r^aJjlway STs^or-Tcal j^ociety of SaiT'Tie/zOg Ing^^ ccsKeizs3cxv_^x^-ciz=i»r— r ~.v_xzxi.^-x^x^^Tr;G-^rix2.xc-7;^xr^_L^-r-»i^—. i «-- yi-s-.-cwi A.--,-mr« - ^-~r_-a?vv-^-.cgJ>^?-'----.-.---r<:^l?--l.--l MEETING NOTICE = = = = = •= = xv_--.rni?.". rxr > . Zi-^rr^x SMOKE IN THIS VALLEY©©©©©.SMOKE ON TEE PLAINSoo,o©©SMOKE IN THE FOOT HILLS©©©©©SMOKE ALONS THE SIERRAfigS Rocanb weekends have plaoad th® old sfeaam locomotive into many Joyfull Gij’OSj, ©n many exposed films and on hundreds Of foot Of ElOVi© filKlooooo WHERE??? Whor® @ls®= ©a the wonder of the wast0 THE SIERRA RAILROAD© The Pacific Railroad S©@i<3ty0 Im© of Los Anga2.osfl started the raaent i stage on the Sierra with Dave T©dd°a ’’Sierra Classic” on Sunday^ Nay 7th© Engine 28 and 3 wore U0ad8 ©oashao from the S,P, and the big open ©nd observation car owned by th© Central Coast Railway Club© The ?,R,3O trip was an all.rail doal from tha Los Angelos area via Santa Fa special to Oakdal®8 a roundtrip ©n th© Sierra met with difficulties from th® dear old weather manOooORAIN8§ But rain never stops a steam trip on th© good old Sierra Railroads nor does it stop a railfan excursion© Following the P0RoSo ramble© another excursion followed on Sunday,, May lije this was th® Central Coast Railway Clubg with FOUR 8TEAHER38H Old man weather was much sore favorable for this trip© with beautiful blue sky and sunshine, Sierra RR # 28 th© smart looking little 2=8=0 type was still facing west from th® return of th® PRS trlp8 the wye has been removed at Oakdal® op the trip started from the little valley city with the locomotive run= ning in reverse? pulling the three So?, ooachoa and th® observation oar© This met with a bit of disfavor by some of the still photographers© for the movie taker it still was action^ but for still shotsp it d3.dn°t look to good, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE Railway Historical Society of San Diogo, Inoa, WILL BE HELD ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF JUNE, 1961O MEETING WILL START PROMPTLY AT 7:30 PoMoa PROGRAM WILL START AT 8:15 Mo jraOGRAM Phil Middlebrook will present a slido @how0 If you want to soo black & whits afcoaa loGcsotivo pictureSoooooo RoPo wPhil?e Middlebrook has the greatest collection in San DlogOo IF you xsaat to see ©f them Im oolong, on the soz^enoeOOoC0ME TO THE <3UNE MEETING» Monday nighty June 5th o Phil lues a Santa Fe ©siglnoeFg, retired in I960 after Ljl years of service® Last year© with hie wifog Graeep he spent U months touring C3Down Undergo During hio bs shuttered a grand Golloertien of -stoain engines of all ages and broads v motors;9 yards and other rail scenes in New South Wales0 Victoria and South Australia» s©c« tloM of Australia and the North and South Islands of New Zoalando In Sydney^ NOSOWO«> Melbourne, Vico and Wolllngtcn, NoZo, some eleotrie wTrams” wore still operating and wore exposed to his camera© Refreshments, priw raffle and tlm© for vlsltingoooobring a friendooooo 7:30 PoMo, Monday, June 5th, X961« RoEoSoOfSoDo Ejecting, upstairs 2n the Santa Fe Railway depoto DON»T MISS THIS PROGRAM OF SLIDESgg c^aw-^gtenjT.-,•.-»‘j;r--^T.yCTt^:-7 —g .-^:ayc:-rT'■•-■■ .