MINUTES                                           
           SENATE FINANCE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE                          
                         March 18, 1997                                        
                            9:10 A.M.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
  TAPES                                                                        
                                                                               
  SFC-97, # 60, Sides 1 & 2 (000-589, 589-500)                                 
                                                                               
  CALL TO ORDER                                                                
                                                                               
  Senator John Torgerson, Chair, Senate Finance Transportation                 
  Subcommittee,  convened the  meeting  at approximately  9:10                 
  A.M.                                                                         
                                                                               
  PRESENT                                                                      
                                                                               
  SENATORS DONLEY and  PARNELL arrived as  the meeting was  in                 
  progress                                                                     
                                                                               
  Also Attending:                                                              
  SENATOR LEMAN; SENATOR WILKEN; SENATOR WARD;  SENATOR GREEN;                 
  BOB EVANS, Lobbyist, Representing Montana Rail Link; GILBERT                 
  CARMICHAEL,  Chair,  Board   of  Directors,  University   of                 
  Denver's Intermodal  Transportation Institute; and  aides to                 
  committee members.                                                           
                                                                               
  SUMMARY INFORMATION                                                          
                                                                               
          RAILROADS, PRIVATIZATION AND ALASKA'S FUTURE                         
               Presentation by Gilbert Carmichael                              
                                                                               
  Log  notes  of  the  meeting,  handouts distributed  by  Mr.                 
  Carmichael, and a tape recording of  the meeting are on file                 
  in  the  office of  the  Senate Finance  Committee Secretary                 
  (465-4935)  and may be requested  through that office or the                 
  Legislative Finance Division (465-3795).                                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
  ADJOURNMENT                                                                  
                                                                               
  The meeting was adjourned at approximately 10:10 A.M.