus nine miles of the Westville Branch near Villa Grove are 4 targeted for disposition. In Texas, the list McM [00Pub llca tioos includes the nine-mile Rio Hondo Branch Santa Fe Color Calendar Great Union Pacific g:1:� w north of Brownsville ; the one-mile remnant of the Tyler Branch at Swan was approved Color for abandonment by the ICC in August. 1995 Calendars Short Ye llow Items fo r 1995 The set of GE Dash 8-41CWs, 9400-9403, equipped with a new generation of mid­ McMlloo Pubtic..0lll\l"O""os::-;c,;; ::;- p train slave technology, have proven their Burlington Northern 1:i:�d" Conrail Color Calendar worth in the Blue Mountains and are be­ ing tested in other service on the UP. In August, this set was working stack train $10.95 single copy price service between Chicago and Los Angeles Shipping and Handling: U.S. Customers $3.00 per order ...A UP Employees Club passenger train (Canadian and foreign add $3.00 for first calendar, $1.00 for each additional) was operated to the annual convention again this year. With the convention in Lit­ Special Offer: order additional calendars and save money tle Rock, Ark., the train ran empty to Salt Buy two for $19.95; three for $28.95; four or more: $9.60 each Lake City Aug. 15-16 to pick up passen­ NOTE: Offer valid for any mix of calendars if ordered gers. The 13-car train, powered by E9s, at one time and shipped to a single address ran from Salt Lake City to Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and Little Rock, arriving on Each calendar opens to 14 x 22 inches and fe atures 14 color photos Au g. 18. Slug "mother" GP40 3000 was Order now]rom: added to the power consist forthe north­ u.s. and Canadian • MasterCard McMILLAN PUBLICATIONS. INC. bound trip to Council Bluffs on Aug. 21 ... Credit Card Holders • Visa During the week before the Employees Order Toll Free • Discover 292 1 Tw o Paths Drive Club special, UP held a rolling workshop 1-800-344-1106 • American Express Woodridge, Illinois 6051 7-45 12 for representatives of connecting short nlinois residents add 6-3/4% tax 24-Hour FAX 1-708-910-6791 lines on a special lO-car passenger train,

