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KOB-TV.com - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Four Rail Runner locomotives have been quietly named after current or former state officials, including one named for Gov. Bill Richardson. All had a hand in getting the service between Santa Fe and Albuquerque rolling in 2006. The other three include former Gov. Toney Anaya, State Transportation Commission Chairman Johnny Cope of Hobbs and former New Mexico Rep. Dan Silva. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that each man has his full name painted on a metal plate on the front of the locomotives and his first name painted on the side. Sidings have also been named after Richardson and Silva, while two others are named for former Department of Transportation secretary Rhonda Faught and William E. Herzog, who heads a construction company that worked on the project.
Rail Runner bears name of Gov. Richardson
From KOB-TV.com - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Four Rail Runner locomotives have been quietly named after current or former state officials, including one named for Gov. Bill Richardson. All had a hand in getting the service between Santa Fe and Albuquerque rolling in 2006. The other three include former Gov. Toney Anaya, State Transportation Commission Chairman Johnny Cope of Hobbs and former New Mexico Rep. Dan Silva. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that each man has his full name painted on a metal plate on the front of the locomotives and his first name painted on the side. Sidings have also been named after Richardson and Silva, while two others are named for former Department of Transportation secretary Rhonda Faught and William E. Herzog, who heads a construction company that worked on the project.
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