R,H. 5, <*S.J). L JUUMgggaaflBMWg—^agy»M» **-W.frMC ra.’AK'J P^WTU“K/m tUr»UemK1J**>K? I^vre i:^?“'r«»TV^xK'>r^j'or>r-n-,v-.T •* - •n^>*T. *J-;VM£ ■*<*, I"*•*■■■.U.K r^7*t*■»*■! i.t-gryi » ■{■■ > JTW**-*CTeaMMfTT*W> RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAN DIEGO 0 Ihco - Po0„ Eox 9351 o SAN DIEGO (ton® 9) CALIFORNIA^ ***<■ N E W S L E T T ER N U MB ER TWELVE ■»■>*■* 1 2 DECEMBER-19 6 2CPTIrtr I1»:i 11 rmuumu J>'» t^nrruTJwxxi-uxeu'-LCa^.'T‘- >.xi rxxxnrxccusrerry7.*»«n«^0^« u * in the Safety Room® Business portion of meeting starts at 7:J0 P0M® 1963 ©lection of officers® PROGRAM: Our society presid©nt0 Mr® Vfendal By@rs0 will present a very entertaining film cover ing th® recent Labor Day excursion of th© Pacific Railroad Society© This trip covers Southern Pacific tracjage from L®A® to Sacramento 0 Reno and Ogden®©ooUninn Pacific takes otot at Ogden with big steam power0 $8UWk. Iu&»4 type eastward to Cheyenne® This entire film is in 16mm color and runs for close to one hour!! REFRESHMENTS: Ladies®$ Its your turn againp as requested at the November meeting© 000 obring us some of your own homemade Christmas cookies® All th © ladies are requested to bring som© cooki©s0 contact VOP© Charles Rezek for any needed information regard ing th© cookies: CY«5~3826O REMEMBER®©©o0©FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER©©®0?:30 PoM©0 MONDAY® DECEMBER 3rd0 1962ooo<»RHSofSDo PACIFIC RAILROAD SOCIETY CARAVAN TO CUSHENBURY©®®®©©®® ©Several members from the RHSofSD traveled to San Bernardino on J Sunday 0 November 11th to board the PRS excursiosj from L0A0 to San Bernardino p Summit0 Hesperia and a side trip out th© Cushenbury line® Th© excursionists were treated to a box lunch0 an organ recital and visit to th© streetcar while at the top of Cajon Pass at Summit® After leaving the main lino at Hesperia th© special train dipped down to cross th© Mojave River and then began th© long climb to Cushen- bury Springs and a visit to -th® big modern Per- manente plant of the Kaiser Companyo There was & tour of this dust free cement plant® From all reports th© trip was a huge success and was enjoyed by all aboardo Running true to railfan excursion tradition® the train was a little late on the return trip©®©©that gives you more for your moneyi NOVEMBER MEETING AT THE WHALEY HOUSE®®®®®®® On Monday® November 5 th® 1962 the regular monthly meeting of the RHSofSD was moved from th© regular place in th© Santa F© station to the historic old Whaley Hous© in Old Town® Th© meeting was hold in the old court room portion of the Whaley House® After regular ro~ ports and monthly business® our hosts® Mr® & Mr80 James Reading took over with a very in formative history of th© Whaley House® Following 'the talk on the house the Readings took the group on a tour of this fine old home® All questions were answered and a very spine tingling tale of the "ghost" was -told to the upstairs audience© It seems there is a ghost in the Whaley House and after hearing the story©oooits up to you to decide® There is no doubt that footsteps have been heard® many persons have heard them©©o®three times the very well bolted windows in the "ghost" bad- MONEY® o ©MONEY© ©©MONEY*©©.©© We realize we frequently request donations®®®© usually for some worthy cause at the Orange ©npire Trolley Museum in Perris® With the last issue of the Newsletter we placed a donation form® again in this issue you will find handy renewal forms and DONATION FORM© We need funds for three reasons: CAR 5^ RESTORATION WORKo DEL MAR EXHIBITS MAINTENANCE and for CAR 1?1 upkeep at OoE®To0 PorriSt, Calif® Thanks to those of you that have donated0 J room have been opened from the inside causing burglar alarms to go off© Each time the house has been properly lockedil After the -tour of the house we were treated to hot coffee0 chocolate and lots of very0 very good cookies and brownies© We feel the November meeting was by far one of the best meetings held this year0 how about you?? For those of you that missed lt0 you missed a good evening with the RHSofSD©©®®o® thanks to Hro and Mrs® Reading for a very fine events the Whaley House© Tv RAILWAY HISTORY^ RoHoSo of Sc. Do N E W S L E T T_E_R Official monthly publication for th® Railway Historical Society of San Diego, Incorporated© Sand all news items to the society address or to SoLo”Corky”Thomsono 3204- McGraw Sto0 S©DO17<> News items must roach th® editor not later than the 20th of ©ach montho LoAc MoToAo EXCURSIONS CTFCTCT ■ IMCA-gnj . — !