PAC IFIC RAILNews .47 IL SYSTEM

received ICC authority to purchase, lease Soo Strike Over-Or Is It? and operate three line segments current­ Operations: Power Moves North ly owned by CP in Wisconsin. Segments After 47 days of media-driven confronta­ sold include 8.86 miles between Madison While the 47 days of labor strife in the U.S. tion between union and management rep­ and Middleton and a 0.21 mile stretch in presented problems for shippers, CP man­ resentatives, operations on CPOs Soo sub­ Madison. Lines leased include 6.82 miles agers in Canada were elated by the tempo­ sidiary were restored by presidential order of main line and 3.66 miles of yard track rary assignment of many Soo high-horse­ on Aug. 29. The striking 1,100 UTU-repre­ in Janesville. During the July and August power units north of the border. On Aug. sented employees had a major impact on strike period, WSOR leased three GP40s 21 for example, 13 Soo SD60/SD60Ms were Soo train operations throughout the peri­ and a pair of MP15s from Soo to handle operating in Canada, including the set of od, with a reduction of 60 to 95 percent the new business. 6022/6042/6061, which made a delivery to depending on the source reporting the fig­ UP at Kingsgate, B.C. As reported in this ures. While most other union employees month's BN column, that carrier also bene­ falling into 16 bargaining units respected Rising Revenues fited from the surplus of Soo power. Five the picket lines, relations got a bit harried additional SD60s were off the Soo, on D&H, towards the end of the strike. An estimat­ For the first half of 1994, CP Rail's operat­ UP and WC ...C&N W was blessed with at ed of one third of Soo's dispatchers and a ing income reached $183.8 million, a least a pair of CP units, as SD40 6404 and handful of engineers returned to work dur­ healthy increase from the 1993 figure of SD40A 6406 were noted on various trains ing the walkout. Management decided to $77 million. Revenues increased from throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin. WC outsource nine track construction projects $860.8 million to $983.8 million for the six­ was a bit tardy in returning Sao units to private contractors during the dispute, month period, aided by an 8 percent in­ home, as GP38-2 4451 was noted on a raising the ire of the Brotherhood of Main­ crease in volume. Intermodal, fertilizer, transfer to BN in Minneapolis on Sept. 3 . tenance of Way employees. With threats of coal and automobile products led the in­ With the assignment of many SDs to Cana­ secondary boycotts menacing Chicago crease, while sulfur and U.S. grain ship­ da and other U.S. carriers, remaining Soo commuter service, and Midwestern con­ ments declined. trains often operated witha variety of gressmen at the limit of their patience Following a summer that left many Ca­ four-axle locomotives. Perhaps the hottest thanks to angry farmers and elevator oper­ nadian rail employees on an emotional roller train operated throughout the strike was ators, President Clinton moved swiftly and coaster, CP announced that it planned to the Ford train, No. 425, maintaining its invoked a 60-day cooling off period, which have a formal bid for the eastern half of normal 30- to 40-car consist of racks and mandates two phases of negotiation. Canadian National North America to pre­ high cubes destined for the assembly Should these efforts fail, the strike could sent to the federal government sometime plant and unloading facility in St. Paul. For resume in late October, right in the midst during September. The company has as­ a train normally entrusted to SD40/SD40-2s of the expected heavy corn harvest. sembled a group of 12 finance and rail ex­ and SD60s, No. 425 out of Milwaukee on Earlier in the strike, Soo management perts to prepare the proposal, which will Aug. 2 was powered by a trio of GP40s, had developed agreements with connect­ address a number of complex and delicate 2066/4648/2059. ing carriers that had been effective in issues, including reduction in employment moving overhead and interchange busi­ levels and likely sales of marginal lines to ness. Burlington Northern, CSX, Norfolk outside interests. The railroad claims that Locomotive Notes Southern, Union Pacific and Wisconsin the plan will have shippers in mind, assur­ Central handled long-haul traffic on adja­ ing competition to keep rates attractive The infusion of spare Soo locomotives in cent routes, while regional and shortline and force productivity from both manage­ Canada during July and August hopefully carriers Dakota, Missouri Valley & West­ ment and union perspectives. gave shop forces a chance to catch up on ern, Iowa Interstate, Minnesota Commer­ CP's discontent with CSX over the deferred maintenance. This summer CP cial, Twin Cities & Western, and Wiscon­ handling of its Railrunner service be­ road crews have complained that even the sin & Southern (WSOR) performed a vari­ tween Detroit and Chicago continues, pristine SD40-2s have been failing all too ety of switching and transfer services for thanks primarily to a shortage of operat­ often, with the Soo units reported as being Soo. While CP will be anxious to regain ing crews. While CP continues to work much more reliable. its long-haul business from Class I com­ with Wisconsin Central to reroute trains With the return of Soo units to the U.S. petitors, management may seriously as a temporary solution to this problem, by early September, CP Rail expects a study the cost of contracting out local there is word from CSX as to when more shortfall of 50 to 100 units on weekend and switching operations to the regionals staff will be hired and trained to provide days, with no significant relief in sight. As and short lines. To that end, WSOR has long-term help. of Aug. 31, 123 units were leased by CP, including 28 from GATX, nine from Gener­ ation Locomotive, 71 from Helm, four from Illinois Central, seven from Precision Na­

