"HAPPY NEW rn EVERYONE" Current Restoration Project, 1963*64o for 1964 MIWAX CHUCK WAGON RESTAURAHT - 2355 Midway Drive A10 N P A y £ v E NIN G ■■ The regular dinner meeting of the year, the January meeting, MONDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1964© » >*> i«J ■ I— utrj xr iB»BWlT.'-7m71MUTJ^-J. l, H W ■■ BEAUTIFUL MIOTAX CHUCK WAGON RESTAURANT XN THE “FIRESIDE ROOM” AS I'd THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS© There will not be a regular meeting downtown at the Santa Fe station in January, instead we have this once a year dinner to relax, enjoy good food, good neighbors, fellow railfans, and maybe even get around to installation of the 1964 society officers. There will be some good entertainment toOo©©ooplus maybe a nice door prise or two to some lucky persons© PLEASE©©©©MAKE RESERVATIONS IN ADVANCES? It saves a lot of last minute work for the ciwgtfOTf- *f TLSgtfrxsffx&ggjr; • ■£rgCTCTsyvx?g^ssx^xrs.Tz^=^ -CTSTUJJCx&xrrac ^gri ifrmrnnrflf nna people in charge of the dinner© *** MQjWM* JANUARY. 6th IS THE DATE *** At the Midway Chuck Wagon, 2855 Midway Drive, in the “FIRESIDE ROOM" at 8:00 P.K. The group will form and go through the food line all together at 7:45 F©M» fro?! the front lobby© There are cocktails available for those that x-yish0 in the LONGBRANCH, on the main floor, cooktail hour will be from 6:30 to ?:30 P©M© if you wish -to meet your friends in the Longbranch Bar© *** Everyone will get together at 7:30 P©M© in order to go through the food line at 7:45 P©M© Please be on time and make your reservations in advance this year to speed things along© °r*° THERE IS A HANDY DINNER RESERVATION FORM ON THE LAST PAGE, DESSER WILL BE ^gerson© Cost of the dinner includes your meal, tip, tax and door prize© (Cocktails are extraT) oO si th Shays, farewell io jgNNER^MgNU “All You Can Eat" Prime Rib of Bsef , Fried Chicken, Barbecued Spare Ribs© The Chuck Wagon features an assortment of salads, mashed potatos, vegetables, you may have all you want, go back for seconds or thirds if you wish J Assortment of milk, ice tea, tea or coffee included© That Chuck Wagon PRIME RIB is doeoelishueHS 19&> MEMBERSHIP RENTALS ARE NOW PAYAHftE© © © © © 0rr^r-r^-rt ^17? tTr-4J^’7:rvrL.M.^-arJCK>e^.z jr c m recz* | NEWSLETTER Published monthly to notify members? of society meetings6 trips and activities and ? to bring railroad news items 'to the mesibors* • j Sand news items to the editor on or before the j 20th of each month: Corky & Barbara Thomson 0 3204 McGraw St*p San Diego0 Calif* 92117o (Newsletter printed on the PoB*®* Ry* hand operated duplicating machine0 courtesy of the j Pacific Beach Model Railroaders Club0 Inc*) J piSPATCHgi Published quarterly as a feature and news issue0 official publication of the RHSofSD* Eric Sandors0 publisher and editor0 ?86l Nonaal Avenuec La Ifesa0 Calif* 92041* (Back issues available frpm Eric E gander s,*J„t__ ORANGE EMPIRE TROLLEY MUSEUM Located .just to J the south of Perrisp California* A working imxs«| ©um of streetcars0 interurbans and various type* railway equipment* Streetcar operations are j presented on Sunday fox' the public0 workers and) members needed for all projects* For inform&t- ! ion on th© museum activities write: P*0o Box , 501o PerrisB Californiap 923?0o (RHSofSD is a member group in Q*EoT*)_ i RHSofSDpInc* Membership remains a low $2*50 per year0 family plan $3°50* Membership in the| society includes all issues of the Dispatcher0 monthly Newslettern reduced rates on society | operated excursionsp monthly meeting0 etc* The society meets on the first Monday of f each month in the safety roomp upstairs in the J Santa Fe Railway statione San Diego0 Calif* Guvs meetings are