o fr u 4 9. o E e E Feb.Ja,n R-EPORIT No. I84 OFFIC'lAl- PUBLI('ATION of'the PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, Inc ON THE ROAD AGAIN ! PSRMA moved a locomotive and four cars toward our home in Campo in the space of two weeks in February. By far the toughest of the moving projects was getting 100 ton locomotive #.l04 out of the Del l4ar Fairgrounds, where it has been isolated for 27 years, and back on to rails that will take it over its old stomping grounds to our Campo shop and a comp'lete restoration. The .I904 Baldwin product is shown here on a special cradle of house moving dollies on its way to a Santa Fe siding at the Solana Beach Lumber Co. Its been the big move month for PSRMA and all the details are in this issue of REPORT. .) r I ,*, 1 It ,7"".:l ? :,, \,' . i 104 & O5O ROLLING HOME TO CAMPO San Diego's only surviving native steam locomotive and private car are out of the fairgrounds and poised on a sid'ing in Solana Beach waiting move orders that will send them on their way at last to a bright future of tender loving care at our museum in Campo. The story of the move was carried on all local TV stations and was well covered in most local newspapers, a Ereat show and super publicity for the museum. After months of careful planning and cost studies by museum President Jim Lundquist, the engine and car were lifted from the'ir fairgrounds plot and trucked north about a mile and a half on February lSth and l6th. A pair of .I00 ton cranes followed along and set them down on the lumber company spur where a swarm of PSRII1A foot troops went to work hook- 'ing up and repa'iring brake gear to get the equi pment ready for the e'ighty fi ve mi I e rol I to Campo. Even before the move, several air line leaks were repaired by Ken Helm and Larry Rose. The museum air compressor got a workout as this pair, assisted by Joel Cox, methodically found and s'ilenced each tell-tale hiss. At Solana Beach, the brake rigging on #050, which had been cut with a torch twenty seven years ago, was welded back together by Dick Mclntyre. The hand brakes were also unfrozen and hooked up by Dick with Ken Helm and Ron Hyatt help- 'ing. The tender vlas reconnected to #104 by Jim Lundqu'ist, Bob Haney, Ken He'lm, Mi ke Reading, Ron Hyatt and Jim Hamill. New coupler bolts were rounded up by Jim Ham'ill and fitted through the p'ilot beam by Jim, Scott Thompson, Ron Hyatt and Ken Helm" A fifty ton jack, loaned by l,lal iy Barber, vvas of great assistance 'in th'is maneuver. N'ick Nichols and Ken Hel m fabri cated and i nstal I ed a new brake pi pe on the tender of #104 whl'le Larry Rose and Ron Hyatt lubed the drivers during a contortion act under the locontotive. t,JhiIe the mechanical types were doing air brake work, the tr"*ek and ties at the fair- grounds were being taken up by a crew of Norm H'ill, Larry Rose, Harry Doering, Tom Travis, l4'ike Lane and David DiGiorgio. The t'ies, jojnt bars and tie plates were loaded on our freshly donated stakebed truck (see art'icle elsewhere) and hauled to Campo by Jim Lundquist, Scctt Thompson, Mike Lane and Larry Rose. The rails will be hauled to Carnpo laten when the last traces of the old Del Mar exhib'it plot are finally cleaned up. The last preparation required before the engine and car can roll to San D'iego was taken care of over the weekend of February 26th and 27th by Dick Mclntyre, Larry Rose, Ron Hyatt and Ken Helm. Dick fabricated spacers for the main crank pin to hold the connecting rods in place and devised an ingenious adapter to enable our modern grease gun to couple with the 2-B-0's .l904 vintage grease fittings. This last greasing and some additional brake work was accomplished by these four in a driving ra'in while standing'in ank'le deep water. Sonie iobs in PSRMA are not fun, especially if they have to be done while one is soaked to the skin, but somehow the "can do" spirit of PSRMA overcomes all hardships. As it tunns out, the move of #104 anC #C50 to Campo is the exact reverse of their route to the fairgrortnds in .I955. The Solana Beach Lumber Company spur has twice seen heavy crane work and locomotive hauling. The rigging and moving of PSRMA's venerable duo was done by the son of John Hansen, the man who moved the equipment the oppos'ite direc- tion twenty e'ight years ago. A photo of the pair moving westbound by the Campo Depot was on the cover of REP0RT #.l78. This will now happen again in the opposite direction, but this time, the train will halt on'ly 1,000 feet east of the station where the antiques will be shoved onto the museum tracks and soon thereafter tender first into the PSRMA car shop on track #3. J'im Lundquist spent many hours negotiating and planning the first and most difficult phase of #.I04 and #050's homecoming and he and the mechanical department will be heavily involved as the journey of these rel'ics and the rest of our collection continues. The pressure on PSRI4A's offi cers and staff invol ved 'in the movement of f ive p'ieces of museum t the'ir regul ar jobs , dl - port of thei r efforts by been coming in just far and proud of the museum's the momentum going, as the consolidat'ion of our collection at Campo is now well underway. 