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HisroRx’^'s^T^’^WT®E5^iNcr^'^sT^?WW^5^’'s3FDi^”97cSifoWA7 RHSofSD EXCURSION NOTES SCON© ©©©The San Mego Bay Harbor Trip©©©©©© Saturday evening 0 August I8tbo 1962© Two hour moonlight excursion around our beautiful port© (see brochure attached to this issue©) CC54XNG©©© ©Streetcar excursion on surfcco lines in Xx>s Angelos© Late Sept© or in October© AGAIN©©o ©Big well patronised trip to our neighbors across the border 0 another journey from Mexicali on the Sonora-Baja California© Probable date© last weekend in Octoter or the aarly part of November 0 ono day trip© FALL or WDIT.ERo© ©©oHiko over Sorronto Kili0 covering Miramar (forsisrly Linda Vista) and tho old and now route down the couth side of the hill to Elvira© Pictures of passing trains© CAJON PASS©©©©©A charter bus trip to the OoEoTo at Perris0 San Bernardino area railroads and Sussit of Cajon Pass© VJhon th© weather is cool and wo have an assured bus load© contact your excursion director if interested© MMISfeSXXSBXXl Thanks to the latest issues of tte Dispatcher0 Eric Sanders has taken a goad portion of th© load off this issue© Seo the F-any items of news in issue 38 p several page© carry up to date news© These two issues woro found to bo good reading all the way through 9 hav-8 you had time to enjoy issue 38 and 39 of th© Dispatcher?? SAVED VgS Santa Fe°s big roller boar* ing S’Or^2903’1Ta8 boon placed in Chicago0© Mucous of Science and Industry© Her beautiful big 80 inch drivers actually rotate”© Another of the coat beautiful locomotives ever built la the Southern Railway”© shining groen & gold £u&~2 typ©0 Pacific of the PeA class© This big beauty went to tho Smithsonian Institution”© new Kueeu& of History and Technology© This is built by American Locomotive Ccnspany© The big Santa F# powerhouse was built by Baldwin© BIGr RED ROLLS Our locally owned private obs©r« vdtXon car haa boon scan on several occasions recently behind San Diegan trains0 looking real pretty since being repainted© Ixx the last week of June the big Pullman observation 0 ^Capital Knights1’ ehared San Diego trith th© ox-^Soo Idno car© This visiting car is painted la B© & 0© b?.uo and is owned by a private party fr«s Ft© f.F''Y?F: lirdi^na© OJXO £«...e,O.UU ' ” Short business session followed by a program of .films0 r3frashments0 ti&i£ to chat with j^guz* follow memberso nwa of i coning trips0 TOcation trips0 otc© Com on down to the Santa Fe Station 0 a short ellEib up to the second ilcor and derm the ball to the Safety Roosi©©©©©© an eventog of railroad Interest and •tales of tho county fair©©©©©©© SEE YOU THESE©©©©©SANTA EE DEPOT,. MONDAY EVENING 0 AUGUST 6th 0 « 7?30pa J NO MORE Effective July lot tha old practice' of uS&g a pair of marker lamps on the rear of Santa Fe passenger trains camo to and ©ndo(rj(ho trains look lit'Uo bare©) What do you call it when a teMn ?md a^rsod burner collide? On the evening of July 6th0 an AoT©&S.©F© passongoi’ train carrying 27? Californians to an Elks convention in Chicago 0 crashed lute a rail®’ road weed burnor a uiil-s cast of syi’acuaop Kansas© The fireman was sovorly burned by ignited oil from tho weed burnor© Ths engineer was less ©overly burned^ no other injurys and no deaths reported© (thanks to Bob Coy-a for 'those two nows items©) This big MM- steamer is to be iw&d bateeon Cgdon and Cheyenne on the PoRoS© Labor Lhiy Weolwnd Excursion© Trip is to leave Los Angstes on Friday evoning0 Aug©e 3? st0 tiiXl gc over 'th© Sierra y Re-no and on to Ogden for the steam portion of tha teip© The return will be v5ja Un5.cn Pacific to LoA© For information brochures writes Pacific RaiL' read Society0 Inc©0 PoO© 52?9o Matropol^ iten Ste-t5.cn0 Los Angles 55c California© (phonep 7 to W psis Ntov^idy 2-89?t) ■>»/-_■■«■ x-r^r^-^-^zx— —ri.