FE « S L E T T E R ~ « - - - - ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN & EIGHT « ~ 1 9 6 0 « - JULY & AUGUST COMBINED ISSUE r 1^.. -— - _ .__ — '.ft-TTY«R RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAN DIEGO. INC SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR, JUNE ?1\th to JULY' i|tho o o o o o oNO JULY MEETINGo Du© to th© fair and th© fact that our members would be helping staff the exhibits at D©1 Mar and th© regular meeting night falling on. th© Fourth of July, there was no meeting on that dayo The big show of the yea:*? is over and we wish to thank all th© members for their help in taking shifts on tho streetcar, locomotive and coacho Th© fair is just a little bit bigger and better every year and the crowds seem to grow larger each year so having the | exhibits open is quite importanto Many, many thanks for th© workers that put in the long hours of labor be« for© th© fair getting things painted and cleaned up* W© hope to carry out regular work dates through out th© en« J tire year between fairs in order to put a stop to that last ditch effort by a few trusty members each yearo So, once again, thanks to that small group of hard workers, maybe next year it will ? be all ready early for youiSi To those that worked on th© equips | ment and those that staffed it, there I will be a special meeting later this year to discuss methods of improving conditions during tho fair© Each and ©vary member that helped out, probably has some idea of ways to improv© th© exhibits and better methods of hand!® Ing th© crowdso This special meeting will b© announced in the near future,1 to everyone that was on the rostero w^Baa-i^jmagMxr.iEasaK^acsega»srr.-irat3>s« San Diego 17 c Calif© DISPATCHER: c/o Eric Sanders, 1-10-91288, 7861 Normal Ave©.? La Mesa, Calif© I960 OFFICERS: Tommy MannPresident©o0© Jack Stodelle, 1st VOPO, Rex Cuttell, 2 nd VoPo5 Eric Sanders, 3rd VOP©F Fred R Finke-4 Treasurer9 Barbara Thomson, Sec- re ta??y, Corky Thomson, CorresoSecz’atary-' Wally Dabble* Excursion Director, Dick Pennies k n Librarian^i s t or ian ? Ma© Me - Cleary, Jerry Lee Pecht & Hal Dowell Board of Directors© (VqOc Williams, acting librarian©©©©co© BR-305U2, h805 Jutland Dr©3 S©D© 17*CaU aacB:BagMaaia«SKsci97^^sssz3«3aszze9BKKcnai95«i»2caan=n^«ssi=xs\£>L>c» The Great Train Robbery of 1960©00000 A month or so before the fair, the Pacific Beach Model Railroaders Club at the fairgrounds was robbed of some pow® er tools and several HO scale engines© The building opened up early this year for the additional space being used for the hobby show, turned out to be a good hiding place for a transient© The fellow hid somewhere in th© building and slept off the effect of some wine© When he took leave of the building the fol« lowing morning, he also removed several power tools and some train equipment© Only a few minutes walk from the fairgrounds, he was stopped by alert S©Dt County Sheriff Dept© officers© He admit ted the theft and returned and showed the officers where he had taken the ”l©ot”j The fellow wan booked in county jail and his past record of many petty theft and burglary charges was brought out© The stolen. equipment was held until af ter his trial and then returned to the PnB© Club© The power tools were much In demand for the finish up work foij the fair© The locomotives were returned to service and what could have been a great lose turned out to be a happy ending for the PoBo members © <• © © © the fellow that <;cok the things also got off quite easy, •jo ”alls well that ends well”© INCo N E W S L E I T ER# 7-8, J RECAP OF TRE JUNE MEETING FOR 1960oooJV Meeting of June 6th gaXled Xo order 5 by President Tommy Manno Minutes ware read and approved# treasurers report: Gen© Fund/Wlo53p Excursion fund#$982© 91, Restoration fund.? $430©89o Fred announced the bill from Belyea Truck for moving ths 54 $0©00 but there would be some cost for permits© Jack Stockpile donated two railroad pictures to the raffle, he also re ported on the narrow gauge ear at Blaste City© He has placed a bid of $200©00 for it and talked to the ScDf,&AoE© in regards to hauling it here© Jack also announced the big rmilroad movie night at the Adams Theatre, it will be on Monday, August 8th, I960© Mann thanked all the people that had been woz^klng on the equipment and ask- t5d for more volentesrs© Excursion man Duthie announced he wa: still working out the details for a rail & bus trip to Calico in October© Bill Mox*Fison reported on the arrival of car 54 the new x’e st oration spot, tiaxt door to Star Machine at 418 Tenth Ave©, just south of Market St© He said the arrival of th® old caxd stirred up some interest dow that way© McCleary suggested a program be put together to rffer foz» showing at one of the Gem & Mineral meetings© There will be a trailer rally at the fairgrounds in Sept©, it was suggested w@ opon ths exhibits at that tima© Secretary Barbara Thomson i^ead a letter from the Natl© Assoc© of Retired 5c.Veteran Ry© Employeest. thanking our Pres©, To&niy Mann for putting on a show for them at on© of their recent meetingst Stodelie stated he had asked the S©DO &A©E© fo>? on© of the recently retired combination cars© He also mentioned thac we should write the major western RR*'e on the possibilities of steam excursion runs while there ar® still a few good locomotives still available© Eric Sanders reported on future pro®* grams/, stated there would be no July meeting du^ to the fair & 4th of July© Jwrry MacMullin is slated to give his ^Inland Steamers of Californ’jl” at the Hi0.T MELTING DAT Us M0No, AUG© Ut.1960 iAugust meeting© (Continued on next page under -WNE MEETING.. ) -J,J \ 7 0>he Pax*k & Rec re a t i on s-' c V’heir hobby -.'