Date: Tuesday, 9 August 1994 10:34am CT
To: Emc2-News
From: PXBB1
Subject: PUBLIC RELATIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              MEDIA CONTACT: Mike Martin
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75 LOCOMOTIVES FOR SANTA FE'S FLEET

     SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 9, 1994 -- With 1994 carloadings
up 8% in the first quarter and 7% in the second quarter, Santa Fe
Railway announced it will take delivery of 50 locomotives in
September and October to meet peak fall demand and 25 additional
locomotives during the first quarter 1995 to handle continuing
volume growth.  The locomotives slated for delivery beginning next
month will be the General Electric 4,400 horsepower DASH 9-44CW
model, similar to 50 locomotives Santa Fe received earlier this
year.  Locomotives scheduled for early 1995 delivery are the 4,300
horsepower General Motors Locomotive Group SD70M model.

     "We have replaced more than one-third of our 1,200 road-haul
locomotives since 1990 with higher horsepower, lower emissions
units," stated Santa Fe Chairman Rob Krebs.  "Santa Fe is serving
its customers with one of the newest locomotive fleets in the
industry.  As traffic volume continues to grow we are making
additional investments in equipment, facilities and our physical
plant to meet our customers' needs."

     The General Electric locomotives will be manufactured at Erie,
Pennsylvania and maintenance will be managed by General Electric at
Santa Fe's Kansas City, Kansas facility, using railroad employees.
General Motors locomotives will be manufactured at London, Ontario,
Canada and maintenance will be performed at the General Motors
facility located in Santa Fe's Corwith Yard in Chicago, Illinois.

     Santa Fe spent more than $500 million on capital improvements
in 1993 and an equal amount is being invested in 1994.

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LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED BY SANTA FE SINCE 1990:

   1990 - 63 General Motors GP60M, 3,800 h.p., 4-axle locomotives
   1990 - 60 General Electric DASH 8-40BW, 4,000 h.p., 4-axle
   locomotives
   1991 - 23 General Motors GP60B, 3,800 h.p., 4-axle locomotives
   1992 - 23 General Electric DASH 8-40BW, 4,000 h.p., 4-axle
   locomotives
   1992 - 67 General Electric DASH 8-40CW, 3,800 h.p., 6-axle
   locomotives
   1993 - 85 General Electric DASH 8-40CW, 4,135 h.p., 6-axle
   locomotives
   1994 - 100 General Electric DASH 9-44CW, 4,400 h.p., 6-axle
   locomotives
   1995 - 25 General Motors SD70M, 4,300 h.p., 6-axle locomotives
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