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San Luis Central
SHORT LINE CELEBRATES 100 YEARS: Southeastern Colorado’s San Luis Central Railroad, a 12-mile short line running be- tween Monte Vista and Center, Colo., will cel- ebrate its centennial on September 1. Rio Grande Scenic Railroad 2-8-0 No. 18 will be relettered SLC No. 1 for the occasion and will pull a special passenger train from Alamosa to Monte Vista and Center. The railroad has owned only three locomotives in its lifetime: No. 1, built by Baldwin in 1914, General Elec- tric 70-ton diesel No. 71 built in 1955, and the current power, ex-Coors Brewery SW8 No. 70, built in 1951.
SEPTA
KING OF PRUSSIA RAIL PROJECT: The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is planning to build a branch off its electrified Norristown High Speed Line rapid transit to serve the King of Prussia Mall and the KoP Convention Center. The High Speed Line is the former Philadelphia & Western Railroad, which runs from the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby to the Norristown Transportation Center. Several alignments are being studied; one would follow U.S. Route 202, another the Pennsylvania Turn- pike (I-76) and a third would use Norfolk Southern’s former Pennsylvania Railroad Trenton Cutoff. The mall and convention cen- ter are currently served by connecting bus service from Norristown. While planning, en- vironmental studies, and preliminary engi- neering work are being paid for by a federal grant, SEPTA has not identified funding for the project and has not committed to its con- struction. If the project is approved, the proj- ect could be finished in ten years.
MBTA Inspection Train Covers Housatonic Route
THE HOUSATONIC RAILROAD RECENTLY RECEIVED SUPPORT for its proposed pas- senger service between New York and Pittsfield, Mass., from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. On Saturday July 27, MBTA MP36PH-3C No. 010 and two coaches deadheaded from Boston over MBTA and CSX trackage to the Housatonic interchange at Pittsfield. The train ran down the HRRC (at Stockbridge, above) to Canaan, where the train was wyed, fueled, and tied down for the weekend. The crew went on duty at Canaan on Monday morning, and moved south to the state line at Sheffield (on the Massachusetts/Connecticut state line) where Governor Patrick and other officials boarded for the trip north. At Pittsfield, Patrick reiterated his sup- port for the project but said that Connecticut must participate as well. His proposed $13 million transportation bill includes $113.8 million to upgrade the Housatonic for passenger service.
New Oregon Talgos Will Enter Service in August
BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, the two new Talgo trainsets owned by the Oregon Department of Transportation could be in service. During open houses held on July 27, ODOT Talgo Mount Jefferson was on dis- play in Eugene, Ore., while in the Puget Sound area the Mount. Bachelor was on display at Amtrak’s newly refurbished King Street Station in
Seattle. Tours of the new train were conducted by employees from the Talgo company. At press time in late July, the new Talgo sets were scheduled go into service by August 30 in the Cascades equipment pool between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Eugene, Ore. Still unlet- tered, an Oregon Talgo shared King Street Station on July 20 (above).
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DAN SIMMERING
MICHAEL FOLEY
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