U' WUi IriU. e. 40, ,:.^. ^'i0 i...i ■.vA,..^ UA/.,j.ivRN.L;6 y210?o . * -■-~i .- «- * »J—J—i zzx^.r^r'g rry~..*s,?vg~ . .•.xr~ - x? -/.~-x.T^^xJgzjr. ..7r~. - • _ t,•'rrs’x^*"^ ". *vj ~ « ? ?nzT—1... tx**t*i^ • •'^zc_ *t*_l i* . .*. •••.■.:.*: ' * .\ZT —“- 7?.// ^S.2>, z^/2^1 ■\VEC>. 17^4^) y Fz ... ,,,} W.'vccoTIME DOES FLY„ WE HAVE BEEN HARD PRESSED FOR TIME THIS FALL AND HERE IT IS THE MIDDLE OF DECKBERcuouSO A SHORT DOUBLE ISSUE -IND AS MUCH NEWS AS WE CAN FIT OR REMEMBER., SoDo&AoEo 5^5 had some traction motor troubles early in Noverabor© We •saw the 5^5 out in behind SOP© power coming doxra grade between Beaumont and Colton on ’5*3/15 as she headed west for shop repairs in L©A© In the meantime0 back on the iron at San Diego0 5102 thr^w a cooling fan through the radiator and was put cut of service© The 5'^2 sat dead for several weeks and finally departed in an castbound freight 12/5© dead in the middle of the train© It is rumored the little G©E© will not be repaired© In the meanwhile the 5^.5 had been repaired and returned freshly painted© The SoP© placed ©ID ^620 (SW®8 800HP) switcher in San Diogo service and the ^620 has made the run to La Mesa®EX Cajon quite often© Back on the mainline power the ^06o EMD CP«$ had bearing trouble in the fora of a hot box and was held in SoDo for repairs0 departure the following day created a nifty big five unit pot of power© Train size on the branch have cut back and the s DECEMBER MEETING? Santa Fe Station 7<.30Pi?I MOND7Y0 DECEMBER 7„*1964, JANUARy_MEnrririf^ ”"’ ANNUAL DINNER AND INSTALL.ATIOH’I OF SOCIETY OFFICERS,, MONDAY, JANUARY >-',n 'i^o DINNER? Midway Chuck Wagon0 7 a JO Poll© (See last page for order blank©) On Wednesday0 November 25th a farewell luncheon was held at the El Cortez Hotel for John Wo Barrig*-"*',J _«w i fftWffnilMPl SAN DIEGO RAILSCENEaoc©Continued The incident with Car 11 was a freak and as luck had it there was no serious damage and no serious injury to anyone on the car© The coupler apparently just wasn’t locked tight or the pin didn’t hold© anyway she cut loose and set the air0 the train stopped faster and big blue CAR ELEVET1 connected at about 15 MPH to the rear car of th e San Hlegano On the brighter side of private car trips we had the CYRUS C© HO‘ LI DAY secuzAeljp tied to the roar of --'77 on 11/25/6'J- to take President Earriger back to L©Ar. after the luncheon© The car ratumed on Thanks'-iving Tkiy ;:orn5ng with Jack Stcdel?^e r/zd Erin Sandors aboard© b RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCXETX OF SAN DIEGO. INC., - ?«Of, 93,7i.„ NEWSLETTER Ho* 12«19^ & Ho* U19&5 DECEMBERn 196C - JANUARY 1905 W RESULTS OF DECEMBER MEETING & VOTErxTTTVtx®T?»onrzx,-xirv<5S%5“x:i».wwT<.'iar« r*« -i The regular monthly meeting, was hold Mon- k day0 December 7th at the Santa Fe depot* The | ballots wore counted as follows? PRESIDENT^ Dwight E* Coucht, Jr* P 1st VICE^PREfj I DENT- Jack Stod©lloc 2nd VICE-PRESIDENT- Walter H* Silberhorn0 3rd VICE-PRESIDENT? Gladys * Trains*1 Skeen0 RECORDING SECRETARY^ Robert Ho Coyo0 CORRESPONDING SECRETARY- Bare bara J* ThomsonP