RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOC1 . -?U IsSLAaJKBi fi If you just sit back and let a handful! ISSUE No© 1 MEETING.. WXIL START AT ?^Q Pf,Mo. FEB© 7th MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE SAFETY ROOM, UP STAIRS IN TOE SANTA FE RAILWAY STAlTONu We arc not going to waeto space tills year ' with a fancy little cut off application fora to! renew membership» hardly anyoao ever uses thsa©!! IO REHEW FOR 1966, just put your check or monoylj order in an envelope with your nano and address] plus the now sip code© mall it to the society | address and new 1966 cards will bo nailed onto I (Those of you that have. paid will bp getting . ; your now cards scono) RHSofSD MEETS FEB© 7©©©©©W0RK PARTIES Wo 12 & 26 LAST MONTH January is not a regular meet- ing month but it plays a pretty important part in society operations© On Monday0 January 10th we hold our annual dinner and Jim Reading did the honors of installing the new officers© Rex Cuttoll takes over from Dwight Couch fox’ the 1966 season© Dwight remains on the board, to help guide us and Rex takes over the presidents duties© (sdo page two for full list of 1$66 officers©) Movies of the last big steam trip out of LoA© in 1956 wera shown© this was the year we incorporated the RHSofSD and the last of our old faithful steaa locomotives were seen in use on a double header trip to Santa Paula© P0S0 Too food was good# co were tho door priz; THE FEBRUARY MEETING OF THE RoH©S«ofSoD© Inc© WILL BE HELD ON THE FIRST LjOHDAYp FEBRUARY ?<> A quick run doan of 3966 goals and jobs that must be taken cp.ro of will bo followed by our usual prises© time to talk trains with each other and there villi be a good supply of hot chocolate© coffee and a variety of goodies- Ih® prime time will be devoted to tho second section of our last regular meet© ROY & DAISY MILLER will proseat some very interesting movies with STEAM in not ion c a coverage of soso of tho operating steam lines they found on their vacations© also some unusual river operations© DON’T MISS THIS PROGRAM AND MEETING9 start the year off right# bo present to sco this outstanding program and give our new pres- idento REX CUTTELL© a banner send off on his first meeting© SEE YOU ALL ON MONDAY© FEBRUARY ?th© V}66 7$3O/8tCO PoM© at the Santa Fo Station©©©© Bo there© bring a friend* come dow and chat about trains tilth people that like to chat about trains© see some good action on the screen tooJ MONDAY, 2/7/66© BE THERES HELP© © © © HELP & © o ? t> By £bn Decker© 2nd VoP© 14 RoHoS© of S©,D? NEEDS YOU [ As raembers of th© railway society© you© | through these past years have by your actions g and votes had th® society acquire certain rail^ way equipment© six important items© This is your equipment© ©© 09 and it noodo work© Car 5^-8 much painting to be dona© doors© J window frames © etcP0 doors to be installed© ( Rail and Ties Kust be placed under the car© Engine 104; Rust, paint© new boiler jacket ? and various other chores required© Car 050; It badly needs roof worH again© 01! bnckots^to bail it out during th© rains© Car 1?1; It badly needs paint on every bit of it© a roof job and patching cracks in wood© (This ear is at Perris® on 0oE©T© property© it is our duty to keep it presentable©) Car 528; Needs scat covering© aome paint© Gypsum Car; Slowly rusting© needs paint© Who will match their words and votes with i deeds? If you just sit back and 1st a handfull do the work© very little if anything will bo dons© only the membership at large tuxv.ing out ' in force will get these jobs done© There