-JANUARY MEETING AND INSTALLATION OF R,H,S, of SOD„ FEBRUARY MEET ING, «. e , 2.960 OFFICERS AT SPECIAL DINNERoooo ! THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE The January meeting was held one week later then usual this year with ' a change in location© On Monday, Jan© • 11th the RHSofSD held their meeting at if the beautiful new Midway Chuck Wagon for a special dinner meeting to install! the new officers© On hand for the event were the fol« ? ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, I960© 8:00 PoMo IN THE SAFETY ROOM, UP« STAIRS IN THE SANTA FE STATION, DOWN TOWN SAN DIEGO, KETTNER & BROADWAY© SHORT BUSINESS MEETING, COMMITTEE REPORTS, PROGRAM AND REFRESHMENTS© ?. owing members: Mr© & Mrs© McCleary and guests, Mr© & Mrs© Mann and their daughter© Jack Stodelle, Roz Cuttell, RExWiBERo^o©MONDAY, FEBO 1© I960, i BRING A FRIEND. GUESTS ALWAYS WELCOME© Mr 6 & Mr So Snyder and son, Fred Finke, Barbara and Corky Thomson, Dick Dodge, j Wally Duthie, Dick Pennick, Murray SG° ■ Smith and guests, Mr© & Mrs© Soelow, Mr© & Mrs© Rider, Mro & Mrs© Farwell, ] Earle Swain©, Mr© & Mrs© Calkinc, Del | Gay, Mr© & Mrs© Clarke (Santa AnaJ,Mr©& j Mrs© Patterson and non®member guests Mr© & Mrs© Joe Havlik© Guest speaker j of th© evening was Mr© Jonas of th© Santa Fe Railway with his wife Mrs© J© ? After a very fine dinner of fried chicken or prime rib, and several trips? for seconds and thirds, (chuck wagon style)everyone was well filled and in | a good mood for the speeches and the installation of officers© Our president3 for 1959s Mr© McCleary introduced our guest speaker Mr© Jones, he then gave j a short talk on the present problem of feather bedding and such practiceso Mr© 5 Jones then introduced the incoming I9601 officers with many bits of humor thrown Jan© Meeting©© © ©continued® affair© The’new officers wore basically the same as in 1959 so it was a very humorous installation, with some good comments about present officers taking over for another year© '’Mae11 McCleary turned the gavel over to incoming President, Tommy Mann, the 1st Vie© President position remained in the firm grip of Jack Stodelle, the 2nd VoPo was originally voted in for Roland Anderson, but due to working conditions, he cannot take the position© Th© Board appointed a 2nd V©P© after much hard work finding a suitable replacement, the job was turned over to Rex Cuttell, he has been in charge of restoring car 050, so Rex should make a good choice for the position© In 3rd V©P©, w© again placed Bill Snyder in the drivers seat for *60, Fred Fink© continues as Treasurer and in to add a bit of laughter to th©> (continued next column) Mr© & Mrs© Thomson carry on as Recording and Corresponding Secretary, the job of (continued on page three)I A S.» * <= _ PAGE, TV/O_-, "A HISTORY OF THE CALIFORNIAS”oooaooo A valuable now roforonea book by mombar RoHoSo of SoDo N E W S L E T T E R, omnsr "monthly publication of the Railway Historical Society of San Diego* Inc^ a member of the Orange Empire Traction 0oo and the United Railway Museum^ located at PerrisD Californiao Seeth Lo "Corky" Thomson^ Editor^ Published by the Pacific Beach Model Railroaders Club9 Inco Duplicating Mac hine P 3201) McGraw StO3 San Diego 17 o Philip So Rushp contains tho important facts in the history of Northern Califv. Southern Califs and Baja California© The index of some 1^500 names is a quic! reference to persons and places import^ ant in California annals© Prle-od at §6 per volume{) order from THE SOUTHERN CAL IFORNIA RANCHER^ PoO© Drawer No© 31r SAN DIEGO 123 CALIFORNIA© RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO (Incorporated^. 