. w, 5. £;'T'T£^ A/s- S'"' J A HISTORICAL SOCIETY JF, SAN DIEGO,. INC ~ JUtjE IS COUNTY_ FAIR TIME The 1964 Southern California Exposition & San Diego County Fair starts on the last Friday of June© FRIDAY fl JUNE 26th and runs for a full *en days until Sunday© July 5th© You will be needed to help staff ovr fine • ?2n- locomotive0 observation car and streetcar ’ o- as many hours as possible during the fair© If everyone helps a little© the job v*ill b*? easy for everyone© Don.”t leave the exhibit Ao a few artd make it a hard job© It can be a rreat deal of fun and very enjoyable if the job is done properly and the work is shared by all© Contact 1st VoP© Gladys Skeen (284.-34^9) if you can help© Other society officers will be willing to take your message© Earle Swaliw at ^’>=4889© Tommy Mann at 272M5824© Barbara or Cc rky Thomson «t 276«3266© All members participating in staffing the fair exhibits will get gate passes for the day or days they will be on duty© It is Important we know when the members will be able to help in oraer to properly set up a schedule© Don“t tfs.it until the last minute© volunteer now© oQOOO 00 00 opo 000 WRR.; DAIES?? n There have been seme paint up i days on the sti’eetcar and the : rest of the clean up work will b« dene on the NEWSLETTER NUMBER SIX (6) « JUNE,, 1964 « PAGE 1 -*- • " ” *- -r c>*/«'■*-**»B ’ ©TJMJ.’S-itS.S Tw .' ' 7 ~Z- . •- [f r..vr„"w — • u - ” •,— - - - : ottol........ i: B MEETING DATE FOR JUNE CHANGED WE TO THE ij MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY AND MANY MEMBERS TO i BE GONE FOR WEEKEND., ©o© ©MONDAY © JUNE 1st i TO CLOSE AFTER THREE DAY WEEKEND FOR MAH: MONDAY EVENING IN JUN£o©<.©uw MONDAY© JUNE 8th© 1964 « 700 P-^ SANTA FE RAILWAY STATION© SAN DIEGO© CALIF.. FILMS - REFRESHMENTS <--. PRIZES « FINAL PLANS FOR PREPARING EQUIPMENT AT DSL MAR POP, THE FAIR© SIGN UP TO HELP STAFF THS EXHIBITS DURING THE FAIRc Due to our participation in the county fair© the July meeting is usually dropped© Everyone is usually all filled up with the ten days activities at the fair© weekends between now and fair time© If you ar® free to help on a Saturday or Sunday,, it is a .rood idea to contact Tommy Mann or Earle Swaine first to see what the plans -are© Streetcar 528 looks pretty good in shiny new paint0 th® color came out a little off the genuine SDERy colors but It looks good© Locomotive 104 will probably get nothing mere than a good wash down this year© it can >; get by without repainting0 the observation car J just needs a good sweeping and general cla-anin^ tn make it pre sentable© *e could still use some good carpets for i car 050 e anyone know of a. generous carpet out« f fit wishing to make the old car look better? [j GOLDEN . WEST RAILTOURS Sunday© June ?th0 1964 is the date for a j wonderful rail excursion covering many miles ofi| So?© right«-of®wayo Los Angeles to Santa Barbara! via the volley line thru San Fernando Valley y t Saugus and the old line down through Fillmore an.x.-i«A-s.-ixziLtt»asrJz:as:a'—i-xicu.‘u?.f.Txr-K-T».=i-cKrse»3.--issr: s JSju-sjrTcucy.'.-.cifixer.T» m-r.TX-f.'.. GOLDEN WEST RAILTOURS Continued from 1* Special SoPo train leave® loc; Ango3.es at SsJOam Pacific D:-ylight Time© Glendale at 8 s 50* Feres are $10*75 for adults© $5*95 for ehildroi- under 12* Final deadline for tickets is Wednes* d*y© tea 3rd* GOLDEN WEST RAPTORS© 2210 Sc. Sepulveda Blvd* © Los Anaclcs* Calif* 9006-% THOMAS MATSON U*S*NovuHMMfonacw «w*ro.msrv*rrT.