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its future. This rugged 66-mile line runs from the CSP main at Spalding, Idaho, up the 3 percent grades of Lapwai Canyon to Reubens, then across the Camas Prairie to Grangeville, Idaho. Co-owners Union Pacif­ ic and Burlington Northern have both tar­ geted this branch for abandonment. This year, BN finally was pressured by business and political interests to remove the branch from its list of abandonment candi­ dates, though UP's latest system diagram map still lists the Grangeville Branch as an abandonment target. This summer, Lewis­ ton Grain Growers co-op invested $400,000 in a new rail car loading facility at Craig­ mont, including a conveyor system and a new four-track loading yard with a capaci­ ty of 30 cars. Operations on the Grange­ ville Branch see a Friday run from Lewis­ ton to Grangeville and a return trip on Sat­ urday, but thanks to the new grain traffic extra trains have been operating. Nebkota Railway, operator of the western portion of Chicago & North Western's Cowboy Line, has acquired two former VIA FP9 locomotives for its seasonal grain-hauling operation. Units 54 and 55 are seen at Crawford, Neb., on Sept. 17, 1994. Rick W. Mills Lone Star Starts Up

per year. Yreka Western General Manager Lone Star Railroad, the BN spinoffthat runs Pacific Cascade Organizes in Oregon Larry Bacon has been pursuing a proposal 149.7 miles from Valley Junction (near Wi­ for the short line to take over operations chita Falls) to Abilene, Texas, will be oper­ A new short line, Pacific Cascade Railway, on 103 miles of the Siskiyou line, from ated by Southern Switching Services, which is being organized at Glendale, Ore. Just Medford, Ore., over Siskiyou Summit to is owned by Lone Star; both companies are two and a half miles long, the track orginat­ Montague, that has not been operated owned and controlled by Iron Horse Re­ ed in the 1880s as a logging line branching since August 1992. The trackage from sources, operators of Crystal City and Rio off SP's Siskiyou line. In the early 1900s, af­ Montague to Black Butte Junction is Valley railroads. Iron Horse Resources plans ter the line was extended 28 miles, the op­ served by an SP local once per week. to abandon most of the northern portion of eration was purchased by the Robert Dollar With Rail-Tex andSP negotiating the the line, and operate only a short segment Lumber Co. to supply a new mill at Glen­ fate of the Siskiyou Line sale again, and out of Abilene, where all interchange will dale. It was cut back to its current length with RailTex apparently still not interested be made with Union Pacific. Motive power after World War II. In 1970, Superior Lum­ in reopening the line south of Medford, includes GP7 705 (ex-Kiarnichi 705, ex-KCS ber purchased the operation at Glendale YWRR may just be the surprise winner. One 4156, nee 156); GP16 1729 (ex-CSX 1729); and built a second mill. Mill employees sideline to these talks is a plan to take No. and GP9 3361 (ex-SP 3361). have switched the trackage with an an­ 19 and its train over Siskiyou Summit in ear­ cient side-rod Whitcomb since the late ly November for a civic event in Medford. - 1940s. Superior ships about 100 carloads Shorts per month from the mills. Because of SP's failure to provide frequent switching, Supe­ Texas Northeastern Roster Update Cen-Tex Rail Link, operators of Santa Fe's rior has been one of many Siskiyou line cus­ Dublin and Cresson subdivisions, is no tomers demanding changes. Texas Northeastern Railroad, a Rail-Tex longer using South Orient's five GP9s as Local businessman Bob Larson has pur­ property, has experienced some motive motive power. Instead, Cen-Tex has leased chased the mill spur from Superior along power changes since its October 1990 six ex-Chicago & North Western GP7s, and with some SP yard trackage at Glendale. startup. TNER started operations with is purchasing several more from the same The now-revived Siskiyou Line sale nego­ three GP7s and two SSB1200s of Santa Fe railroad. Most of them are still in ragged tiations between SP and Rail-Tex have de­ ancestry, along with various locomotives C&NW colors with all reporting marks layed the Pacific Cascade start-up. Initial­ from other Rail-Tex lines. TNER has appar­ painted over and "CTEX" stenciled on the ly, the Whitcomb will be used to switch ently settled on a roster of 10 locomotives, cab sides ...Central Kansas Railway has cars, but the short line plans to lease an all painted in TNER's scarlet-and-gray col­ obtained permission to abandon the H&S Aleo switcher from Relco. Superior expects ors. GP7s 92, 107 and 115 are ex-Katy Sub between Blackwell, Okla. , and Spring, outbound lumber loads to more than dou­ units (appropriate because they operate Kan. Beyond Spring to Harper, Kan., the ble once the new short line starts up and on former MKT track between Bells and line has been transferred to sister compa­ provides on-call switching. Trenton, Texas) and GP7s 2153, 2166 and ny Kansas Southwestern which connects 2219 are ex-Santa Fe. GP9 25 is a former at Anthony, Kan. This maneuver eliminates BN (and NP) unit, while GP9 173 was once the need to cross Santa Fe's busy main line Yreka Western Eyes Siskiyou Line SP 3860. GP38s 5070 and 5080 are ex-B&O at Harper. Central Kansas has also abon­ and ex-Cornail units, respectively doned eight miles of the Medicine Lodge A seven-mile piece of the Kyle empire is Sub between OB Junction and milepost 42. trying to become the latest "mouse that Thanks to Ben Kerr, Glen Icanberry, roared. " Yreka Western connects with More Traffic for Camas Prairie Jim Baker, Ken Meeker, Bob Larson, Mike SP's Siskiyou line at Montague, Calif. It is Pechner, Larry Bacon, Ja mes Schiro, Paul best known for the Blue Goose excursion Camas Prairie Railroad's long-endangered Didelius, Greg Brown, NORTHWEST RAIL­ train using 2-8-2 No. 19, but its two ex-SP Grangeville Branch finally has an in­ FA N, FLIMSIES, LOCOMOTNE NOTES II and SW-8s move approximately 250 carloads creased source of traffic that may ensure SISKIYO U DAILY NE WS.