1958} PoOo BOX 9351 d SAN DIEGO 9f, CALIFORNIA© Charles "Tommy" Mann President John Bo Stodelle lct=>Vioe President Rex Cuttell 2:- d-Vioo President William Hn Snyder 3rd«Vice President Fred RE Finke Treasurer Mrs© Barbara Thomson Secretary Corky Thomson Corresponding Secretary Wallie Duthie Excursion Director Richard Eo Pennick Historian OLD Sc Pa ROUNDHOUSE AT TUCSON©onooo© Evidence of the days of steam engiz is disappearing day by day© The old south 3rd Avenue roundhouse in Tucaon.- Ariaona is being torn down© The round® house was built in 1905 by the Southern Pacific ■. at one time it was the largest- engine repair facility between El Paso and Los Angelos0 (Richard Guthrie) - BOARD MEMBERS - LoWo ’’Mac" McCleary Jerry Lae Pecht - LIBRARIAN - Vernon 0© Williams RcHoS.-.cfSoDo dues are $2 ©50 per year.© family membership is <3 ©50 with one ••’eiiiber of family receiving publication; Junior membership(undtx* 18 yrs) &le50 D©&R©G© SELLS THE SILVERTON©©©o©o© The D&RG is selling the h.5 mile line from Durango to Silverton© The Helen k/hito Foundations) a nonprofit organiza^ tion will operate the line as a living monument to the great past of th© nark row gauge railroads© Plans call for continuation of the summer trains* D&RG will operate the line in 1960$ the Foundation Is expected to take over in 1961o o: Membership includes a?l issues of the NEWSLETTER and the DISPATCHER^ reduced rates on society sponsored tripso Meetings ar© held on the FIRST MONDAY jf each month in the Safety Room« up® zte.irs in the Santa Fc Depot-, located .Hit Kettner & Broadway in San Diego0 Meetings atart at 8:00 POMO^ include short business seasiox and committee reports, a program of slidesD movies a speaker* and REFRESHMENTSo is*?* EXTENDS CoToC©««««“— j The Southern Pacific has added eigc.: Smiles of Centz’alisod Traffic Control to jthe Sunset Routeo The new section of Co ITqCo takes in the important junction at ^Picacho where traffic splits for th© jGila Bond and Phoenix routes to Yumao It (is planned to have C©ToCv for the entire .^distance between Yuma and Tucson in 8 monthSo The CTC board is at Tucsone (Richard Guthrie) The DISPATCHER is available at #loC0 per year, 7861 Normal AveOf> La Mesap Califo (Eric Sanders9 Editor©) REMEMBER THE DATE © © © o » © © © ?> g MONDAY * FEBRUARY ls t9 I960 - 8:P©M« You should plan now to attend9 you all at the February meeting© IssSWoOiOT "" '...£ 7? ■ MEETING, continued from paga ■’■'■'■ director was in tho hands of •' .' ■ ;c!w a" 3a ja Calif.,,) Duthia again if4 -vibi-o ;iew to the liet of ofi .fleers 3 s ov.-‘ ? over from Rlch^d \ ■•;• •••■y.-A" 5 i\l^-hard Eo Pennl<.k;) and to • ■ 1 ' ■ '■'■>. =' ■ :• *r 3s • den t - ■.s turned over o 2nd V ■-)?., 17? Snydero(ln change of refreshments ■ b y K FMB 9 C han? • ® • , < > 9 t n -a j supplied the ozcellen*’. sound ; ...■>',:- c •'. o; • f cr tho oacai; ion <- The- agr? ond j wa<5 S*. sound and color p;sXor^la. 1 o ; .«lv^xa5on.o The f ilm was tak^n ; \. agc< the locomotive bri^hA-- J ,z.. ■ aat that tiros0 Much ?.f tbs i >.faa abijut the kovI© on ;he I j/ysrton 1.1 •.-a® m&ny shots of bhe Ho'ly- ,;od film makers yho?ir;0 The last •j.u1. is a reel of xaows shots from KFMB 8 cl RHSofSD doings P scenes of .;.ts .1959 Sonora^Baja Cs-lifo tisip5. the •3,.■,. k? trip and the old car at the The society is adding to thia as films are taken and it will be a ve.'?y rood historical collection of society j. airSo The meeting broke up aft©r th^ < 5 :r, all those that were not down /fh the flu and were able to attendp ... ■. ■.: very happy and enjoyable eveningo T.hit'ortunately.9 the flu bug took its : on RHSofSD member ’• that had plann^ • <. :■ '■. .. IL; a-a? ■ ’ ?./ 7?: LEG RAM from the Umbax^ger? ^egret« e,; /.-at they could not attendOur new >.r: G. Clarke and hS.3 wife ;.T e d ■.■•■« from ca:ita Ar.,a for th? cd:.u/e>. views of rail travel., one in the Carrico Gorge showing double header a: high trestleone of SoDnEoRy* ca\-’^ •-?. Broadway and a view of the .rugger. f:.■?’