Issue No. 6
August 3, 1995
SP 2472 screams past the closed tower at College Park on July 29, 1995
Following is the revised schedule for the Los Angeles as of 7/20/95:
8/31 Dp. Los Angeles 0900 (13 cars)
Santa Barbara 1130 crew change
San Luis Obispo 1430
Oakland 1935
Ar. West Oakland Coach Yard 2000 fuel, service train, add cars
9/1 Dp. West Oakland Coach Yard 0001 back around wye (22 cars)
Interchange to UP 0100
Stockton 0340 crew change
Oroville 0620 crew change, fuel units
Keddie 0940
Bieber 1400 BN
Klamath Falls 1720 crew change
Chemult 1850
Ar. Bend, OR 2050 Service Stop
9/2 Dp. Bend 0700
OT Junction 1300
Hinkle 1440
Spokane Station 1910 Water, add cars
Ar. UP (SIRR) Yard 2000 Service Stop
9/3 Dp. Spokane 0700
Eastport 1230 Customs
Kingsgate 1330
Yahk 1400
Ar. Nelson, BC 1900 Service Stop
LA train arrives 24 hours ahead of Chicago train.
9/4 Extra day in Nelson
9/5-6 Convention activities in Nelson
9/7 Dp. Nelson 0700
Ar. Cranbrook 1300 Service stop
9/8 Dp. Cranbrook 0800
Ar. Golden (jct.) 1400 Pick up Chicago train passengers
Dp. Golden 1500
Ar. Lake Louise 1800
Train returns to Field, BC for servicing; psgrs. return to
Field by bus after banquet at Chateau Lake Louise.
9/9 Dp. Field 0400
Ar. Vancouver 2200 Park at VIA station
9/10 Dp. Vancouver 1200
Ar. Seattle 1700 Service stop
9/11 Dp. Seattle 0900
Ar. Portland 1310 crew change
Ar. Eugene 1620
Ar. Klamath Falls 2120 crew change
9/12 Ar. Sacramento 0555
Ar. W. Oakland 0900 Service Stop, set out cars
Dp. W. Oakland 1245
San Luis Obispo 1800
Santa Barbara 2045 crew change
Ar. Los Angeles 2345
Following is the revised schedule of the Chicago train as of 7/25/95:
8/31 Dp. Chicago Union Station 0700 via BN (16 cars)
Galesburg 0945 crew change
Ar. Omaha 1550 fuel loco.
Dp. Omaha 1620
Lincoln, NE 1730 crew change
9/1 Ar. Denver, CO 0100 Service Stop
Dp. Denver 0500 via UP (17 cars)
Rawlins 1015 fuel loco.
Green River 1245 crew change
Ar. Ogden, UT 1730 Service Stop
Dp. Ogden (via Lucin Cutoff) 2000 via SP (19 cars)
Elko 2330 crew change, via UP
9/2 Portola, CA 0640 fuel loco.
Keddie 0840
Bieber 1440 via BN
Klamath Falls, OR 1750 crew change
Chemult 1940
Ar. Bend, OR 2140 Service Stop
9/3 Dp. Bend, OR 0700
OT Junction 1300
Hinkle, OR 1440
Ar. Spokane 1930 Service Stop
9/4 Dp. Spokane (SIRR yard) 0700 (20 cars)
Eastport, ID 1230 Customs
Kingsgate, BC 1300
Yahk 1500 operates backwards to Nelson
Nelson, BC 2100
9/5-6 Convention activities in Nelson.
9/7 Dp. Nelson 0900
Ar. Cranbrook 1600 Service Stop, Visit Museum
9/8 Dp. Cranbrook 0830
Ar. Golden 1430
Passengers change to California train; ar. Lake Louise 1830
Train remains at Golden, BC for servicing; psgrs. return to
Field/Golden by bus after banquet at Chateau Lake Louise.