2 rolIing stock in the Iast month has been trernendous. tJhen not a most every spare time minute was devoted to PSRMA work. The sup the museum rank and file has been superb. The required cash has enough ahead of the act'ion to keep things moving. l,'le can all st performance of the last month. Let's all do what we can to keep The private car of San Diego railroad tycoon John D. Spreckels is shown here at Iana Beach hovering over its truck sets which are being pushed into position by Eriksen, Ron Hyatt, David DiGiorgio and museum president Jim Lundquiit. At righ engine #.l04 is being set on dollies made of aircraft tires for a short trfp to t nearest active railroad spur. (t-. Rose ph So Sh t, he awn 0 tos ) This Never Happened on the RPO ! Almost no museum mail arrived at the La Mesa Depot in Late January and early Feb- ruary. The post office returned most PSRMA majl for unknown reasons regardless of the street address. I,Je have official permission from the post o name, Railroad Avenue, in lieu of Nebo Drive as encouraged b A s'ing'le clerk caused the snarl after no problems for a year us that the regrettable incident won't happen again and we h inconven'ienced will forgive and forget. After all, nobody's ffj ce to use the new streety the Chamber of Commerce. . The post office has assured ope that al I members who were perfect. . . .espec'i a1 1y the postal serv'ice since the demise of the Railway Post 0ffice! DON,T MISS THE NEXT QUARTERLY MEETING APRIL 8TH 3 b 104-O5O FUND DRIVE The move of #.I04 and #050 caught us $6,000.00 short of our fund raising goal as we expected might happen. Fortunately, a member stepped forward with a low cost loan to keep us on schedule. Mrs. Celia Hatz offered us a deal that no commercial lender could touch and we are most grateful for her tfmely aid. t,.ie now have a little time to get the funds together to pay off this loan while #]04 and #050 continue to move. The folks listed below have given at a level so high as to reduce the fair share of all the members who haven't yet participated in this project to about five bucks each. You will notice that some of the peop'le on this list were in previous progress reports as they are determfned to do more than thejr share to keep this important pro-ject moving. Let's get this project put away while we're on such a roll. Many parti- cipants make a tough job easy, so send what you can to: #.I04 & #050 Fund, PSRMA, La Mesa Depot, 4695 Railroad Ave., La Mesa CA 92041. Let,s double the size of this honor roll next time! -Robert H. Watrous Curtis & Linda Croulet Cha rl es H . t'lade David Go1 dberg Randy Gibson Ray Sfegel Thomas P. Chambers James T. Slingsby t,rJilliam R. Attaway lrJilliam E. & Carmen A. Donavon J. Weisman Susan A. Mercure Stephen P. Norris Margaret G. Stahl Bi I I Gunther Lonal G. Pierce Ronald W. Kinum Terry E. Durkin David R. Slater John & Audrey Batey L. Harri son Wi I I i ams Bartl ett E. B'ishop Bessie L. Cossette Max Mil ler Dorothy Griner Vi rg'ini a Czajkowski Ed & Judy Arbuckle Edwin J. Gaede Lynne S. t,Ial I ace Frank Norris Russell C. Joslin LA MESA DEPOT MUSEUM 444-1648 (Tri g Stanl ey' s phone ) 'is the magi c number to cal I for an i nte,resti ng after- noon of meeting and greeting our many visitors to the La Mesa Depot Museum. Trig wou'ld be delighted to hear from you even if its iust to get more information on depot staffing. F'irst-timers are always paired with an experienced host to show the way, so why not g'ive it a try?! Our "1iqu'id sunshine" has failed to dampen the spirits of our 1oya1 staffers....they have been iust superb and we're so grateful to all of these nice folks. t^le've showed the depot and antique railroad equipment to various groups these past two months, including children from the Jamul Elementary School, Christ King Lutheran pre-schoolers, San Carlos Kindercare and a Brownie group from Spring Va11ey. Call Trig to schedule a time 'if you have a group interested jn touring our beautifui'ly restored depot. Playing host for the months of January and February were Ann l4cVeagh Plargaret Col I i ns Tri g Stanl ey (a ) l4ax Mi I I er l4argaret Barksdal e (2) Ceci I Badman (Z) Art Miller Judy Arbuckle Ed Arbuckle Betty Teague (2 times) Mike Retz (3) At Eltis Russ Stockwell {2) Donald Leonard Jo Leonard Bob Haney Keith Bennett (3) Vince Alesi Jack Ebey Kay Stout Joe Laurent Hal Gasner Beth Miller R'ichard Teague Eric Sanders (S Margaret Sceppe llarge Becker Ly1 e Cotton ( ) 2) Official Publication of the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, La Mesa Depot, 4695 Railroad Ave.. La Ntesa. CA 92041 EDITOR Larry L. Rose -:- ASSOCIATFI EDITORS .Brenda Bailey &'Ianya Rose Published monthly by the Association. PSIIMA is a California chartered non-profit, Lax-exempt organization of persons who share an inLerest in railroad operaLions, lravel, and history. Opinions expressed in unsigned articles are oi the editorial slaff; such opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions ol the ITSRMA. or ibs officers or directors. Opinions which are expressed in signed articles are those of the auLhor onlr,, REPORT 4 rC EXCURSION NEWS by Ann Mcveash pSRMA EXCURSIQNS got off to a good start in l9B3 with the private car trip on the HIRAI4 to Las Vegas. The car was great, the weather was perfect, Las Vegas was iumping, and a good time rr'ras had by all aboard. The hardworking staff consisting of yours truly, Shirley S'impson and Richard Davies (mechanic) found time to enioy some nice vestibule ri- ding and vfsitjng with the passengers after the d'ishes were done. Thank you all, both staff and