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ACACSONovember 2011
Memphis, TN
Tacoma RailYesterday
A Streetcar named Tacoma…• Tacoma Railway & Motor Company – 1889 • Tacoma Railway & Power Company – 1899• Tacoma Municipal Street Railway• Built a tideflats “street railway for the workingman”• 1914: Agreement
– City built track over bridge & maintained– TR&PC provided streetcars & conductors– City lost money
11th Street in Tacoma - 1908
War Added Business• Shipbuilding
– Workers needed transportation to tideflats
• Streetcars excessively overcrowded– “Honest man’s car line”
• Tacoma Railway & Power Co.– Wanted out
• January 1, 1919; City official owners/operators of the transit and freight operations
Tacoma Municipal Street Railway
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Disaster Strikes• Buyouts, defaults, takeovers, worker strikes and
tragedies• July 4th, 1900 – trolley derailment killed 43• Dec 30, 1925 – streetcar plunged off bridge killing
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• June 24, 1928 – 3 alarm blaze destroyed trolley barns and 22 streetcars
• July 1929 – fire destroyed bridge trestle
1920’s: Tacoma Municipal Belt Line
• 1918: Freight service began – 40% logs• 1924: Freight negotiations with
connecting carriers – contract established Nov 1924
• Switching revenue nearly doubled within one year
• 1925: (April 8) Name changed to Tacoma Municipal Belt Line -TMBL
• TMBL control shifted to Public Utilities• Freight continued to grow• Passengers continued to decline
Demise of Passenger Service
• 1924 - 1947: two different jobs – switching freight and moving people
• 1937: Streetcar fleet converted to buses• 1938: April 8 last street cars ran in Tacoma • 1941 – 1945: 17 million passengers carried
on buses• 1947: Discontinued passenger service
– Entire bus fleet needed replacement– Chamber of Commerce urged City Council to
discontinue– Turned over to Tacoma Transit Co. (Pierce
Transit)
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History in Print• The story of the Tacoma Municipal
Belt Line Railway: Proudly serving Tacoma since 1914 - John S. Ott
• History from 1885 - 1993
Tacoma RailToday
1998: Tacoma Rail
1998
20042005
2005
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Cost of service approach
BNSF & UPIntermodal
Rate
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BNSF & UPCommercial
Rate=
TaxesLaborMisc. RevenueDebt ServiceSuppliesServicesAssessments
Cost# of
Platforms
Cost# of
Railcars
Our Hierarchy
City Council
Tacoma Rail
Washington UtilitiesTransportation Commission
General GovernmentTRMW
Tacoma Public UtilitiesBoard
Federal Railroad Administration Requirements
Traffic Types
• Intermodal Traffic– Serve 4 main intermodal
yards/terminals
• Commercial Traffic– Serve 41 commercial
customers
• Rail vs. Truck– Port of Tacoma moves roughly
60% of containers by rail• 1 train = approximately 250
trucks
• Mainline partners: BNSF and UP
• Train Operations 24/7• 5 Rail lines /3 Divisions• 94 Employees• Crew Assignments• Locomotive Power• Mechanics• Track/Maintenance• Administration
– Safety– Regulations Compliance– Customer Interactions
Organization
Tacoma Rail Divisions
TMBL– Tidelands Division– Capital Division
TRMW– Mountain Division
Mountain
Tidelands
Capital
Track Infrastructure: Tidelands 1979
Track Infrastructure: Tidelands 2007
Capital Division• 3 Rail Lines
– Olympia/Belmore– Quadlok– Lakeview
• Separated by the BNSF Mainline
• Started Service 11/16/2004
• Over 35 miles of track
Capital
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Mountain Division
• Tacoma to Frederickson
• Frederickson to:– Chehalis– Morton
• 13 line haul customers
• 142 track miles
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Locomotive Fleet Year Built Purchased HP Make ModelTMBL 1521 1982 5/3/2003 1,500 EMD MP-1500
TMBL 1522 1982 5/3/2003 1,500 EMD MP-1500
TMBL 1523 1982 5/3/2003 1,500 EMD MP-1500
TMBL 1524 1982 5/3/2003 1,500 EMD MP-1500
TMBL 2001 1960 6/1/1992 2,000 EMD GP-20
TMBL 2100 2011 8/26/2011 2,100 NRE 3GS21B-DE
TMBL 2005 1956 5/31/2001 2,000 EMD GP-20
TMBL 2006 1956 2/25/1998 2,000 EMD GP-20
TMBL 3000 1968 5/26/1999 3,000 EMD SD-40
TMBL 3001 1985 6/11/2001 3,000 EMD SD-40-2
TMBL 3801 1979 5/3/2005 2,000 EMD GP 38-2
TMBL 3802 1979 6/29/2005 2,000 EMD GP 38-2
TMBL 4001 1965 9/30/2005 2,300 EMD GP-40-M
TMBL 4002 1965 12/30/2005 2,300 EMD GP-40-M
• 2011 Project– Two EMD 710 ECO– One NRE Gen Set
Locomotive• Multiple engine layout
• Grant Partnership– EPA & Puget Sound Clean
Air Agency $2.5 Million grant
– WSDOT $450,000 zero interest loan
• $4.3 million project
Locomotive Repowers
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Benefits• Fuel savings: Anticipated reduced fuel
consumption (35 – 55% activity driven)• Automatic engine start/stop control (Idle
reduction technology)• “GREEN”: Ultra low emissions from diesel
engines which meet EPA Tier 2 standards– Nitrous Oxide and particulate matter
emissions reduced by 85%-95%• Tractive effort– Microprocessor controlled traction– Pull more tonnage with less horsepower
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TMBL 2100
Statistics• Started September
2006 135 locomotives per month 5,900 locomotives total
• 736,000 gallons of fuel Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel
• Saving 4-6 hours per UP train
New facility Complete 2012 Grant funded
Union Pacific Locomotive Servicing
Community Partnerships
• Tacoma Rail Open House - Annually
• Educational Institutions
• Customer Workshops
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Open House - 2011
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Special Excursions / Events• Wolf Haven Train• Tall Ships Train• Grand Luxe• NW Trek Train • LRIW Conference
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Special Excursions / Events
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Questions• Janene Franklin: (253)396-3293• http://www.tacomarail.com