^9btt^3Ux«>*9'X^. »-x — □» Tom Matson is making his my in the N^vyr he has graduated from Pre^Flight School and is now Ensign MatsonS 'Ibzu is now located at the U*S* Naval Mr Station© Corpus Christi© Tessas© after graduation from Basic Naval Aviation 0b~ servers School at Pensacola© Florida* Ton is now training as a navigator and is •to be involved .for a W week course* His addre? is? Ensign Matson© T*W*© BoQ ^53c Room 23^© USNAS© Carpus Christi© Texass 78Vc'9o Tom writes us that he did same streetcar riding in New Orleans where they ara going to abandon streetcar service* He rode the Canal Street line s.any times and the St* Charles line several times* Ro also states he red® the L&N between Pensacola and Mobile © Now Orleans* He felt our San Diegan service is bettor and sure hates the thought of cutting San Diego®! * A* train service* He also hopes enough members will turn cut for the county fair to keep his pride and joy© streetcar 528 well staffed for ;njaiw sxk - ’Lr. ' southernr^fic J1S1U I Quietly© the %P* has placed a NEW trainw in service between Ifr-. Angeles and Niland* It 1 runs to fill in service since the railroad 'JonsGlidated th® Siuxset Limited and the Golden St-'^'cc boTAj^on LoA* and El Pm so* The board at L*AO lists the train as the No* The tz^ain actually is scheduled foi’’ stops at Alhambra,-, Poir.onay Colton and West Paha fringe0 Zndio and Niland* Hastbound 'fi- leaves LOAO at 1 ?00 PM and is scheduled to arxa5>ve in Niland at PoM* The tr^xn ties up for tha night at MHand0 as do tbo c£V77 mc^bars* On the following day the vTCsibound train dop^rts Niland at ^2?J5 PoM*0 running as #1 with L*AO arrival slated for 5d 5 PoM* The two trains n one e&st and on© ;;ostc uou.^.ly pass te^/eon Col-b.xn and Beaumont but ave frequently delayed by freight trains* The Public UtW.ties Comiaisslon ordered the SoPo t» jaainti’.a-: sex^viee and the railroad placed, ths trails using an E»9 passongor unit and two ears© a snack car and a coach*C We (hear the train is larger at timss) The small streamliner is canned by 0) im engineer0 (2) firansn© (3) conduetor0 (^) brak®ixum0 (5) two food service attendants* SoP* do®sn°t malx 50a Perris© CGlifomia© 92370* OoEoTo ffilP IN FALL ???Se.-^-- — r- -rr-i r i-n. ir' w^. - srr>r»maazae No definite fares© plans© etc© at this writing? all. letters and plans in the works* probable date-; still remains Sunday© Oct* Wth* .^ant’2 a all the way© streetcar rides*** McCXgARY6S RA^L CLIPPING SERVICE fer trailer living friends© Mac and Ruby M^Glc-ary reported i?i from Cathedral Gorge Nevada State Park oxx May 8th with some x*ail itsws in th® Daseret Nows and Telegram* Ozxe article '.>jas about th® recreation of the Golden Spike CeiTe^ony at Promontox’y Point© another was about a U*P* wreck whex*o 20 cars of an 98 car freight hit the dirt requiring a wrecker from Salt Lake City* Anothex* cute one was froLi th© files© 35 years ago© x*a§arding a shipment of monkeys on th© SoP* One got loose and had tha train crew chasing it have? way acx^oss Nevada© at Carlin it ran through the main street and th^ entire population took a hand at catching th© little rascal* Mac said he /dissed the Promontory Point celebration© Mt it v^s to cold anyway© he had Ango3.es •OG.GCTl OF NW3 .OF.. TH XS AND ;ujAT )IEGOf, INC© « NEWSLETTER NUMBER SIX - JUN£0 1964 «. PAGE Mor© potash and alfalfa pellets were in town filling up the yards and ships were in and loading over th© ttoskond of .elay 23rd024the We made an inspection of the loading operation and found it to b® quite interesting© Four cars arc unloaded at a tto® and fresh loads ar® pulled in as the empty