7,nc„ 0© Inc© PoOo R?x935l"0 S&n B-@go 9© ’California ‘ * ***** JUNE <=> 1 9 6 J ****** $&rA°e° ^amsrawr^ _ ..,____ & T T.E R Jh, SIX ***** PAGE ONE jULO O-EjU-.n g n o_t ice Monday,, june 3ra„ 11963 - 7s3o pomo y —------- - • •■•— SANTA FE RAILWAY STATION0 Kettiwr & Broadwayo ftiainess portion ©tarts at SAFETY ROOM© upstairs from main waiting room© 7 830 PoMo Business ® Program « Refreshments ~ Prises **** p ft ra » <***» BS THERE? 2 Bring a frlendlj COWR RAILROAD MOVIES Incite a guest to tte meeting© FAIR. TJMBqUNFAIR TIMEo©©©©. This 1© ths ta@ issue of Newsletter0 it @$mas ©txt at th^ @nd of Mayo© oo© BUT© Ju©t a @n@ a@Mh period of time 1® l@ft vntil tte big date of tte y$ar© Friday© 28th is opming day of the 11963 Southern California Exposition and San Diego County Fair at IM Mar© Ths fair runs tor ten days© from Friday© Jun© 28th through Sunday© July ?th© 1?63o Hw you signed up for sows tisie at our teoomative or observation ©ar# At the street® $^rl If not© timo is growing short for mklng suoh planso Content 1st Vl©o® President© Ttomas Matsem 293MW in the- @arly evening© or drop him a ©ard to« 2718 Upas Street© San Diego 4© It is important to haw a grad sized erw @f u^abars to help staff th© exhibits© The people taking part© the less work involved© It is interesting snd pleasant work and y@u meet a lot of nic® people as well as get to know our sjwn abaters tetter©©©©©SIGN UP FOR SOME TIME AT E FAIRcooNOWy Members helping at th© exhibits ar^ given pastas to get in the fair but v® &ust km^ in advance who and tew ^-W will te needing passes and for1 how &£my days© eteo Don“t put it off to the last ainuta© if you ©anBt contact our 1st j VP try (contacting 2nd VP© Wssqy Hann? 233=8824© he will get the word to Ito Matson for you© Exhibit tours are 10 8 00 A©M© until 10 800 i- P0H0 each day© persons wishing to help should i plan to sp^nd a rilnisua of five hours in ordm- to get a free pass© SPECIAL0000JULY 4thg?2 Tter® will ba a big Orange Etopire Trpll&y Musewn ® Santa F® Railway excursion train from Los Angeles direct to the fairgrounds on th© 4th§ Ibis trip will to for the g43ft€fjral public and railfans© we can figure ; on an additional 400 to 500 persons coming on i the special, and our exhibit is being played up j \n tto trip brochure© FAIR TIMEoo©©FAIR TIME©©o00 There is a lot of final dean up «ork to to don© on th© big 3tr$.amMn^d PCC streetcar© San Diego ELeotric Railway ft 528 at Dsl Mar© Ttore is also work and clean up to be don® on S^n Diogo & Arisons Eastern steam locomotive # 104 and San Diego & Arizona observation bar # 05® o These are TOUR railroad exhibits © plan to cosi© out to. IM1 Max’ and help polish th^a up for the 1963 county fair© For information regarding work on these historic exhibits contact ^d VP Tona^ Mann at 23>-8824o Most of the work is tolng don® on Saturdays between twa md fair time but It eu^y to planned to do sobs Sunday work too© ESCONDIDO PICNIC EXCURSION IHANKSooooIhat is all we oan aay to our Biembers for turning out in such a large group for the FQ(§®nt Sunday train trip to Escondida© Wien the May issue of the Newsletter was toing written it looked like a wry poor stowing of our own aemtors© We take beck our grumble in the Msy issue© th® a^itoro turned out tor a trip in gr^at numbers© Just a rough count not counting come of the family member children comes to slightly over fifty g^tora aboard? S Counting family members m probably had close to seventy RHSofSD members© We al£?o picked up mw group of members out of aome of our p&83®ng®F8 wd wish to wel« usoma tto& to the society© More on that on an® otter pagoJoo© ©WELCOME NEW MEMBERS □ Approximately 500 paid fares plus th& gang of little tikes under 5 y^ars of age that want along for free© a good train load of people© a good trip and a day to remember© TtoftkQ again to all the memtere tor making tfr trip and thanks to all of .you to.