MUMQISTOTdXr' DiE^^r* ■•' b“ Vi-flTT IWJY-.-c< ’?/. ■ '.' APRIL MEETING NOTICE©* © © o g© o o o ©The next .regular meeting of the RHSofSD will be held at 8:00 PoM©* MONDAY 5 APRIL l;th9 I960© The meeting will be held in the usual place* upstairs in the Safety Room., Santa Fe Railway Station^ Kettner & Broadway* downtown San Diego© We hope t© keep the business portion of the meeting as short as possible* the Board of Directoim3 will try to cover most of the business at a special meeting on March 3Uth© A review of this meeting will be reported to the gen eral membership at the April l|th meeting© The society at the time of this writing does not have a new *3f4. Vice^Pres^ ident as yete. with th® loss of our good friend Bill Snyder from that position we at the moment do not have anyone in charge of entertainment at meetingsc Our let VoPCff ’Vack Stodelle has taken crver for thia meeting with soma very in teresting movies©cooo©come to the meeting and enjoy these very fine railroad films 5 they are something a little different© Also on the bill, if time permit is a rerun of last year when we had ©up SoBoC© trip* followed by films of the latest trip &n Sunday* March 20tho Refreshments WILL b® served this month* through a bit of cmifusion we did not have our usuaT'goodla8 last month-© SEE YOU AT THE SANTA FE DEPOT« MONDAY* APRIL Jjth- 8:00 POM© FERRCCARRIL SONORA-BAJA CALIFORNIA©c©o©ooo©On S?wday9 March 20th the RHSofSL held another excursion on th© S.-BOC© cut of Mexicali* bigger and better then th© trip In 1959© The excur-'icn was operated earliar this year in hopes of having milder weather9 for the first day of spring it was quite warm© This c not effect the fan-s riding the vestibule® or baggage car but In the loned cars it was very hot du® to lack of operating air^ondit:lining equlpmsn: Ovs- v;rti with windows that o-pened were perfecto The trip ’was quite a huge success with between 55® and 600 people going to Riito and bask to Mex.i©alio The 45 sightseeing stop at Crahui.lv ■■■&.: great this y©^p clear weatherno du^ty wind and lots of interesting eights to see© Another RHSofSD eventf the’ train returned to Mexicali. ONJTIME. thia is rar® on fan t??:lpso Six big charter busses mad© the journey from San Dlegc to Calexi^e. rest of the group drove ©ver in their carso A delay in departure was by lack of enough seats on the train for th® 3.a??g@ number of excursionistsc The diesel was uncoupled and sent down to the coach y&rd for more car^ aftex- a short delay0 some old S0P0 coaches ?jare added and wo war® under way with an eleven car t«daino DEL MAR WORK DEPARTMENT© c o o o © c. o2rid Vo?©r Rex Cuttell has announced work par tic at the fairgrounda on the SECOND SUNDAY of ©ash month© There will be other work d^ys5 but the second Sunday will be set up ae a definite date ea^h month. On Sunday9 March 13th« the second Sunday of Marcha big work crew turned mat to start painting ca?? 95’0Outsell'and Corky* Thomson painted one sicc of the coach all by themselves© Lets see a ©me more of these hard working mor.-' bers that wish to g.ave all kinds of equip?&anty SHOW UP TO WORK ON THE OARS i?s ..UVES; before get anymore to w??.vry >.woutc Remember^ SECOND SODAY. ?tT DEL K'/'; Crahui.lv . -S1iF §a.. >■ < ■ ' f E W~S TJ T T..E R ' § •' 1 /.. ' uOTES CN THE MARCH MEETING©©o©©©©Called to order at 3:30 PM in the absence of P'res© Mann and 1st 7® I© Stodeluo^ by .. . ooco >n.ght Couchx Lloyd Morris or.n Frank Ro;/.-in Lxo, Bob Ba-lser^ Mro & Mfso '.nouse. ?‘j.sk Kall2,ss Bob McGrew, Byron BeanP Clmrd h'alker* Clifford Rhea^. Pa\.;.. Henrj'. ’’-■Jo Cordolis An.dersc»n;> Robert Beaton^ Frances DeKorish and we aljo have Lixrge group of renewals coming in from 'L9>9 membarSo Welcome to all u .■cjj metfib©‘?£ and we arc glad to ses you older momb^rs signing up again.,. ■ © had Intended to run a I960 vaemberafcip rcst^r with this issue of the IVews^ letter but with many late arrivals of membership renewalswo will hold off .?n an up to dstc roster until the May Lasue© total 3.17 paid member:- &.s of Lsroh 30, 1960o . , . j-jh-^re was much to printed this monthp but5 the SoBoCq trip took up an awful lot of our time- we ar*a tired& sc this mon*5& the news will be light while we . ©?.a.x and get ready for a fresh start in the May issue0 COME DOWN TO THE MEET^ ING ON MONDAY, APRIL l|th2> 8 s00PM IN THE Sx^NTA FE DEPOT, WE HAVE A NICE EVENING FL/iNNED FOR YOU© News notes from here and there: Mto Rubidoux Chapter of the ■. .