cP^V ^5LE1TE^ ^^@(U)S7? ” ”ri£l11- v **C^ o a »*Tatu!i w iwpi fMtnr> m ■ i^t*j !■■ ■»^gwy*w^*802 and GM 1316,1215 were all together© is^ng^r Also #51 is back in service too© = NEWSLETTER NUMBER ? ii 8 - JULY & AUGUST,, 1$)65o __ to’ J ».■.?■<*":li »uf»*rroT-Twr.q iim ihuj^m 5 G^RGE^KOJJI®Had a teiTific trip to | Mexico on the P^b “Arcadia*’0 loft LOAO harbor | at midnight on June 26th to Acapulco and we v arrived thero Wed©0 June 3^th0 8^00 AUM© The j ship stopped in San Diogo for six hours© Due ; to ray hearing loss and not being able to hear the announcerdontso I missed when visitors were f to be allowed onboard© It was to late when I 1 found onto I had hopsd to call Jack Stodello | and so© him before we sailed© The voyage was “rough0 to put it mildly0 ? from midway down the peninsula of Baj a Calif- ? ornia for 36 hours- very stormy and pitching it■ 1■ r | SIERRA RR - WHITE MOUNTAIN SCENIC RR C j-sxx. vtn^rixxrKSrsB’srrsra’crsa staxttx Th® 2-8-2 typos destined for use at McNary,, | Arisona, sewrall years ago, may finally rea©h j that location© Steamer ^36 was recently baek | in steam for tests at Jamestown on the Sierra© p #34 3.3 also owned by the White Mountain line j but there 3,s no definite date on her departure I to Arizona© The #36 was checked out and readied a for her tMp and should now be in Ax^ona© Ite locsomotlv e is to ba used for a tourist f operation and as we understand it is now in | a©rvXc@© According to the California Southern ! Express, tna operation was to start June 2?th© I Santa Maria Vallcgr -#WU is al so there© 6/.16/65a merrily on our way and haw enjoyed some great railroading© First 0 th© line at Fol ton 0 that narrow gauge is going great© they are working on the last two miles to the top of Boar Mtn© The Shay is being overhauled 0 using the Reisler for service© Tn San Francisco th© streetcar system has still got the 50^ Sunday passes© Rode the Skunk© they are I’unning 3 rounds trips daily© sold out each trip© Thoy are workin the steam locomotive over .for passenger runs© 6/19 Tho first train over the rebuilt Northwest^ am Pacific covered th© run of 100 miles washed out in the Dacombor floods on 6/16 0 watched the freight go by© didn°fc so® how n?.ny units but a long train of about 150 cars© oil lumber prod« ucts0 cars a little moth eaten after b»aing stored 6 r>onthsc one flat car had been repacked in San Diego 5/16/65© Ran down another ghost read© Buckport and Elk River RR0 found a spikeJ In Redwood Park© Eux’vka© Georgia Pacific Corp© has placed # 15 on dispnay© At Scotia0 Pacific Lumber has 3 1gco< motives© rusty and dull© but still there© Daisy and 1 feel a little lost© missed th© cotoIV- faixy first..ttee_in._ttn^gars^^-------------- SAM DIEGO & ARIZONA. EASTERN That wreck in the CarH.so~Gorgoff reported in* th© last Newsletter is still news© It seems th© 7OoO0G cans of beer or wre0 that were in the trailers on flats and pushed over th© canyon trail have been picked up on© by one ty teenagers and young adults© They , have cleaned up the bs®r8 Sems eomo went in toi take the tires off the trailers P hauled thorn out! and up the canyon only to bo greeted by the long am of the law© Train crews report motorcycles© Jeeps o pedestrianse etc© in th© gorge© trainsare running vehicles out of tunnels0 etc©3 J By now NEWSLETTER t-7 & Jbl.il/AUGUST^ 1965 •» Page j© A^nunet—B —-x~tt - -.» f-v -■■'. -r-~» rr~ - -r.: -,-.