travellers! t^Ie will do it again soon. The next weekend was a distinct contrast as we boarded the MEXICALI R0SE, courtesy of Jack Stodelle, for a weekend in Puerto Penasco, Sonora. t,.Ihile San Diego was welcoming the Queen in a downpour! we were basking in the sun on a beach in Mexico. Barbarann Par- ker and Jeannie Heinig prepared and served up an endless parade of good snacks and meals. Helped by Jesus Gonzalez ( who treated.everyone to his freshly made ceviche and garlic shrimp on the way back) and half of the SBC dining car staff, our chefs had us throw'ing our calorie counters to the winds; the food was scrumptous! We had a super fiesta at the Hotel Vr'lla Granada Saturday night, with mariachis and all, and on Sunday a n'ice tour to see the sights of Puerto Penasco. What a shock to come back to San Diego in a driving rainstorm after our sunny, fun weekend south of the border! In fact, it was so nice, we have decided to try and fit one more weekend trip in before the hot weather sets in. If you are'interested, please call me (619-444-3808). The excursion schedule for the next few months is as follows: "1509 trip to Los Angeles 0ne-Day trip to Puerto Penasco April 23-27 ....Alamos, Sonora (Colonial gem, old s'ilver town) April 30-May 8......Copper Canyon Spectacu'lar! l.'lay 28-30... ...tleekend in Sonora (tentative) August 5-26. ...Europe and the Orient Express August .l9... ...Alaska Eric Sanders is thinking of do'ing a trip up to Santa Barbara in the summer, and there is a good chance we will be scheduling a last ride on the Denver and Rio Grande Zephyr. Watch for announcements of these and other events. Also, there will be a fI&Sf coming up! An all-member gigante, gala PIT BARBEQUE AND SHINDIG to be held June ll at-Th-e Museum-in Campo. More details later, but save the date! l,Je have space available on all these trips at this time, so if you are interested, please call and/or send money! SPECIAL N0TE! Speaking of money, I recently attended a day long sem'inar on fundrajs- ing. It was very informative and I'm happy to report that we are already doing many of the things that were discussed, plus we were able to add a few ideas, especially about ex- cursions as fundraisers. As you may or may not know, the major source of income to the Museum at this time is from our excursions. One of the strongest points made at the seminar was that successful fundraising for any group needed the interest, consensus and part'icipation of everyone in the organiza- tion. To that end, the Excursion Committee is asking for your help this month. We are expand'ing our excursion mailing list for the trip notices. Please send us names and ad- dresses of people that you know, relat'ives, friends, (enemies?) co-workers, etc., to add to our growing mai'ling 1ist. They don't have to necessari1y be interested in travel or trains right now. Another strong point made at the sem'inar was that to raise money your organization had to be well known, thus a second use can be made from an expanded mailing list, more people will hear about us! So send your list, please, to PSRMA EXCURSI0NS, 4695 Nebo Dr., La Mesa CA 92041. t,Je are looking too, for some members that are'interested in helping to form a new committee for fundraising and publicity. If you would like to be on thjs committee and have done fundraising and/or have been involved in public relations, please call me, Ann McVeagh,619-444-3808. We need all the ideas you can come up withl HAPPY TRAVELLING.........SEE YCU AT THE DEPOT! April l0 April l6 E 5 s D. & R. CARS MOVED TO CAMPO PSRMA's oldest railcars were trucked to campo on February lOth, and on February 12th they were rolled inside the car shop! It was planned 'long ago that these ancient arks, built in the l880Tb-e the first cars inside the shop Uu"iiding io p.oi..i what has been the museum's most fragi'le property s'ince their acquis'ition in .l976. pulling this off as planned was immensely satisfying to all those involved. The open platform all wooden coaches were used on the Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad, a five mi'le long operatfon in Arkansas estab'lished in l8B2 which is still in business today. Coach #.l3 was converted to a baggage-combine by the D.& R. sometime in the twentys and the closed up windows are visible in the accompanying photo. Coach #.l4js a little longer than the combine and still has all its mohair seats as does #13. Since their acquisition, the cars had been on displayty in poway adjacent to a busy restaurant parking 1ot and on Mrs. Helen Porter's proper- only a few feet from busy Mid- land Road, a main artery of this rural community. In their six years of vulnerability at Poway, the cars suffered on'ly one minor break-in and only a few broken windows, a remarkable occurrence by today's standards. The museum is grateful to the late Col. John and Mrs. Porter for the six years of free storage It enabled these cars to sur- vive and finally be stored inside, out of the rain for the first time in their century of existence. Norm Hill conducted a thorough cleaning of the two cars the day after their arrival at Campo and discovered the builder's plate on the door sill of coach #.l4. The #]4 was built by Jackson & Sharp of Wilmington, Delaware, a coach builder that ceased to adver- tise in .1900 as near as we can te brary. An advertisement from an ll by picking through o1d Railroad Gazettes in PSRMA's li- .l894 issue is included in this arti c'le. There are many I ayers of paint on both cars which might yield more information on earlier owners. Finding buried surprises is one of the more fun things about restor- f ng early rel i cs I i ke these. Photos of the ornate in- terior of combine #.l3 can be seen on page 95 and 278 of "Mixed Train Dai1y", the clas- sic short line book by the late Lucius Beebe. Beebe described combine #.l3 in his book as a "beautiful old time combine with its three compartments pane'lled in joiners handiwork wh'ich would not be duplicated today ('1947) at any cost orin any car shops." All of this beauty is still in combine #.l3, just waiting for a new coat of varnish to dazzle the world again. If you would like to be on the D.