Pacific Rail News Magazine
October 1977 Issue


Magazine Summary:
Amtrak’s 5 year plan features improvements to passenger cars and locomotives!

Read all about the CF7 - a Reincarnation of the Santa Fe F7

68 additional low-priority units have been earmarked for disposition on the Union Pacific Railroad.

Burlington Northern’s chairman and CEO has announced that he will relinquish the CEO position in May in order to devote more time to his duties as chairman.

The Western Pacific has decided to repair their 3 damaged EMD F-units since the railroad does not have any new motive power planned for acquisition in 1978.