- exctrstoj£News O0E0T0 bTan Your Hide in Oceanside* trip : for Sunday 0 July 2.5th was called offo lack of ticket sales© Our connection via San Diegan was also called off© j:or^he, ouraer£ PACIFIC RATU ROAD SOCIETYoBox 5^79 0 Metro © Sta© 0 Loa Angeles,, Calif©90055 offers a trip including s tears action on the Magma Arizonap Santa Fe Indian Festival > in New Mexico and visit to Grand Canyon© All is available via spatial train leaving .Los on Friday 0 Sept© 3rd thru Monday0 Sept© 6>;h • • A real Labor Day weekend treat0 write* ORANGE EMPIRE TROLLEY MUSEUM and ConLr . Coast Railway ^uboPoO© Box j#8fJ Parr.; ;; Cl ’., offers COLORADO Narrow Gauge Bonanza-, xe<:\; San Francisco SatoS^pta Leaves to.- Mg-jr.'.: via 9/^3/6.5- includes Grand Raton Fas30 Dui^ngOc, Rio Grande narrow gauge run on th© Sil.verton» Royal Gorge and tho big famous Hanging Bridge0 Tennessee Pase0 and aa;v other famous places enroutOo Special returns to _LoAo on_Sundayp Sept©._ 26th© NINE DAYS© j CALIFOPSlOsSTERIi Super Skunk:flitea?ifF” Leaves Fort Bragg daily (July >)0 to Sept© -S} at WsOOAKn arrives Willits 12s;}0PMo Leave VJill'Ats at 2?25PM0 arrive Fort Bragg ^-355?^© The lit Us yellow r«?.Xlbus ;;Skunksn are running daily too0 The steam train will operate Sat© & Sun© on3.y from Sept© ? to Oct© 3^0 1965© «=^> ROARING CAMP & BIG TREES0 steam trains0 Feltono Calif© every hour on the hour all thru th© sur.iser0 weekends in the fall© —CM1IN0, CARLE & NORTHERN RR steam tra^sf) leave Camino0 Calif© ©very forty minutes from depot a Sat© Sun© thru summei?© SHASTA WONDERLAND EXCURSION0 Aug© U & L50 special ears on Shasta Daylight to Cunsmuir0 Yreka Western 2«8«2 steam to Yreka and tha ?iPaul the beer is gone and rail traffle probably back to normal© Lae&Hy tho motive power on the SDA- AE hasnf,t been anything fancy for quite a time0 old GP«9,!s and F«?a3o Lately th© picture has a dlffex'ent look9 GB=>30ns are back along with now- ^r GP«35°s and one day a four unit sot of G0E© U=>25-B°sq plenty of wtiv© power for that roadS One day it was a U25B0GP«=>30 and GP«20o Switcher £Q’6O5 came to town in June© Onc©0 and very .rar©0 a standard unit A®B»B=A of F«? wagon tops© The pallet business has been good and th© La Mesa & COODJtSADING The b'estem Railroaderj P©0© Box 6$®7 San Mateo 8 Calif© 9W>1«®~«Pa©ific News0 ^58 Chatham Rbad0 Burlingame 0 Calif© 940We.*~««> CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN EXPRESS.-. WO nJCi StO0 San •i^mardino^ C_alifp.^dQo - !iAftWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF S/W DIEGO„ INC-... MEETING DATE? MONDAY, AUGUST 2rsd0 19^5- 7;3O KIo Bunyan Jubilso-3© Writ© Eldon Lucyc 6^23 Benvenue $&6Wq__________ RHSofSD to CATALINA aboai'd the Big Whi te Steamer0 Sunday0 Sept© 19th (tentative date) Fare approximately $9o£0 adult30 full news and information in next Newsletter© RHSofSD TROLLEY TOWN U©SoA© trip to Psrris, Sunday0 Octob©r 2^th via special Santa Fe train direct from San Diego to Perris by rail© RHSofSD r’Qyrus Ko Holliday” private car trip to Los Angeles0 a repeat for those that missed the last one and for those wishing to go again©©©©In November0 date to be announced© RHSofSD Palm Springs Aerial Tramway0 this will be ■’zia bus to Palm Springs0 a repeat of the wry successfull spring trip this y«ar© It HOL b® IhLs^faXl^pr w>tern to 00 announced©__ ORANGE EMPIRE TROLLEY' MUSEUMSPEC I AL'tRT T' SET FOR NOV-.> 6 or there abouts0 smaSX treirs tr <• Jbl.il/AUGUST%255e RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO 0 iNUo « NEWSLETTER #? & #8 - JULY-AUGUST «965o Page m irinrmnnr.nr-i.Ti-nn an mrai-ii----in-iitii-! n--., . ,n. t-T, _j i n n i hi. j _i i» .■-r--i 11 i. ■ i_--- r--i~ rr....... ............ 