■ 11 . ......bi.ii I There ar® a number of excursions planned on Mo ToAo streetcars since the announcement that all streetcar service will be abandoned in Los Angeles on March 31 o 1?63o Her® is the present listing of trips, th®r® may be others being planned but at present thes are scheduled® SUNDAYo December 16 th - Four-hour streetear trip over LANTA featuring PCC #3062© This ear has been used in past years as a guinea pig for the companyo SUNDAY0 January 13th « Four-hour trolley bus trip over trackloss trolley routes 2 & 3°. Leaves from Div® 1, Central & 6th Str®®ts© SATURDAY 0 February 16th - Tour of LANTA street car linos featuring all-electric PCC #3165o th® newest streetcar in Los Angeles© All proceeds to benefit fund to preserve #3165 N E W S L E T T E_R.-_Noa_12 • i* GOLj?ENJJESTJAIL JOyRS Short notice for those of you that are not on their mailing list©®©©oFrom Los Angeles on Santa Fe "hi-level” train to Barstow and a tour of the big Santa Fe shops at Barstow® From LoAo th® fare is $9*75 for adults, from San Beraardim $7 <>25 for adults© There are 18 seats reserved for ticket buyers in the San Diego area, board train at L0A0 or San Bernardino© If you order tickets, mention -the space in car number three (3) and the seats reserved for San Diego© At this late date a call to Corley Thomson for late space sight be wise: 276-3266o 0Roooo call Golden West Rail Iburs direct: in Los Angeles at MAdison 8-1181© This trip is a one day excursion on Sunday, December 2, 1962© 5^3 3-for address— EXCURSION TO ESCONproq Santa Fe all’ the way for the big spring pic nic special o As a side trip member Mr® Pollard offers a view of his 0-4*0 12 ton Baldwin steam locomotive0 This attraction is about one block from the train in Vista® Th® engine has passed static boiler tests and will soon be ready for final inspection® PICNIC.SPECIAL TO ESCONDIDOn MAY - 1963© at Orange Einpire Trolley Museum© NOTEs RHSbfSD will try to utilise this trip to have a last rid® on the trolley and to help aid th® saving of car 3165 for th® many years to come at 0oEoT© SUNDAY, March 30th - Afternoon excursion over LANTA streetcar lines, featuring ’’mystery” equipment® SATURDAY, March 30th - Last day of streetcar operation, excursion over LANTA lines, this will be a day time excursion® SATURDAY, March 36th - Special excursion over LANTA streetcar system will be last car to operate in Los Angeles, following the last ”owl” car to carbarn early on morning of Sunday, March 31st© Late evening departure on Saturday night, 3/30/62® For additional information on the above list of excursions and ticket orders: ELECTRIC RAILWAY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 936 South Genesee Ave©, Los Angeles 360 (Telephone WEbster 1-9236) RO/^mjG,TQURS A gala New Year weekend in Mexico is offered from Saturday, Dec® 29th to Tuesday, Jan© 1st© from Calexico by train to Guaymas© Contact Wally Duthie, c/o Roaming Tours, 2800 University Ave®, San Diego California® This is via Pullman on th© Sonora-Baja Calif and the Ferroearril del Pacifico, rates vary according to ac^madationsjgishedo ORANGE EMPIRE TROLLEY MUSEUM €?3>rOTrn>«rnMj i.g——r— ■■ it— ■ ■ «ir~w. r i With the final days of streetcar operation just around the corner in Los Angeles, there is a heavy demand for funds to purchase many valuable items from the MTA® This