called to order at 7:30 P*M* The ; January meeting is the annual dinner and is notj held at the depot* j RHSofSD meetings are for the members but the general public is always welcomep friends0 | fellow railfansP visitors0 will always find a | warm welcome at society affairs* Society business is conducted at the reg ular monthly board of directors meetings* These are held c.n Wednesday nightP the week before the regular meeting* Board meetings are in the ? safety room and are open to members* If you have a gripe or problem0 ideap etc*c come to J the board meetingF this speeds up regular Mon- ! RAILROAD^ The potash tra.ins are still ’quite"’interes-U.?^ and new 'to us here in San Diego * For a week or so after our last re port the yard tracks for the bulk loader were empty* A small shipment came in early jji the month of Decembex’ but the hopper cars z^ere all handled in the regular nigh'tly freights* The big trains again ca-aa during the week of Dec- ember 15 to 21c with eight units working the long solid drags of covered hopper cars* Two good sized trains were 100^ potash0 other cars came in regular trains- This action was on the Santa Fe0 over in the San Diego &. firizona East- ern yards the bi.£. covered hoppers have been building up with a large shipment of alfalfa pellets for the poi*t bulk loader* Santa Fe has had a rash of crossing prob lems recently o on lecember 5th the northbound San Diegan #77* with diesel #51 (3 unit Alco) hit a car in th© fog north of Oceanside0 the engineer didnct know he had hit a car* The car had missed the crossing in th© fog and caught on the rails* rhe drivez* got out safely before big ”Christine#51 cloblTersd the auto* The lead truck on the diesel was derailed and rode free until it hit a turnout up the line* this caused all three units to go on the ground* About 100 feet of track was damaged0 the railroad built a quick shoe-fly around ths dis abled diesel and torn up tx’ack and service was back to normal* Passengers were rerouted by bus and train on the north and south of the accident* Friday coming sa:-? a group of trains both passenger and freight coming into San Diego at about 7: CO A*M* #51 was picked up t^r a crane on Fx-iday end headed to the shops* The diesel taking Alco #519s place got in th© nex-js on Monday the 9th when a yovaig fellow ran into- the train at Sassafras Street crossing and demolished his auto and put himself in the hospital foj? some much needed repairs* Next a car stalled on the tracks up in the Encinitas area and another San Diegan did the honors of clobbering an autOp the owner had safely removed hiiasolf and wife from the car before getting hit* The TV news reported th© San Diegan paused momentarilyP and proceed ed on its way* To keep things moving 0 a fellow didn°t see the crossing warning signal at Beech Street the other evening and the slow moving train (only a block fx-'om the station) made a mess of his auto and the drive«? vszy fortunately didn°t get seriously hurt* On the 15th of Decemberp back in ClovisP New Mexico, the Santa To Chief bit a truck at a grade crossing* * CONTINUED ON PAGE WEF-«— xi., « « w4^UJuti0 . >C ’> •" ?AGi» >-. w»a»ju^l”p-1BHt\g«tTrb.uw Fn’Mtunfmn ■■MM i h iuj‘->nn ■*ra «^r«n>o*M wnR^> •. r-rm4i4*?''*-v^^*/ B^^QAP mews ITEMS Continued from page 2„o»o DIESEL. SCRAP NOTES The Southern Pacific has r=nT^-.3-,^s=T=rr-_-.-.-T^«rwTxr^i-<3r-win.