.how every two ■ ■ ybiti ia no? th* year© No" hobby •-now until next year* Jh .f. a v one iuded the bus Xnos s © © © o « Sandero smarted the program w; th? •• ■ ■ • • ■ • V -. / '■ •.■•'• '■ ■ , . ' • -- ■?• - ■ • ' -• . : :\ ' • ,v ' fa .. . • ml 01 / ' tbs Union Pacific RRO Mr© He?mlc le? ./ycr^ for the UoPo office hsrr® ir. £©DC. xi::e.tod that UoP© is vary definitely av> ! ..• gat all the pai-senger business Is oar-.* visSjibly have ho said the bigger ;5 draw j c.Vc.:.klaele.i but to get it tapped c.i?.d havti wovjk explained., r?e want lc?; & jTd Saturday afternoons to be khs kzek off dates on the NEW i^estor^ was lack of rpace on th© trainee 1^ gone by tiwe were mox-e pa^enger ? , rains to sell tickets on then todayo After Mr© Helmick ^mpleted f.?G part 2 t-he program# ptfre^hm&ni^ ’jere ? . \v L < 'i 3Y Pi i / ‘i c ’ o F • Xou . ■ • ■ .'■: ; ;auK€ for the coffee pot ar.d the ^a?flGg. .j'/w’J.ea of a special trip tc Puer: ?• ?en«= ar co by rail^station wagon on the Son^ Baja California © T©my Mann5 Jack .a.odella^ Er 1(5 Sanders sxid Wallj Duthia' made the trip via the odd method of rail travel? in a 191j3 Pontlae statien. wagono A tuture overnight tx?ip by Pullman is planned? with a oapacity of 26 memberso ?rllowing the SoBcCo auto^railer movie? the recent’ POE» trip was shown with our own apectal car to Long Beach and back© at ion 51|© The official date will be on S.Vi?URDAX? AWUST 6th9 followed by the ■ ATU1 ■ »AX • >1 A ■ 7 ■ C b . > Any t5me . ' c. i?.ooa v?211 'Xa f5a Strots t o July ha# a fifth Saturday? so if any ijf you are tolcrested? try to make a .run down there to see where the oar is. and get 3emo idea of the type ul’ work you might best do on this old car© There is a lot of paint wox*k to be done but the old wood and paint must first be properly prepared© The society will purchase the paint remover? and new paints and supplies neode to do the work© W# need the volunteer labor to do tho work? see you on Saturday© FORGET0000 00HELP IS NEEDED ON THE DEL MAR EXHIBITS? SUNDAY, JULY 31st?1960(1 If you can help man the exhibit on that da.te? call Jack Stodelle? JU®2«1|636© Help is needed from abouc 9 10 AoMo until noon© The Golden-West Ratlfans are due to arrive at 10:50 AOMO for about a one hour visit© SUNDAY0 JULY 31^ I960 SECOND SUNDAY of the month is still reserved for work on the 10ho 050 and 528 at Del Mar0 Keep It in mind that we can save a lot of hard last minute work by having a regular monthly get together to keep these railway items in good condition© pic. >.‘o £□ a s hoe or L'.-.’J. iig ATTENTIONS? 2 9 7 ? e :< dex Ir o: cate o - o ‘:Ov .3 and Room 323* Los Angeles 13$ Cal© Coz -:’i3kets on this special train©0© © f?.ros are $10©50 for- adults9 #5<>5O for •4iile;r^n under 12© From Fullerton the far-2p vre $9o95 ar*U. $lio90 each© VISIT THE RHSofSD EXHIBITS AT DEL 1AR- THE LARGE MINIATURE RAILWAY OF THE ?5Cv?IC BEACH & WESTERN (Operating) AND TOP IT OFF IN SAN DIEGO WITH A VISIT TO -?fE WORLD FAMOUS SAN DIEGO ZOO© LVo L.AuDoPoTr, at 8s30a.m^ Fullerton tv. >;05am~ arrive Dal Mar at 10:50 amg approx© one hour visit and continue to San Diego to the goo© (L^© SODO at 3:115 at 6:30pm) iing to drive to L©A© or Ri ;dc ao to save the bus expo b;c handle all ticket sales ! society box number9 and have a lout off date on ticket sales© advance publicity this time© Publicity to ba handled by !?schtp Sanders, Stodslle$ Fink [Car officials «> Dick Pennick in [Tickets p Wally and Fred Finke. Ticket [Sales* Corky & Barbara© Cut of [October 27 th© VP Stodelle arrived at 9:l|5pw*> ho r ported on the movies at the Adams Thea re j, MONDAY^ AUGUST 8, at 8:00pm© The iplan is for members to sell tickets# » available by mail or at ne.it meeting© $io00 donation for adults, kids 50^ rem 6ne paxicher and which all in the bla that no ONE PSflSO ff of memos hat the Uvi operate our Calico trio atee to aover 225 full >Jould be a joint bus 5 Charter busses operating IDiego at 7:00am to connec •'■' T E R 7-8sl W«rai«vM» ... ** CARPETS IN 050oooooooThe floor co^er- •n./. that was hastely put down before the fei? in the observation car 050 De. Mar may not bo very fancy but the )t rt of better things to comco Dryers donated the used carpetings ;hen v-a.?e quite shocked to find out i\; jae ueod as it waso We have been prom —rrsg4 ^ome better carpet soon0 H31SV It Lu the dream of Rex Cixtte31 several of the more interested member ■o see car 050 back in the fine flnla of many years agoo Th$ staterooms arc >0 be jTurnished and curtains on th2 plus any other plush fvrnlt

RHSSD #038 July-August 1960

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