}?:a’-?o Gorge area and SCDO&LOE > road b jdooococoavaliable to members at tko ;jp--.v; :■ aj. rats of 3 for 10p;o (LHSofSD. .? Or. Qc?; 9351? Diego 9P CalifOJ? ■. ’■'•-•••: wi IX be aant with the follovzlng f.a:te4-p9 oa if you include postager; they will h# mailod dlree'^o rJon^Membe.-.: itv;.y hav© ths sot for 20/< postage pa?.d ahis includes a short hi;->tory of the cards arid information on the DlSPATGE-t Send 20/ to DISPATCHER^ ?861 NORMAL .-.V. LL MESA., CALIFOWAo i -•: - ^3CSawy>T^,-,-afarqgrtgg : •j&.-AXTOan=Mt- . :-»• SzNTA FE TO ABANDONE LXNEooocooo The Santa Fe Ryo planB to abanaor 2LC5 miles of line in Arizona and is going to build 37 miles of naar track* The line to be abandoned extondr i . Gte. Preaccrtt to Skulx Vr-lley through dhe’Sierx’a Prlota Mountainso Th:-, fj will bring an end to through train service to the ’’Mlle High City" of Pr@i..?ott0 Thia would place Prescott on a spur H: from Abra Siding,-, north of Prescottd The loCoCo han had their examinei' investigate the situation and it has recommended that the line aban doned in favor oi’ the new line around <^he Sierra. Priete Mtnso The new line would skirt Granite Mtn© and world re« •ruit in a substantial saving to the '^11,: oad in time and moneyo The present ine is steep and windingo (R ic hard Gut hr-''.. i• • -■■■ '■ - r.:.-.,rr.-.; •-•c.-.r.s.’V.- -.;- - . . ;_-x-.T.-.»... . .. .... ... SUES ARE DOBS PLEASE PAY YOUR I960 DUES before mW i8ta 196O0 many members HAVE SENT THEIR DUES 1^, BUT NOT ALL., ” [£ASE I ” !H1 TJ EA 5UR !R ’NO! SONORA BAJA CALIFORNIA TRIP0..o000 SUNDAY^ MARCH 20., I960 PIAN NOW TO RIDE ri P SANTA FE PAINTING DIESELS0„ooo Ths now 2I4OO horsepower hood units may got new paint jabs© The 8X7 is being repainted from the standard black with sebra stripes to the blue and yellow of the F«? freighters© The body will be blue, noso and base at walkway will be yellow, trucks and fans will bo black© Mow units from the factory will catch the same new painting© Lettering x^ill be yellow© (Mto Rubidoux) SAN JOSE S0P0 ROUNDHOUSE©©©©© The roundhouse at San Jose, Calif is another of the buildings being torn down in this age of self propel® led electric locomotives© Built in 188$ the building saw many years of service and many a steam locomotive passed in and out of the old brick structure© The stationary steam plant is al® 30 cold© Used for heating cars, the San Jose depot and for use around the locomotive facilitiesf, it has been replaced with eight steam generators taken from diesels© They will heat the cars and the depot from now on© Th© old boilers were from two of the 3000®s©ries steam locomotives© (w'heel Clicks) A NEW BOOK ON ELECTRICS©© ©0© Members interested in pail travel by electrical power, and especially the inter®urban railways will onjoy the new book, "ELECTRIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS IN AMERICA"© Special pre®publication price until February 1, I960 is only §oo50s after that date it will sell for $9c5O, it may be ordered from Stanford Univers® ity Press, Stanford, California© THEY SAID IT COULDN®T BE DONE©©©©© While on his recent holiday in Mexico, Jack Stodelle was startled to hoar on the S©B©CO, the friendly sound of an SOP© ConsolidtIon a sit whistled into Benjamin K13.1© Jack was having a cup of coffee, grabbed his camera gear end dashed out to see the steam locomotive©*©©©©low and behold» a diesel road switcher appeared©^, s) Jfour^ w ^ORANGE EMPIRE OPEPATIONe^oooo 1 Th© first weekend of the new year saw that long awaited day at Perris© The diesel powered generator was run, and a streetcar moved under power at Perris© Car number lb?23«> an H®3 $ rsoved at o:3l) PM on January 3red© It has now boon proven thau the power plant will work© This should really put a fire under the pot and get acme over head wire strung© On Sunday, January 17.5 19eO, H®3 car number lbz35 operated under trolley wire© Also operated by eosins o.f a ground cable was L0A©Ry0 tower car 9351® Pat Underwood, Electrical Dept© Supt© says that the power plant will be run on Sunday afternoons from now on, barring a necessary shutdown for maintenance© (0 o E © T © } cr^Kaxrzni^cK.