&R. restoration team its not too ear]y to contact Norm Hill (7.l4-551-4351). Patience is the only skill required to get started in restoration work, one of the most rewarding activities of PSRMA. Getting the two old-timers to Campo was the doing of Duff Joseph who made all the crane and truck arrangements. Duff is project manager of the big freeway interchange project now underway in Mission Valley and used his contacts to get PSRMA a very good deal on the heavy equipment required for th'is move. 0ther PSRMA members who provided labor in the loading and unloading were: Harry Doering, Roy Pickering, Jim Hamill, Mike Lane, David DiGiorgio, Shawn Eriksen and Larry Rose. The ties that the D.& R. cars sat on for years at Poway were also hauled to Campo. Steve Norris, Harry Doering and Larry Rose did the'loading gruntwork. PSRMA's recent'ly donated stakebed truck w'ith Harry at the wheel did the hau'ling. JACKSON & SHARP CO, DELAWARE CAR WOIIKS WILIIINCTON, DELAWARE ffiiiff RAILWAY CARS FOR STEAN, ELBGTR,IC, CABLE. ELEVATED AND SUBURBATI ROADS Ilov h rtocl . lrrtc .!.odocot ol Sccord.llud Eldplolt h orccltcrl cotdttlol Wrlte for Plros and Prlces 6 ft . l, : Combine #.I3 is lowered on to its trucks on track one. Guid'in Lane, ,lim Hamill, Dav'id DiGiorgio and Shawn Eriksen. g ( it down are Mike Larry Rose photo) DICK McINTYRE, TANYA ROSE, BULLET TRAIN SHARE SPOTLIGHT AT ANNUAL DINNER A large crowd was on hand for this year's annual dinner and heard the straight poop about the proposed Los Ange'les to San Diego Bullet Train from Mr. Carl Schiermeyer of the American High Speed Rail Corp. Th'is informative presentation was followed by some pickin' and singin' of old-time railroad ba]lads performed by Tanya Rose, our membership director. PSRMA's general manager and closet hjllbilly even got up to p'ick a break on his mandolin. The museum's h.ighest trjbute, the Railfan 0f The Year Award, went to Dick Mclntyre, a regular mechan'ical department and restoration foot troop, who has been involved in every major museum project for the last few years. Hr's contribution has been awesome! Dick only does the most difficult machine work and metal fabrication jobs which are the difference between "go" and "no-go" in the operation of all of the museum's locomotives and cars. President Jim Lundquist gave the state of the museum address which pointed to spec- tacular success in the attainment of PSRMA's long term goa1s. V.P. Larry Rose introduced some of the hardworking PSRMA staffers and department heads and was in turn honored by PSRMA treasurer Harry Doering, who presented the REP0RT editor w'ith a beautiful hand made rug depicting PSRMA's award winning La Mesa Depot. Thanks are due special activity director Roy Pickering for organizing the museum's annual bash and for conducting a fun raffle to wind up the evening. 7 ,,1' ;*;g; PSRM CAMPO The Campo workers last month were under a lot of pressure to get things ready to re- ceive the two wooden cars from Poway when they sudden'ly had to make way for an unexpected caboose. Thanks to some furious track laying, space was made available with only a week to spare. Also operating under pressure with his usual cool was Dick McIntyre, who hung the door frames for track one and two. This enabled the track gang to push inside with track one the day after the arrival of the two open platform relics. The D.& R. cars only spent one night outside at Campo before being rolled in at 7:00 p.m. Saturday night, February lzth. A spontaneous whoop went up from the troops still there to witness this m'ilestone event and a group picture was taken to mark the happening twenty eight months after the property was purchased by PSRMA after a twenty year search. How sweet it was! The arrival of ATSF caboose #2286 a week earlier was also a high point for the mu- seum, as it was the first piece of regu'lar rolling stock to be moved onto the s'ite. The caboose was unloaded with a large crane borrowed from a Campo based contractor whose equip- ment storage yard is only a half mi'le from the museum. We are always grateful for a lit- tle help from our friends! (See caboose article elsewhere.) The job of hanging the pre-finished metal skin on Dick Mclntyre's door frames fell to Larry Rose, Ron Hyatt, Scott Thompson, Ken Helm and Mike Lane. Harry Doering prov'ided the self tapping screws and Dick loaned us his electric screw driver to make the skin attachment easy. Stan Bartlett salvaged al1 of the wood that was removed from the door openings. About thirty truck loads of decomposed granite ballast has been delivered and Dan Ro- birds has started to spread it with the skip