will be a work party on Car 54 st the Whaley Hbuao i SAT© FEB© 12 J: 26 starting at 10:00 A©H© ;rE F£B.!?uf\R.y'z I «/"/■ Tne 1$56 dues aro $3© 50 regular mesaboxy ship© $3©50 or moi’o for sustaining neabership© '! $4© 50 for tho family plan and $2©50 fox’ parsons • under 18 years of age© I? Duos are duo and payable NOH© delinquent |j as of Karch 1st©0 so send you? checks now© If g| everyone will get thoir duos in dux’ing February^.! it •will eave an awful lot of book work and cctt? •! rork for us© Dpnet forget© dues© HOW© Dues are for the 1966 year© March 1st is the deadline© dues carry you through to March » Het each year© Cards are nuEbQi’ed according to& when your dues reach us© early birds get tho r? low numbOFBo your card number is different ©aen'v U KFEK FSB* 12 thru FEB© 20th JANU OUR LOCAL PAPERS FOR T A CLUB LAYOUT/th SAN DIEGO, Inc, NWSLETT^. EE ARE A BIT’ BEHIND IN SCHEDULE, ? t, = < The 1966 membership cards are riot yet in the mail fox’ those of you that have paid your dues, The Newsletter is a bit late and behind the ne^Bti will try to got caught up, __ __________ — - :»j»= NEWSLETTER, published monthly (most of th© time) prior to regular soc* iety monthly Meeting, nows of meetings, work dates, trips, rail happens, otc, (send news item; to editor on or before 20th of each month,) Ifresno, lodging arranged, High speed track be« tween Corcoran And Bakersfield, Sunrise and sub set in Cajon Pass, full daylight in Tehachapi? Special soon car train featuring car 5990 the OoEoTo Canadian fountain Observation Car, 225 limited? FARES: $28,00 (no half is all rail transportation and no, TVo box lunch©; included in fare, This will bs a to tt.o Blythe-Ripley trip last Z IRO’LEY ^’SEUM, Po0o Eox passengers, ooo' faros) include; $2,00 deposit on roo?iz and beverage trip similar year, ORANGE .gri5BAPJJ9T66 EXCURSIONS (Southern California) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5‘^v 19^6 - Four car specialrar.-4.vr . <.-.oBrrjr.£»>aacz a*»er»^itr*j2w»rscri’S^krv4»>.^vaKSft«ra«« featuring O,E*T* Ounadlan fountain Car and open platform observation 15O9o Pasadena to Barstow with two GP~? freight road switchers for power, ORANGE EMPIRE TROLLEY MUSEUM, P,0, Box >48, PerriBo Calif, 92370 (TRIP SOLD OUT 2/1/66) SUNDAY. FE31UMY 1966 - "San 3»raardlao Local0 limited capacity train, Pasadena to San Bomardino, tour of Santa Fo shops, Leave at 8:30AM, return at 7:00PM, Far® $5o?5» train will have observation car 150% PACIFIC RAIL® ROAD SOCIETY, P©0, Eox 527% Metropolitan Sta,, 1&>a Angeles n Calif, 90055* SATURDAY, MARCH 12th, 1966 « Special train from LoA, to the National Orange Show at San Bern- ardino via Santa Fo© Leave LoA, 9*45 AM, leave Pasadena 10:15 AM, Faro $6,75 adults, $3°95 for children, (Pasadsaa $6,50 and $3o&5) Includes bus from depot to Orange Show and admission, plus one ride on the now narrow gauge steam train at the Orang© Show, CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN RAILROAD MUSEUM, 180 3,J« St,, San Bernardino, Calif, 9241 Go (Turner 5*4634) APRIL, JL9&6 Bus Tourt. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway up Mt« San Jacinto,,o©ftaitornatQ trip will be to Hetsot and the <:Raiucna Pageant^, FUE0S0 of SoDo trip fro*?. San Diego, APgILJ-^,JL29.n ^0“th Saturday0 s0 special train fi’om”LeA, to Ec<<:st for Rawna Pageant in out door stag©. Trip inc?j?dos dinner and all trans® portation. Leave Los Angeles 9:45 AM, Fare^are $14.50 adults, $19,00 children, (Rail trip*only, for the railfan. Adults $10,00, Children $5,00) RAMONA BY RAIL - OllfUGE ETPXRE TROLLEY MUSEUM, P.O. Pox 5^r. .Perris, Calif, 92370, - ££9ONDID0 picnic train, San Diogo to Escondido via Santa Fo special, R.HeS. of So Do excursion from San Diogo, SATURDAY SUNDAY. TAY 21 -2: 22^1966 « ilVALLEY IJjrFLYER" via Santa Fo, Trip starts at Pasadena, Scovers line oastwai’d.to San Bernardino, over Cajon Pass, Barstow, lino 'to P^ojavcc. over S0P0 jj trackage from Mojave, Tehachapi Loop, Bakers- '■ field, Porterville, Visalia and Wahto.ke District President,,,,,,, REX COTTELL (no phono) 1st V,P,(publicity) ROBERT J, FARWELL (27^-95*3) 2nd VoP,(equipment) DONALD J, DECKER (46%3115) 3rd VoP,(programs) GLADYS L, SKEEN (28MW) II Treasurer,ooo,c, FRED R, FINKE (281-2674) Recording Secretary,,,,,,, Celia Hats Corresponding Secretary,o,,,, Barbara Thomson Historian,,,,,,, Clifford Go Skeen | Excursions,00000 Sooth Lo Thomson Board of Directors Past President,,0000Dwight Eo Couch, Jr, 2nd year, 2 year tors,,,,,©Charles J, Rssek Newly elected, 0,, , oGono Lindsay Correction: At tho installation dinner the name of Charles Rozok was accidently skipped in I naming th® 1966 officers© Charles io actually not a new meaber of th© board of directors as he is serving his second year, it was because of this that his nai&s was emitted when announcing the newly elected officers, SORRY AR)UT THAT CHIEF?-- -----------—Cl., ’I. ■- '■ ■ - ■ l- -rru jf^.T-.T^CT- rr ■■. '-C^UrrrCTU-S XJKT r YJORK PARTI WORKERS ,30* It would help if you would notify the 2nd V? if and when you can help on a INVENTORY,00,00INVENTORY,* c 0 * * What have you got that belongs to the soc iety? Any parts from streetcars, engines, etc,? Wo are looking for a full listing of fill of j our equipmentp parts, papers, notes0 etc, IJhat ‘ have you got? Any old minutesc letters0 etc,? j< Gather up any items you have and turn them s in or if it is something you arc working on for car 5^-' or something of that nature, let us know what you have so we can get an up to date idea of inhere everything is. Anything, anything, anything that should be listed, should be in the safety deposit box, or in the new file cabinet, let us know, turn it Bx^anch Line rniAreading© Stay overnight at and help us get cur records all up to date and in some sort of order, KEYS, do you have any old keys? Only certain persons should have current.set of Mys to our - equipment 0 if you have old out dated keys or ahyi of the presently used keys,rlot us !:now, if you | YifoARf & FEBRUARY 1J66 STEAM ON THE EAGLE«nsWw Get those dues in during February and make the banking a 3.ittlo easier for the treasurer© Everyone©©©pay thoco duos nou© $3©50 por ?6®r for regular or sustains0 $?,-©50 family plan© $2©50 under 18 yrs© PAY YOUR DUES NOW© RECSJLAR RHSofSD IKTISG FOR FWJARYo©©ylh© -. j 10;^ NATIONAL MODEL RAILROAD WEEK FEBRUARY 12 thru 20© 1?66 Visit the local clubs TIME VALUE PUBLICATION NON-PROFIT ORG UuS. POSTAGE ^California Zephyr Union Pacific and run to Las Vegas0 •to Death Valley0 return via UoK and Santa Fe and hSan Francisco Chief” fo Tehachapi Loan and up the San Joaquin the Bay Area© ARTHUR LLOYD© PACIFIC JANUARY « FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO0 INC, PoOo BOX 93510 SAN DIEGO p CALIF© 92109© (A California Non-Profit Corporation) RAii&Ax HISTORICAL SOCxLlx ox oAx\' jxiiGOt .luc© j Ji5LE\ * u>iv .' CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN RAILROAD MUSEUM will pay $10,00 for good photos for use in the 1957 rail road calandevo High quality black and white action photos of steam and electric in western portion of th© country© Subwit 11x1** size© glossy print