-c=3xa&.-j'=-sa^T*’i^s3^ecrrkXSx:i:n.».-r-.v “’T.'.'.r:•-' mooxsaot2«33ME»®»*w:we*s«ri^z-s.v: sen RA.lX.jFAN TRIPS 0000000 Don°t forgot our own special train on tho S^*_^RHOCARRIL SONORA®BAJA CALIF© This wiIT"b6 on Sunday,, March 20^ I960© Fares Xos? the trip as announced by the Exeursioi'i Director.^ Mfo Wally Duthle: . MEMBERS., complete tx*lpe bus and trains $8O?5 rowadtripo MEMBERS, train only, reundtripo (using your o’.-m car te reach Mexicali) NON«MEMBERSs oomnlsto trip, bus & train: &9o25 roundtripo STON-MEMBBRS wishing to ride train only portion, $Uo75o Children under 12 years of age: Bus & train, complete trip: §?o00 roundt?ip0 ‘Train portion of trip: $2o£Q roundtrlpo (Note: Children must be well supervised by parent or an adult, no more then two chil= dren per adult in charge o 4Je hai^e had ssv=> oral complaints about the way children were left on their- own, there is to ranch chance of a child being hurt if they are not. well supem'issdo Pless®ooeif you have children, going on the trip, take care of them and keep them out of camera range at- photo stopso) MEMBERS PLANNING TO RIDE THE MARCH 20 EXCURSION ARE URGED TO SEND IM NOW FOR THEIR TICKETSoO9OOCOMPLETE TRIPS, "BOTH THE CHARTER BUS AND THE RAILROAD, MEMBERSO9.o« ONLY ONLY PORTION: $4©2.5o This tulp is open to all^ members are wo looms to do a little advertising, bring a finland or two* (SEE PAGE FjYTE^ DETAILS) :■ c chure ■ FRANCISCO SCRAPS ''JI OU zrl’. (black & white J andVia Santa Fet all the way A): , S? '.U’-h' • La....J1OG1ET3 '. • •. .• ( .. ■.. . * . . nea GhltflC SANTA Fh MIX iiDo © o c- c <> o Freight trains arriving in the dead of night sport some unusual mixtures of power© One" recently came in with a £00 Series ”AH unit (in blue & yellow) fol« lowed by two nGeepsM another ,rA” unit# freight units look cults sporty double heading up the hi 12. from. Sorrento with the big 3 unit ALGO • passenger dieselttooo . opj -Av1 CO.'''--.' If ; an D&l Ma?? the nsar future 3.0 of the eo?c GOLDEN WEST RAILFANS0© ©ooo □ A Gala# Old Time Railroad Excursion to the Harbors of Redondo# Los Angolas and Long Beach* SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 19; The trip will aloo include a visit on board a huge round the world ocea,-.; linero The fare is low# only $l|o95 pc:. person* and includes a complete luno .cu tie kets v . □e •• •' h-cst R/c./.:?> ■ 215 Wo 5th Sto# Room 3*3* Los Angela (please include ael^sddressed stamp©- anve 1 ope o} isal® fro ired car ICOI4# one of th© firs . The 1001 and 1002 ht.: ■: ■. n '■■■ x ajped# lea^ing the < '■■ These were custor^bullt non^FGC -..Iwso (•Jm-item Railroader) aAVHTENANCE OP RHScfSD CARS© 000 co© Paint haa been aquired the for the out'•■;•: de? of usu- C50 A work party will bs cu 12•?<’ ‘ or t- ?. 5. nt ?.n why no-; ■:-n this side of the border? 15 E; :c u $ len D-; pt r w r i : 3 „. PcCc Bax 9351s San L ssnd ^heck or ,S .-- •• -- ?JBAi^hSmXELD TRIP” Ox cv-February I960 *V? '. ’.: •'^ zj.o ?ac^fio RaiXro&d Scsl'c */9p /-C'j Angelec CAlif© <3 a Sar.x;a To excursion he ". o i'-U B c rnardir;.© c9 ot?fk/ 11:, c Vf .?/;>• S5 to Bc.r£’tc:;?s Mojs1".- .-.- the I>ba{;hapi Loop cowr- '■■ t; Th®a ac a switch^ th* ". tcill have SOUTHERN P..I\ n for3 the return trip to I nPo trackage J.ato .• S 0 o *■) n 0 0 c o';? H •? ■■ 12ch5r kids(5-U} ■ ? busses wcLJ depart at 7sOOAM.; train departure will he at about 10:30 AMS Maxicalic A full will bo included with th© ’mz ■ th© Newsletter# but if -..i * axjo no;? on

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