loader borrowed from l^Ial'ly Barber. The load- er has been suffering occasional o1d age breakdowns, and Dan has been doing most of the repairs to keep this most useful tool moving. Wal'ly has also sent up his track tamping machine that will be used to level and align the track in the months ahead. More rail has been laid on the museum main line. We now have about .1200 feet on the main and segments of about 350 feet jn the yard to accommodate the equipment that was trucked trucked'in. Two switch kits have located and will soon be delivered to the yard throat so that the rest of tracks one, two and three to the car shop can be laid. it ls hoped thatall car shop tracks will be in place by this summer. Standouts on the track crew jn January were Raenel Floersch and Dr. Helen Paulus. These ladies were great with spike maul and pinch bar! Feeding the track gang was handled again in fine style by the PSRM field k'itchen troops. Frink and Jeanne Kearney were the chefs de cuisine on January Bth. Ann McVeagh did the honors the next day. The February l2th sess'ion saw Barbara Simpson and Jo Pres- snall riding the range with Beth and Michelle Floersch assisting. The following members _ donated potluck dishes to the field kitchen: Diana Modeen, Henrietta Kecskes, Jo Pressnall, Margaret Barksdale, Don and Jan Cov'ington, Verna Eastman and James Graves. The ltluseum workers 'in January were: Scott Thompson Jeanne Kearney Tim Floersch Stan Bartlett Barbara Simpson Ann McVeagh Dan Botk'in Ken Helm Jeff Dewey Ed Turl i ngton Roy Pickering Michelle Floersch Stan Hunter George Medl i n Mi ke Lane Cl i ff Penni ck Raenel Fl oersch Jim Hamil I Ted Weddel I Dan Robi rds G. t,J. Fackler Ron Hyatt Di ck Penni ck Dick Ruppert Larry Rose Everett Shogren Harry Doering Dr. Helen Paulus Frank Kearney Jim Lundquist D'ick Mclntyre Mi ke 'Reading Norm Hi I 1 A1 Barnier The February track gang and back-up troops were: Dick RuPpert David DiGiorgio Jim Hamjll Dick MclntYre Mike Reading Arlen Hurt Jo Pressnall- Barbara SimPson Beth Fl oe rs ch I'li ke Lane Bel i nda Bradl eY Vernon Mardock Ron Hyatt Dan Robi rds B Martin Nemerever Larry Rose llm Floerscn Dan Botkin Norm Hi I l Lucy Mardock George Geyer A year ago there was a maple gym floor where these people and the two lB80 vintage coaches are standing. The bu'i'lding is now definitely a car shop! The crew on hand for the milestone event posed for this three second exposure by Larry Rose to re- cord a euphoric moment for PSRMA. From left: David DiG'iorgio, Belinda Bradley, Stan Hunter, George Medlin, D'ick Ruppert, Jim Hamill, Mike Lane, Jeff Dewey, Martin Nemerever, Mike Reading, Ron Hyatt and Ken Helm. STAKEBED TRUCK DONATED !! For years museum master mechanic Ken Helm has been borrowing his father's 2 1/2 ton capacity stake bed truck to carry out various museum projects. After doing more PSRMA work than anything e'lse for the last year or so, the .1959 GMC product is ours ex- clusively thanks to John Helm, who gave the hardworking vehicle to PSRMA just before the end of the year. The truck, already pa'inted maintenance of way orange, has a recer:t'ly rebuilt engine and rad'iator and good tires. The truck is now insured and registered to PSRMA and was involved in rajl parts and tie transport at De1 Mar and Poway in the last month. The truck has eight gears forward and has used them all hauling heavy loads up the hills to our Campo museum s'ite. This truck has been, and will be, a most useful tool 'in the construction of our facility in San Diego's beautiful back country. NEXT MEETING APRIL 8TH PSRMA's at the usual downtown San and tal k abo quarterly meeting will be held on Friday, April Bth at 7:30 p.m. It will be location, the San Djego Gas & Electric Co. auditorium, l0l Ash Street, in Diego. It promises to be a fascinating program, as Jim price will show slidesut ghost towns and railroads of the West. See you there! I r,tYt , "l t, INDIISTRIAL ARCI{EOLOLGY ( Restora,tion News ) ATSF Gaboose 1413 This restoration project is at lhe 99% comp'lete level. The ladders, rebuilt by Doug Kerr, are back on and the catwalk is finished. Larry Rose fashioned new oak door bottoms to complete the last of the exterior work. 0n the interior, Norm H'ill, Dick Mclntyre and Ted Kornweibel have stocked the cab- inets with old tools, tin cups and p'lates and other items normally found in an old time caboose. Ted donated old 1940 era can labels to add a touch of authenticity to the pan- try. Tom Trav'is and Steve Nunan have also helped with painting and finishing touches. BRAEBURN INTERIORS of Irvine donated a full set of green shades for the caboose. Norm Hill solicited the donation and mounted the shades over the doors and windows. Moiave Northern #3 With the caboose nearly wrapped up, work on this locomotive has picked up. The backhead, piping, valves, etc. have been stripped, w'ire brushed and painted gloss black. Ted Kornwejbel has fitted grooved I x 4 panelling'in the cab sides. This material was left over from the La Mesa Depot proiect and was milled by John Maxwell's LA MESA PLANING MILL. Jim Hamill built a new roof hatch and fitted a new cover for it provided by MIS- SI0N SHEET METAL who had the bite put on them by Norm Hil'|. Others on the Moiave Northern crew for the last month were: Dick Mclntyre, Davjd DiGiorgio, Ben Stout, Tom Travis and George Medlin. Shay #3 Dick Mclntyre installed new pipe rail security