TREASURER Frod R* FinkeP EXCURSION DIRECTOR® See th L* Thomson p HISTOR-| IAN= Clifford Skkenp DIRECTOR® Charles Resek* J Earl© Swaine becomes a member of the BOARD OF | DIRECTORS as past presidentp Donald Decker re®] mains as a DIRECTOR for his second year* The vote for increased duos carried 100$ ? by a vote of the members in attendance* This | sets the following ratess REGULAR $3^50 SUSTAINING $3*50 (or more) JUNIOR $2*50 under 18 yrs* FAMILY $1*00 additional to Regular* S A sound b&w stoaa movie was shown and a i; color/sound film wlhis is my Railroad*■ by S*P* t Excellent refreshments were served by Society i raeiabors Mr* & Mrs* Montgomery* (the hot apple ; cider was the best*) ij.■■.-w uur TrrT-TW-gJ^’iMrMyqiuxtA^n^ucr...fcP4jigic»jga;^rA.,,s: jriajirs-rc -j rI DUES INCREASE RENEW FOR 1955cs ■■gxsywrri gn a .ac\u gr crs.-. tCTca S The additional dollar for yearly dues is ji needed to keep the Society operating in the black* Although the- total treasury is up to a | pretty fair figure at presentP it doesny t take | much to use it when repairs and restoration is j; •caking place on our railway equipment* We urge you to continue your me^borship | during 1965 and help do your share 'to keep and | maintain locomotive 10^p observation 050<> car s 5^ or fine old S*DO trolley (still being worked | on)0 streetcar 1?1 at PerrisP streetcar 528 at j Del Marp narrow gauge U*S* Gypsum crow car and any othor items we may aquire* Maintenance and repairs become more and more expensive0 w© don°t have to many workers ■ to volunteer their services so repairs cost us more at tines a REJOIN FOR 1965 HOW* WE TAKE A FEW LINES IO WISH EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF R*H*S* of S*D* AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN T--F VARIOUS RAILFAN GROUPS****, ”A VERY MERRY CHRISES* ****ooAND A BIG PROSPEROUS HAP?Y b’DW YEAR****HL YEAR IN »65{} GLADYS “TRAINS” (UMBARGERS) H 0 V E rj Around th© corner and west on University you will find th© new and larger hobby shop operated by Gladys & Cliff Skeen* Yep0 they have a nice big store at a now location on University Avenue* */>*<>tho number is 4275® Tho samo old phono number resains: 28ft«3^9* ^275 University will also be the now home of the RHSofSD lending library9 ^3=—smcx.rec—n__xr:.xrar. ; jv.-hf zu^un-yur.^r.«A«r=.'^.i^*.VTca<3.- ^vr3^jeix.-crxs-s5-jn=re=cw-2TC>r»>-r« Th© old strcotcar-^’tlie\Tialey House has had a short vacation frea tho toils of the Society workers* Construction of tho metal trucks will start soon* New 2nd VP Wally SHb- erhom0 Toissy Mannc. Es.sXe Swaino and a few of the cthor devoted ^c^ibers to this job will be working .on th© old car soon* SOCIETY DIKEEfi /32? EXCURSIOHS<^ri-nc'.z :jn?x*a^x<—,wcawx-rx^x^r.i'^-t.t . • i.i v-^J: ■:?yr-r.*r-»- .~2 »r » <==^ &idos®d in this issue is a ht\ndy form pag® with several, cut out applications* On© is for the annual dinner and installation of 1965 officer's* This will bi- th© January cieetingo KOND.AY.1 J.AKUARY -’ D 1955 th© Midway Drlv© hOK© of fine foed0 THE MIDJA.Y CHUCK WAGON 0 2355 Midway Drlvoe near Rosecrans* Dinner is $3*5^ oach* Includes tax0 tip & door prises* T1k© is shorty donfit delay0 raak© this a big success0 send for you:..’ reservations today*o*** Donftt dslayg Ws will aeet in -the lobby at 7s3^s P'-Mo (see cut out forms page) First com®f first served*o***that is the eto >7/ on tickets for the private car excursion to .Los Angeles 02’ Disnsyland on Sunday0 Jan* 10th* We will ride th© beautiful big private SAME.OLD OFFICERS?? Thors has been a word or two about th© same people running tho Society each year.**.*** ; woll0 who do you figure will run it if there £ are no volunteers *to run for office? Wo wei-e § lucky this fall© a couple new officers have j boon ©leeted along with sob© of the old group* 5 Out of all members^ U{ were willing to run on § the ©lection ticket* If you want to help and [ see some new names on the ballotP step right [i up x'or the 1966 no&inations* Get to and help ? obsex’vat5.on car HCYRUS K* HOLLIDAY1’ on th© i^ear of trails ?3 *-nd 7'8 the wSnn Diegans11* We must haw 18 full fares to run the trip**** $15*00 per p©reen3 roradtripP in advance***** Send a 20 dollar* billo for the dinner and the special car trip* (if train fare is lessP w© will refund accordtogly*) SUNDAY^ JAN* 10th888 -«=••<> Orange ?uplro Trolley .^useua excursion on Santa Fe mainline and never t.ravoled branch in freight only territory* tha PLriUE-RIPIJSY trip on Saturday Zi FEB* 6 & ?-. 1965* FARE * is $2^*00 (0*EoT\. P.O. Uox 501 r; Perris, CaHL) UlWi-li 3S S 8 8 Name Address Phone 1965 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Enclosed is Ha^e 2 xor Address? PLUS $ Donation to Restoration Fund© Hase Address <=^,1/-x..ttrtiwxx»»==a»a=«»=J=»«»«&»-^aMsu^w»=i*=ux.-ea5M3?»rtC=^aezxT=r»=M=»c7=^c=-j:x»:-'s=-_-5rJ3y: RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO 0 INC© D0NfiT FORGET TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOE 1965© THAT LONG AWAITED TRIP TO LOS ANGELES ON THE "CYRUS Ko HOLLIDAY* WILL HE SUN DAY 0 JANUARY 10tho WE ARE RAISING MONEY IN A SPECIAL FUND TO PURCHASE A STANDARD GAUGE MOTOR CAR FOR TRACK WORK AZ^SSmSooonA handy item x"or the Orange Jihpire TtoIIg.v Ik’scmsh ?/r^ur donation is ne$dedQ hjndy for^s for each of the above itOTSooon2O Cut off and Di^il^^^TODAT? rtAum HISTORICAL SOCIETI OF SAU DIEGO 0 INC Pop, m 935V SAN DIEGO. CALIFORNIA. ?2TO9o TIME IS SHORTo DOW? FORGET THE .ANNUAL DINNER AND INSTALLATION OF SOCIETY a^ain Jv,w 1 - - OFFICERS-—--.-^ MONDAY EVENING,, JANUARY h0 ^$65 « ?j30 P.M.. Th® dinner is wnrpw r 1® “!2”® th® Midway Chuck Wagon0 2855 Mdt-?ajr Drlveo San Diego, (naa? Rosecrans) RUi&8 cocktail hour froa SsJO to ?;30 ?M ■. Dinner will bo Chuck Wagon otyle0 everyone going as &urc^. to(^3 sarvedo !IALL YOU CAN EAT”. Featuring Prim© Rib of Dcof cud oth&r dollclous ©ntrse? .A^xsier is $ 3o50 each0 this includes the dinner6 tox, tip and door pri«03B DINNER AT ?«45 PqMa FAREs $15*00 roundtrip (no half fares) (Subject to refund if f^ro is losso) y^r Phono ^^_«^closed

RHSSD #089 Dec 1964

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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