SANTA FE PACIFIC PIPELINE PARTNERS LP
8-A12B, 1994-09-19
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D. C.  20549


                                   FORM 8-A


                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                    SANTA FE PACIFIC PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                          95-4191066
       (State of incorporation)     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


                           888 South Figueroa Street
                         Los Angeles, California  90017
         (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)



         Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

          Title of each class            Name of each exchange on which
          to be so registered            each class is to be registered
      ----------------------------       ------------------------------
        Common Depositary Units              New York Stock Exchange
      representing common limited 
       partner interests in the 
              Registrant


      Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                    None
                          ------------------------
                              (Title of Class)

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ITEM 1.  DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

      A  description of the Registrant's Common Depositary  Units
representing common limited partner interests to be registered is
incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 33-24395), including sections  in
the  Prospectus  included therein captioned "Description  of  the
Preference   Units,"  "Units  Eligible  for  Future   Sale"   and
"Description   of  the  Partnership  Agreements."    The   Common
Depositary Units being registered represent (i) Common Depositary
Units,  representing  common limited  partner  interests  in  the
Registrant,  previously denominated Preference  Depositary  Units
and redenominated Common Depositary Units pursuant to their terms
effective  January  1,  1994, and (ii)  Common  Depositary  Units
issuable  upon deposit with the depositary of undeposited  common
limited  partner interests in the Registrant that were issued  in
1988.   The  Preference Depositary Units, with no action  of  the
holder  required,  pursuant  to their  terms  were  redenominated
Common   Depositary  Units  effective  January  1,   1994.    The
Preference Depositary Units currently are listed and trade on the
New  York  Stock Exchange ("NYSE").  Following the redenomination
of  the Preference Depositary Units, the Common Depositary  Units
will  replace  the Preference Depositary Units and trade  on  the
NYSE.  The Preference Depositary Units were originally issued  in
a  registered public offering (Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Reg.  No. 33-24395)) in 1988 and registered under the Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934 on Form 8-A declared effective on  December
9, 1988.

ITEM 2.  EXHIBITS

      The  Common  Depositary Units are to be registered  on  the
NYSE.  The  Common  Depositary  Units  replace  the  Registrant's
Preference  Depositary  Units  currently  listed  on  the   NYSE.
Accordingly,  the following exhibits required in accordance  with
Part  I to the Instructions as to Exhibits on Form 8-A are  filed
herewith   or  incorporated  by  reference  from  the   documents
specified,  which  are  filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission:

<PAGE>
   Exhibit No.
   -----------
       1       Form   of   Depositary  Receipt   for   Common
               Depositary  Units (included as  Exhibit  B  to
               Exhibit  4.1  to the Registrant's Registration
               Statement  on  Form S-1 (Reg. No. 33-24395)and
               incorporated herein by reference).
               
       2       Form of Certificate for Common Limited Partner
               Interests of the Registrant.
               
       3       Form  of  Amended  and Restated  Agreement  of
               Limited Partnership (included as Exhibit A  to
               the  Prospectus contained in the  Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form S-1  (Reg.  No.
               33-24395)    and   incorporated   herein    by
               reference).
               
       4       Form   of   Deposit  Agreement   between   the
               Registrant,  American Stock Transfer  &  Trust
               Company and Santa Fe Pacific Pipelines,  Inc.,
               as  attorney-in-fact for holders from time  to
               time  of Units and Depositary Receipts  (filed
               as    Exhibit    4.1   to   the   Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form S-1  (Reg.  No.
               33-24395)    and   incorporated   herein    by
               reference).
               

                         SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to  the  requirements of Section 12 of  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934,  the Registrant  has  duly  caused  this
registration  statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                         SANTA FE PACIFIC PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.
                                        (Registrant)

                         By:  Santa Fe Pacific Pipelines, Inc.,
                              as General Partner

                         By:        /s/ IRVIN TOOLE, JR.
                              ----------------------------------
                                        Irvin Toole, Jr.
                                Chairman, President and Chief
                                       Executive Officer
                                (On behalf of the Registrant)

Date:  September 16, 1994

<PAGE>
                         EXHIBIT INDEX

   Exhibit No.
   -----------
       1       Form   of   Depositary  Receipt   for   Common
               Depositary  Units (included as  Exhibit  B  to
               Exhibit  4.1  to the Registrant's Registration
               Statement  on  Form S-1 (Reg. No. 33-24395)and
               incorporated herein by reference).
               
