SAN b/ii-i ^-XEuv.^ G2UXLfrUl&U.Hff 9^'ilV^o fAARCH IIAiV Z' APRIL I TOO Wa ar0 unfortunately late and short of time again thia month© V/o have Jo to of news and no time or space0 w promise a I good newsy issue0 on timo in Mayo©Q©©oFrora up in Vista wo have word from Mrs© Anna Cook that ehe la to have a ride on tha freight train batwon Vieta and Escondido© £oesn”t sound to important?!1 Wcll0 she is the little lady we stopped the big f ear Escondido aSpring Picnic* special a few years ago at Vista© just for Mrs© Cook© Still it; ©FFgC/AL MggTH^ A^TICg flPfttL MeerwQ imLL &£ MfM) Yr't" w tne may not sound like much? Mrs© Cook io one of our! member© duo to that special favor0 she also is a eweot little lady of numerous years0 not one of ^younger raiifans but just as active© She was on our 0 Cyrus K© Holliday* spacial ear trip to LoAv last year too©oooo©Roy and Daisy Millar write uai froia Mexico City© having a great tteo on trains i and stro&tcars in that, wonderful country to tho south of us© Roy gavo us a full story about train travel and wo will run it all in May© Ho ■ said th© ara enjoying thsnse£vo8o **o ^sh to got; anywhere© rode streetcars for fivo hours on dayU Train service getting batter all the ttaa down ; Mcxiw way© still a good buy0 food good0 hotel , a 9 ° I PRISES - « « PROGRAM - - - REFRESHMENTS i ii PROGRAM Those McClearys were at it again last summer.- traveling and shooting pictures ;i along II5 ©000 road and hiking miles during a fiva month psriod of timo© It will all be ;; yours in a >0 minute slide show at the April ;’ meeting of the Railway Historical Society of ;j , San Diego© Same of the geographyhistory,-; i' ! and scenery to be touched will include the J Santa Mona Canyon of the Rio Grande Riser rates goodp mor® on Mexico asid the Millers next ; K20nth©ooooo©Southern Pacific hit hard by wracks i in Marcho one caused near Chatsworth when a ear ran off road and hit railroad track hard enough i to damage rail0 train arrived and derailedo It ! really put the ©oast lino in a ripped up shape0 • stacked up a gosd aicod train© Later within a { week a long frolght jumped track near Tehachapi | and went down in the gorge killing several of J the crWoooooSoFo is trying to do away with the | nLarka on the coast lino and the Los Angeles to J Bakersfield portion of the -San Joaquin Daylight 3̂ due to lack of patrons©©©co©©©The Orange Show at San Barnardino was a voxy worthwhile sho?? this year and the weather vias great© If wo had tried | running a special train it would have been sold [,' ami rainy® you just can”t figure th® weather® | The narrow gauge train was a real hit and was hauling capacity crowds when we wora there© The little o®6®2 tank engine was polished omd look® great and sounding even better0 wonderful whistl □ that brought back siGDiorios of steam days©©©©©©© On agahi off again reports as to the repairs w scrap plans for Santa Fe diesels 5‘3«C and 6*3 in® *jolv®d in wi”@ck at Anaheim in Dscembex*© Wo just heard the would ba repaired followed by a import it world be scrapped???© ©o©©©San itogan service has re turned th© the week day small 3 to ? car train80 single Meo ttAa units oftenQ two I units on the weekend trains 6 to *82 ears© J ' in Big Band national Parky Iceberg Lake and • GrinncXI Glacier in.Glacier National Park© { the street carr; of itei Orleans9 soma of the j 2V^66 miles cd’ the Mississippi Rivor& snow ' and i^c in Jasper National Park0 a boat trip ;j ! to Eayou Ear& tar la 0 the Wizard of Crater Lake'; a gtgam tj^Qig. is* Edison ton 0 Canada., and Cjthor •! subjectSo complete with muoi» Published monthly by RHSofSD© n< of local and western railroading© meeting d; wk party plans© etc* (Send news item for the 20th of each iwntbo)er-.v -rvz- -^-.• ..■^'■•'^••.•w.-m/x-..-.^----' rr-.'trvi.-.-r z^5A..-7..x’r.,-r.’r_-;--ri-.Trr.x-.m-em:Ts..-.-."rr—,?.- *?