Pacific Rail News Magazine
September 1978 Issue

Magazine Summary:
Fire breaks out in Southern Pacific’s subsidiary Northwestern Pacific Railroad’s 4313-foot-longIsland Mountain Tunnel at milepost 195.

Burlington Northern F-Units in the Pacific Northwest revealed.

The House of Representatives grants Amtrak $630 million in operating subsidies for 1979.

National Convention of the National Railway Historical Society is held in the Pacific Northwest.

Update is given on the Milwaukee Road Organization.