-r—i--- 1~-r—------- ——— ■ —_, OofeaSTwaySociety of San Diogo I'AGE TWO _ , , . ,. L>_; RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAW DIEGO® Incorporated® PoOo Box 935U Ssn Diogo 9» Calif® W E US LE T T_E R Official l^uOioatfon of th® RHSofSD (Opinions ©xpressod in th® Newsletter are not necoesarily these of the soc= iety0) Send news items to th® home of the editors 3201} McGrew Street® San Diego 17® Cal2f0 BRoadmy 3=5081o (Corky &. Barbara Thomson® Editorso) 1961 SOCIETY OFFICERS ^cursio?l>p°M Du© to th© generous cooperation of tho Santa Fc Railway and th® willing and ablo help of :3Cal” Calvert s> the San Bernardino Orangs Show Special a succsssoo©o©it took a lot of hard work and nervous swat© I want to oztond my personal thanks to all the people who holpocl outp not only on the train itself but with the work that had to be done well in advance of the trip© I cipproclata tho job done on printing, mailing- publicity, eteo I failed to mention at th© last mooting that would not have gotten the drum Pyeaidont^ Richard S^WHnlo’k, 8609 Lamar Street Spring Valloy® Calif© ~ H0=>6<=>8206o Firat Vic© Pregjdgnto Wondal^ByerS'g, 3068^H ©'SSS Avonu©, San Diego hP Calif 0 ~ ATwatsr h-S030o ' Second Vioo Proaideate GharloT*TT~fI&m7 ^X2> Ingrahan Street Son Diogo 9® Calif© ® ©Roadway 3<=>8821} Third Vic© President^ Earl© ^7^mtn©7T/5St^r^©na St root s San Diogo Calif o Cl^roes 6«lO0^o Recording Gladyse=:&S!bQrgerfl jUS^T^rmount AveO0 San Diego Califo ~ ATwator ^°32|^9o Gorroop^ding^Se^retar^ LoWo McCleary®5W 5Kt©in~Stre©t® San Diego 15% Califo = JUnlper 2=2761; Treasuror® Fred Ro Fih£©B~l}255 Winona Avenus® * San Diogo l$s Califo = ATwater 1=2671} Exeursion Director® Wailao©^Fo D5^Ei®7* 35®^*Granada Aveo® San Diogo lj9 Califo => GYproas 5=3i}03 (Hillcrest Laundry® CY=5>=>6309 8=6pta) If you have any problems® wish any information® want to help on soslety projectso oo o ofe Western ”SkunkK"in October of 1962? Many pooplo already haw plans f on this Summos’ and fall and th© trip would be rather oxponsiv® because of ahartsring an airplaneo This would be tha only way to mak© th® trip in one w©@k©ndo It would bo possible on such a trip to sae 80S® of the rail faailltiss from the air0 giving us a decidedly different angle on railroading., terminals s the Tehachapi Loops maybe th® Sierra and Fi@k®ring from the airo Wo are presently negotiating for spae© on a Sierra Railroad steam fcrin over th© weekend of Sopto 30th and 0cto let® 1961<> Th® idea is to chartei’ a bua to get to 0akdal®o It would require leaving San Diogo on Friday ®venings arriving at Oskdela on Saturday® rido th© Saturday run® stay over until the next morning and return Sunday® The bus eould bo routed over th® Tehachani Loon highway and Mojave, lots of action on ‘ that stretch of the SoP<,=A,To&SoPo Una® awn on Sunday0 Fares are being worked out at presento (COKTHfDED ON PAGE FOUR) WORK PA^Y°Del Mar: Sato June 3rd ‘K7 June-ToslT^Sfth if no©ded0 Monday® Jun® $o 7:30 P0M0 Good program®0OBE THEREO SSPiM 0OHS SIEmu (Continued from on@$ 71U.& X&&U&& WORK EARTT AT BEL MAR Bring your e loaning “oquipmn^?“paint brushes o 0 o o th® aociofcy equipment at the fair grounds needs attention before the county fair opens on June 30tho Crows ar® presently painting the loQoaiofeive # lOlj? th© engine still is in need of more'painting and th© tend® or has not been dons as y®to Streetcar 528 needs cleaning and a good washing down® coach 050 will be okay with a llttlo dusting and clean up on th® inside,. More painting will be done on th© 101} on SATURDAY? JUNE 3rd and oaoh of th® following Saturdays in June? until work is -eomplotodo Contact 2nd VOPO Tommy Mann for details? JUNE « 1961 ££§&JUUIBLB (Continued from t.