. the mere mention of the name brings forth railroad images larger than life. It wasn't just tracks and trains.It wasn't just an Indiana institution-though it MONON'certainly was that. Oh. my, no. What the Monon was ...well, it was every American railroad. every American hometown. every American underdog rolled into one. Why. the Monon was practically human. Its birth was a cause for . rejoicing. its operation a source of Hoosier pride. And when it died. a thousand legends lived on. Now, legend and fact are woven together in a brand-new, finely crafted illustrated history of the Monon. We take you from beginning to merger into the L&N. from Louisville to French Lick to Indianapolis to Michigan City to Chicago .•. from Hoosierland to hotshot. from 4-4-0 to Century 420. We're proud to announce the creation of Monon-The Hoosier Line by Gary and Stephen Dolzall. This book is in production and will be published by Interurban Press in the Fall of 1987. Its 'edit!o�r=is=;;�=:�; Roaring Fork Railroad Begins Private Car Service. We offer three levels of service: First class, Vistadome and coach starting as low as $99 one-way Denver to Glenwood Springs. Ticket price includes open bar and fine dining in our VistaDiner. Our route over the Continental Divide includes the famous tun­ nel district and its spectacular views of the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Departs Denver every Saturday through March for Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction and Salt Lake City. Returns each Sunday. CaD (303) 893-8922 collect for reservations and information. March 1988 No. 292 PACIFIC R/1ILN,,'\I:IS and PACIFIC NEWS are registered trademarks of Interurban Press, a Kaiser Steel's California Corporation. Eagle Mountain Mine Railroad ......David E. 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PAUF/C RMI.NhWS does not assume responsibility for s railroads reached toward the Pacific in the last century, their real estate and the safe return of material. Paymenr is made A other subsidiaries were relatively unknown and in the background. upon publication. Now, however, the financial interests which are eyeing the Western roads are ([) 1988 INTERURBAN PRESS looking at the real estate, the mineral deposits and other non-rail activities as the reason Mac Sebree, President to go after the corporations. The actual operations of the railroads, not usually as Jim Walker, Vice-President lucrative, have become the "tail that wags the dog," so to speak. Whether railroad operations, contending as they are with competition, labor and government, are a viable enterprise if stripped of revenues fron non-rail sources, is presently in doubt. What a turnabout! -JIM WA LKER PAC IFIC Rai1NEWS • 3 DA-J- -��- It's opening day for light rail in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 11, 1987. Santa Clara County Transit 80 1, bedecked for the occasion, heads a three-cor train southbound on 1 st Street, about to pass a northbound unit of the UTDC-built fleet. The overpass behind is U.S. 101. -F. H. WORSFOLD SFSP to Sell would continue to pursue its own bid be­ thority to run cabooseless trains. The en­ Southern Pacific fore the ICC. tire document contains some to Rio Grande The Henley Group, which has sought 35 provisions or conditions. Major fea­ control of parent SFSP, reiterated its tures are: �anta Fe Southern Pacific Corp. an­ stand that Santa Fe Railway, the stronger 1. Trains must be equipped with a Digi­ nounced on Dec. 28, 1987, it has com­ of the two SFSP roads, should have been tair II End-of-Train-Information-System pleted a purchase agreement with Rio sold off. with a rear train emergency braking fea­ Grande Industries for sale of Southern ture and a red flashing marker light oper­ When Will The Dust Settle? Pacific Transportation Co. Gross price ated by an automatic light-sensitive was $1.8 billion in cash plus assumption Whether ICC approval of Rio Grande's switch, and with a distance measuring de­ of $780 million in SP debt. bid is quick, or whether continued wran­ vice where no other distance-measuring SFSP was to file its final divestiture gling by other suitors delays it, or wheth­ device is installed in that train. plan with the ICC by the end of 1987. Rio er Henley (or another suitor) ends up con­ 2. The conductor shall be in the operat­ Grande would file its petition with the trolling SFSP was up in the air at the end ing cab of the lead locomotive unit, which ICC to control or merge with SP within of 1987. The almost-daily developments shall contain appropriate seats for the en­ 60 days. Santa Fe Railway would not seek of late forecast a very interesting 1988 as gineman, conductor and leading train­ trackage rights or other protective rights concerns the saga of Southern Pacific. man; trailing units may be used to seat in connection with Rio Grande's applica­ additional employees. A permanent or tion. fold-out table with indirect light (i.e., not Canada OKs the cab ceiling light) shall be provided in Reaction Predictable Cabooseless Trains the locomotive cab for the conductor. Rejected bidders were quick to express 3. The train shall not make a reverse either their disappointment or disagree­ For CN and CP movement without an amployee on the ment with the announcement. leading (last) car; in other words, Kansas City Southern claimed its bid After a lengthy series of applications and. Rule 103 still applies. was actually better than that of Philip An­ hearings, the Canadian Transport Com­ 4. Hotbox and dragging equipment de­ schutz's Rio Grande Industries and mission on Dec. 14 gave CN and CP au- tectors must be located at least every 4. MARCH 1988 60 miles, otherwise standing inspections of the train must be made. Hot-wheel de­ tectors must be installed at all city-limit "gateway" detector locations prior to the commencement of cabooseless operation, and all other detectors must have hot wheel functions installed as expeditiously as possible. S. Dangerous commodities may be placed anywhere in the train (subject to marshalling rules) provided they are lo­ cated behind cars which are all equipped with roller bearings. If such is not the case, on trains over 4,000 feet long, they must be at least 2,000 feet from the tail end of the train; if train is less than 4,000 feet long, they must be within 2,000 feet of the locomotive. 6. Dimensional or special loads, or loads subject to shifting, must be within 2,000 feet of the locomotive. It is expected it will be late spring or Santo Fe's Sooner Chief carried the Operation Lifesaver message throughout the state of Oklahoma even summer 1988 before cabooseless on Nov. 10, 1987. Here FP45U 5998 leads the train through downtown Oklahoma City as port of the train operation in Canada becomes com­ day's festivities. -JOHN ARBUCKLE mon, as installation of hot-wheel detector equipment and acquisition of End-of­ Train Information Systems will take some time. Additionally, each railway is A federal appeals court had returned the South must be approved by General committed to providing extensive em­ decision to the ICC.