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Rob Thanks Ed omitted poor litte Rhode Island, and in its place shown an Atlantic Ocean inlet or [In reference to the Last Word column in bay. It is hoped that the residents of Rhode the June 1994 issue] Thanks for the pub­ Island have been supplied with life rafts . licity. We'll see how things work out. In the meantime, I'm hiding your article JOHN PETROS from the fellow who sells me my suits-if Burbank, Calif. he saw it he'd at least double the price. Letters to Become a Regular Feature ROB KREBS, Chairman and CEO Atchison, Top eka & Santa Fe Railway In the past, PACIFIC RAILNEwS has pub­ Schaumburg, Ill. lished letters from its readers intermittent­ ly-basically when space was available in Iron Ore Roads: Oakland Nights Praised the magazine. We think it is time for this EloollR.CYPRUS BN . • LlV policy to change, and it is time to get our Reg47. S 120 Min95 40 •95 I must compliment you and Eric Blasko on readers more involved in the magazine. ALCOS ON THE the fabulous photography in the Oakland Effective with the January 1995 issue, BAY&WES1BIIII Nights article [June 1994 issue]. This is Letters will become a monthly feature of GREEN Look the GBW some of the best railroad photography I PACIFIC RAILNEWS. (Look for it near the front at Plus Connecting RR'a have ever seen published. The large lead­ of every issue.) Starting immediately, we R egMin 38. 5 S in photo is truly spectacular. I commend want to hear from you-your comments on 100 9 you for running an article of these types of each issue's news and features, additions NICOLET BADGER pictures, and I commend Eric for getting or corrections to the information we pub­ NORTHERN out to shoot them when most of the rest of lish, even your viewpoints on the rail indus­ Vintage DieselsCanying us would be home watching slides, if we try or railroading as a hobby. Letters is an Tourists & Timber In WI were dOing anything rail-related at all! open forum for you to express your view­ �� �.95 S 28.95 points or to educate your fellow readers. FOX RIVER BRIAN JENNISON Keep your letters short and to the point VALLEY RR Reno, Nev. (we reserve the right to edit them if you break this rule). If you've got a photo that Those of us with a particular interest in illustrates the topic you're discussing, send photographing and watching the night rail it along. Direct your correspondence to PRN scene were sure to be pleased with Eric Letters, P.O. Box 379, Waukesha, WI 53187. Blasko's Oakland Nights. However, I sus­ pect that you cut part of Blasko's text : "This may leave the wash rack adjacent to Southern Pacific's diesel shop unused, as ROCK ISLAND SP apparently doesn't wash its locomo­ In Color ALCOS IN THE tives in Oakland." Surely, the original sen­ - CORNBELT tence ended " ...or anywhere else." Volume 1: 1948-1964 � Incirl8Hi-Rail, 1