—;-<«i-t‘-« A;x di^sol units were derailed as well as well as ton @arsn- six were head end cars and xour wore passenger cars© About 25 passengers were taken to th*- hospital for a ©heck up© n following on this turn of events0 the Union ^asifl© and Milwaukee Road got into the act© A | derailment of th© Uo?u City of Loa Angeles on | the Milwaukee portion of the run was caused by } a broken rail © The train was operating at 79mph | and was thrown around into a pretty big zaess by I the derailmento no serious injury to any of the | passengers was reported© The same day a freight train was derailed on th© Union Pacific and the City of Portland plowed into the wreckage© The engineer was able I to slow the train enough before the impact to save doing any serious damage to the many pass- c engers© Santa Fe had a grade crossing accident in | the San Joaquin Valley and the Southern Pacific | had one on th© coast line© It has been a rough week or two for the railroads and fox* several automobiles at grade : crossing80 it has been strange luck that there 5 have been no serious injurys in the various de- J r&ilments od passenger trains© Back in November the Santa Fe had a rock ; problem on the line between Williams Jet© and ■ Phoenixo Arizona© Six units on a freight train i plowed into a large boulder derailing all units | and 29 cara out of 46© Some of th® ears caught | fire from a derailed gasoline tank car© After j putting out the fire the wrecker was called to | ©lean up the mess© On th® way another freight ! derailed and the big hook arrived on the scene t just in time to take care of the wreck0 mighty < handy serviced After cleaning up the mainline ? mess the hook continued to the first wreck© It seesis the cause of the on© wreck was due to the head end diesels slowing down to stop and the helpers on the rear were still pushing©©o©POP0 eight cars came out of the middle© Santa Fe -moved several special passenger j train movements to help military boys get homo | for Christmas from the San Diego area© There j were no doubt many out of th© LoA© area on the | three roads© San Megan streamliners have had J a heavy quota of baggage cars during the mail ( rush for Christmas© The inbound trains are of j unusual appearance 0 with all the baggage cars and express reefers tied on behind th® passenger cars up front© At times when prassenger business is heavy 0 they look more like transcontinental©© The two unit Alco diesels and three unit E©M©D© 300 series have been doing the headend work on j trains of 12 to 15 cars© Friday afternoon always^ has a heavy train out of S©D© at 4? 30 p©m© XXXXX*ss»«s,:iBsoaB®XXXXX boon doing away with some ox” its older diesels© Society member Richard Staith reports the SOP© had 51^2 and 510? spotted at Taylor roundhouse on tracks where they usually are stripped of usable parts before they are sold or shipped to the scrap dealers© About ten units were ready for movement to the butcher on Nov© 240 they were the 1015P 13210 1379o 1395 and several of tho big 6000 Alco passenger units© Also in thtf lino up was the i653o GF switcher with center cab which used to work the recently abandoned PoEo trackage at San Fernando© 3OCOCX^« «»«»xxxxx«cmijct .1—_r=rcr-jn jrr/j-r-wr. I-IOJ/WE NORTHERN Tho Southwestern Portland Cement Co© at Vistorville is readying two hand- me-down Fairbanks»ik>rse diesels for service on the company°s Mojave Northern© The engines are ex~U©Po 1366 and 1?369o they ar© being painted 5ai two tone green to match the smaller GE swit chers all ready on the M0N© roster© The 0-6^0 tank steamers No© 2 and 3 (Davenpox't) are to be kept in storage near the engine house and the company is refusing ail offers for them© _ _. u , Richard ^ith>n 12/^763 MORE, RAalLROAD Announcement was made at the November P©RoS© meeting in L©A© by a PoUoC© representative that a major line re« location is to begin within 12 to 18 months on the Santa Fa between Ludlow and Goffs© This will ci*eate a lessening of grades and a saving of about twenty fiv© miles© The pro-posed reloca tion will be double tracked with provision for movement in either direction over each track© The Ludlow^Cadis segment of the present main lino will bo single tracked and will serve as thb link with th® Parker Cutoff from Cadiz© Look for the SOP© to start work shortly on its proposed Palmdale Cutoff between Palmdale and Colton utilising Santa Fe trackage thx’ough Cajon Pass and San Bernardino© S©P© figures to save about 12 hours in routing cars around the LoAr> yards© '.