< **RAJXW HXSTORTCAL SOCIETY OF SAH D3TJO., In^ RoKoSo of SoDo "NEWSLETTER" Monthly bulletin publiahsd by th© society with raaotings© activities© trips and general r.ras of r&iXr&ad activities© News iteas should reach th« editor not later than the 20th of each wnth© Barbara & Seoth Thomson© Editors: 3204 McGraw S’' San Diego 1?n Califoi-nia© 2?M266© ..... .. RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAN DIEGO© Inc© - PoOo BOX 93J1 © SAN DIEGO 9© CALIFORNIA© EXCURSIONS SATo n JUNE 1st • Feather Rivor Railway© two 110 ton SHAY logging locomotives© open air cars© Trip ©tarts from Feather Falls© Calif© © fried chicken lunch included in far®; $12©50 person© Sierra Mountain Railroad Club© Inc©0 P©Oo Box 1015© Auburn© California© SAT© & SUN© 0 JUNE 8 - 9th - Sierra Railroad© steam trip out to Jaaestcwn using $ 28 and thro® cars© Pacific Coast Chapter© Railway & Locomotive Historical Society© c/o Don Thrall© 610 Arlington© Berkeley© Calif© m ? JWP J963o "WELCOME NEW MEMBERS* It e^ms our Escondido trip brought on a rash of » sign ups for aanbership ana v© wish to say "hello* to all th© now BOBberso A Eecbsr a few years ago and signed up again for 1963 is Charles Wilson© Chuck is also a w.bsr of th© P©Bo £bd©l RR Club© Other w sign ups include Fir© and Mrs© Charles E© Hendricks© Mr© and Mrs© Jacob J© Macklin© Adeline Ro Boidler© Thorne Po Chaatereo Reyrand W© Ward© Mr©© Adeline R© Vigolis© John Po CreaeyftloSoNo)© and Mrs© Eldred J© Woody© Welcorao to the society folks©. we hope you will find your way down to our Beatings and lend a h&mi during the fair© If you can°t help out on any of these projects w© are glad to havo you in our membership Just th© sane© W® realise everyone csn°t pitch into all th© Jobs and 0OE© just wish to hi ©cabers©©oo©so to all of you newcomers© ©©© "WELCOME TO THE SOCIETY*© Back on th© nseabership rolls ar® tw> of our past ©oabor© also© Frank Ropinske and Fred Reif© Frank is back in th© Chicago area again and Fred is on© of our San Dlogane© New ©esters addroas list io on back page for keeping jour aesberahip list up to date© THURSo ©JULY 4th - SANTA FE RAIWAY from the City of Loa Angel ess to the City of Del Mar?? Orange Empire Trolley Museum of Perris 0 Calif ornia will sponsor an excursion to the Dal Mar Fairgrounds and th© San Diogo County Fair© This will b» with heavyweight chair ears© leaving L0A0 at 9:00 AoM©0 Pico-Rivera at 9:25 AoMo© Fullerton at 9:45 A©M©0 Santa Ana at 10:10 AOMO Arrival at tho Fair is scheduled for 11:45 AOM© The M, Mar Snack Car will be serving coffee© soft drinks© beer and food© opsn platform observation car on th® r®aro FARES: From L0A0 ar® $7o50 Tot adults© $4©00 for children(5to11) Tickets must be ordered in advance by EaHoooo ORANGE EMPIRE TROLLEY MUSEUM ”FAIR EXCURSION” POST OFFICE WX 501© PERRIS© CALIPORNIAo (Here la a good chance for sobiq of cmr L«A© area seisbers and friends to get down to ©so our equipment find meet some of cur £ the San Diego line in Rose Canyon will atert to straighten out© The n®w US-1011 leeway widening through the Rose Canyon area north of Pacific £&a@h will create a line change on th® railroad in order to vnden the highway© A scried of slow main/; curves will all be * straightened and spe&d of trains will be fast® ©r when tto work is completed© Th© line etong© will start at H3vira0 tto south ©nd of present double track to Miramar©(formerly Lincte Vista) This trackage ms almost straightened out during world war two but it was never done© It presently holds trains to stout &0.--45 miles por hour through these reverse curves© The old line from Elvira to Miramar was reSin^d and ©hanged track during world war. MONDAY, JUNE 3rd - ?s30 P©Mo RoHoSo of SoD© MEETS IN THE SAN DIEGO SANTA FE STATION © ADD W 1963 MEMBERSHIP ROSTER NEW MQffiERS A RENEWALS 8 ELLISONo Charlo - J?04 Wilcox0 San Dlog© 60 HENDRICKS,, Charles « 1048 Johnson0 San Diogo 3o MACKLIN 0 Jaoob ® ?884®A La Mesa KLvdO0 Mosa© HEIIIiER,, Adkins ® 4517 Idaho 0 San Dtego 16O CHAMBERS,) Thomas ® 414 No Juniper0 Escondido(Apt6‘ ROPINSKE,, Frank - U54 No Centre!0 Chicago 0 Hl© WARDo Rayc^nd ® 40-sB Third G San Dl^go Jo REIFp Frederick <=> 936 T>

RHSSD #072 June 1963

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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