not only in cludes the purchase of several streetcars but many accessories, car parts, rail, ties, poles, fittings, overhead hardware, trolley and span wires, feeders, etc© Send any donations you can spar©, especially for saving PCC 53001, #3165 and some, other very valuable rolling equipment© ORANGE EMmS TROLLEY MUSEUM, Po0© Box 501, Perris, California© DECE14BER MEETING DATE® o © o © ® MONDAY, DECEMBER 3rd - 7:30 P»Mo in th® Santa Fe station, San Diego, California., BUSINESS, PROGRAM & REFRESHMENTS, PRS-UP excursion featuring steasser ifSMM;®.'’, RHSofSD HELP SAVE A STREETCART-;«w*x»=»orC' ...» r--> There is a Salt Lake City streetcar in our area, it can be taken to Perris if funds can b© raised to transport it©.©®©ocontact member Tom Matson, evenings: CT-5-1219 a. G.»A-w.*-A-. /mm *\» A1S£« RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETYoFSAN^DIEGoTTnc^'T <«==Cr«aS3CWrx=»=«^=»x=»axOTlL»=CT=3S»2^rX«=t4uaeax^i»^^^;_^^^^ .1, J m o CO PITTSBURGH & LAKE ERIE RRJIB II■ IT—TW —fra ■ L ' ■ ■■ |-w T, A recent letter from John W* Barriger® the president of the Po&L.Eo thanks us for mention ing th© recent luncheon held here in San Diego for him and he wishes to stat© his sincere re gret in not having more time while visiting the west coast* He would have ^iked to have spent several days here in San Diego o Mto Barriger says it will always ba a great pleasure to see any members when they happen to be in the Pittsburgh area* GALA NEW YEArFraSTf^^ Golden West Rail Tours® 215 Wo 5 th® Rm 3230 Los Angeles 13o California offors a ddlunoe guided tour to Guaymas® Mexico® over the long holiday weekend* From L*A* via the SoPo Sun set Limited to Tucson® Arizona® by bus to the border at Nogales and then via Pacific Railroac of Mexico to Guaymas* Contact th© above address for th© New Tear trip or th© Dec* 2nd nhi-l©veln excursion*** phono in L*A* is: MAdison 8-1181* _ __ 1963 RENEWALS We started asking for our new year meanbarship dues early® in this way we aro in hopes of having everyone paid up by March of 1963o So© the blank on rear page******* PAID UP FOR 1963. ARE THE FPLI^jING— It is difficult to write about the loss I of someone such as our very good friend and fellow member® Richard V* Dodge* Our society knew him as a constant contributor to th© Newsletter® a wealth of knowledge in many issues of th© Dispatcher® author of his fin® book® Rails of the Silvergat®* Dick Dodge ms the entire society wrapped up in on© man* He was constantly traveling® snapping pictures® collecting mor© and more Information on all th© railroad history available to him* I Dick Dodge was at the things he loved to do right up to his passing away® ho could ba found searching through th© old files at th© public library® arriving or departing from th© Santa F© depot® attending society meetings® contributing his vast historical knowledge to issue after issue of the Dispatcher or just entertaining i-.s with t^les of his many trips and the places he had been© Richard Vo Dodge passed away of natural causes Wednesday® November 14th® 19^2* His graveside services were held at 2:00 POMC on Friday® November 16th at Mto Hop© Cem©taryo Dick Dodge was bora in San Diego and spent most of his life here© Dick retired from th© ; San Diego Gas and Electric Company in 195^ after 30 years with the coapany0 Since his retirement® Dick has spent most of his time traveling and writingo His big day of writing came when his book® hRails of th© Sil vergateM was published and is now in its third printingo H© has written many fin© ; articles for our Dispatcher ox^er th© years© Those of us that knew Dick JCbdg© will all ; miss this gentlesiano It was a pleasure to have i knoim him® let us remember him as he wasooooo always a chuckle and some bit of unusual humor ' from on© of his recent &rips® a bit of news® a tale of something new along the right-of-way J Dick Dodgo has departed at th© ago of 730 he lived a full