[he Santa Fe is reportedly seeking rights to and from Mojave over the S©P© portion© Mor© Trona Potash for San Diego export?? Plans aro being divwn toward the elimination of much of th© Union Pacific Pasadena Branch© Th© use of Saivta Fe*'s parallel main between LoA© and Pasadena would bring and end to the street running in Highland Park and through South Pasadena© Hie construction of a high school next year on ths sitGi of the S©P©fls freight station will apparently bring about the abandonment of that roads Pasadena Branch© No industries are sGi'vod on this line between Pasadena and the mainline junction at Alhambra© (Thanks gc» to Richard Sfciith for the news©) RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SftH - 2. LJaJL-4T^un«:*rx.'tSaix»*zzx^o.cvr.^:r:^K; «,_^;x\u;2V=mciiOOTr»^ti.v?:tr-'^-r^ra.i_ j-irc---- '■■ *”“ ” ■ EXCURSIONS The recent Golden West trip from tM LdAo area to Calico was enjoyed by RHSofSD mem* t bar0 Con Decker© Don spent the afternoon lookingI things over at the Barstow yards© Golden West is | planning an L©A0-San Diego Santa Fo trip using ij hl-level cars on January 19the 1?64© The RHSofSD “VISTA STEAM SAFARI” will be on Saturday and Sunday © January 11 & 120 1964© This will be for society members and will feature the operation of the little 0-4*0 steam locomotive at the Pollard Machine & Foundry Works in Vista© Mr© Pollard has promised us tw days with steam© No will fir© the engine on Saturday and have back and forth opera tion for those wishing to attend on Saturday 0 January 11th from about 1:00 PoMo to 3:00 P*M© Drive your own car to .... w»*» «- — ,T:B -• ' '■ ■*» WARMER EROS© 2-6-0 The seldom seen Baldwind 875) recently fired up for use in the movie “Cheyenne Autumn” now in production© The ex-Hobart & Southern #5o a three footer0 was relettered AT&S? for a back lot sequence© The engine was again used a few nights later for a TV film on the same set* The dummy mockup constructed years ago for ’’Ticket to Tomahawk’1 is back before the camera© Owned by Hoyt Hotel in.Portlandp Orsgon0 the engine has been rented by FiLuways to serve as a . stand in for Sierra £3o the Hooterville Can- nonball in TV’s Petticoat Jet* lb© dummy is used for non-action sequences on a sound stage© This cuts the high cost of recurrent location vdrk on the Sierra RR© The fake steamer will Tn® Pollard location is LAST MINUT eventually be nlaced in the hotel parking lot* (R, Smith., 12/1/63) excTi. v.\ •a^Ci-xXizxn>u^^t?.<•- cvccr ̂L>xv*u. rfT^nXF.rrr jr:,re.--* 'rex-/.cttlc. :ar.r* a k ..-rrvvrx Late came load model railroad club has their car 112 moved -to Grape Day Park from track by depot© The car is on a section of track in the park© a model rail' road layout will he built in 5.t©©©©© ©Speaking of model railroadso the Pacific Peach club is get there on Saturday. 