9/9 Dp. Golden 0100
Ar. Mission 1700
Ar. Sumas (Customs) 1730
Dp. Sumas 1830
Ar. Seattle, WA 2330
9/10 Dp. Seattle 1201
Ar. Spokane 2000 Service stop
9/11 Dp. Spokane 0500 via BN
Ar. Whitefish 1130
Ar. Glacier Park 1345
Ar. Shelby 1515 crew change
Ar. Havre 1650 service stop
Dp. Havre 1730
9/12 Ar. Minot 0120
Ar. St. Cloud 0945 crew change
Ar. Mpls/St. Paul 1150 Service stop
Dp. Mpls/St. Paul 1400
Ar. Milwaukee 2000 crew change
Ar. Chicago 2200
Cars scheduled to run on the two AAPRCO special trains 8/31/95-9/12/95,
as of 7/28/95 (not in any particular order):
Car No. Name Origin Destination
800237 Palm Leaf LA LA
800031 Columbia River LA LA
800451 Jane Marie LA LA
800204 National Forum LA LA
800069 Cimarron River LA LA
800212 Native Son LA LA
800028 Tallahassee LA LA
800132 Henry Huntington LA LA
800313 Virginia City Oakland Seattle
800591 Burrard Oakland Oakland
800182 Casper Mountain Oakland Seattle
800450 Pacific Grove Oakland Oakland
800114 Golden Mission Oakland Oakland
800288 Sonoma Valley Oakland Oakland
800233 Tamalpais Oakland Oakland
800285 Silver Iris Oakland Oakland
800515 Glacier Park Oakland Oakland
800043 Chapel Hill Oakland Chicago
800504 Vista Canyon LA Chicago
800064 Dagny Taggart Oakland Chicago
800333 Silver Solarium LA Chicago
800516 Pte. St. Charles LA LA Amtrak equipment
10-6 Sleeper LA LA Amtrak equipment
800275 Sierra Hotel Chicago Chicago
800003 Duchess Lynn Chicago Chicago
800045 Caritas Chicago Chicago
800239 Survivor Chicago Chicago
800228 Ohio River Chicago Chicago
800588 Northern Sky Chicago Chicago
800169 Blue Ridge Chicago Chicago
800143 Imperial Sands Chicago Chicago
800129 Hollywood Beach Chicago Chicago
800141 Indianapolis 500 Chicago Chicago
800034 Intrepid Chicago LA
800362 City of Spokane Spokane Spokane *
800111 Georgia 300 Chicago Chicago Amtrak equipment
10-6 Sleeper Chicago Chicago Amtrak equipment
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The American European Express special passenger train ran up SP's Coast Line and arrived in Oakland on Friday, July 21 at 19:35 with two Amtrak F40's and 12 cars. After a 30 minute station stop at the new Jack London Square station to unload passengers and baggage, the train departed for the Oakland Coach Yard. The train left Emeryville on Tuesday, July 25, enroute to SaltLake City. Following was consist into Oakland:
Amtrak Engs 406 and 334 (F40's), SAN ANTONIO Baggage-Crew, MONTE CARLO Sleeping Car, VIENNA Sleeping Car, BERLIN Sleeping Car, BAY POINT Club Car, CHICAGO Dining Car, ZURICH Dining Car, ST. MORITZ Club Car, WASHINGTON Sleeping Car, ISTANBUL Sleeping Car, PARIS Sleeping Car, NEW YORK Parlor Car
--Fred Holmes
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Amtrak train 570 failed at Eighth Street at 0655 7/19/95. Engine 233 was set out due to a crankcase overpressure shutdown. Engine 229 replaced it. Total delay - 1 hour, 15 minutes. Train 570 terminated at Solana Beach and turned as 777.
Ron Lehmer
rlehmer@ucsd.edu
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On Saturday, July 15, Amtrak San Diegan trains detoured on Metrolink and UP from Mission Tower to Hobart Tower. I personally know that trains 576, 578, 780, 777, 579, and 581 did this, and there were probably others.
The move at Hobart was rather convoluted because of the limited connecting tracks. And eastbound Amtrak would come down the UP's side of the LA River towards the yard, proceed onto the west leg of the Harbor and onto the Harbor Sub to Bandini Blvd. Then, reversing direction, it would proceed onto the east leg of the wye and far enough into the UP Spence St. Yard to reverse again onto the UP-ATSF transfer track.
Ron Lehmer
The BN hotline is reporting that earlier today the ICC voted unanimously to approve the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe merger. The final written decision will be issued August 23. The new company will be called Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. The railroad will have 31,000 miles of track in 27 states and 2 Canadian provinces. BN said the ICC imposed "limited conditions" on the merger but did not give details.
Bill Farmer
Tuesday, July 11 saw the beginning of the installation of the roadway sections for the Carson St. overpass at the north end of the Dolores Yard. The pillars for the overpass have been in place for a couple of months now.
Considering the design of the overpass,its seems pretty safe to say that the road crossing will remain for traffic to transition to Alameda Street, which the overpass also crosses.