       2       Form of Certificate for Common Limited Partner
               Interests of the Registrant.
               
       3       Form  of  Amended  and Restated  Agreement  of
               Limited Partnership (included as Exhibit A  to
               the  Prospectus contained in the  Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form S-1  (Reg.  No.
               33-24395)    and   incorporated   herein    by
               reference).
               
       4       Form   of   Deposit  Agreement   between   the
               Registrant,  American Stock Transfer  &  Trust
               Company and Santa Fe Pacific Pipelines,  Inc.,
               as  attorney-in-fact for holders from time  to
               time  of Units and Depositary Receipts  (filed
               as    Exhibit    4.1   to   the   Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form S-1  (Reg.  No.
               33-24395)    and   incorporated   herein    by
               reference).
               


                           CERTIFICATE
                               for
                          COMMON UNITS
                               in
            SANTA FE PACIFIC PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.


No.__________                           ___________ Common Units


     SANTA FE PACIFIC PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership   (the   "Partnership"),   hereby   certifies    that
_______________________ (the "Holder") is a  limited  partner  of
the  Partnership,  as  set  forth in  the  Amended  and  Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of December  19,  1988
(as may be further amended from time to time, the "Agreement") (a
copy of which is on file at the Partnership's principal office in
Los  Angeles,  California  and  a  duplicate  of  which  will  be
furnished  to  the Holder upon request) and is the owner  of  the
number  of  units  of  common limited  partner  interest  in  the
Partnership  ("Common  Units")  set  forth  above.   The  rights,
preferences and limitations of the Common Units are set forth  in
the  Agreement,  the  terms of which are incorporated  herein  by
reference.

      This  Certificate is not negotiable or transferable  except
upon death or by operation of law or as otherwise provided in the
Agreement; provided, however, that this Certificate, when coupled
with  an  assignment in the form set forth on the reverse  hereof
(or  otherwise  sufficient to convey an  interest  in  a  limited
partnership  pursuant  to  the Delaware Revised  Uniform  Limited
Partnership Act), duly executed in blank or assigned to  a  named
assignee,  may be deposited pursuant to the terms of the  Deposit
Agreement  (as defined in the Agreement), to which  reference  is
hereby  made  for  a  statement of the  rights,  preferences  and
limitations pertaining to the Common Units.

                              SANTA FE PACIFIC PIPELINE
                              PARTNERS, L.P.

                              By:  SANTA FE PACIFIC PIPELINES,
                                   INC., as General Partner

                                   By:________________________
                                         Authorized Officer

<PAGE>
                   ASSIGNMENT OF COMMON UNITS

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the "Assignor") hereby
assigns, conveys, sells and transfers unto

______________________________    ______________________________
Please insert Social Security     Please print or typewrite name
  or other identifying of            and address of Assignee
    Assignee

all  right  and  interest of the Assignor in  the  aforementioned
Common  Units,  and  irrevocably  constitutes  and  appoints  the
General Partner of the Partnership, as its attorney-in-fact  with
full  power of substitution to transfer the same on the books  of
the Partnership.

Date: ______________________  Signature:_______________________

                              Signature Guarantee:_____________


       NOTE:   The  signature  to  any  endorsement  hereon  must
correspond  with  the  name  as written  upon  the  face  of  the
Certificate   in   every   particular,  without   alteration   or
enlargement  or  any  change whatever.   If  the  endorsement  is
executed  by  an  attorney, executor, administrator,  trustee  or
guardian, the person executing the endorsement must give his full
title  in such capacity, and proper evidence of authority to  act
in  such  capacity,  if not on file with the Partnership  or  its
transfer  agent,  must by forwarded with this  Certificate.   The
signature must be guaranteed by an authorized employee of a bank,
trust company or member of a national securities exchange.



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