92109 W i Sv® aa r/%s Wi go for DINNERs Midway Chuck Wagon© 7 330 P©M© rdor blank©) dOW^o^TIHE DOES FLY„ WE HAVE BEEN HARD PRESSED FOR TIME THIS FALL AND HERE IT IS THE DECEMBERJi iT?7 I" IG; San tn MONDAY, DECEMBER ?v l?6l{ JANUARY MEETING?, ANNUAL DINNER AND INSTALLATI OF SOCIETY OFFICERS, MONDAY, JANUARY 4a 'i<3^a UILWAY HlSTOiUU'& £ i-UQDLE OF DECE'-^ERooooSO A SHORT DOUBLE ISSUE AND AS MUCH NEWS AS WE CAN FIT OR REMEMBER, SAN .DIEGO. RAILSCENE8 S„Do&AoE<, 5115 had soae traction motor troubles early in November© We aav the 5^5 ®ut in behind S©P© power coming down grade between Beaumont and Colton on 11/15 as she headed west for shop repairs in L©A© In the meantime e back on the iron at San Diego© 5102 threw a cooling fan through the radiator and was put cut of service© The 5102 sat dead for several weeks and finally departed in an eastbound freight 12/5© dead in the niddie of the train© It is rumored the little G©E© will i not be repaired© In the m©anwhD.e the 5^5 had been repaired and returned freshly painted© The So Pc placed ®D 4620 (SW-8 800HP) switcher in San Diego service and the 4620 has made the run| to La Mesa«El Cajon quite often© Back on the I mainline power the 406© ©ID GP«9 had bearing > trouble in the fora of a hot box and was held I in So Do for repairs© departure the following | day created a nifty big five unit pot of power©) Train size on the branch have cut back and the j little freights look quaint with ?P8©9 or W i carsp easier to photograph the entire trainJ Mainline power has been GP»9o F«7 and some low hood CP=18 or GP«20 power© For the most part it is old washed out looking original paint scheme SoPu powero 5&00 find 5700 "geeps"© SANTA FE has been mixing the 1200 and 1300 GP« 30 and GP«35 pewr lately© Many heavy trains in November with a slot? down in train length since the first of the month© All November Potash is gone and the big covered hoppers have returned east for reloading© Cotton has boon heavy at the port with over W0 carloads during November and some alfalfa pellets shipments at the bulk loader© Kost of the cotton and pallets come in via SuDo&AoE© to the Santa F© and the port© The big 800°s aid 9009 3 were common while the trains were heavy and will probably return as potash shipments pick up again at some future date© Passenger business is still running be« hind old trusty Alco 51© the original of the series©(Re«engined with 1750 HP GM diesels) On Saturday,, Nov© 28 the big blue private car #11 better known as "CAR ELEV©!" was headed for the big town of L«A© on the San Diegan and had a * slight. problem© 0 0it uncoupled at speed© a***? . . BARRIGER. LUNCHgQg On Wednesday© November 25 th a farewell luncheon was held at the El Cortez Hotel for John Wo Barrlger III© President of the Pitts®- burgh & Lake Erie RR© Hr© Barriger will take his retirement in January© serving his last day as president on Dscomber J10 1964O A group of friends from local railroads© railfan organisations and personal friends of Mr© Barriger enjoyed several hours together and many good hearty laughs as tales of the past were reviewed by several close associates© Mr© J&rriger stated that this really isn°t the last of his yearly meetings here with us but ho just dldn°t know which road or uniform ho might be representing next time we meet© Mr© Earrig®** presented his successor to the position of P©&L©E© president© a san we feel will do a fine job© Mr© Curtis Do Buford© Mr© Buford has been with NoY©C© since 1946 and has also served with A©A©R© The best of wishes to Mr© Barriger in his now (but maybe temporary) job as a retired railroader©©0©©have fun JohnS And our most sincere wishes to Mr© Buford as he takes over the top spot of tho P©&LoE© SAN DIEGO RAILSCENEooc©Continued The incident with Car 11 was a freak and as luck had it thoro wan no serious damage and no serious injury to anyone on the car© The coupler apparent?,y just wasnHt locked tight or the pin didn°t hold© anyway she cut loose and set the alrt) tho train stopped faster and big blue CAR ELEVH1 connected at