-* c « . Ea®0 one?) kAtvie a®b=O number 28 rambled out i across th® plains towards mrnerville j and fiGoporatawrio oo owith & caravan of oars racing across th® prairie on a dusty road? snapplug pictures at oaoh sroaeing and across tho fields? A.& the train approached th® water ! tank at Waraorvillo? llttl® l;.®6®0 nuai=>j b®r 3 could bo soon? the 26 stopped for wator and th® 3 spot rolled oast owning light to Cooperstown? After a i drink for #23? tbs train and the road caravan continued to C oop®ra torn© The | #28 was uncoupled and turned on th® wy©ooooand coupled bask into the train| with #3 moving in ft© double head th® il train up into th® hills? After coupling up? the double head® er backed westward for what proved to j bo on® of the most offactive moving phot© runs ever witnessed by a lover of the iron horse© The #3 on th® point and th® #28 charging.along right be= hlnd3 came up with one of the most in= beresting and smoke filled action runs anyone could over hope to sac? From there on? th© two little steam engines proceeded eastward with th© ear caravan going wild snapping their pictures? the train group enjoying ths click@ty=>ola©k of ths rails® the beat of two steamers exhausting in off and on timings and photo stope? planned to satisfy the crowd on the train? not for the auto followers? The train looked end sounded Just fin® aa she twisted and turned through wi>my sharp reverse curves in th© area around Sonora? oopictui’es were being snapped all along th® lin®o Hear Standard? ths two steamers wars out off00ooofor th© pris© of tho trip® PICKERING LUMBER GO? # 11? a handsome big Shay lumber locomotive? Photo runts were mad© for th® train riders and th© highway followers caught pictures here and there as ths slow movings roaring Shay moved up tho mountain? (CONTINUED IN NEXT COLUMN) The big Shay was uncpupled at the turnout at Ralph??other ths two Sierra 0j3gin®3 coupled ©a and whistled off for Tuolumne? Th© Shay? almost for~ gotten? eased out of the Pickering track and clanked back down th© hill to await th© next run for railfanso On up th© lin®, the #3 and the #28 arrived west of the Tuolumne yards and th© Westsida Lumber Co?? for anothor unaouplingooooand little narrow gauge Wcsotside Lumber Coo # 3» a spunky olc Hoieler geared logging ongin©s mounted on standard gauge truoks? couplsd an for th© grand final© into Tuolumn©o The Westside Lumber # 3 made a good photo run for th© railfans and then tumod the train on the wyeo The crowd headed for a good big old fashioned chicken dinner,, Ths highway runners from San Diego turned their vehicle towards home? happy and content with a wonderful steam tripo BUT XT ISH»T OVERooofor th© folks on th® train? there was ©till th® ns turn trip of 57 miles to Oakdale, behind a 8taam@Foooooand du® to a sell out? tho earn© trip was again planned for the following weekend? May 21®tg 1961O rm REl’QET (Continued from pag©2) Sierra m ©n Sunday® May aijt-h %a right xa ttor® pitchiseg wi S'© sarswgooooSteema atsu more vvvub® ••-•-• : 1 , r rT; will haw m@h to show at acme futM**®* °*a@k a white shots too® with two «.sy® CiSt C& JGHB => 1961 report® no mooting??? they uro society meeting as wall as a full awning at one of the Camera Group «'£“ m ©vantage of picture chowlago Th® Millas* movioa of Mexico were a .5 g, hit at th® first such meetingo The :•<■?. t such mating will be after the 3D County Pair® notices will be matiedo WAHDEROG RHSftfSD J?