Show I Rio Grande Grands Gr nde Announces Multi Million L DolI Dollar r Program In Includes ludes Eastern Eastern Utah i An Improvement program of or orG 6 G million f for r 1959 Li Ie announced an pounced by O. O B. B presIdent pres pros Ident of the Denver Ie Rio Grande Western Railroad Well Welt over million for tor ad ad- lions and betterments to road mad and equipment will have been expended In the 59 1947 period Aydelott said sald Of this amount million or an average of 62 million per year will be represented by equipment New equipment in 1959 to tobe tobe tobe be added at a 11 cost of approximately 33 million will Include one hundred Insulated F D-F dam damage age free freJ re bO box cars ears twenty five 70 ton covered hopper cars one onehundred onehundred onehundred hundred 50 ton flat fiat ears cars fifteen If teen trailer type 85 foot flat fiat cars Ten st steel all cl cabooses will be built at Rio Rin Grande Crande shops Major shop Improvement pro pro- projects projects projects will cost Burnham Burnham Burn Burn- ham and Pueblo wheel shops will be consolidated into one centralized wheel shop at Burn Burn- ham Pueblo terminal operations will be centralized by relocating mechanical department facilities at Pueblo West Yard Carmen's building concrete runways and car repair tracks will be constructed constructed con con- at Roper Yard Salt Lake City New fueling stations are to tobe tobe tobe be constructed at Minturn Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado Helper Roper Thistle and Provo Utah at an estimated cost of The 1959 rail program will involve expenditure of for or 65 miles of ot new pound rail in eastern Utah 7 miles of new pound rail south of Salt Sait Lake City miles of new pound rail north of Salt Lake City Elimination of two on South Boulder r creek near neDI Rol- Rol will cost Installation of Centralized Traffic fic fie Control between Dotsero and Bond Dond between and Avon will involve expenditure of 6 This will necessitate extensIons extensions extensions ex ex- tensions of sidings at Range Dell and Wolcott construction of new sidings at Eagle retirement retirement retire retire- ment of sidings at Niche Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweet- Sweet water Sylvan Glen Gypsum Eagle Ortega and New roadway equipment to be purchased at a cost of will include as major Items Hems two new bulldozers three new draglines drag lines Unes one new track cleaner one new power and two new trailers to replace outfit outfit outfit out out- fit cars used by work equipment personnel Research laboratory equipment and Improvements' Improvements will wUl entail expenditure expenditure ex ex- ex o of These improvements enable us to maintain the high speed schedules schedule demanded by shippers and travelers declared ed While our pres present nt plant capacity capacity capacity ca ca- ca- ca is more than adequate for current needs we want to be ber ready r dy for tor the Increased potential confidently anticipated |