735 Mercantileo Vista. On Sunday 0 January 12th we hope -to get a good sised group of RHSofSD members together and go to Vista by charter bus© If you wish to go on the bus, kindly notify excursion director0 Corky Thomson ae soon as possibleB 2?6~3266O The charter bus will pick up members dong Broadway in dox-mtown San Diego and at the Civic Center parking lot© Pick ups will be made where ever needed on the northward trip out US-101 to Old Town© A stop will be made to see our old car, 54 at the Whaley House and pick up any additional on back p. members at that location© Let us know where you J wish to boards we will give a time© SUNDAY0 JANUARY 12th0 10:00 A©M© departur©0 downtown San Diego0 FARE? $2©5O Roundtrip©(no lunch included) Return at approsdmatoly 3:0$ See order blank on last page for bus tickets© If there are riot enough bus tickets sold on! Wed© o cJano Sth we will arrange to go up in our own automobiles and pick up anyone needing t^an-J sportation -bo Vista© Please order your tickets | as soon as possible to insure the charter bus trip to Vista.© Bring a lunch or buy it in Vista© [ (Contact Corky Thomson0 2?&-3266 after ^:PdM©) j A recent SoDo&AoE© shipment of alfalfa pellets was a record 800 ton loading at the bv.lk loader©©©©©©Christmas week potash shipments heavyP several long sol£d trains of covered hoppers running each direction©0o©©©©© The Newsletter is late due to Christmas 0 donct delay in making your dinner reservation for3^^'9o or get your chock in the mail with order form UJRRY, £ONflT PUT IT © ©©© © © After you get your dinner reservation in0 how about the Vista trip0 are you going on Saturday or Sunday? Let Corky know0 27^-^3266(after ^-pni) iu wish to go by bus cn S?jnday0 be sure to your reservation and get j'ou? check inooooc Christmas mail from the wrecked U©Po train in on Christmas day0 San Diegan had a big of mail on tail end©o©co©©The Escondido On Saturday0 Feb© 15th0 the Orange Empire s Trolley Kuseur.1 will sponsor a member trip from Pico along the inozi Sa*Gur< CuY ALq*/6 Phone No Name Birthdate Age:Address $2»5050 Family Plan ( ) money order( ^?.nd $ 1963 memberships expire on March 1st, 1964. send in you: Enclosed is CHECK ( ) CASH ( ) MONEY ORDER ( ) RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO 0 INC P0O0 EOX 9351 s SAN DIEGO0 CALIFORNIA, 92109<> POLLARD MACHINE & FOUNDRY 0-4-0 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRIP***** I will see you all at the Chuck Wagon, MIDWAY CHUCK WAGON, 2855 Midway Drive, Please renew ray membership for 1964, enclosed is ‘Lwcwr„^_ c (make checks payable to RHSofSD) Enclosed is additional donation for the Equipment & Restoratio (receipts will be mailed for dues and donations with 1?64 card 196i'- AHEOAi DE® AH) SjlJANUARI 6th „ I understand the dinner will be at Cocktail hour, 6:30 to 7:30 pm in the Longbranch Bar The group will go through the food line for a choice of Prime Rib of Beef Barbecued Ribs Please reserve CHARTER BOS FARE sB'iR1 PE? PERSON r- rr r ■—~-t— - - j _■ -rr^^L-c?.ir-BgTt'".T.-ir/Tu-.u J-3 U2iaz.»r.r.x:rog=» At the Whaley House in Old Town { ) ^Elsewhere ( ) RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO, INC P.Oo BOX 935b SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92109o Hotel. Fe Railway Station, Broadway side ( ) Center Parking Lot, north side ( ) nclude your new ZIP code number*) seats on the special charter bus to Vista, Sunday, January 12, 1964. L (Make checks payable to -the RHSofSD) ***** RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR 1964 RDSofSD MEMBERSHIP the Midway Chuck Wagon, 2855 Midway Drive, San Diego* Dinner line will assemble at 7:30pm* Fried Chicken, o etc* at 7:45 pm and w© will dine in the FIRESIDE ROOM at 8:00 pm* (All you can eat, go back for seconds H) (for information, contact Gladys Skeen, 284-3449 or.-<~.» Barbara Thomson, 276*3266after 4pm) FIRESIDE ROOM, Signed; •^z.’TZ’^.^nc^r.^fSvrs-jTsra.c^s^zrz^otmtSSBaasa^s.iamesK.rs^rrrs^iiara-.a San Diego, Calif* I "Pick me up at; I route up U0S0 101 between Old Town and Encinitas* i I plan to drive up on Saturday ( ) If you wish to go on Saturday, please send the fora | for a count of members going, plus the possibility of sharing the ride to other members (Contact Corley Thomson, 276-3266 for any additional information, call after 4:00 P*M0) | ■ ■/■■■ ■ — a-----------Bn--------- —--- n 11.