>RoSo is still looking for your donation to the S0PQ Mogul #1?65 fund... you gel :?csl nt-oe card for as little as a dollar doriationooooooobig steam trip back ..n Kansa.s City on the 28th 29th of Mayp $600 series 1»'-8®1| steamer oa two ono day trips, only $5c00.3Oooo.>oofcteaDi should be back in service on the Nickel : late at this writings heavy traffic and shortage of the Dieeel may sg<- the . in service o\y ?;r the Buffalo Dlvlslonoooooo©Central Coast Club trip on . . Sis’^a on May Ir'th O,JO o©©Golden West Re-llfans are having big Memorial Day >r;kend tcur.r. May 2'?tb. to 31st via Santa Fe & Western PacificLOAO to RenooOOs: ■IHTURES REQUESTED: anyone having pictures of SOD©&AO in the 19209a plea&e to WcC©AITKEN. Rt©I,PxALO£ PARK,ILL© also0ooo& request for pictures of al.M6>:;y #21^.25,26 27?, good clear size 116 or postcard. If you have any, write -X.iL .'0 BARL0;;., j'^.21 West !|th AVE© , VANCOUVER,BOCO ,CANADA© o 0 © ©thank you© SoDo&AoEo TRACKS IN CHULA VISTA©©ooooth© trackage from Chula Vista Junction to the end offtrack at 3rd and °K° will be discontinued© In 1912 when the Chu’ia Vista packing plant was built, interurban cars of the Dan Diogo & Southeastern Ry® ran over this trackage, south to Otay© Electric service discontinued In 3.918-, the trackage south of Chula Vista having been torn up in 1916© During the week of Feb© 29 th, a Tijuana salvage outfit will be completin razing operations on the old Chula Vista Citrus Ass°no packing plant at 3rd and VK° Streets© Although trains have been running daily over the 3rd Street trackage during th© recent celery harvest9 the trip on Wed©, Feb 2l|th was ox^ pocted to be the last© However9 due to unexpected developments, the last run probably will not take place until the week of Fob© 29th or shortly thereafter The rails on °F5 Street and on 3rd Street will be paved over, as the pens© of removal would be to great© Dick Penn5.dk, 2/23/60 Trrx-VXA're ; .■>:■. ja«3Cr2.xr:«irn’J>.,J’S=Srcy=.v-.V.^.;. rysaf >zaMST-«scxas.vwn r =-c.-.-' GENERAL ELECTRIC SPECIAL©c000©©The G«E© demonstrator train was in San Diego for one day on Feb© 23rd., demonstrating GoE©0& new home appliances for a liDiit number of invited guestso Designated as Train No© 53 $> it consisted of a single AT&SF Aleo^GoE© Diesel locomotive© Santa Fo # 53? baggage ft 3?85d and three coaches #136^1389 and 11|78 made up the train© Tho locomotive and baggage car were painted gold with blue lettering and striping, to match the uniforms worn by the G©E© per- some! on board© San Diego was the last of six stops- the other five were: Los Angeles(2) Pasadena(l) Fullerton(l) and San Bernardino(1} ©, Bringing up the rear of the train was one of Santa Fe°s new roller~bearing ’’Shock Control” damage free box ears© Dick Benni ok ..> 2/23/60 OPERATION HOLLYwood TROLLEY COMPLETED©©o©©©©©To end the story with the pur« chase of the 14 ^Hollywood Trolleys” for display at the Perris OoEcT© Trolley Museum is to leave incomplete the legend of the famed Mo 600cs© Tho latest issue of the Orang© Empire TRACTION GAZETTE tells the whole story of moving the cars to Perris© v/rit© to O^EoT© at P©0© Box Parris Calif© for more information on the operations and act5.vit5.es of th5.s ”Live trJire” group of trolley enthustests© Associate and regular memberships are open and the income from new members is needed to keep the cars rolling© The fine monthly Traction Gazette will ho mailed to all members^ regula/? or associate© ■—J-• . — -r^-a r^r-r>~T..-yT.-v—trr.f --f -.r-rv»—.fn —<-■■»—■» ■»<■•■-i—<— ->y—• OoEoTo ’’OPERATION IMPERIAL BEACH”©©oooo©The 00EoT0 announces th® completion of rail remo-jal at Imperial Beach on Saturday and Sunday, April 2nd & 3rd© Any RHSofSD members with a little time to spare a'ro invited to help with the rail removal and loading© Remember thats this week end©© © ©April 2nd & 3rd© (head north toward Coronado on the Silver Strand Highway^ rail pulling is just north of populated area in Imperial Beachy on. the bay side of 2?oado) . r7"s”5aH¥ Penn5.dk act5.vit5.es

RHSSD #035 April 1960

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