? FEW .YEAR^ii 3 With this of the Laws latter we start into a new year end with the ho Ip of the membershipo o o oit should j, •:•. good yearo There axe pion y of things to be done* plenty of places to and plenty of5 good monthly meetings coming up« Let us all get in and an effort to make 1963 the biggest and best year the society has yet .. -’X’e The members able to do maintenance and restoration work are going to Gc called on more often this year, the jobs to be done get bigger each yearo Members able t© help during the fair* help at meetings* on trips* will be i-.v -h in demando Those of you that have a little time* please pitch in and •je’".p when ever you can, donvt sit back and wait to be asked5 get right in hhsre and enjoy helping with society activities© We have some new names in > he engineers cab this yea??..-; come -xa and give these new society officers a ••amping hand and make 1961 just a bit better then the past years© START 1961 OFF WITH A. BANG«. o oo o «COJE TO THE FIRST MEETING OF TEE SARooo^c ^oD.day5 January 9th $ 1961 at the Midway Chuck 'WagonT" '^355 ’’Midway Driveo( near Rosecrans) SEE _,PAGE..THREE BHAVOo^ oEIECTION RESIJLTS& 3 8 Here are your new society officers for 1961: Running well ahead of the field* for our new n.••-evident<; the membership ha.?, placed RICHARD PENNICK in the top position as evr 1961 presidento In the ba "hie for 3:•. tr 2nd and 3rd vice-president xx-^itions we have WENDAL BYERS vo;cping the 31st for first V0P0 5 following as head man for the second ?oPn job is C-.TO ’:Toramy’: Mann, and in the win- av.- .-.-c circle for third ’LF, we have a probee;.:o00.>0 Jack Stodelle and Joseph Ze?a are in e. deadlock* rill ■.■?. ,-e to have a new vote or a decision of x?t .to det ;’.'mlz./j th into ... ■ ■•. •■. ■ •■■ ■■ Fred has done a dandy job these • ny years and .3 members put ■’.•/ ? ■ HALj Duthis A? •?*•.- .?:?•. •=-. d ?.r 7©vs position to take us on. many a ride to here and there as the ixniwtfion Divertorso be sure to buy tickets on the coming trips and make work worthwhileo Being the wheel that dreams up these trips and tries 'o make then n success isn®t an eo.sy job.* get behind Wally and participate ■ n the 1961 excursions* Running touch and go for awhile ? we almost had a io g’^ing flu? the job of Historian. but Robert Weaver pulled ahead and took ihe .position ovez1 Vorn Williams o V-?DO Williams has bean Librarian 'T ^ppoint^&nt this past year and we hope he wi‘ll carry on in that position Ada’ '.mv new Historians Bob Weawro there you have ltOoO tbs new ‘ oad-srs of mir groups good Iv.cl: tc the new offS.cers and many thanks to the 0ffice.?SeooocoC0ME TO TEE MN’TVPZ DASHER MEETING FOR THE OFFICIAL ;\Ta ON 0.F OFFICE RS .. *,. Monday.. Januc.??y 9th* 3.961 o (dee page three) <: “IRI^H TRAM ARR?i.7ESn ^erc the worde the Mps of maxiy excited <- i;‘r. Ri3iu>?Gra oik -t-he dock &s the Pacific Reliance arrived and tied up at 7 : GO AoMo* December 16th*1960o The long awaited Hill of Howth tramcai’ ‘ com Ireland has finally arrived on. U0S0 soilc The story of the trip and ,ae unloading* transporting and arrival at Perris is all told In the latest .>ue of the Orange Empire TRACTION GAZETTEo Many problems were encounter^- •d even after finally getting th© car across the sea but the C'e^ is now at '.is museum grounds at Perris^ Calif^rniao HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED????? THEY ■■••• 5LL NEED FUNDS TO HELP COVER THIS CAR AND THS LONG JOURNEY BY SEAO The flipping costs were 3 erne thing like -$2*5’00 and then there were so?ne extz->i jueking costs getting the car ou.t to Pearls., If y -v. ?Tiah to join the • -•■ just send a donation: Dot 507 ? PerrS-.