HAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO, ING, - NEWSLETTER NUMBER T«XQ6O. JAN HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS OF TO ALL MEMBERS AND THE RoHoSo of SoDo Newsletter No© 2tk with this issue, #28, we will renumber as 1<=>I960 and so on through th© year, for new members as well as old, it is ©aster to check back on issues in this way© The original numbering started a long time back and is a little strange to some memberso All issues from January on will bo numbered according to the month: JanO2, 1^1960o0o&ooFebop 2®I960 & etc© JANUARY MEETING© © © o © © <, o The January meeting will NOT bo hold on the first Monday in ths Santa F© Safety Room as we normally have been doing© THE JANUARY MEETING WILL BE ON THE SECOND MONDAY EVENING©© © © © 0 © NOT A± ?KE.Sy^TA FE DEPOT JANUARY MEETING®INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS TO BE COMBINED AT A DINNER MEETING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 11, I960 1959oooooA BIG YEAR FOR RHSofSD©©©*© Many things happened in 195% some good, some bad© As a whole it was a good year, with the biggest membership in the history of the society, one of the biggest number of visitors wont to see th© locomotive and coach at the fair and wo added streetcar 1?1 to the RHSofSD roster of equipment© Wo had a last run on the UOSO Gypsum 3 foot narrow gauge line, and didn®t know it. at the time© Our first really big trip south of the border was a lot of f>m and a big success, our last big trip of c59 was a big success too, for the people that went to Perris, not quit© so successful for the treasurer, but the trip was still a success in many ways© Poor old car 5U is still not restored but is slowly on the mend, a good coating of roofing material is still needed on the car 056 but things aren’t to bad© The membership enjoy® cd the first installation dinner and many" happy get to gathers at the meet ings in the Santa Fe depot© HELP MAKE I960 BIGGER AND BETTERS HU JANUARY MEETING AND INSTALLATION OF NEU SOCIETY OFFICERS TO BE HELD AT THE NEW MILLION DOLLAR ’’MIDWAY CHUCKWAGON” ON MONDAY, JzLNUARY 11-, I960 - 8:00 PX jRHSofSD DINNER PLANS©© 0000 Como to th© January mooting and enjoy a delicious dinner, ALL YOU CAN EAT88H Choice of Prime Rib of Beef cr |Fried Chicken, plus all the trimmingsD all kinds of salads, etc© RHSofSD has reserved the banquet room at the beautiful Midway Chuck Wagon, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, I960 - 8:00 PoM©,*" The group will go through the food line I together, then after on© plat© full, if jyou wish, you may go back for seconds- thirds toOjy if you are that hungry© The food is the host, so plan to be there, rsgul-ax* meeting, installation I of new officers, progznam and some nice door prizes to the lucky ones© For th© small su^ o?? #3o00 per per- I son you can enjoy all the food you can J eat and a vory enjoyable mooting * of |the RHSofSD©©g©o©reo last page for de® tails and payment of d?^n^r checkse f RESULTS OF DECEMBER MEETING,©oo« Meeting celled to r/rde?? by our President^ Mr© L>r; •McCLEARY at 3:15 PM.> thoro was no treasurers report^ our. treasurer Mr© Fre.«?»<. & c. .j jj i W.t.:.iA.f.-,,A;.i £>nycier Recording Secrct.'irss .Barbara Thomson Zorros ponding S^ci^Gtavy, Gorky Thomson Traaax^ror-, & fc „ r. o „ c ftFrod Finke d 5. st or 5. an© * o o c o... o Richard Dennick Excursion Director .Wally Duthie Cna board mor:bur should have been nomi.nated anc e?.ccted, the board will rill v.hut position by aTrpointp-snt© J2?h.e Janu-Ary . coting war voted out in favor of a mooting and dinner for the installation of officers* Original ^.ate sot for Sail, Jai% 9tb^oochanged jen dONDAx, JcFU ..f nth, to bo held at bhe Midway Chucj-uarron. G;00 P»M» Meotiuy adjourned by the President,, wi£h?.ng ovsuyocc;.