Ron Lehmer
rlehmer@ucsd.edu
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Southern Pacific's abandoned San Jose roundhouse, heavily vandalized by transients, has apparently now been vandalized by railfans as well: This summer someone stole the historic sign off the side of the building. The Santa Clara Valley Railroad Association, the group planning to move the century old structure to the fair grounds for display with SP Pacific 2479, doesn't know who removed the sign.
The first passenger train since the DelMonte is scheduled to run on SP's Monterey Branch July 28. Sponsored by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, the special will leave San Jose at 2:30 and arrive at the Sand City Costco at 5:00. Equipment will be an F59 with California and Caltrain cars, plus maybe an SP business car. Speed on this line is 20 mph, so it'll be a turkey shoot. Train returns to San Jose on July 30 at 1 p.m.
Steam Garlic Train, July 29, 30) -- 2472 powering train over entire route. Will back from Gilroy to San Jose and turn (shades of the Los Gatos Branch) LV Cahill 10:10, AR Gilroy 10:50. LV Gilroy 4:30 AR Cahill 5:10.
Jon Porter
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One note to share with you. I saw SP AC4400CW 184 at Santa Clara on July 29 with a KTBGC train. The AC4400CW's are here on the Coast!! Sam Reeves
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The double tracking out here in the Arizona desert is coming along "smartly". The segment (a.k.a. Phase I) from Fenner (1st. siding east of Benson) to Dragoon (at the top of the hill) is now live rail, and the segment from West Benson (don't look at a map or a timetable for this, it's my own designation) is in the process of being laid with panel track. Panel track allows for a more rapid building of new track, since all ribbon rail trains are designed for relay, and not new construction. The new bridge over the San Pedro River (in Benson) is under construction (it appears to be of the "concrete trough" style)(although it will be south of the current steel bridge, and so, not apparant from the road), and grading is underway for Phase III (west side of Stein's Pass, on the AZ/NM border). Rumor has it that SP is actually going to double track the ENTIRE lline from Mescal to El Paso. Stay tuned for new developments. As of a week ago, the semaphores in Cienega Canyon are still operational, but the tricolors (which were installed 'way back in '91) are due to be phased in later this year. This makes sense, since in Sunday's (July 30, 95) ARIZONA DAILY STAR there was an ad for SP looking for signal maintainers. Another era dies. (BTW, the searchlights (USS H-2) are being replaced by tricolors on the double tracked segments.) :-( In today's locomotive news, about a dozen (or so) D&RGW/SP SD-45's GP-40's and 35's (its VERY difficult to tell the difference between dirty SP and dirty D&RGW units, but some orange striping is visible under the grunge) are being stored on the "rip track", just south of the balloon track, just west of the PFE facility here in Tucson. From a "flim" post, these may be the stored units that are being stored here in Tucson. Haven't seen an AC as of yet (but there is one "clean and shiny in Sacramento, at the CRM (:->)Oh...not that kind of AC...too bad.)
Oops dept. Apparantely, SP dumped several cars the other day in the east side of PFE yard (in Tucson), a grain car and two Golden West boxcars. When I first saw this there was a Dash-8 having a wheelset replaced by 36th. St., but I don't know if this was related to the "dump" (replacing loco wheelsets here in Tucson is exteremly rare)
Bill Daniels
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Sightings Through Hearne, Texas. June 24,1995