*-- - T - • i--x-zxt-©x=r-rvr-j=x=i=szrzr-t—■vrzs^x-e-v^-.. j„— .• rxT^.-JZ^'.V^X -£F.-SC-XT- ' TOBICTO^S^. Rubidoux Chapter of tho"'K?.^i^c Sc. <71 cityp Xiic© tod a gcya o? Ciniadian ’’Naticr.al $616? *-8-4 steam loconiotiv0 A MUST for all railfans0 six pest cards for 30^ postpaid© Write to; Stera Zawacki, 19366 Fenelou AvOo0 Detroit >0 Michigan© list© w wnflt nam© all th© workers0 but might say thiap th© exhibits at th© fair were trail prepared© i&my h@urs went into th© ceiling and painting the O5O0 Members helping to $taff th® exhibits were ss follow©8 Frtid Finks© Wally Duthie© Th© Berg® quiet Family0 Boa Walker© Tom itauore© Wendal By^rSn Ann f$yws© Gladys Umbarge»r© Clifford Sks^n© Rex CutteU© Seward Tuthill..© /Ilan Rieca© Ed Palmer0 J^hJi Andort© ^ight Couch© Gone Lind say© William Owens© Bab Coye0 R<> Bolder© John Hoagland© Co Do Taylor© Eric Sanders© Barion Charles© Louis Haake© John Gsrby© So Bollinger© Ito 14atson© Gary Johnson© Th© Rider Family© Mr© & Mr© Schnader© Mro & Mrs© Em@@t M&'or© Roy & Daisy Mlllfer© Charles R©»ek© Jane Rezek© Basle and Anlda Strain©© This is an impreasiv© Hat ©f membarahip participationo X h&d felt a bit guilty this y$ar net being able to teko part in th© paint and patch trark tofor© th© fair 2nd during the fair ay duties as general manager at the P©B© Model RR exhibit took most all cf sy tte#© In past years there wre th© same $ld gr^up of uc d©ing th© » chores each year© but this year th© members did a fine job of supporting our exhibits at Dal liar© Ky personal thanks to all that helped© Corky Thora^n© Editor© A WORD FROM THE BOSS VoPp IK CHARGE <^-^j^-SL»eaaaa;3fvx,aestT*zjre.r«srs~'g,s«rr--c3?<*^:~.;r-«Jaj\-gj,r:~>nix>gTs^Sa^xsxix-c^--JXCT As V0P0 in charge of staffing the railroad wgiDERFLU That is the •sord for VoA’tate25o Ho©6 Juno i'jfeg ifisuo No© 2’70 of Western Railroader© 25 yoara of history and photos about the Pacific Coast Chapter© Railway & Locomotive Historical SocietyP Inc© This is a swrll bit of i’eadipg© r&ninlsconco© picture looking and taking a long look back aVacm nigW trip,? T Still running vith those lino little narrat?gsv.go steamers© dally batwoon Durango and Silvarten0 Colorado© After Sspt© 5t;j train -crfJJ. run trl^iaolcly to Sspt© 26th© Tnl*v spectacular teip costs but $5©,50 for a rounds trip and makos mi excellent day for tho fftn0 leaving Durango at 9a15 3m and returning at 6 s 00 ?Mo (KC&bGFp John Hart wae tharo thiE summ®r0 hov many &or© RHSofSD peapl© mado it?) ADD I’OEERSHXPS Those Lisnatchor subscribsra c»ss4ii»z>st^zcc3V7ccri.x,**s:^-.'rc.-.rcn:r’3=r-2B>T -= S2.rC^IC0:rIN_,j;62 Du© to th© high Q©at in ^psrating a special train to ths gho$-t tw^ at Calto@0 with the general e-sonony at a low hero in San Diogo0 it has bean deoid^d te pa^-s up ths proposed trip o^ Qato 280 11962© If things pi@k up in San Dit-go wt> mak ? W^th^r attempt in th# spring or fall cf i‘$63<> haw thtf cholsa of a Santa F# train direct —jt:-r y <^r-^eur^£9».*».x:v«.iimiiiw ■—,i i i hlurn'TJr.bx W© goofed©© coforgot to list Eddie Junghans and Toumiy Hann ift th® abwe list© (Edo) THE SPRING FAIR IS OVER AT BALEOA PARK0 THE COUNTY FAIR IS OVER AT DEL MAR,©,©.©©© HEX CLADl’SU S continue; .. his request fc»r trip sugg^ati^nc! and thanks cf y"'.u the-t hcivc ufclt’ten in viggiyati y®, V; tv/jx Y-foi ■ »z.'?.y © c .