and interesting life® mor© than that® hs brought much to many of us with I his travels and writing ooooo, Dick has departed ; on another journey© Maybe h© is alongside a big steam locomotive up there in th© land of , the great beyond*ooothanks for everything you did for us all® Richard Dodge® and thanks for th© privelcge of having known you* PACIFIC RAILWAY JOURNAL* o**** * T«jo stylos of 1963 railroad calendars—- 11x4-7 spiral bound fox* $1*50 steam or electric* 'Stoall desk type® 108 pages® 60 pictures®$2*00 PoOo Box 91® San Marino® California* '^ 12 ~ DECEMBER (, JJ?6:2o “‘ RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIET^gQANJlAg&n C T C GOES AUTOMATIC»■>■ i< i nil r» ■ iwr wsejioUHXUtU^- wirr.nrr -w»*are> In the latest issue of the Southern Pacific Bulletin we read of the new system of CaT®C®p or. Centralized Traffic Control which is being put in-bo service along the SaPo San Joaquin Valley Route® j This new system of CTC places ‘the valley line into on© of the most techiiically-advanccd rail linos ever built® Th© railroad lias just recently finished the i new installation through the valley between the big valley towns of Fresno and Bakersfieldo 111© new system is being added to the north from Fre sno to Sacramento® This new CTC makes push but ton railroading obsolete® The present addition will be completed in the spring of 1963 and it puts trains in complete automatic movements on 300 miles of track® 'this makes tills a complete- j ly automatic electronically operated railroad0 signals e powered turnouts 0 all operated from a master panel at Bakersfield® Th© expanded CTC and a microwave radio sys- i tern is part of a $7 million isiprovement in the San Joaquin Valley® The new system has moved train reset sidings away from commanitiea along -the railroad wh&ra- ever possible to eliminate long freights making meets in built up areas® New and longer sidings are being built at th© outskirts or in open country where there is little or no highway cross-traffic® The new CTC sidings allow many train meets 'to bo made without either of the trains making a stop® The old sidings located in or near towns will be retained for future business and industry© through trains will no longer block croc sings while making meets® NEWS ^R^NDJB^E The latest report on the big K-M German Die sol-Hydraulic locomotives is: the 9000 was in service0 the 9001 and the 9002 were both broken down with the same problem® broken shaft in the transmission units® On© was in the shop at Sacramento the other at Roseville® One was duo from Tracy with a freight but at the end of a two hour wait® was never ssqdoooo the big roundhouse at Roseville has been torn dounooooooSoPo 4294 looking good in th© park at Sacramento o® ®®<> Santa F© 2921 looking very- sad in the park at Modesto® Thia big beauty of the rails is in need of painting and re- pairs® looks very shabby® That is the 4-8-4 which should have been donated to San Diogo® Hug© long Pullman special in San Diogo last week® 6 unit passenger diesel for power®o®®®® Southern Pacific has come up with a new device to synchronize grade crossing warning signals with train speeds® Named the nGrade Crossing Predictor00 the new device electronically activates signals and gates at crossings® The transistorized circuits predict within a split second when the train will reach th© crossing and then activate the warning signals accord- lug to the train0 s speed® This system always has been needed and should help to prevent many future grad© crossing accidents® It can ©von distinguish between through trains and switchers® it won°t halt traffic for a switch engine unless it is actually going to cross th© int©rB©ctionoocoooooIli8 S®P® trains 51-52 Th© San Joaquin Daylights® look 111c© backwoods locals® about or 5 coaches® several head ©nd carsD no domes®oooocontrast® Santa F© coast Hi© work north of Fresno Is presently placing W CTC sidings® each