bars on the back of the cab and also replaced the front and rear footboards. Dick, as usual, donated all Iumber, hardware and paint for this work. Railfan 0f The Year? No doubt about it!! ATSF Gafe-Obs 15Og Margaret Barksdale led a team consisting of her husband and daughter on a four day cleaning-binge aboard this old heavyweight last month. They c'leaned every nook, polished and reblacked the stove in the ga11ey and scoured all the duckboards. Our kitchen will have an "A" rating when this car rolls to Los Ange'les in April, thanks these folks. Dick Mclntyre (who else!) refitted and rehung the platform door that had been sprung and st"icking for many months. The window and shades are also being redone and should be ready i n ti me for the Apr"i I excu rs i on La Mesa Depot New exhibits have been placed in the baggage room. Harry Doering put together a re- cently donated caboose stove and switch stand after they had been sandblasteci by Loyd Gage's WESffnN SANDBLASTING C0. Norm Hill provided transportation to and from the sand- blister. Dick Mclntyre (there he is aga'in!) rebuilt an antique Union Pacific car step that is now on display in mint condition. Eric Sanders fin'ished a disp'lay board of early San Diego County railroading, using photos from his own vast collection. by Norm Hill Who belongs to these licens in November. Answer in next iss graph was taken at Campoe p1 ates ? ( Hi nt : Th'is photo eo R 10 J The Caboose That Came In FromThe Cold It was determined a few months ago that caboose #2286 at the National City Depot had underframe damage that wou'ld have to be re- paired before the ex-ATSF shack could be moved on its own wheels. The caboose and combine #.I303 were moved to a nearby Santa Fe spur before the frame problem was dis- covered and we were under pressure to move the cars by February l0th. tlhat to do?! Our volunteers didn't have the time to fix the caboose on the few weekends left be- fore the move deadline and a commercial bid to do the work came in at $.1800.00! With no money or time available to save #2286, the Board of Directors, in a painful move, voted to sell the caboose if no last minute savior could be found. The idea of losing #2286 was unthinkable to some of the PSRMA hardcore. A few hurried phone calls by the museum general manager lined up $1000.00 in pledges to fund a last minute trucking move. Museum Lundquist went into action wit "creative logistics" approach cheapest possible move in the He had to find transportation way to load and unload the 25 each end with on'ly a week's s presi dent Jim h his patented to organize the shortest time. to Campo and a ton caboose at crounging time. Jim managed to borrow four fork lifts from different businesses in the National City industrial area to load the caboose,on a hired 1ow boy trailer. At Campo the un- loading v',as done for free with a crane bor- rowed from a neighboring contractor's yard. The best portal to porta'l commercial bid for this move was $ZZOO.OO. Jim managed to pu11 it off for $550.00! The cost was sp'lit four ways with Larry Rose, Ken Helm, Scott Thomps and Harry Doering picking up the tab. These on guys were willing to dig deeper, but Jim saved them the pain with a super effort. #2286 was a bird in hand that nearly s'lipped away from us, but instead of the scrap yard its now in our Campo yard, the first railcar on the property having beat the D&R cars in by five days. For the time being, the caboose will sit on track four in front of the bunk room to serve as an overflow bunk house. There are no restoration funds available this year for #2286, but the body is in good shape with no rust. It promises to be a much easier restoration job than #'14.l3 was when the troops can work it into the schedule. 0bvious'ly, d low budget production like this adventure had a few members involved in load'ing, tying down and unloading. The physical participants were: Jim Lundquist, Harry Doering, Mike Lane, Larry Rose, Jim Hamill, David DiGiorgio and John Baxter. Thanks to all involved for plucking #2286 from the jaws of doom! 1303 MOVED TO LA MESA ATSF heavyweight buffet-library car #.l303 has been moved from the Nat'ional City Depot to our La Mesa spur courtesy of the Santa Fe and S.D.& A.E. railroad companys. The #,l303, ravaged inside and out by a restaurant remodel, has been loaned to the La l4esa Chamber 0f Commerce who will fund a refurbishing of the car for use as a meeting room- lounge for the chamber and other La Mesa organizations. l1 Davi d Di Gi orgjo , Jim Hami I I and Mi ke Lane guide caboose #2286 down on its trucks at Campo. (1. Rose photo) aE .i ,i # lpr iii A.L.l-lsr-ur.Lt-l i, rP-l ,El= -t<.-Wi<1' \J\/a-r,ROtJ42 =aaas- l'.,4EEa-r )f!?'E -MEFAEFET_ _ eraB!__ --FIEETAEEF- <2-fAt-|L IvlAKqtA'fatl,t€,T' MARYLuND6tjl6T' II{AR lrcre-rEt?