■ >S:;tur< lay © © © © A-jigvjwcting link for interchange of frsighto Th@ graduation ©KOTOis^s at R@n®@ela®r JtiiLytoshni© Institute wer^ iiapiwsiw ©wrsmontes with 8?9 y©ung (mostly) men receiving degrees of various sorts© This @copar®3 with about U20 in ^9112© Howswr 3^ niters of th® latter ©lass returned to c^ebrate thMr 50th reunion© Sunday &ftewoon0 th© t®nth0 was spway of the abandoned interurban line© A quarter of a rail© or so of track and overhead is still in placa© There is an unusual two*-gauge0 three track which was used jointly with the Pennsylvania RR© The gauges are stand* ard0 4ft8|inches and th© broad gauge of the electric cars0 5 fto„ 2| inches© Also Mr© Baxter announced th© running of a rail fan excursion on Sunday0 Jun© U7O We red: all day on cct #11431 covering many lines in th© North Side and the South Side© Continued on page Fiveoooooooooooo ’obggr^gnejn^w Continued ftcn pag@ fm,.rooooooo After an overnight stay at @Ver $56° p^taburgh to m^porto fcttoea were ^3v " Th*/T’SrV <>cii w th® a^2?8on^^nu^n^^ ®f th© ®lfr©trto ©in? service w$uld ba h&ld An nriS^o ©there, vias a s^nto treat, passing etoai mills, torn running on Or^mt^nr' * JL reettol green w$@d$ and crossing three bridges ov§r rivers© _E /? streets An MaK^esport As tight© There As juet elearanee enough if too the mxtowbUeia are parked against the not got th© rocket sens&tten in Chicago aa th® tunnel is all. lit up© Th© train far© Th® 29 & 30 uro th© to© unit 8o500 hp typo© Bi©s© turbines ar© being u©@d tor freight and ar© reported to be ehut down $ut the Ftewna are& duo to n®i&=?ooo©o©Pacific RR So^ioty ©c&abratod th© Descane©°s 22nd anniversay @f to© pla©ton Whitccmbo rated at 330 hp0 new number is Ventura County jf3ooooo©oofrora the pagos of Trains wo note a supofc tonnage train was recently pulled by the Pittsburgh & Lalce Erio0 a train of 224 cars0 gross weight of 23©380 tons? 000000©Santa F© is reworking some of their 2300 series switchers for MoU© operation0 on© was noted in a freight recently her© in San Diogo0 not known if it was doad for the shops or hooked up end working©00000©Chard Walker re ports one of toe net-; GE-U25B diesels on to© Santa F© recently0 numbered in thel600 series©o©o Passenger business appears to be quit© good on cex*toin trains hare in San Diogo during the mid- uoek and definitely heavy on week-endso San Diegan of 1!6 cars once again reminds us of bettor d^jrg in years gon© by^^will.passongqr tRisiness make a como back? , If you donflt have your 1962 card for RHSofSD membership but you still get the WLspatcher and MsieWo© ©you a mcaberS We will do our best to iron ci'.t th-..' rw.?’ ANDoooooHELP MANCE THS RESTORATION OF CUR GRAND OLD STREETCAR WIDER &<> ALL PROCEEDS IO BE USED IN COMPLETION OF CAR &o COME ENJOY THE FRESH NIGHT AIR0 SEE THE SPARKLE OF LIGHTS ON THS WATERS OF OUR FINE HARBOR*?0oo SATURDAY EVENING0 AUGUST 18the 1962 - 8?00 to W?00 PCM* Our own special harbor cruis© will cast, off from the foot of Market Street (at Harbor Dr*) at th© Star and Creseent Company landing* (Not the Broadway Piero) Departure tin© is 8:00 P0M30 we irili hav© a full two hours on th© bay0 returning at 10:00 P*M0 Com join your follow RoHoS* of Sc Do members and help restore cur former SoD* cable car to th© glory of its days as one of the electrics on th© San. Diego Electric Railway© Her© is your chance to do YOUR bit with this restoration project and also enjoy an owning out m the bay* This trip is for everyone0 so invite your friends0 relativesc railfansc boat onthusiastso they are all wdcocsoo ADULTS. o.*$3o 50 CHILDREN*ooo$1o75 (5 to 12 yrso) Send ticket orders with CASHP CHECK or MONEY ORDER0 stating number wanted^ adulti childrene otcO0 with a self addressedp stampod cnvQlepooooooooTO? FAKILIoooo$9oOO (Includess Me© & Dad and two youngsters 5 to 12 yrs*} AS A FAMILY GROUP 0 additional kids OT«Kje^c«==rrw^=je^xc^pr-?>=3-Krcri!» ■' at regular $1*75 each* ^^ffL RZ.gTOR^CAL ^jCIETY. of SAN DIEGO^Inc*ft Po0o Box 9351 (No i^fundc or cancollations after Wednesdayo August 15& 1962)

RHSSD #062 August 1962

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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