Pacific Rail News Magazine
September 1979 Issue


Magazine Summary:
The State of California Department of Transportation and the Southern Pacific release the long awaited news that the commuter service between San Francisco and San Jose will be continued.

The federal Department of Transportation’s Pueblo. Colorado Transportation Test Center concludes its inital test program.

Muni’s famed cable car system encounters a series of mechanical breakdowns.

Congress finally approves the 1980 Amtrak Authorization Act.

The Denver and Rio Grande Western’s three-foot-gauge operations come to a close.

C P Rail announces that it will delay the dismantling of its Kettle Valley route trackage between Penticton and Midway.