<•/> WES PAID SI’ WO MEMBERS TO DATE© the deadline* A few h; due A LONELT LITTLE STEAMER stands in Vista* Our friend and member Charles Bo Pollard© owner of Pollard. Machine & Foundry has passed away* Many of yon will recall the grand show he gave us when 600 persons aboard the Escondido trip detrained at Vista to see hi 3 little narrow gauge steamer operate* We also were guests as a private RHSofSD group for riding and actually operating the little steamer© one© again Mr* Pollard was a grand fellow in allowing us the pleasures of hie steas locomotive* We will miea Charles Pollard0 he leaves his wife Lucy© a son and a daughtor* Thera ara pJonty o£ early susator© take your "WACHAPI WOF’ 'ik Obaorvatien Car on wr/fiGC’ T HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO... INC*. - goO*.u.BOX 9351a._ SAN, MEGO* CALIFORNIA » 92109* —... PACIFIC COAST REGION of HJflUA* ONVENTION- Model Railroaders from all up and down the line will converge on Riverside on May 13© W & for the annuel west coast meet* A old© trip to Orange Empire Trolley Museum is planned via bus jm t^turdciY.n banquet at Mis slop '.ifflu... ______ ., _ Oe’’ oOMISxCN’sZ o on'* u o" " THE BIG ORANGE EMPIRE annual two day trip® SATURDAY & SUNDAY© MAY 21-22© "San Joaquin VALLEY FLYER* see brochure enclosed* (Help support OoEoT* projects© participate in Orrugo I&ipl£xj IXolloy Museun sponsored trips •>) <®:ou:?.aL day weekend© ww J96&- fJWHITE KOUNTAIN find GRAND CANTON0 via special car® on S^mta 1’0 vl Grand Canyon L&C'ilted11** Ride tho oteaa powered WHITE MOUNTAIN SCENIC RAILWAY y© Arizona* Visit the Grand Canyon via th® Santa F& Grand CanyOii Branch Line* ;do« Friday0 Hay 27th at 2?l5pft© ro*d Blogo at Fullerton and Sjya Eoxviardlno* A variety of faresf e r, room© ttc tJ Qompa rtoen t« s run from $150* CO to ur neodSo lirVce tox ^i'U:£Li2i '"SmNGTIME TEHACHAPIS’3 annual Golbw tell Tirara trip from Loe Angeles to Bakersfield and return via Southern Picific* GOLDEN WEST RAIL TOURS© 22W So* Sepulveda 81 vd Los Calif* - -. - - SAT>, ^:.Y Uth FALLBROOK A'JBCW FESTIVAL* via Santa F’c formation fro®g 'Pacific Southwest Railway Musew NO PIQUC SPECIAL BI RHSofSD* Duo to the middle of May date set for the Fallbrook train we will not operate any large rail exeureion :ln Apr-?.! ,, ;iay or Jsne<> Support the PSRMA trjpo ean up equipment at fairgrounds or •ork c-k'a oar 5^ Cid Tbwn* Tha old •G on tracks © wheels© and a chuntk tor ter iw^8 Jfea at HU«9±311< Tom 3&tE-on states he io back 1m UobuAo© saw and rode plenty of trains in the fsr off places of EuropeG his current address 138 L-t JG Thomae VJQ Matson© Patrol Squadron VP24 Naval Mr Station ft„ Norfo3.kn Virginia n f5,RAKOHA BY RAIL"' annual ria Santa F® frra Lo&* to Stest and a Outdoor Hsy* (qmial rato® ide Fountain Observation Car fo: ?£at©h$ng use on th© Jacinto ro) Regular portion of trip to 50 fox* adults© $10*00 -for children© 'dtrlp rail fare© bus to pageant© served eoats at pageant and dinner axrgmundB* ORM’GE E&PIRE TROLLED k 5^-3. IWRISo CAUi.-o 92370* _ _ March mg ;ond thoir yet* $3*50 annual duos o.r $A*50 for the •cnbarsliip© §2^50 txndor 18 years of age* ADDRESS IS IK RED YOU ARE* DSLINQU‘??iTS8 Thinks to the rest of you xor mailing your duos p?s?i;pU; this year* A new n^bQ-^bip roster b* available soon* YOU LATE ONES0 GET TEAT s 111 J7- ;p'sgonUTZ•Sw’issSe’ of the '<• CThawte Evfu s/i*. at 2>d *a mi wrn? the super simk* ? on difonjia ^aaterao ^ssgino (steam) j ope f-roa Willits to' Redwood Grove and backoj 5 hour photo ruj>o Feasible connection by bus d i: Northwestern Itacific train to WilUte* Fare is !' $2Z,.50 froas PACIFIC COAST CHA?my RSLBS© 9?U ARLINGTON cocols ail plans of ateaa trips* high costs© etc* have ended the famous trip® and the pla’-i to i^work the 4»8®4 are off* Stowar CT5 recently used for movie lacking on th® Eagle Mountain HR has returned to its own ers and is mw reported to have plans for uss at Salt Lake City on the Garfield & Western to pull exgurei&n trains* V’OR^ 1 -’v c sV.v/?. v -..■ — t• zr. 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RHSSD #101 March-April 1966

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