cars ar© shoved On Saturday, May 16th the first pat*;..w ..rain from National City in a good many years ass »?. part of the Pacific Southwest Rsilx < AoMo and reduced Ssn DlG-go to a flag stop© Many of us wore unable to wake the tvip to Oceanside and up the branch line to Fallbrook J ir«a 125 fou I?. aisat runs up tote looks much more DISPATCHERa Eric Sanders has another issue in the works and will be mailing soon0 reissue of the Fallbrook Line was distributed on the PSRMA oxcursion© SAN IKEGAN SERVICE TO BE CUT©©©©the mail will go by truck starting July 1stP 1964© The Santa Fe has asked to cut passenger service0 mors news on that, nest issue© a good article on th® the Norfolk « raixjioad magazine© ADDRESS© © © o © o o 2?12 Broadway0 San Diego 0 9 2102, .3 & RENEWALS0 add to your EoJo Von Noz’deck© P©0© J&x 1460 Perris© California, 92370© Henry F© B2genhagen0 5^32 La Jolla BXvd©P La Jolla0 C&Lifora«ta q 92037© Roger P© Sh&opee0 Route 30 Box 5450 Escondido0 California© 92025© Adele R© Williams0 28?5 Barnard Street, San DiegoP California0 92110© ts0 trac due to Saturday being a work day far menyn but I on board were ovar 400 and from all reports it j; was a good trip and everyone enjoyed the^solvsaj on boaixS and visiting the Marine demonatrations^ for Arsed Forces Day© We were able to get down to the depot at i San Diego and see the very rare sight of a big | Santa Fc streamliner arriving from the south© > Many an SoD©&A©E© passenger came around the curve from the south but in this day and age a > Sar«ta F® train was quit© unusual © After a littlk delay at the depot, the excursion was on its way north© The train crew also caught the train* a, San DiegoS This was a novelty to see ths conduetor0 brakeman, engineer and fireman all j standing at the platform waiting for thsir own • train to arrive8 The yard crew brought th® [ train from National City and also returned it ■ from SoD© to Natl© City to the evening© We caught a so vie of the southbound train * as it came out of Rose Csryon at about 6s00 Pl J j running a few minutes late but with s vary leudj Efrain ( ?ll?v m&ribershlp list s June meeting la the# second Monday0 j the regular 15. rst Monday. JUNE 8th 0 196^© -■>> rU >■' tn r.7:; .30 PoM© ’! nortca. ~ . and *fheri tho train is heavy a tri© makes the ?.i:n© Road power from the valley is normally .ts off the ScP©0 ranging from F®7fisP ;P-9Bs0 GP^18nsG GP~20ns and on occasions the s ox* GpE© U25Btf8o _____ ___ ^-.r^^^^-ffi-g^y^ic7argrasrtfapgciiw »;■ nir We have a report of the new DD*35 Qi®sei arriving in L©A© in May0 unit #8W0© These ar® the big 5oO00 HP, 8?”11” jobs, weight, **88,000 pounds, eight wheel power tracks0 These new units are actually boosters and are cabless, : o?«=35 at each and gives it a 10,000 HP rating or one GP-35 and two DD=350s rate 15,000 HPSS In contrast 0 here in San Diego 0 our neat little ?0 ton GoE© 5100 class diesels are a powcx-ful sight when triple heading up the gx^dJ on CoEKorci^l Street dragging 15 to 18 cars© ; The ScDo^oE© actually can be tennsd with the » units as double headers or triple headers as ! units ai*e normally used as a single unit; bitching© The La M®sa«El C&jcn train * is Uy powered by two them MU°cd together out0 a very fast moving and effleant operation© The Sant& Fc has had of the new EMD pou-ar to on San Diogo f.n5?.ght trains 0 two of the powerful 1300 sOTtos were in and observed Ai5.ghhr£?sid .'.maC’/o For1 th® steaia fans famous Roanoke in ths current

RHSSD #084 June 1964

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