- PAVIE' -3lA;n=e" FR.ANK NOlq1=ra PAVTr? -zrAE6G- a+EIEMAN L ll -)oLlNIi--EAB JO|{N -[aax-rEP JOHN .E AX-rER S JOIJN L PAX-tER (-1-1=t? - ICJLTN a-Affia JaFIFi_-ll EAx-fi=P ll BUY-A-TIE PROGRAM MAKES THACKS Thanks to the people on this month's tie graph #.I04 and #050 have a place to go. The tie donors have added 170 feet of track to our Campo yard this time, enough to get track two into the car shop! A sensational effort! Jo Pressnall has donated to the pile in memory of Jack L'inn and Ray Archer, two reg- ular PSRMA part'icipants who contributed much to the museum before their final run last year. James S1i ngsby 'is back agai n and has part'ici pated i n al I museum projects 'in the last few years. Chris Ferguson, Life Member #.l8, has added to the stack as has Jim Lund- qu'ist, Life Mernber #.l9, who donated a tie for each member of his family. John Baxter, who runs the computerized mailing list for PSRMA's REP0RT, is the big hitter this time, throwing enough ties on the pile to support an entire car! Flora Har- ris of the Mounta'in Empire Homemakers Association'in the Campo area has also contributed big in behalf of her club. Anita Rhein, Randy & Geof Gibson and A.L. "Lee" Hellman, a'lso regular participants in PSRI'IA fundrajsers, have helped to ensure that there will be track for #104 to roll on. The many new members listed have topped off the p'ile this month for the largest purchase of "Paul Bunyan toothpicks" yet charted in REP0RT! The Buy-A-Tie program and the #.l04-#050 fund are equally important; if you can help with either, please do. The folks on this ljst have set a record tough to top, but PSRMA is on a roll now that can make miracles happen, so send what you can to: PSRMA Buy-A-Tie, La Mesa Depot, 4695 Railroad Ave., La Mesa CA 92041. L2 Membership News by Tanya Rose James J. Lundquist, PSRMA's President, has added his name to our growing roll of life members. He is number nineteen and I am wondering who will be the next in line to be among the first twenty life members. How about you?! Have you noticed the very professional looking address labels now used on REPQRT? Member John i,l" Baxter is responsible in taking a tremendous burden off my shoulders by enlisting his computers into museum service. He also does a dandy job for the excursjon committee and lve can't thank him enouqh. I was pleasantly surprised when a few members lvere kjnd enough to renew early. Per- haps they anticipated their renewal dates by noting that the numbers on the top of our new address labels show the year and month when they are due. I use a lot of first class postage sending out first and second notices on the first of each month, but you can he'lp me (and the museum!) by checking your label for your renewal date and sendinglour dues two weeks before I would normally notify you. f,lon't you mark your calendar right now while you are think'ing of it? It seems a small thing to do, but enough people doing this could really help the museum coffers. Thanks a lot!! A warm greeting to our latest members and gratefu'l thanks to those upgrading: Li FE MB ER #l 9. James J. Lundquist REGULAR MEMBERS CONTRIBUTING MEMBE The Kuck Family Donald W. Showers D. Brian Valleau Laurence S. Reid FAMI LY MEMBERS Ed & Jane 0rbom Arthur I. & Penny Anderson Frank & Grace l^lillard Lowe11, Diana, Jon, Judge & Mns. Leland C. Neilsen Rob & Fumiko Pleis & Jennifer Lindsay M/M Thomas Perry & Renee Kinney Bob & Sue Moorehead David, Robin, Amanda, |"1iM 0liver Galbraith,III Helen & Loren Hobbs & Alex Lassen Theodore T. & Therese Tanalski Ri chard, Nancy, Ri ch, Lee, Jj I 1 , Anne, & Andrew Esbenshade Robert L. Hanl i n Helen S. Hutchison Maurice R. Da'ley, II Ruth R. Schneider John A. Healy Edward D. Breck Donald R. Solso Russell E. Raymond Allen Hudson M. M. Strickland Glenn A. Davis Emmett Tompkins Garold t,J. Cutshall lvlillie Goulet Sherwin A. Dorris Edi th L. Pope Adel e Mclntyre A. G. Scull Davi d Breda Seeth L. Thomson Il{DIVIDUAL $15 per year SENIOR/STUDENT $10 per year F'AMILY $20 per year* CONTRIBUTiNG $30 per year SUPPORTING $50 Per Year SUSTAINING $100 per year CORPORATE/BUSINESS $100 Per Year LiFE $500 ED 01d-timers on the res'toration crew and other long-time museum members will be saddened to hear of the passing of Jack Linn in Dece,mber after a lengthy illness. Jack was a regular on the restoration team and, for many years, was affectionately called "Good 0l' Jack" in the restoration column. Jack was also a vely valued mem- ber of-oUr Railfan Patrol, and several vandals were caught and arrested thanks to hjs alertness. Many of his friends vjsited him in the fiospital, including members of the restoration team. They were able to see hjm one last time a week before his death an'd andwered his questions about the'moving of #104" The fel'lows promised to 1ay'a',riii'le of'track for him at Campo. Our tendeiest condolences go out lo his wife Helen. Our "resident curmudgeon" will be sorely missed by the restoration troops and IN MEMORIAM his many other fri ends in PSRMA. (w 13 RAILROADING ON THE EMBARCADERO by Bob DiGiorgio NOt,l t^lE HAVE A B0AT TRAIN. Yes, now PSRMA's Embarcadero Exhibit train meets the boat every week. The cruise ship S.S. Azure Seas, that is, which stops in San Diego every Tuesday morning as part of its Los Angeles to Ensenada cruise. The next few weeks will determine whether Tuesdays become a permanent part of our schedule. HELP ['|ANTED! I'lith the increased staffing of our newly expanded gift shop, and being open ffiesriflm-ornings and ear'ly afternoons, and the heavy iummir trafiic that will soon - be starting, we rea'lly need some additiona'l staffers. Take a look at the staffing'list below, and note how many times some people have had to work in order to keep our exhibit fu]ly staffed. Can you give us a hand? Embarcadero sta.ffing is an interesting, often busy way to spend a few hours, and it really provides important support to PSRMA. There are several different positions, some requiring absolutely no experience or training, just to enioy people and know how to be friendly. l,le also need someone to coordinate staffing by telephone from your own hdme, perhaps someone who can't staff but who would like to do something really useful for PSRMA. Please call Linda DiGiorgio at 283-3056 to volunteer or get more information. TRAINING SCHEDULE. The following training meetings will be held. The two meetings orea@ates,sopleas6trytofrakeone-ortheother.AIlmeetingsstaIt at 7:30 p.m. ln the Embarcadero Exhibit. Tues. Mar. 29 and Thur. Irlar. 