-?Ga7.?f<>S/nlao (Femembor^ .h-. • ■ .* is ■■ '• oup ■■. of ' '■ ' r r" ■.'■'■ .■ ■••-• r.\ot • ’■■ ■ .•' lelpt w. -e . :.»"!•••• 0 In a ■ ourG ho.'y •'■ ••’ .'or P! ■ ■?<: '. b< ...............- - • • • -t .. ; S .nc. ■ . >••■. '1 r -- ...... ■■ ■ ■ ■ -4.- -- - - - -• . .....• ■• ' • - - - .-.»•• v ECTTON CORRECTION© QA double creek on the Taok ot ode lie Joseph Z^ra ”•* 1 ■■■ ■ ’...—* . e f0I \ ’ : < . • ;nunt and a LatA arr3v©7 of* sorus society ma.*. I has changed tue ro^ul<■. -• .'i.e offL < .:X<.'; ts'^^eph Zera i< the new 3rd V-,P© (In charge of programs) (late arriving ballots were dated properly but ha.,d up in the Xmas mail, YOUR I960 OFFICERS - - YOUR 196.1 OFFICERS 0 oT r ’’Tommy” Mann© © © c. oooooo©© PRES’! DENT o © c © © © © u © © o © ©Richard E© Penni c .< ••chr Bo Stodelle0oo©oooooo': VI ce -President© © © -> 9 © ©Wenda:\ Byers R?x Cuttellooooe eooooooooo2nd Vi^e Pr^siden^oo. '.oooGoTo "TVrnmy” Man;? E ic Sanders o©oo©oo © ©Recording Secretary©, ©©©o©©Kenneth Cow>n See th Lo "CorkyfF Thomson© * Corresponding Secretary© ©->LoW© "Mac" McCleary Fxjed R © h inke © © © © © © o © © o © © o <> © ©TREASURER © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © o o i1b. R © t1 Wallace Dvth le © o © © o o © o o ©Excursion Director© ©oooooooo© ©Wallace Du.thie R1 o ha rd EPenn ick o © o o o o 8 o 0 o o o«Hist ox ■ an o © o o © o © © o © © © o <> © R ob e rt W eave r Vernon 0© Williams©©©©©© ©Librarian (appointment)© ©0© © © t ?????? The duties <:>£ the president ar© to preside over a XL society meetings. 1st Viee«pxjesl.denfc Is in charge in the absence -f ‘She president* takes $are of ail society publicity matters f; 2nd vice president is in charge of a?.l maintenance and restorecion p.-.ejects on -v.'» equipments. the 3‘d v'cs- president takes oar© of programs for .--lee tings r etc© ■ •' . ' . ave you pure has •: ®py m this fine bock? / realize here a; e many very fine berks on the market at present bu'. jus> wish to .give our own RHS ?f3D member ., Richard Dodge r: a little plug fcv a job well done© ' had g'-ven -he book a b .-st in recer/t issue of the New;- but had Act yet bought my own pe~c >na •' cooyc My good wife made v - Chris tmi ■ Lt tie Lei >y* ser.tl i 1 th . • ■ ■ I- • ■ ‘ ■* ■'" - ■• ■ ■ • ■ ■■ ... ■ j j not ^uripl.e : c i •/ a;-3 y •■ c © o e i • v; a V^cd wook •. .cd one I ara pleased ■<- -jave in my eo Llcws lon <1 vallroad books.. ?.t- lyn;i t jwt- another fr.ook on max © s tre e' cars r re i it is s n ; st >r io cove rag I >ai Die$ from the meager beginnings.^ giving an easy reading account of the grow th of San DSego -nd the treansportat ̂o.n prob' ems and hew they were ironed out wi h various lines and better equipment over the yearso The floods and the prc« pleas brought with them*, lines that failed* lines that boomed* steam rail- roads j: elec tri© railroads* motorized railroads* streetcars* interurbans, cable cars., steam trains.:,o©©©they are all there in RAILS OF THE SILVER GATE with many wonderful pictures and interesting texto An interesting side of the book is the high cost of printing such an issue and the number of books it takes to se’Ll and cover the initial cost of printing* not to mention making any profito From all accounts* the book is doing alright :?n this busy overcrowded market of railway books© There were some fears tha<; with so many books G.n eo many railways and such* that RAILS OF THE SILVER GATE might fail to sell enough copies to make the grade but it appears to bo another HIT in the book business* at any rate we sure hope sales continue and ths book becomes a sell out© Our oongratulations tc Dick Dodge and tc Donald