© official report of his trip as yet® but Proxy Richard Pexmiek macle an extended journey deep into Moxieo steam engine country and ©n down. as far, as, poeolblo and still able to find steel railso We will all bo looking forward to m evening on his trip ©xperienc©® and some elidaSoonoEarle Swain© batter book him for a future society meeting® Another wanderer io our Sreasuror? Freddy Finkooooohe really covored the railread# in thio country ©n his trip to th® ©ast coast®00something like 19 railroads® visits to terminals® through shops and roundhouses® just about any® where a railfan might Ilk© to gs9 XT FIME wao there® L -- "" • h©urs of entertaining :oi>,3e ©f So Do PHOTOGRAFW GROUPS Vho second meeting of the eaam : v£s>^ySw feroup is being planned® a&G.;;ing has been scheduled Sime th© f-Uvjt experimental get togethero The, .•Scxieo t&nderlng tamsbes©® Rcy and Daisy .-Ullor have boon busy planning their Ut&git trip and taking it® since the xiret get together® The Miller9© have ^turned from another trip deep to the south o£ the country® their post cards toll of having wonderful luck with the Picture takings oooSteasi and more? steam- j GO TO h@ is another with ales to be told ©f Ms wonderful journey® sign him up too® Earleg THSLoooTh© steaia lover© of the ao@® j iety® Roy and Daisy Miller® off for an® i1 other trip into Mexico and pointe souths Every post card thay sent. fr&ai Moxie© glowed with happiness and pleasure they had found in their quest for ths still ?©perating ©team locomotivo® plua more fine movie® ©f historl© ruins and the pyramids® okay® bring on the tnovlee ©f your latest® >Iro & Mrs© MillePoooofche ssociety gets at least ©ne regular sw®t= ;Ing with th® latest films and narration® i th«3 ©eraers. group will follow up with an • evening group meet for the real photo ; fan©ooooh©ar that SwinsWgggg AiJDooooPrexy Dick Peaniek was off ©k a^haa® ©f th® Contra! Coa«t Ryo Club i® Dick 4g with his camora® all the way00000&ad right in back ©f htaoooor in front® ©r beside® Corky and Barbara ThOEisen® blasting away with two tattle ©amera# ©nd gettinga _ ... . ri : LoAo urea railfans along with them and snapping ©ff plenty of 35mm color shots□ MDooooon ths train® with his movie ©aa» are grinding off tha footage® we found Fred Tieknor not missing a bit of the ®tsmn power on th© Sierra tripo ALSO Chard Walker® of Summit fame® Laklag hl# first ride on th® Sterra0 .Ste trip would require at | ■<®a3t 30 people® no half fare® ©n the ; Tiarr®. Rho This trip would b® in the .•.-■:;.X syj/ &.?; an ©xparlmemto If enough of | 4S9 mombor# will let ebo know within th© i’itpxa two raonfeh® if they arc intwected J u:> sm fill expend® trip of this typ®« X ? •Hl-.. f’lie&d with arrengemantso Thia 5 .rip ’i/il/J be run on a Saturday and the ? Sunday® it is baisg ®pons©apod i; fe'isa groupo i® the northern ths stot@0 It 1® their trip mid groip would be allowod to purchase i bleak ©a tickets f@s* the Saturday run •)&' th® day diapli@atG tripo ‘fhora «ill’ b® a 25^ oaah advance on ;■.>'.!© kypa trip® @i.gn up and ^©aowatlon •■ Saye &ef©??@ tfa®'tripo lot e© 2m©w if ;..'r intsrwted in this trip ,@a the i.■ fi©l.lro?sd® S@ptc 3^^h® 19t?lo ■ u ■; -., 2?.vx and Upward ® 8 8 8 O 8 Signeds Wally Duthio® &s©ur@i©n 91rest@F ■ 7.~^-~..~^x: President’»lek May 's wa* called to ordoj" by our of the previous meeting were approved as HjwJUo' „£? ^tended hop sincere thanks to each and everyone for their ^ifevnesa and expressions of sympathy aftasp the racont passing of a Ktomber in ’5 ?? „ "0,e5?