3l PEARY Staffing #l Tues. Apr. 26 and Thur. Apr. 28 Gift Shop #2 Tues. May 24 and Thur. May 26 PEARY Staffing #2 GREAT BIG THANKS DEPT. As always, we have a list of those who went the extra mile to he1p. This time, we thank: MARGARET BARKSDALE, for a lot of last-minute hel p in getting the gift shop reopened. lling ventilation windows in theDTEK_M-TNTYRE "Railfan 0f The Year", for insta #5601 an r wor essential to security and comfort. Dick really made us feel good when he told us that the Embarcadero Exhibit was his introduction to PSRi,|A! D0RIS DEAN, who donated a glass top for the PEARY's diningroom table. Now we can proudly show off that beautiful wood instead of hiding it under a cloth. And, of course, thanks to our faithful staffers for January and February: Doris Dean Bob DiGiorgio (5 times) Kay Montgomery (2) Gene Wegener A1 Vartani an Deborah Di Gi orgi o (2) George Parish Ni ck Kimler Daniel Botkin (2) Diana Modeen Herb Kehr Lillian Kimler Al den Morse Dave Sl ater ( 3) Charlie Wade (4) Harlan Hatz (2) Manny Lopez Bill Evans (4) Bill Schneider Dee Duncan (2) Helen Hutchinson Verna Eastman Jim Rocks Cecil Badman (3) Molly Noble David DiGiorgio (3) tlynima Johnson Sheila MacKay Pat McDonough Margaret Barksdale (3) Barbara Simpson (2) Terry Danielson Linda DiGiorgio (6) Roy Pickering (3) Hal Johnson Kathy Johnson Joe Laurent Rebecca Archer Ann McVeagh (2) Rita Cloud Duane Dubke Stan Brown (3) Rae Gay Don Pope Bob Hul I Jack Ebey (3) Al EIlis Jo Pressnall Tri g Stanl ey GE.T IN THE. P.S.R.M.A. HABIT ! l4 ri[tlll Z?J i 'til Ni| EVERYTHING TRAINS! Gift Shop The Largest Variety of Railroad Gifts - Toys - Books - Antiques - Memorabilia in San Diego! (But NO electric trains.) FOR CHILDREN WOOD TRAINS METAL TRA]NS SQUEEZE TOYS PENS FOR ADULTS JEWELRY COOKIE CUTTERS FRAMED PICTURES POST CARDS BOOKS WHISTLES JEWELRY PENC]LS POSTAGE STAMPS PULL TOYS DECORATIONS SHARPENERS CRAFTS ENGINEER'S HATS STICKERS MUSICAL TOYS BOOKS W]ND CHIIVIES SALT & PEPPER SETS I^JH]STLES NOTE PADS ENGINEERIS HATS PATCHES UNIFORM BUTTONS I4USICAL SCULPTURES ART ITEMS COFFEECUPS CONDUCTOR'S HATS PLUS NEW ITEMS EVERY WEEK! JUST ARRIVED! RAI LROAD P0CKET l^IATCHES f, ilflQAES eilD CnuECrA RLES A wide selection of LANTERNS RAILROAD PAPER DISHES AND TABLEi^]ARE. Constantly changing ! Railroad Antiques Bought, Sold and Consigned. Turn your extra items into cashl ilEW EATilEilflC REilROAD UilrERilS Rugged, Practical Lanterns for Work, Home, Camping Thg CONGER Lantefn A favorite otd switchmen's lantern now made of stainless steel but with traditional- styling. Standard issue on the S.D. and A.E. and Santa Fe. The STARLITE 222 Basically, it's the popular ord Adlake switchmen's lantern, but now in modern tough plastics with modern styling. Standard issue on the Union Pacific. The STAR Gar lnspector's Lantern A hish power beam rantern with a titting base. Focussing beam, veiy tough constructi-on. @r 10% DISCOUNT for PSRMA members! Show your membership card. EVERYTHING TRAINS! Gift Shop ln Car 5601, PSRMA Embarcadero Exhibit Harbor Drive, 112 block north of Broadway, San Diego 15 Honor Roll t^llLLIAM O. GIBSON , noted Santa Fe historian, has donated several framed photos of locomotives from his extensive collection. Look for them soon at the La Mesa Depot Mu- seum. DON WRIGHT donated four U.P. calendars that are now in use at our various facilities. TOM DUSH donated hea vy ropes and miscellaneous supplies useful at our Campo Museum project. MIKE PEARSON donated plans of C.& N.t,.I. Railway stations and company buildings. R-.reEFEI--donated several old "0fficial Guidesi'and miscellaneous Union Paciiic memor- abi I i il- PAUL G0LDSTEIN TRUCKING C0. donated substantial truck and tra'iler time to the moving of #l the D.& R. cars. J.& K. TRUCKING C0. worked at a considerable discount in the movin g of #104 and the D. & R. cars . CABRILLO CRANE AND RIGGING C0. donated $4,000.00 worth of heavy duty crane time moving #.l04 anF#050. MONSON TRUCK C0. of National Ci ty, 'loaned us two 'large forklifts for the caboose move. GE0RGIA PACIFIC C0RP. of National City also loaned us a pair of forklifts to raise ilreoffiego. JOHN HANSEN H0USEMOVERS gave us a greatly reduced rate for two days of work moving #104 and #050. DALEY CORP. ffif[-114 sps11 donated the use of a f'latbed trailer for the D.& R. move. E SERVICE donated the use of a 80 ton capacity crane to 'load and unload the D.& R. cars. SOLANA LUMBER CO. usaffii PACIIIC SOUIHUIESI RIII.UIIT MUSEUM ISSOCHIION INC. 4695 NlBo DBIYE [A MES[, Cr,. 92041 *Return Postage Guaranteed* Address Correction Requested has allowed us to use their spur track for #104 and #050 and loaned te work on the pilot of #104. Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID La Mesa, CA Permit No..205 o ld s Postnertcc Dalrd matorial, plcasc do not dclav ar:

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