Duker Editor of the Pacific Railway Journal© Th© book is available at the Whistle Stop* 3819 Sixth Ave©s or from Pacific Ry© Journal* Western. Railroader* Trains(Kalmbach Publishing Co©) © Many thanks to our eastern member* Mr© John Barrlger, President of the Pittsburgh Sc Lake Erie Railroad for the very attractive set of Howard Fogg industrial picture post cards along the Po&L^Eo right-of-way© The entire set is a nice addition to our post card collections© One thing* it is to bad there werenut more with steam power© Howeverm the mail train i?t Stoops Ferry* Pa0 makes up for the lack of steam locoroot Ivos.f) as does the big P&LE ’’Berkshire’1 on the coal drag© ■'■ ;■ The M„T.,A0 will end red $er electric service between L-A.-. and ; 1 ■ 961 . ; J3ofSD trip being planned by Dathioce.. ■■ ■ n« ■ . ■ ?• ■' ■ b - ■.--.-tr'r.r-.n s / •.wii.T’TPT'^r-.tae> — -kc_•:---’ r •; IT ON OF OFFICERS M2N?^Y;x.JA^IARY ninth» NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE, ths RHSofSD u? ? -t’S ‘..xrsr, meeting of the year* NOT on the first Monday of the J' n out on the second Monday* (due to the New Year Holiday the 1st Monday J-,A vK0ARY MEETING WILL be HELD OH MONDAY, JANUARY 9th* 1961 AT THE BIG < CHUCK WAGON RESTAURANT, 2855 MIDWAY DRIVE, SAN DIEGO* CALIFORNIA* DL5GC, /!■ Monday* January 9th* 1961 - Midway Chuck Wagon Restaurant* Cocktail Hour: 6:30 P*H. to 7:30 P.M* in the beautiful GAS-LIGHT ROOM or the LOWGBRANOH* * .>o* eDinner will be in the FIRESIDE ROOM* 7:30 PoM0^«« Guests and members will assemble to all go through the food serving line together* DINNER: Choice of wonderful PRIME RIB or FRIED CHICKEN* aXI kinds of salads and relishes* potatoes & vegetableso* c ***’’ALL YOU CAN EAT”* go back e.nd get as much as you want of anything you want* JlffiftpAM; Guest speakers from each of our lo&al railroads, Mr* McCarthy from the Santa Fe* Mr* Helmick from the Union Pacific* Mr* Carl Eichenlaub from the San Diego & Arizona Eastern and Mr* Keller from the Southern Pacific(SD&AE)* Mr* Haugh from the San Diego Trans 5,t System has also been invited* PROGRAM: INSTALLATION OF OUR NEW 1961 OFFICERS, be there to give the old officers a round of applause for the job done in 3.960 and to give the new officers a hand and a bit of good luck for 1961* SL'- ‘;ES AND COMMENTS on his recent trip abroad*o*©oby good old DICK DODGE* Weather was damp while Dick was over seas* but he managed to get some pictures and will show them and g." ?e us & running account of his journey* o oc o oTHEN.- as an added attraction to bis part of the entertainment and rather filing with his visit; to the British Isle3-~~~««>-«a movie.-, and a rather different movie**OORHSofSD is proud to announce having booked one o/ the first UOSO showings of movies ■■■ le BritS >h ' Thi •’wo reel color 16 mm film ax-’j-*.-ring In this countx’y ar rind the ■: - -■ ..••■. /. - ;;a : o. -Lo v :.ie fa.-y.. fia way Preservation Society and operations of the railway and ho< they came into ownership of loc*o*o is not limited strictly to society members* the X x X X X X 7. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X ( ) * for above z’sservation* members may bring guests., this more the merrier*x x x x x x x x x x x xx xxx ; RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAW DIEGO 9 INCf - P0O0 BOX 93510 SAN DIEGO (9) Phone NoName o kddres a* ’ ; names 5? Family Meubership ( ) Regular at $2o50 yx\ ( ,i Sustaining at $2„5i; ( ’ Junior at $1..50-'unle { Family at 41,30 vr ENCLOSED IS Ml ? che' 1 ' ) Money f' March . '•

RHSSD #043 Jan 1961

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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