® also given to Wally Duthie* Mr* & M?8O Earl® Swaina* 4Wso ^®e^7- Thomson* Clifford Skeen and Mro & Mrso MaCleary for the kind way tn®y took over the arrangements and doc orations for the observation car on >?r© S&n Bernardino tripo Gladys stated that friends are like a ray of sunshine and cake life worth-while* therefore* heartfelt thanks was extended gor all of tnoir kindnesso The treasurers report was read by X?red Finkeo Brio Sanders reported bls talk at th© Voyagers Club masting was well rseeivedc Th© society film* ^Garris© Gorge" was also shown at the maetingo Di@k Fonaick stated he needed some'storage apse© for an incompleted model railroad layout- Gladys Vmbarger offered to giv® him storage space o Pennick said h© had been doing some stsaia train riding in hia absence* down Mexico wayo It tas stated ths old streetcars off Rosoerans Sto ware going t© Mexico for •«so as hcuoeso Penniok offered space for driving to Oakdale and photographing the Sierrao He also stated some members (and former members} have started a new club* the San Dieg© County Railway Muscumo President Fennick then introduced tbs three officers of ths nowly fosaod SoBoC0Ry0Mo= Mro Lylo Judd* President* Erl® Sanders* Secretary and Charles Gerd®®* Troa@urero Present was Mro Judd* he stated the now group was formed primarily to acquire land for equipment* and* t© get 1 ©r 2 miles of rails downo At present date* there ar© no Generate results - Ihasag© has been favor able for storage & maintemma* and he stated th® organisation had not been planned for oompetition with our RHSofSD* but to all work together in the ono cause* saving historic railroad equipmento Mr© Gerdes stated to the group that land has been hard to come by* as th® RHSofSD well know* he stated that the initiation f@© in the new group is t5o©0 and §lo00 per month dues* The publie- atlon will bo called the "Report"* issued quarterly* Those desiring to join can contact Mro Gerdoa0 Brie Sanders has membership forms printed* their next meet was called for my gist* 1961 at 7830PMo 2nd VoFo Charlo® Mann ©ailed for more work parties at Doi Mar* next such work party scheduled for Saturday* May 6th* 9s30 AOMO Wally Duthie ©mourned th© SDSsAE cabosso #2^02 had been taken out of service o The drumhead from the last excursion is to be pi&eed in the coach at Del Mar© Wally checked on the Cal-Western "Skunk" trip* by plane* eapaeity Lil&0 about ^50 per person., Mr0 Thomson repeated nothing new at Orang© Empire Trolley Museum but lots of work going ©n* and &a usual* thero ar® plenty of needs for ©ash donationso Alan Diamond annoumsd there would not b© an RRSofSD Mwsgueb ComElttoa meet ing this montho There being no further business* the meeting was turned over to th® 3rd VP and Program Chaiman* Karie Swaino* wh© lntrodu@®d Mro Ryan of th® Copley Press o MTa Ryan presented a very ©njeyahX© film on San Diego County* rafreshmants weso aervedo The ruffle prise was a very neat locomotive tie bar* the special free door prise was a ©opy of Trolley Car Treas®ry* an excellent book on atreet©ar®o Respeatfully submitted by* GLADXS UMBARGER Rooording Secretary., Railway 'STstorfoaT ¥ooTevy'^f' San^SIegoV’InCo = F'e W S'X’E'T' T E If"* ‘;o» '6 PAGE SIX JUNE - 196 lo Ttrrrgi"-) irrwin i~ m, m&uuvMMrqi, w wwai«u^.iuanunn33rergwxi>u:»aajc'?^a»-<.j,?yiaLaj^.>^c^-rcnrrrxt^^

RHSSD #048 June 1961

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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