ar© 1®6 miles long and are spaced about 9 silos apart® There are 11 such sidings between Fresno and Bakersfield® Later in the project th© last stretch into Sacramento will be completed® Trains approaching on© another on the Valley Line advance signals which they automatically clear by their forward movement® The trains are shown on the master board at Bakersfield where th© CTC operator can assume overriding control if a change in programming is necessary® On th© old non-automatic CTC0 th© dispatcher pushes buttons to open or close the switches0 the new automatic system will utilise th© microwave rad io communications system and transmit coded im pulses to CTC line circuits® Timing is so pre cise that more than half th© meets ara siade non stop at 30 MPR on th© siding while the mairullnc train passes by non-stop® * - ' “ ' ~ * -.fl*1 ~' ~ * ’ ~~ ~ - 11' IT K - “—: ~ ~>T~ e.*.t —-r r~ ~ — -——— " ~ THiE line San Diegans looked good over Thanksgiving holidaysj) 14 and 15 car trainsS®®®®®®®®®®®®® SoD®&AaE® has n^j service area for diesols in San Diego o by the newly installed turntable near 8th Street crossing® <■<11 ■ wyay r rj^.K ■■ ■» ■ ^rrTTMfTanT^qnciiiTjirmi—xm* STREETCAR NUMBER FIFTY FODR WE NEED HELP EVERY SATURDAY 0 WORK IS bslng don® on our faaous old streetcar 5^° In Old Tex-nit, San Diegooo o„right by the Whaley House» YOU ARE NEEDED, JOIN THE RESTORATION OF CAR any or every Saturday. Contact 2nd VoPo Charles i,TomyB Mann for ssfeinforaatlonoo oo phone BR-3-3824-. Work on the Doi Mar exhibits and the 1?1 at Perris is also being planned. Your help is needed cn all of these projects.. £ASWLJESTORICALSOCIEK^^ . tx wvgzxTzyc^a..^—iX',,'1,-*l^.-u?'Vr4/^y^^'«o.'?‘-\CT^--»,,rtc^y'X\xc«x-UTT.^ea-J.y-OK-jaTJy>J^,t<,w Nam ing t in % Coraai;t tee *, ^tershio^^h^^ ’ f 1563 socisty officers presented the following names to the msmtership ut die J-ovaiiber meeting: for President, Earle A, Sweine - for 1st V.P«, Thomas Wo ;°Po» ch®rles To Mann - for 3rd VoP,, Mrs» Gladys Umbarger Skeen - for Record- offifp ;c,llaO^ E4thi® ” for Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Barbara J. Thomson - for the tvh U4 r •• » ^©^s> Fred Ro Finke «. For Excursion Director,, Seeth Lo Thomson - for Historian,, Dwight Couch* No nomination ww made fx’om the floor* BLANKS ARE PROVIDED BELOW FOR YOUR 1963 RENEWAL DUES© NEW MEMBERS APPLICATIONS AMD DONATIONS® .aid up for i9o3 ar® th© following: Charles© Taylor© Sefton© Thomas© Follard© Coyo© Petereon© Gent© Mckler0 Christ© Smith© Llewellyn© Dean© Bergquist© Thomson* (Barbara & Seeth) IF YOUR NAME ISN°T ON HIE LIST AS YET© SEND IN YOUR I963 DUES© ADD A FEW HICKS FOR ONE OF THE IMPORTANT DONATION FUNDS* (Cards will not' ba mailed until after th© first of ths year*) Lets have every 1962 member renewed by March 1stno*ooand some of the old members back on the roster £ AI’JDooooSome new mombers© come on you older members 0 sign up a new member*o*NOW* *r> ■ "** *1111 rar r-rja<1 ■> re:cxl^i ■ ■ cxi'.aKTirnr-E^Juiy**^je>’U4tyn erwn-exe jciurjin 1.1 ;«n axxx-ct tl a.*1* 11 1 1 iwi g*Tm 1 ur.i> ~1S3BmY~HISTORICAL SOCIETY of S^^ZEGOTlnc^orate^ MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM FOR 1963 Post Office Boz 9351 n. San Diego 9© CaliforniaT*-yy- >»»afrwr«>wr~^-r' .■■^■l-f». w_» | rrimU i^fr'rTj i^‘l. i.ruw fiurii *e^**iLirrr >-XrsxaC^i.C,t*^xzrvsr<.iMX-r*Rf i i, Enclosed is myoooooCHECK ( ) MONEY ORDER ( ) CASH ( ) for ray 1963 membership duos* Amountooooo$2o50 Regular ( ) $3o50 Family ( ) $2o50 Sustaining ( ) $1o£0 Junior (under 18 yrs) NAME? Phon© No ADDRESS: I an interested in: Steam( ) Diesol( ) Electric( ) E2cursions( ) Restoration Work( ) Helping Run the Society( ) Holding Office ( ) Cosanittec Vtork( ) Museum Work( ) I belong to the following railroad clubs (Use back of form foi* additional space z «•X - X n^r^_ra_wi — i ^fcii ■ r

RHSSD #066 Dec 1962

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