According to a report on Progressive Railroading’s website:
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=15079
The Apache Railway Co. is changing hands again. Catalyst Paper Corp. recently reached an agreement to acquire AbitibiBowater’s Snowflake, Ariz., recycled newsprint mill, the 38-mile short line and other assets for $161 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter.
There is also talk going on that BNSF may give Apache contract switching rights at the Conoco natural gas relay plant @ Zuni siding just east of Gallup. Currently this work is performed by the LSWE 111 local which makes a six mile Gallup-Zuni turn three days a wk.
SFbrkmn; wouldn’t it be nice if those folks re started the scenic rail tours again?? It has been 35yrs. since they ran, as you probably know there is some very pretty country there . Cannonball
Wonder what lays in store for the ALCO’s?