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ill Clinton had a chance. He could have avoided UTU lines. Soo emptied its offices and attempted to keep the trap that swallowed his Republican predeces­ key traffic moving over its core routes with 500 ma nage­ sors and allowed the free market to resolve rail­ ment personnel. The stage was set for a classic econom­ roadB economic issues unhindered by federal interfer­ ic struggle. Would the unions' will collapse with their ence. But the President blew it. Bowing to political pres­ members' bank accounts? Or would bad service during sure, he decided to intervene in the Soo Line strike on the strike cost Soo enough business to force manage­ Aug. 29, ordering the United Transportation Union back ment to dig deeper in its pocket? Either way, the parties to work for 60 days while convening an emergency involved eventually would decide how much money ex­ board to cook up a settlement for the dispute. cess Soo trainmen would accept for the loss of their jobs, Conflicts between railroads and their employees are and how much Soo management would be willing to pay resolved under the Railway Labor Act of 1926, which as­ them, all without government involvement. sumes that the rail industry is too important to be shut Unfortunately, that's not the way it turned out. Late in down. Under the RLA, employees can't just walk off the August, the strike took an unexpected turn. The Brother­ job if they fail to reach a new agreement before the old hood of Locomotive Engineers, which represents about contract expires. Instead, the railroad continues to oper­ 450 Soo hoggers, complained that some of UTU's demands ate, with the existing deal still in effect, while manage­ infringed on its interests. UTU, for example, wanted Soo to ment and labor attempt to resolve their differences. Only make train service the equivalent of a closed shop, requir­ after an impasse is declared, following federal mediation ing BLE members to pay UTU dues. When UTU refused to and a 60-day "cooling off" period, can a strike occur. At back down, BLE withdrew its support of the strike, and that point, the President can halt the strike temporarily BLE engineers returned to work starting Aug. 22. by convening an emergency board and Congress can im­ UTU's failure to maintain union solidarity effectively pose an agreement on the parties. lost the strike. With available personnel doubled, Soo was A good solution for the 1920s? You can argue that it able to reactivate mothballed lines in Iowa and Minneso­ was, since shippers had no other way to move freight. ta, calming farmers and politicians worried about the fall What worked 70 years ago, however, doesn't necessarily grain harvest. As train service improved, Soo's bargaining make sense today. Transportation is no longer a govern­ position hardened. UTU was left with its ultimate, but ment-managed economic cartel. Congress deregulated two-edged, weapon: a secondary boycott of Chicago com­ most rail movements in 1980, creating an environment muter lines to precipitate federal intervention. that forced railroads to evolve into the There isn't much logic in allowing lean and efficient competitors we see unions to interfere with companies not today. At the same time, interstate involved in a labor dispute. Such sec­ trucking was deregulated. Now rail­ ondary boycotts are illegal in other in­ roads battle it out with each other, and dustries. But the law permits UTU to with trucks, by reducing rates, improv­ strike other railroads like Chicago & ing service or doing whatever it takes Let 'Em North Western and Burlington Northern to gain shippers' business without the to bring pressure on Soo, and that's just slow-moving oversight of the Inter­ what UTU threatened to do. Alarmed state Commerce Commission. politicians representing Chicago rail The traditional railroad practice of Fight commuters called the White House, as industry-wide bargaining with labor UTU knew they would. unions for uniform pay rates is incon­ Sure, the President is a politician sistent with today's fervent competi­ and wants to help fellow Democrats tion for shippers' business. Inevitably, It Out win elections this November. But his it is falling by the wayside. Following the railroads' 1991 intervention may not even serve that purpose, because dispute, resolved by Congress under the RLA, the sickly Congress will be out of session in late October when the Southern Pacific sought, and got, more favorable terms 60-day strike recess expires. The crisis probably will re­ than the rest of the industry. Since then, many of the oth­ turn to the White House at a time when Clinton won't er roads have announced their intention to bargain sepa­ be able to do anything to solve it. rately with the unions in the hope of obtaining a compet­ Here's a better solution, Mr. President. The Railway itive advantage. The unions, too, expect to bargain sepa­ Labor Act is a relic of another time. It serves no useful rately in the future because they view contracts recently purpose in an era when just about anything can move in imposed by the federal government under RLA as sweet­ a deregulated truck with a nonunion driver, and even lo­ heart deals for the railroads. comotives are sometimes shipped by air. Congress Soo Line, most of which used to be known as the Mil­ shouldn't be spending its time resolving labor disputes, waukee Road, was an early proponent of independent bar­ and the settlements it imposes under the RLA will al­ gaining. During its bankruptcy, the Milwaukee obtained a ways be viewed as unfair by one side or the other. UTU agreement cutting train crew size down from four Send Congress a message: get rid of the Railway La­ persons to three. The rest of the railroads leapfrogged Soo bor Act. Outlaw secondary boycotts. Treat railroads and in 1991, though, when that year's Congressional settle­ their employees like labor and management in any other w ment cut train crew size to a uniform two. The settlement industry. If they can't agree, let 'em fight it out. Eventu­ didn't apply to Soo because it had stayed out of nation­ ally, their economic self-interest will force both sides to wide bargaining, and Soo continued to plug along with negotiate a settlement. They will soon learn that, if they three-person crews (sometimes four on "old Soo" track­ are unreasonable, competitors will come in and grab age) under a UTU contract that had expired in 1988. their business, and then both sides will lose. Now, though, the cost advantage belonged to Soo's The federal government shouldn't be part of the I competition. Management was determined to level the equation. The government can't impose an economically scales, but union leadership wasn't about to sell out the efficient settlement in railroad labor disputes-it can't redundant brakemen cheaply. No middle ground was ac­ feel the pain of lost income or angry customers and can't ceptable to either party, leading to a predictable impasse. gauge the point at which either side will collapse. Let's Pickets went up on July 14 as 1,000 UTU members eliminate this vestige of government interference in the I- struck the Soo. The railroad's other unions honored the economy and allow the free market to do the job. PRN

