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Tacoma Rail Yesterday

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 11 th Street in Tacoma

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

Disaster Strikes Buyouts, defaults, takeovers, worker strikes and tragedies July 4 th, 1900 – trolley derailment killed 43 Dec 30, 1925 – streetcar plunged off bridge killing 5 June 24, 1928 – 3 alarm blaze destroyed trolley barns and 22 streetcars July 1929 – fire destroyed bridge trestle 6

1920’s: Tacoma Municipal Belt Line

Demise of Passenger Service : 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)

History in Print The story of the Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway: Proudly serving Tacoma since John S. Ott History from

Tacoma Rail Today

1998: Tacoma Rail

Cost of service approach 12 BNSF & UP Intermodal Rate = BNSF & UP Commercial Rate = Taxes Labor Misc. Revenue Debt Service Supplies Services Assessments Cost # of Platforms Cost # of Railcars

Our Hierarchy City Council Tacoma Rail Washington Utilities Transportation Commission General Government TRMW Tacoma Public Utilities Board 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 InteractionsOrganization

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

Mountain Division 20 Tacoma to Frederickson Frederickson to: –Chehalis –Morton 13 line haul customers 142 track miles

Locomotive Fleet Year BuiltPurchased HP MakeModel TMBL /3/2003 1,500EMDMP-1500 TMBL /3/2003 1,500EMDMP-1500 TMBL /3/2003 1,500EMDMP-1500 TMBL /3/2003 1,500EMDMP-1500 TMBL /1/1992 2,000EMDGP-20 TMBL /26/2011 2,100NRE3GS21B-DE TMBL /31/2001 2,000EMDGP-20 TMBL /25/1998 2,000EMDGP-20 TMBL /26/1999 3,000EMDSD-40 TMBL /11/2001 3,000EMDSD-40-2 TMBL /3/2005 2,000EMDGP 38-2 TMBL /29/2005 2,000EMDGP 38-2 TMBL /30/2005 2,300EMDGP-40-M TMBL /30/2005 2,300EMDGP-40-M 21

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

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 23

TMBL

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

Open House

Special Excursions / Events Wolf Haven Train Tall Ships Train Grand Luxe NW Trek Train LRIW Conference 28

Special Excursions / Events 29

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