So Send pictures to Chard Welker0 Summit, Calif, 92387© NATIONAL MODEL RAILROAD W February 12* thru 20 has Leon set aside for thin years National Model Railroad Week© Clubs and layouts all over the country will bo open to the public. Locally the Son Diego Model HR Club to Balboa Park will bo open on Frio Fob, Uo ?:30 to 9:30 H50 Sat© Feb, 12 e 1 to *4:30 B!o Sun© IW 130 1 to 4:30 PM and the saac hours again on tho following weekend of Fob© 180 19 &nd 20©©o©o Tho Oceanside club will bo open Sat© Feb 12 and Sun, Feb 13« 1 to 5 Pv50 saw hours Sr.to and Sunday Feb 19 & 20© Pacific Beach Model Railroaders Club will have ths Pacific Beach & Western operating on a full scheduled time table oporation at Del Mar on Tuesday 0 Feb© 15 and Thursday0 Feb© 1?0 open to the public from ?:30 FM to 10:3-0 PM© Trains run on a regular ttoo schedule0 th© new CTC panel is hooked up and shows all train positions and turnout positions, A largo now display ease will have many fine models on display0 another new item is the completely detailed and operate Ing nNM scale layout to the depot0 com© up and so© this little jewel© half the sis© of HO 2 Tho Santa Fo is to have son® ©quipMnt on display at tho depat to San Diogo0 staffed by members of the local clubs0 Sat© and Sun© Feb, 19 and 20o too La Mesa club is building a naw layout, and will bo open both Saturday Evenings© r aettsms^sziraa- n-vxan ft»OECT«MC«;«'asi-.l a .1J3J ^»CTTI-T>«awawnaM^« PLUSH TRIP,.ooFebruary 19,2Oo21c22c 1966 ^Winter Wonderland Special* San Francisco to Salt lake City via Western Pacific and Feather River to special cars on th- switch to side trip switch to trip over Valley to COAST CHAPTERo RAILWAY & LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY0 97^ Pleasant Hill Rd©0 Redwood CityB FEATHER RIVER RAILROAD© ©□ 0 © A dispute with tho state for two years has been encted0 the little lumber line will not be relocated but instead th© Ito® will be tom up© Th® big dam on tho Feather Riwr will flood six mU.es of tho lino and cut it offG they had been fighting for th© state to relocate tho Itoc© Ko report as to tho future of tho Shay steam locomotipso PICKERING LUMBER© o Q Q © Iho ©nd of rail operations have finally com to the Pickering at Standard^, Califo Th© lino is botog torn upo Shay #8 did some final running with a log train and movies wore takeno It is reported Wo way bo sold for use, somewhere else© SOUTHERif PACIFIC duusped tho wLark11 near Pa&o RobS.08 on Doc©, 2?tho Th® derailed streamliner was the result of a broken rail0 no tojuries© Pacific News reports a head on coll5,son of two freight trains to a heavy fag0 tho trains woro on a trostle at the time and it collapsodo Nine crewmen were injured© Th© accident was on tho branch line to Coalinga0 fog so thick you could only see about 50 feet© Both locomotives ver® derailed and a nurabsr of cars© San Diego 6Calif WWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO, INC0 - P.O, BOX 935'’ , SAN K3G0„ CALIFORNIA, 92109, ffigDAYn JANUARY 3„ 1965 - NEWSLETTER EXTRA MUI-IDER OUK W> - Rj;.,.S,.o.? D'tf®. SGT num, .