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54 • NOVEMBER 1994 FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG on over 600 quality VHS tapes on locomotives-diesels or traction. Free ship­ ping, discounted prices. ADVANCED VIDEOS, Box PRN AD INDEX 588P, Kensington, MD 20895-0588. 372 B FOR SALE: Railroadiana, catalog S3, Telegraphi­ Benchmark Publications, Ltd ...... 9 ana, Steamshipiana, Airline $2 each, refunded with purchase. China, silverware, holloware, C books, magazines, etc . Goodman, 636 Grant, Bigger. Cedco Calendars ...... , ...... 56 " Charleston, IL 61920. 372 Colorado Railroad Museum .., ...... 15 Crossing Gate ...... 12 COLOR BOOK AUTHORS WANTED. Actively solicit­ ing authors with large accumulations of Western E and Midwestern late steam, early diesel, equip­ Express Station Hobbies Inc ...... 13 ment of the 1940s- 1 960s and "fallen flag" slides to Bolder. write color railroad books. Inquiries to Bob F J Ya nosey at Morning Sun Books, 11 Sussex Court, Four Ways West Publications ...... 45 Edison, NJ 08820. (908) 396-9404. 367-379 H GREAT RAILROAD VIDEOS! Steam. Diesel. 3985 City Highball Productions ...... 44 of Los Angeles, $29.95, Special Trains SoCal $22.95. Better. J Write for FREE BROCHURE. OM&C, 11973 Bryant, EI Jelsma Graphics ...... , ...... 7 Monte, CA 91732. 372-373 M UNION PACIFIC 1969 centennial calendar, 10 McMillan Publications ...... 47 Union Pacific menus, extras! $20.00 postpaid Unit­ MO-KAN Video ...... 6 ed Parcel. Larson, 1617 S. Cliff Av enue, Sioux Falls, Morning Sun Books ...... 51 SD 57 105, (605) 332-7260. 372 The N EMPLOYEE TIMETABLES, rule books, other miscella­ NeverHomeBoy Video ...... 14 neous railroad issued paper. Latest quarterly list: New LSSAE or S1.00. Gary Betz, 620 North Jefferson, Ionia, o MI 48846. 372 The Original Slideseller ...... 43