about 15 MPH to the rear car of th e San Diegan© On tho brighter side of private car trips we had tho CYRUS t© HOIIJPAY securely tied to the roar of ^77 on 11/25/64 to take President Barriger back to L©A© after the luncheon© The car rotuiwd on Thanksgiving Day coming with Jack Stodelle 'T.C F?1c Sandors aboard© b Thio under SAM&.OLD OFFICERS?? Jack Stodelle, Ho Silberhorn, AND A BIG L YEAR IN 8 65” DUES INCREASE RENEW FOR 1955 The additional dollar for yearly dues is needed to keep the Society operating in the black© Although the total treasury is up to a protty fair figure at present, it doesn°t take much to use it when repairs and restoration is taking place on our railway equipment© We urge you to continue your membership ji during 1965 and help do your share to keep andj maintain locomotive 104* observation O.5O0 car J 54 or fin© old S©DO trolley (still bolng worked on), streetcar 1?1 at Perrisn streetcar 528 at Dsl Marp narrow gauge U©S© Gypsum crew car and any othoz’ items we may aquire© Maintenance and repairs become more and no re expensive, we don°t have to many workers : to volunteer their services so repairs cost us morre at times© REJOIN FOR 1965 NOW© The old streetcar by the Whaley House has had a short vacation froa tho toils of th© Society workers© Construction of tho metal trucks will start soon© New 2nd VP Wally Silb erhora, Tossy Kann, Esrlc Swaino and a few of the other devoted members to this Job will be working on the old car soon©■-^3‘-Sn«v«an7^- •.• • a3rjzsx »z?.ir\xi_.~?z2^~<-vr —. There has been a word or two about the sane people running the Society each year©©.© well, who do you figure will run it if there are no volunteers ‘to run for office? V.'e wore lucky this fall, a couple nw officers have « - , been elected along with some of the old group© | wl™ - Out of all members, 14 were willing to run on the ©lection ticket© If you want to help and gee some new names on the ballot, stop right up for the 1966 nominations© run WPS TAKE A FBJ LINES IO WISH EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF R©Ii«S© of Sulk AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN TLE VARIOUS RAILFAN GROUPS© ©©<,, 1st VICE^PREq 2nd VICE-PRESIDENT? 3rd VICE^R&SIDENI^ RECORDING SECRETARY- H© Coyo, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY- Bar~j TREASURER2 Frod Ro Thomson 0 GLADYS “TMIJS” (UMBARGERS) M 0 V E D«xt> cxk- 4ar> rrv» vm Around the corner and. west on University yon will find the now and larger hobby shop operated by Gladys & Cliff Skeen© Yep, they have a nice big roor-jy store at a now location on University /ivenue ©©<>©© the number is 4275® 100^ I ^no saa0 regains: 284«3449© '’ 5 4275 University will also bo the now home of s the RHSofSD lending library© , xo: officer's© Tills will MDAY. JANUARY 4 home of fine food, 2855 Midway Drive $3 © 50 © a ch © inclu do Tirio is short0 don0 success0 send for your Don°t dslayg will 7:30 Fo£-.U (see cut out First comef fiz etoi’y cm tickets for to Los Angeles or We tiill rid< Hf’, RESULTS OF. DECmsgJAggl^LJ-^S , , , „ The regular monthly meeting, was hold hon« day,, teca-uiber ?th at the Santa Fe ctepoto The ballots were counted as follows? PRESIDENT Ifeight Eu Couchv Jr© P IDENT- Walter Gladys ‘"Trains” Skeen Robert H© Coye0 C---- bare J© Thomsonp TREASURER^ Frod Ro Finke, EXCURSION DIRECTORS Sooth L© Thomson, HIST0IU j IAN= Clifford Skken, DIRECTOR^ Charles Resek©, J Earl© Swain© becomes a member of th© BOARD OE j DIRECTORS as past president 0 Donald Docker re® | mains as a DIRECTOR for his second year© The vote for increased dues carried by a vote of tho members in attendance© sets tho following ratess REGULAR $3°50 SUSTAINING $3o50 (or more) JUNIOR $2©50 18 yrs© FAMILY §1©00 additional to Regular© A sound b&w steam movie was shown and a color/sound fils KThis is ray Railroad” by S©P Excellent refreshments were served by Society sembors Mr© & Mrs© Montgomery© (the hot apple cider was the best©) .’0 (2) "A VERY KKflRY GRRXSTMASo PROSPEROUS HAPPY HS'-' YP.’AR Enclosed in this issue is a handy