- a r":.-r..-y Christmas o STEAM MCV?!.- 1. ’ (two eteain trim to L.f • .?:■•’i...l \ icx mo.de NUA ■ (XNEWSLETTER NOINC.b ;:OM M I- to 16 OU the out a0 a Santa Fe5”x. pph Po Xil mcnthly© GO -1 nR 00 G 'I good in the on to 'ift 8 Fi M . M . i & i US 3 of th Rubidou. So everyone wa.?. and it was Sat- sample o: | - | Ever j even •i engine derailed a car at Oro Grande | while everyone was 4> r cummun1oy They offer way possible with any future trips Leave freight had pulled when it attempted drawbaro Next* #18 Train Stop) de-’ h’ice and~had to be manual«blocked from | Victor v11la to Barstowo i'glad when midnight came fcrday the U|th Middle Div In service9 Panhandle Division^ Laid up temporarily, Plains Div Laid up , Panhand2 & D'v1a a1on In service, Northern Division I ?. 1 & e rv 1q e 3 P la .tn s D1 v 13 i on 151 »Lald up good THINK YOU GOT TROUBLES????? SNORTS FROM SUMMIT? by Chard Walker fraju the December issue of THE CALIFc 0UT.' 1 v a S0. uVa 116 y (bu£) £ ,t Leave »>quaw laavo Truek0 0 .12:45 An Mo Oii to Winter Games aBSUEL OF THE DISPATCHERc o «© n o Hany interesting issues of our Dispatcher are still available© Maybe you have lost certain back issues.) or w.'Ush some Co give to a friend* or you voay have missed certain issues before joining the society© Back .ivailablo from Eric Sander 7861 Normal Ave©, La Mesa, Issue //2,f ”, 30 are available Iniormatlon and Member Dick Dodge aends us a clipping ora ths- San Francisco Chronicle of Nov ,9 19.59©0000©e. 01g [THE /UTo&SoFo RY© CO© STATUS OF GAS^ELECTRIC MOTOR CARSa as of 10/1/59 <, DISPATCHER] ^California© !//m 108g 109p 110 Motors taken out 6/5- 6p‘ll1Jll|F19523p2l|p26£)27p26?29 &j Converted to Qoaoh»bag< allable© Write to Eric for mor<| Renumbered T 105, 106, _______1 prices railway h®rxW ifl%• ■ GOOD TRIPS PLANNED IN 1960Ooo*o Down south th© full calendar year j of rail trips is not complete ao^yotj « up north they have the year pretty well worked out© MARCH 20thooooRHSofSD one day Sunday ; excursion on the Fer-roearril Sonora«» Baja California Railroad^ from Mexicali to Rlito and return© Charter busses from San Diego- or go by private oar© J Roundtrip^ bus & rails §80?5s rail portion only5 $4©25o Bring your own ; lunch9 soft drinks available on train© J Leave San Diego (by bus) 7:00 AOM© Leave Mexicali on train trip* approx<» • imately 10 or 10:30 AOMO Return to Sen Diogo around 7:00 P©M© in the • : • f < '^5-:"; Equipment will be Swiss built air~ 5 conditioned ccaches<> possibly eoiae old | SoPo coaches5 diesel locomotive© Trip ' will feature rail photo stops as well J as scenic photo stops in authentic lean villagesphoto stop at the one-’ way highway-rail bridge over the Rio Colorado©oo©and some other surprises© ? PLAN NOtf FOR SUNDAYs MARCH 20D I960© I SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 , I960 c. 0 0 o c. o o Join the Pacific Railroad Society for an SoPs trip from Los Angeles (or J Coleton) to the Kaiser Railroad down *ln the Salt on Sea countryOc©oTHE EAGLE ■ MOUNTAIN RR to the ore mines© For more? information: PACIFIC RAILROAD SOCIETY* Box 5279* Metropolitan Station* Los Angelos £5* Calif© SAN DIEGO & ARIZONA EASTERN©©oo©© nA bal’d egg to crack” I Many attemptsshave been made to have f a trip through the famous Carriso Gorge-} with now luck© RHSofSD isnc t alone in >• this long lost battle with S0P© and the! Flood Control Channel has been y ■ turned over to San Diego Park and Rg creation Dept© The original plum: s ones more Sr. effect and the ?