1...........",....... . ■-T-**—-*— -■■ ■ ■ ORANGS EMPIRE TROLLEY MUSEUM Many truckloads of railso ties and fittings arrived at the raus4 eum during June from March Air Force Ease© Iho rail consists of 901b and ?51bo sonic turnouts and switch ties© Total cost of materials and hauling cost close to $1©900o00 and a big part of this must ba paid right away0 frora the righl of-way loan© The fund raising campaign is sot up for donors to send in their height in $$$$© Construction along the right-of-way will continue at a fast pace while material are an hand# two additional yard tracks will bo added- o alleviate congestion in the storage area© | * Track ie extended far enough north now to j to the wig-wag in both directions© Yho big Sacramento Porthem/Paolfic 3iec« .:/?c ’freight locomotive opertaion with caboose ,.$r i^ssengere turned out to bo a big success j and a full day of $653 and*l624 was enjoyed© About $65 was taken in which will be applied to the Sac Nor fund for the locomotive0 Thnrugh the hot season of Julye August & September0 streetcar oporations for tourists J will bo during owning hours0 6 to TO PMo This ; will be on Saturday nights© The New Orleans ear has proved there is need for some regauging of track0 scams this car picks out the bad spotso the Hollywood card hava spoiled ovaryone as they seem to run on | any rail0 anywhere© San Francisco cars 162 A | 1?1 have been run recentlye our car© the Is in need of some work© (got busy RHSofSD) The big articulated Key car was also run during the July 4th weekend© Still needed 0 items for the ravage saXe0 bring any thing worthwhile to OoEoTa CHICAGO .and. NORA pictorial history of the C&NW steam power is now out by Charles T© Knudsen© This big 208 page 8fx11* book sells for $10o00 postpaid0 also included is a largo 11x48* photo of C&NW class °Hn steam locomotive©00©o©KNUDSEN PUBLICATIONS y 3539 No© Lincoln Awco Chicago0 Illinois0 60613© (Available} separaten 11x48 picturen $2o60) fJS^LLY The big book on Santa Fe has finally rolled off the presses0 you Santa Fe fans will love this one not only for the full coverage of steam power’ but for the excellent diesel roatw and pictures0 rebuilds9 numbers0 etc© Wo_ 3 ■’■'.?* f7■v. / ’ ■ VVz .: ‘ t.. the . h ? j:• 7.' Sto p n _ DjAlv ■_-• Hi ' v : v nhcro or.- Uo doing VucaV ijp. at the Grant Hotel.©© ©©Lho U0P© office- la v.’./.j j-2ii Suite i J05 af t-u-. Hana lower,. 70? Broadway r. San Diego* °P^3d and again operating after practically rebuilding tho entire linco The GOLD SPIKE was re*driven on Juno «6O 1965© In 177 days,, D3C0 21 to Juno ?6n reconstruction crsws^TOrked day, and nlgqt jto_ repair^ tho jynep^^ Santa F& dumped 3^ cars near Pisgah in tho middle of the desert east of Barstow0 one car broke an axle causing the pile up© Many cars were., reported to^bgpotgs^for S^n.. Dig go et_ Del Mar Race Track Specials rasuiuo operation on Tuesdayp July 2?th from los Angelos to th^ horse racesdally except Sunday© ossvanx* Jii»c _i.eTS.-r ~xs.r=s«3" sr=T-..=^a.*fT-r=^r=r.'.-•-xx ■—jj.-r.. ~-jjaxcao A Santa Fo special from San Hlego to Del Mar was run in July to a big dinner at thelWf Club© #339 and 1^ carso including observation «5O9o coaches were heavyweights0 In vexy good shape0 in_iu$2ivd^d.. jfcjwsq,. (11 ghtwoif h t RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGOP Inc© P©0o BOX 9351e SAN DIEGOn CALIFORNIAn 92109o (A California Non-profit Corporation) PRINTED MATTER P03 truss U-i’o’ RETURN REQUESTED NON-PROJIT ORGo U0S0 POSTAGE PAID San DiegooCalif© PERMIT No© U7? 1 ■" ■<«**XXSM• rr-r-- tyrr«.- TIME VALUE PUBLICATION Santa Fe ail the wayoo©o©special train SUN DAYn OCTOBER 24th0 1965 Advance brochures available©

RHSSD #096 July-August 1965

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