■.., -- ""mini ■n'BTOmijiiww'tfiJLuijiiMgimrtfc • ‘ ■ LATEo LATE, LATE,.YES WE ARE LATE WITH THE NEWSS THE 1966 INSTALLATION OF SOCIETY OFFICERS WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY„ JANUARY 10th AT THE MIWAY CHUCK WAGON, 7*30 P.M, (SECOND ?X)NDAY,,,2ndii) THE 1966 INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS DINNER WILL BE HELD ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF JANUARY, THATS LESS TIME THAN YOU THINK, ONLY ONE WEEK AWAYc,,.,,S3 PLAN NOW TO ATTEND, MONDAY, JANUARY 10th. SORRY TO BE SO LATE NOTIFYING YOU BUT IT COULDN’T BE HELPED, YOU CAN HELP JU,., .WE WERE LATE IN SENDING THIS NOTICE OUT.o.o.YOU CAN BE PROMPT BY LETTING US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE THERE, WRITE OR PHONE, DON’T DELAY,,,,.IF YOU WRITE, WRITE TO BARBARA THOMSON, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, WRITE DIRECT TO 3204 McGraw St,, San Diego, Galif,, 9211?o IF YOU CAN PRONE, CALL THE FOLLOWING? GLADYS SKEEN at 284^3449 (Gladys Trains, 4275 University) during daily open hours of store, BARBARA THOMSON at 276=3266 evenings after 5oo,ooO0D0NpT DELAY, LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING, ’ " •.Y3c'r.,v;-zxxix?u-? - riij i~ijiii» B «iii|jBwr>iTM»pBnirTBnWTT>B~r*T»MTT>B~TTrww~~ur~rn»TTTimrTf^~^mn~ ~ --------T.c^* **.*-.■» tx—. c-J »: tt >»• mnn > — irmti w i u rawunTMmo—■ ** --- *■ DINNER AT THE LUXURIOUS "FIRESIDE ROOM" OF THE MIDWAY CHUCK WAGON RESTAURANT, MIDWAY DRIVE AT ROSECRANS IN SAN DIEGO..,,.,THE CHUCK WAGON FEATURES PRIXE RIB OF BEEF AND GOLDEN BROWN FRIED CHICKEN,“All You Can Eat", PIUS THE USUAL VARIETY OF SALADS, ETC, ?;30 P,M, 1/10/66 DINNER, TAX, TIP and DOOR PRIZE TICKETS,,.,ALL FOR THE LOW FIGURE OF $ 3.25 PER PERSONS! YOU MAY PAY IN ADVANCE, PAY PRIOR TO THE DINNER ON MONDAY THE 10th IN THE LOBBY, OR PAY LATER. (You will ba billed) JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE THERE, IT IS THAT SIMPLE, JUST CALL OR DROP US A CARD, (Send orders directly to Barbara Thomson, 3204 JfcGrm; St,, San Diego, Calif, 9211?) TO MAKE THIS DINNER A SUCCESS WE MUST HAVE FIFTY PERSONS, AS SOON AS YOU CAN, (Sea phone nwnbera above,) REMEMBER, PERSONS, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE MEMBERS, (We will work on TIME IS SHORT, CALL YOUR RESERVATION THE DINNER IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED that later!) 1966 SOCIETY PRESIDENT IS C'JR FAITHFUL, LONG TIME MEMBER.. REX CUTTELL COME TO THE DINNER AND GIVE REX THE PROPER R.H,S,ofS,Do BACKING AND A REAL GOOD START FDR 1966, MONDAY, JANUARY 10th, ??30 P.M,, MIDWAY CFJCK LL G:? Q yat t < Dior R.H.S, of SoD, DINNER, $ 3,25 PER PERSON. All You Can Eat, Prime Rib of Beef, Fried Chicken and all the other Chuck Wagon goodies,co,o.,.Coae one, cone all, be there, Monday, January 10th, .. ;®iBER ONE ITEM OF IMPORTANCE WiBER WO ITEM OF MPORWiCE - -a... -- ---* - - s-.«3.T.‘>-. - —_ -r. ■ r_-> Let us know if you can make it0 call or write today© Don”t delay taking care of number one item of importance? REMEMBER 0 lou can send your money© check or money order in advance©00©©©you can pay at the lobby (RHSofSD cashier© not the Chuck Wagon cashier©) or you can nct’fy us you are coming and arrange to pay after the dinner©c©©©©©CALL OR WRITE AND MAKE JODR RESERVATIONS KOT© $3©25 for one© $6©50 for two© $9©75 for three0 $13©CO for fouro $16©25 for five0 $19*50 for six© NO FORM TO FILL OUT If you plan to attend0 have time to send yovr /coney0 do it nith your mtu;.- address and phono number included©©o©©if you don01 have time to yotir order0 phone your reservation to Gladys at 284«3449 during the day or Barbara at oveninc.?oCOoooooo.«oc Just let us know so we will know how many can make it0 bring a ' ring a i’£lative0 bring your wife? Oh ye8©©o©for those wishing it0 COCKTAILS in the ich. Just off the . lobby from 6s30 to 7?3O PoM© The entire group will go to the :;idc . 0.it sbsr-y ......... ... rAV='.U».X« xOTJ.-«•. .-=.--rzr/z. .. I? ■ r. • . ■. JANUARY 10th< IvEEW CV:t?.ck I■ . 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