I got called to deadhead to Barstow with 3 other men in a van. On the way we were told that there are no more trainmasters in Barstow- and from now on the Terminal Manager will do everything that the trainmaster did. Trainmasters have been laid off system wide. There was a trainmaster at Barstow 24 hours a day 7 days aweek, now they are gone. We were also told that from now on trains with head end power only that are over 85oo feet can go 70 MPH-previoulsy they were restricted to 55 MPH. Trains 10,000 feet or longer must have a DP on the rear- that rule hasn't changed. When we got to Barstow the trainmaster's office was empty, and there was a note on the window that said, "Out of business." We asked the terminal manager if there were any trains that we could take to Needles so we could "flip" but he said no so we tied up and went to the hotel. I slept about 6 hours, got up for the free breakfast, and went back to bed. I was awakened by a telemarketer at 11 am. I couldn't get back to sleep so I got a burrito from Fuzzy's. I evetually went back to sleep and got called for the "Q LACCHI" at 5:30. On duty time was 7 pm. As my engineer and I went over the profile we noticed that our train was over 8600 feet long (cars only) and we had 5 motors on the head end- no DP. We looked for the new rule in our IPADS. Another conductor helped us find it. Yes, there it was in writing. We could go 70MPH. We got on at the steps. The inbound told us that we had 3 containers open at the rear of our train. We were a "Nike train," (we had lots of Nikes in our contianers). This is the kind of train that thieves love to break into. Security closed the containers. The dispatcher ran us good. We only stopped twice. We saw security most of the trip. Security or the railroad police were at several crossings, or riding on the highway near us with their lights flashing. We got into Needles after midnight and I tied up around 1 am. It was a 7 hour day. I should go out this afternoon. I willg et some held away for staying n the htoel so long. I have attached a picture of the trainmaster's window- and our leader, the 4601.