SP DALAF 8011,8263,7442,7531 SP PBSAM 8159,8111 SP HODAM CSXT5521,CSXT7068,CSXT5897 SP MFEGT 9692,7656,DRGW5406 SP EGCHT 8516,7523,7333,8638 UP MXCHZ 3604,NS7119 SP FWHEM 7543,7257,8608 6/25/95 SP LADAF 9670,9315 HEARNE, TX UP 52LOCAL 253,1998,137 HEARNE,TX SP HOCXT 8088,8508,5399,8536 FLATONIA,TX SP CLAIC 108,503,105 YES IT IS A MK5000C VICTORIA,TX SP 2MBSMF 8359,9378 FLATONIA,TX SP AVLBT 9719,9736,9653,9752 FLATONIA,TX SP LBDAT 9662,9677 FLATONIA,TX 6/30/95 IN AND AROUND HEARNE,TX SP AICLC 302,126,131 SEGER SIDING OUTSIDE OF HEARNE. SP EGCHT CSXT5521,CSXT5897 UP MXCHZ 3126,3183 07/01/95 SP DALAF 9647,9745,9752 SP EGMFT DRGW5407,CR6081 SP LBMFT 7792,DRGW5405,9709,9702,GECX7493,7455 SP DASAF 8115,9653 UP CHMXZ 3693,3669 SP 1MBSMF 9777,9792,9614 UP 52LOCAL 1631,1663 SP PBHOM 8116,8187 SP EGCHT 7811,GECX8015,9651 SP 2MBSMF 8007,7760,7455 SP KRCWR GRR9401,GRR9403 UP NLSA 6143,3291,183 (OK-What's a "6143" an F3?? Steve) SP CHLAX 9605,ATSF5346,9738,9751 UP 2CHMXZ 3293,NS3974 07/02/95 SP DASAF 9762,8085 UP CHMXZ 3570,3593 AMT 522 385 SP MBSMF 8028,8077,9259 07/08/95 SP DALAF 9768,9654,8662,7825 SP BMMYR 6825,6828,6867 SP HEHOL 7129 PILE DRIVER SP BMTYR 6803,EMD815,EMD812,7940,GECX8075 SP AICLC 144,117,186 UP CHMXZ 3305,3265 UP 53LOCAL 2175,NS3979 SP 2MBSMF 8303,9359,9385 UP LDAS 2431,216,NS3997,2555,B4229 SP EGCHT 9715,CNW8703,9687 UP 52LOCAL 2427,202,1984 SP FWHEM 8570,8549
UP 951 E-9
UP 963B E-9b
UP 949 E-9
UP 207 power car
Cabarton staff car
Columbia River crew sleeper
Portola sleeper
Wyoming sleeper
Powder River sleeper
Walter Dean dome lounge
Overland diner
Shoshone business car
Arden business car
Schedule:
8/16 dp. Council Bluffs IA 1:00 pm CT deadhead
ar. North Platte NE 6:15 pm
dp. North Platte 7:15 pm CT
ar. Cheyenne WY 10:05 pm MT
8/17 dp. Cheyenne 3:00 pm
ar. Rawlins 6:20 pm fuel
dp. Rawlins 6:25 pm
ar. Green River 8:50 pm crew change
dp. Green River 8:55 pm
8/18 ar. Salt Lake City UT 1:20 am spot to depot 7 for occupancy
dp. Salt Lake City 11:15 am MT
ar. Elko NV 4:00 pm PT crew change, fuel
dp. Elko 4:05 pm
ar. Portola CA 11:00 pm spot for occupancy, fuel &
water 8/19 dp. Portola 7:00 am
ar. Sacramento 1:00 pm passengers detrain for tour
dp. Sacramento 2:45 pm passengers reboard
ar. Stockton 3:45 pm crew change
dp. Stockton 3:50 pm
ar. Oakland 6:30 pm spot for occupancy until 10:00 am
Railroad Stock Report for Wednesday, 2 August 1995
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Market Data from Tuesday, 1 August 1995
Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 4700.37, down 8.10 on Tuesday.
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Big Board (NYSE)
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Line Symbol High Low Close Previous P/E
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ATSF SFX 28.500 28.250 28.500 28.500 29
Burlington Northern BNI 69.750 69.125 69.375 69.250 14
CSX CSX 83.875 83.250 83.750 83.875 13
Conrail CRR 62.000 61.250 61.250 61.750 12
Norfolk Southern NSC 72.875 72.250 72.750 72.625 14
Southern Pacific RSP 19.750 19.250 19.625 19.750 11
Union Pacific UNP 65.125 64.625 64.750 65.125 27
Illinois Central IC 39.500 39.250 39.250 39.500 16
Kansas City Southern KSU 37.500 37.125 37.500 37.125 16
Florida East Coast FLA 68.125 67.500 67.875 67.500 24
Sea Container SCRA 17.375 17.125 17.250 17.250 13
XTRA XTR 46.500 45.500 46.500 45.875 13
Greenbrier GBX 13.625 13.375 13.500 13.375 12
Wabash Natl. Corp. WNC 39.875 39.625 39.750 39.625 24
Trinity Ind. TRN 33.375 32.750 33.250 33.500 14
Ameri. President APS 28.000 27.500 27.500 28.125 12
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NASDAQ
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Line Symbol High Low Close Previous P/E
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J.B. Hunt JBHT 17.750 17.000 17.750 17.250 17
Wisconsin Central WCLX 64.250 60.500 61.000 63.500 23
RailTex RTEX 29.500 28.500 29.375 29.000 29
RailAmerica RAIL 4.812 4.625 4.812 4.687 NA
Providence & Worc PWRR 8.500 8.000 8.000 8.125 NA
Delaware Otsego DOCP 10.250 9.500 9.500 9.500 NA
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This document was last updated Aug. 3, 1995.