BACK ISSUES: PRN, L&RP, LIVE STEAM. SASE for list. P Bob Edwards, 210 Westridge Drive, Santa Clara, CA Pacific RaiINews ...... , ...... 54, 55 95050, (408) 984-2277, [email protected]. 372 Pentrex ...... 49, 53 Pacific Pentrex Publishing ...... 2, 8 WA NTED: Annual employee pass from Blackwell. Plets Express, Inc ...... 11,51 Enid & Southwestern Railroad. Passes from other Oklahoma lines, too. Lawrence Gibbs, 208 Marie, R Stillwater, OK 74075-1618. 372 RailNews The Railfan Photographer ...... 46

FOR SALE Railroadiana, daters & dies, passenger S train items, passes, rulebooks, operators manuals, Southwest Electronics ...... 10 timetables, blotters, etc. 52¢ LSSAE for list. Long Ago, Steamscenes ...... 45 is coming P.O. Box 34001 1,Sacramento, CA 95834-00 1 1. 372 T NEW 1994-5 LOCOMOTIVE ROSTERS. AT &SF, BN, CP­ Trackside Prints and Hobbies ...... 6 Soo, C&NW, Conrail, CSX, NS, SP, UP, major muse­ Trains Unlimited, Tours ...... , ...... 42 ums. 519.95 ppd. DPA-LTA Books, P.O. Box 3000, V Champlain, NY 12919-3000. 372 Village Station Productions, Inc ...... 42 COMPLETE LISTING/RATINGS of North American W dinner trains. Send $3 to G. Swa nson, 2 Bloor Street West. Suite 100-246, Toronto, Canada West River Video Productions ...... 11 M4W 3E2. 372-373 White River Productions ...... 48

CALIFORNIA RAILFAN FIELD GUIDES. Cajon, Te hachapi, Keddie, Donner. more. Northern $12; Southern $17; Calif. add 7.25% sales tax; $2.90/or­ der postage. Jason Kazarian, Box 476, Ridgecrest, • CA 93556. 372-373

MAIL SALE: Railroad paper and 35mm slides. Books, magazines, timetables, prints, calendars, maps, etc. LSSAE for list. Murray, 519 Banyan Circle, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-250 1. 372

3X5 PRINTS OF U.S. and Canadian railroads. Over 2,800 prints. $5.00 for 100+ page listing and sample. Kenneth Houghton, P. O. Box 152, Bolton, MA 01740. 372

1995 NEW ENGLAND RAILROADING calendar fea­ turing 14 (8xl0) prize-winning photos on heavy stock @ $7 postpaid. Also, 10 full-color frameable calendar prints of New England railroading-our But you'll choice-l 0/5 1.50. Domestic orders only. Mystic Va l­ ley Railway Society, P.O. Box 486, Hyde Park, MA 021 36-0486. Allow 2-4 weeks for delivery. 372-374 have to BOOK S. Searched, bought, sold, traded. Davison's, 70 15 MontaUk, Lake Oswego, OR 97035. 372 wait until "WORK ING FOR THE CHESSIE SYSTEM," hard­ bound, 288 pages, inside story by retired AV P. Send $ 18.65 to Va ndalia Book Co .. Box 8392, the January Huntington, WV 25705. 372 A DISPLAY AD attracted the high volume of classi­ 1995 issue to fieds in this issue. If you are interested in display ad­ vertising, contact Richard Gruber, Pentrex Publish­ ing, P.O. Box 379, Waukesha, WI 53 187. 372 see it

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