form with several cut out applications© On® is the annual dinner and installation of 1965 Tills v.lll t-j th© January meeting, o 1965 at the Midway Drive 0 THE MimAY CHUCK WAGON 0 Rosecrans© Dinner is x0 tip &• door prises© lay, make this a big reservations today©o©©© aeet in -the lobby at forms page) served©© © © ©that is the 2 private ear excursion Disneyland on Sunday, Jan© Wth© We will ride the beautiful big private observation car “CYRUS K© HOLLIDAY” on the rear of trains ?3 and 78 the “San Diegans”© We must have 18 full fares to run the trip©©©© : $15*00 per person3 roundtrip, in advance©©©©© j Send a 20 dollar blHff for the dinner and the I special car trip© (if train fare is leas, w© accordingly©) SUNDAY0 JAN© 10thH2 5 -€=«?> Orange empire Irolley Museum excursion on | Santa Fe mainline ©md never traveled branch in > freight only tcrj?.Hc^-P tho BDYIHE-RIPLEY trip and help 5 on & Sundry. FEB© 6 & ?5 1965© FARE ‘ NEWSLETTER No© 12-^964 & No© 1«1?6. RAILWAY HISTORTCAl ..... —ihc<> <= special ordm paol ^■^IMPpRTAMqpV 9 ii n —..... —rT.,-r-^- .- TIME IS SHORT, DON°T FORGET THE ANNUAL DINNER AND INSTALLATION OF SOCIETY again betas held *«. -- MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY h0 7.30 PoMp The dinner is NOTE?. CGeWn’n ’K .- '■^-'••yay Chuck Wagon, 2855 Midway Drive, San DiegOo (near Rosecrans) a rfoud tft h-> O2^° to ?*3° PM *» Dinner will bo Chuck Wagon style, everyone going as Dinner 4 f?* < \ ??' l CA^ Featuring Prime Rib of Deof and other dollclous entrees " * > Jo5G each, this includes th© dinner, tex, tip and door prtaos^ DINNER AT ?^<5 Po&, EONGT FORGET TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 196.5o THAT LONG AWAITED TRIP WR arp TO WS ANGELES ON THE H CYRUS Ko HOLLIDAY* WILL BE SUNDAY, JANUARY 10tho *2? FAISaKG KOHEY IN A SPECIAL FUND TO PURCHASE h STANDARD GAUGE KOTOR CAR FOR TRACK WORK LjO£QIigo^ Fraire ’' Tc-i'sTs: •■-'.- ? s-'z.: > --?y ■:/ ? RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO, INCo ’’ANNUAL DIUilER & INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS* PTO-o-BOX 9351 „ SAN_JOgOfl CALIFORNIA,. 9210% MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4th0 1965-7:30 ■. Name j t Please make dinner reservations for me© enclosed is tny ( )check ( )money order for Address. ....... . . _ $__ r____ — ($3*50 parson) Cocktail Hour 6 3 30 PM _, to ?:J0 PMo (Dinner will ba hold in the privato FIRESIDE ROOM, group tiili inost in lobby at ?§30 PM) Chuck Wagon features Primo Rib of Bsef plus othor delicious entrees, YOU C/dl EAT* RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DliSsO, INCo PoOo BOX 9351A._SArijaE^^^IWR^^^ too 2______ _______ 1 card^wSl bo E-uilcd as ’dues are recioved and processed, deadline 1965 MFimERSHXP RENEWAL Enclosed is . . , . _. Regular Moaborship $3o50 ^Junior $2c50 , Sustaining $3o5G o:r rare0 (under 18 yrso) Faaily $toGO addlt.icnal to x^gular aembershipo PLUS Donation to Restoration Fund© RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGOTTnU P=Oo BO£225LuSALraE^^ tee,.. _ _____ RliSofSD PRIVATE CAR EXCURSION TO LOS ANGELES via SANTA FE in the aGYRUS Ko HOLLIDAY* SUNDAY, JANUARY 10th, 19^5 - 3s00 AoM0 Address r jL.irrt. .__ __ __ Santa Fe train #73 departs San Diego 8 g 80 AM train arrives LOAO 10$55 AMooooooooZ‘eturning on train ?8 departs L0A0 5^5 PM train arrives San Diogo 8:W PoMo Sundayc Jan* 10th Please rosox^/o seats cn the special car ti’ipe I plan to go all. the way to LoA© Got off at Anaheia for Disnoylac-d^^^ FAREs $15o00 roundtrip (x?.o half fares) (Subject to refund if fare is loss©) Fy Phone ^^^.^^tosedo rrmMAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO, INC, PoO, B0X.93^_SAJUjMJ.^IFOmJI.^2l02^, "MOTOR CAR SPECIAL FUBD FOR OoEoTo" A work car for the trolloy museum*0oooo Address _ Enclosed is ray donation tevard the purchase and presentation by ilHSofSD to the Orange Empire Trolley Museui&o 0000 ($70o00 o0©$JoOO a imber????)

RHSSD #090 Jan 1965

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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