©B© club may be able to build the railway on that land© The large building for m HO layout is still planned also© Money con.atsd to the -'.reject over a yea:? r- nas been held in a special account© A t th e fa irgrcisnd s or a t t ! le b ea c h live stsamox'3 1-7111 one day soon see that draam railroad built© f? n ''■ -7? {■’ 4 V'? o* r^rv*** -"jej O A»r 0 Uili oG A-A OoA o ’;)J.VW' not remmbe^’Gd 9 this one cf th© .cri.ginal S© P© di®sei yard er.ginc«s© ;?h 1000 was pOTcb?.:?.oc in 1939 frcii; EJH .D ha$ 1^9*600 I.bc © tr^etzive fore.©* i;- •660 horsepower jot5 class DS®l\s®Bo SoDo&A0Eo # 103 is still on the list of S © P © loc omot?,to s unlesr. scr'ip'; vox-y recently © SoDo&AoEo Again it has been the hope of this group to operate a train to that impossible spot* with no luck© Don®t give up* w© are trying some new methods and ideas for operating; a train through the gorgeall is not complete loss©©o©©we just might be fcho lucky one So It may be a member ceily trip» but the main thing Is? c t^n.,o , through CARRISO GORGE© Timo Kill telle © ©ozo ?. . OF ME 71 Ca Lifo; £•- • 0M • TO MO IE B 1 Sobe.rv So u e E'oe.dra.. F • • 1 kory• oi I =>MTA c . . o Tro a 13 Q- owns *ac 1C ic i t o J. Sa.rita An?.C from Canada and EoCo Electric Ryo u .■.seated at 0olL»To a Jack Lt WLltmey .' -<:■ i Be ma rd In<* > C e. 1 S^V.m. I:-’;.,-' •;• ;> • : cab $ an 0 'v.T • e9 Bog ; ri?o Clarke i operator c ' -JA NUARY MEETING « © o © © © » ■•» .-. ! Plan no’-r to attend the J 8/ uary mee 'Log* on-; week later then usual* NOT A' : liE SAN TA FE DEPOT©. ■-I ' LAI ■ LFTCEilSn MONDAY JANUARY U I960© \ MIDWAY CHUCK WAGON RESIAUV.ANIL 23; Dr© 9 near Roseorans L.. yd© . . < ‘ L • YOU’ CAN .■•.'' • - . uoj or at dL.-w*- (in a civ az./ • •}•? .-rrved? only :L%00 each© . • pay 11 ’ ■ ’ f$v: c- ' - - • • •" ■ • :-r. is an ' . . around . or a^tblng .......... ferry boa i p Cl. nton Ho Marrp Hi 60 Chs .- •/•jdcny StOJ!> San Diego 9< P John HoIo-l 76? Jefferson Ave©?. La Mesa.. C‘ai?.£\. Barney Hoot, 180 tfJr Stog San 3 &••■•/ . r d i n o S: C a 1 I. f „ Bar no y 5 s a m I gh t3 n. hue lactic railfanr we don9t know just bat he fsvorn rnosta from model rail - ..tadlng up to the U.P0 15Big Boy!l. E’/.v >5c.mey Is active in Mte Rubidoux Chap er of the PoJinS-^ and is a. familiar Light around \;he znueeuo at* Perris© Louis Jo Thomas, 750.3 Carnelian AveqCucamonga, Califo George Rc Llewellyn, Jr , Po0o Box 1QC, Silverda’i© EashlngtoHc WELCOME TO ALL BERS, HOPE WE CAN OFFER 70U ALL A VERY RAILROADY I960 AND NE-zJ STEPS FORWARD IN’ SA AND RESTORING OLD RAILWAY' EQUIPMENTS GOME ON YOU 19>9 MEMBERS, GET THOSE RENEWAL CHECK IN THE MAILcooooo Payable to RHSofSD, send them to the society box, ..^0© Box 9351, San Diego : ■. . |hon : ■ • . . •• ' ..■ • • 5C 1 •■ •■.. . . ■ . -. ■. - i ' . ... j PLEA; S&l CALL TO MA . ■' ■IT • . jiUHiL? < •• . ■. ’ biidway Chuck ?Jagonx now it is up to ■Lo be thex'G for a x^eal feed, 8:00 PM hn Mondayr J-«.nua..ry 11* l?60o AMBERS MAY HAVE A SET OF THE 3 VIEWS OF OLD S./0o6:AoEg POST CARDS FOR 1GV One is l double header (steam) on the big' trestle in Carriso Gorge, ons sho’-js streetcai’s on Broadway and the last is ?a scenic view of the famous Garriso Gorge and some of the SOD©&AC tracks winding along the side.-. 10/ for the set., members purchasing ,cards will have them included along 1 with the following issue of the News jletter© Send to RHSofSD address© 9ft Califo 1 REMEMBER, Y01 2ND A CHECK FOR F THEN TrlE $2©50 DUES, THE SOCIETY NEEDS ! ADDED DONATIONS OF ANY AMOUNT, DONATION TC THE SOCIETY OVER AND ABOVE THE COST OF DUES IS TAJk DEl/JCTIBLEo D0N«T FORGET TO BUY A BALX1E, $lo00 « SEND IN A CHECK FOR DUES AND A MEMBER SHIP BADGE ALL AT THE SAME TIME© WE WILL GET BACK TO NEWS OF RAILS AND THE SOCIETY AFTER JANUARY© HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALU , o«. o...»■.. SEE YOU AT THE CHUCK WAGON ON THE ELEVENTH OF JANUARY., 1960o ' ■ j-R; > " Plan now, to ride r.h'i :■.. L'-C*

RHSSD #032 Jan 1960

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