--- -q . LB rwrw- r 111 ■ l ~ i--------------- I----------------- .----------------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------- ——... rrt MV t • —r -wm w ■■ v /*.*» xru--< MONDAY, JANUARY 6thP 1964* RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO, INC. P0O0 EOX 935b SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92109o I will board bus at: Grant Santa Civic PARTIAL LIST OF PAID UP 196^ MEMBERS: William Co Allison m0 Alan Ro Aske, Karl Wo Bland, WoLo Clark., Terry E© Durkin,, Efrain Ac Galvez© LoT© Gotchy© touxs Jo Haake-Elsa Haake© Douglas Barley0 louis Fo Henshaw© Donald Jo LadenbergerD Donald L© Pope© LOW© McCleary-Ruby McCleary0 Andrew Wo Proctor© loretta Proctor© Jonathan Wo Sapp© Warren Fo Quon* Thomas W© Sefton© Idell Lo Sidney© Mrs© Christy Smith© 'Worthington C Sori th© Barbara Jo Thomson© Seeth L© Thomson© Chard Lo Walker© Robert Lo Weaver© Robert No Wheatley© Thanks to the above members for sending in thiir 196^ dues early© and thanks to those of you that added a little something extra for the Equipment & Restoration Fund© A hearty welcome to the following NEW members that joined us since October for 19^-^'od were not listed on the November membership list© Tiny are the followings Karl Wo Eland© Efrain A© Galvez© Louis F© Henshaw© Donald Inis Pope© Robert No Wheatley© Bernard J© Deveney© WE WISH TO WELCOME THESE NEW MEMBERS AND WE ARE IN GREAT HOPE THE LOCAL NEW COMERS WILL JOIN US IN OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES© A g^od way to get aquainted is to come to th® January dinner meeting© After that you are all set nd part of the group© join us for the trip to Vista to see ^HSofSD member C©B© Pollard and eny»y operating his 42p gage steamer© There . - should be plenty of time to got aquainted and bacoa&.'ig part of the RHSofSD family© ■ ~ f RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO© INC© ANNUAL DINNER MEETING©©©©©©o*©© MONDAY© JANUARY 6th© 1964©O ©©©Midway Chuck Wagm© 28,55 Midway Drive© San Diego© $Jo00 per person© includes everything,. dinner© tax© tip© door prizes© FOOD© plenty© ALL YOU CAN EAT* Gst youz- reservation phoned in now or g^t your cheek in the mail©o©oo©©NOWSS RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO© INC© AL\ MEMBER VISTA STEAM SAFARI©©.©©© 0 0 0 ©© SATURDAY AND SUNDAY© JANUARY th and 12th.o©©©©735 Mercantile© Vista© California© SATURDAYS Via your own transportat:onD approximately IsOO to 3s00. PcM© SUNDAY? Via special charter tia, a group party© starting downtown on Broadway and making p’.c’.t ups where ever you need to ba picked up SUNDAY STEAM SAFARIS Charter bus starts picking up t 10g00 A©M©0 Arrive at Vista around’ 11 to 11 s30 A0M0 Bring a lunch or buy one in V.sta© Coffee will ba available at tha Pollard Machine & Foundry Works© We will steai? the 0-4-0 until about 2 or 2:30 P©M© Return to San Diego with an arrival around 3 or 30 P0M0 FARE ON BUS; $2©^ Roundtrip© (Contact excursion director Corky Thomson for Si -URDAY or SUNDAY© wa wish1 to know how many members to expect on each day© We must ha\? enough for the bus on Sunday"’or the bus will be cancelled© make reservation for bus by Wed© Jan© 8th© mail or phone©) * 1-2^ RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO© INC© (A Non-Profit Organisation) Post Office Box 9351 d San Diego© Calif© Zip Codes 92109 JoUM H. ANbE.f?T Orrs ^jT. C.huu.a Vista Cai-IP. <72(?/i? Postmasters RETURN REQUESTED PRINTED MATTER

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