MAI MEETING MONDAY,, MAY 6th* * 1963© SPECJAL * Haw yau purchased your ticket an our big Santa fl© .special excursion train to Escondido? H not0 time 1® short fl remember® members haw Might discount on the fare* YOU pay $6*00 rather than $6*45 per. ticket* Hans haw shaped up for the trip and th© Santa ?aUw tee confirmed ths use of 1509 the big ®t«el observation car* Our train will ; consist of 11 light-weight coaches with a bag® gag© car in th© cantor and the 1509 on the bacH! «nd of the train* After leaving San Diego -at 9*00 A*M* w [I will atop at D§£ Mar and Ehcknlta© for passen® gers t© toard* Th® Santa Fe wW. arrange- f@r our train to meet and pass #72 at Sorrento* This will allow passengers fros points to the i north to make it to D^L Mar ahead of our traihej At Oceanside Junction w® will l^ave the ij main line for the picturesque Escondido line* : Gur first stop will to at Vista for a visit to | an honest to goodness full ecalc STEAM ENGINE*'; Society members* Mr* & Mrs* C* 3* Follard of j tto Pollard Machine Shop in Vista will haw a j h^ad of staa® up in their quaint llttl® 4ginch| gage steam locomotive* She is a dandy little ;’ formerly a saddle tanker and now with ; a wm* tender built0 ah© is all painted up fbr ? the occasion* She trill to aliw0 with a steam ? whistle to blow ®nd the small of hot oil for | all of you steam enthusiasts* W© are planning to have Mayor tow TUstin | of Escondido greet us at the site of the locc®| n»tiw and j^in us for tto remainder of the trip to Escondido* Thera wUl be a regular photo stop along | th© Escondido line at mile post U* Tte trato will back down and mto a photo run* At Escondido w tew a f©K surprises too© At the station will to a band and a group of the loc&X oitleens b& gr$©t ua* Grap^ iMy Park will be the site of th© picnic * At th© park there will bo bicycle rac^i by tte Hidden VaUey Bicycle fflub0 elided by a* .50 all© Grand Prix* Adjoining 'th© park at the Boys Club will te tbs final day of th® Spring Festival of Arts0 featuring paintings of E^^rzdldo 75 years ago as well a© sw of th© original pioneer®* Thi© incidently is the 75th year for Escondido and our trip is sort of getting their celebration off to a Hying j start* There will ba sightseeing toursi avail® i able alao* At. ^0Q P*Ho our big spacial will wind its way home to '* 6 s 20 P(.MW arrival in S*D* 7 ? 30 PoM* Safety Room0 Santa Fe Dsp©t* BUSINESS 0 PLEASURE,, ENTERTAINMENT* Refreshments will to ^rved as usual* 1MUSE5J^£ MONDAYo MAY 6th,, 1963* H?U LOADER. IN ACTION Big wws in railroading and port doing# here in San Di@g® 18 the actual, us§ of tto rmr bulk loading facilities for rail to commodities* The first .’Urge shipment froa ® string @f 11 ^7 »powrod hoppor cars off the &mta F© Railroad was Fbtash being loaded for Japan* Following th© potash run ras 27 carloads of Alfalfa Pellets fr@s tto San DUg© &: Arison# Extern Railroad* This ahi^nt cam© froa th© Imperial Valley* There havc$ toon px’oblems but th© new facility works* adjwtents tew teen and when things arc running smoothly the rat© of 6 to ? cars an hour can to attained* longshore workers were not coaplotely re® leasing th© brakes th© ©?-apty and the kick ba^k track was not functioning as designed, With th^ brakes properly released ih@ cars roll out properly and cause congestion© Tn© port called th® Ssnt^ F® to @021© help with a switch engine on severs! occasions but one© they got things working right ttena uas no trouble* These shipments ware dumped into th@ pits and th© material transported via th® overhead belt system to the waiting ship* Trains on the san Diego & Arians Eastern El Cajon Branch tew town noted recently on an almost daily basis* Tto line is usually used on TUesday0 Thursday and Saturd-gy* Heavy ship-’ mant of merchandise to th© big Montgomery Ward warehouse in St Cajon accounted for soma of th* addition®! run<9 to th© valley of ©■ Cajon* Titra® of the little di©3©ls ax4© used on th*.3 heavy trains and it was reported recently th© SoDo&AuE’o tea fiw of these engines now* I HE NEWSLETTER i^oathly tv . • - t’- > •-••■« bore of the Railway Historical Society vf 3--in Diego o Inc© Send news itrna to th© editor on or before the 20th of each months 320** McGmw Street0 San Diego 1?0 California© (2?6®'i266) CAR WHERE ARE YOHcMnrracyilnjJoaajmx.: aj ■ *a*KBrj:M aK nr. crsayhar&r-x* ; i CYRUS X, HOLLIDAY ■■- tion of Terry Durkin ar 22 the trip to L©Ao® ihg© part On Saturday * fcforeh 30 D ^963 the big red private observation ear was placed on 'be sf regular Santa Fe train # 73 for a special excursion to toe AngeOies© x4o8t«own©r0 Jack StodcAle and a group of fans of ths ®te©l rails were aboard by invite © trip planner* A with 21 return^ Member Tot Matson sw&d in L©A© to tak** in final night rune of atreatears© Among thn RHSofSD membonj aboard Stodeil©0 Tarry Duricin» BUH Kings ton© Sundatroa© Barbara & CoH# Thosscn© Gcno Ssems as that 1© th® qu^&tton ths :.r days> by the count of workers on any Saturday0 y&u mamber© don°t know wh©i^ w is© Thw hao been a need for simple work to ,'■ b® done© scraping old paint© ard &’< r^e .-■•>32’ platfov, ■.<.- '• K- •■?/: Vi- .d jOt"’ St<’'Ung on FiUdayo Jtxne 28 /and running UB-. a July 7 is the annual Southern c. -I-V’ Exposition and San Diogo County Fair© * W? tgaln solicit your help in staffing th® exhibits r-t the fair grounds so tho public may^ee orv of uii- f«ff< steam locomotives and old wooden buUnesis cars in this part -5f th© nation© Also of inter-)at is our streamlined PCC streetcar© Unless notified by th© people in charge of the faii% issue exhibitor® p:^3^s to tho«^ who wW, volunteer for five or at our exhibits© Hie fabz An really not hard and can b^ most enjoyable you take pax*t in displaying our -gquiprsent© The exhibit fejurs ire W am to 10 pm ©ach d':/;o A? in th© past we close th© exhibit -aarly If ther* is a definite -lack of visitors -toward 9 or there &bouts0 when the public is cosing though steadily ws stay open until 10 pm© Tb properly staff the equipment6 it tak©s at l^&at *>ne person in th® cab at al> ti-^^o one to supervise tho flow of p^pla £>7m ths ongin© to th© coach0 primarily through th-3 n&vsw portion of the car isles© Next job i '- mR/oM to take care of th® display case and Di^patcte.'? sales aM to keep $n ey$ on the don« j..' ‘ whAce0 such as on weekends when ch© crowds are large© Tou do not have to to oi expert on the history of tho equipment nor do ycu need to be a engineer to tell about th© loco^tive© A mfomation will answer 41. the questions on ai'- of the oquipm^’it© )?:?3 will find staffing tkw exhibit,., can te quite interesting work and you iaany v:j y : \G< people coming through our tbits© The load of staffing the fair exhibits i-s ore Ifcozu Matson this yaar0 you can h^bj ©as® th lo&e by writing w calling ‘ibm and giving hi . ... dates when YOU will hslp diu. An;z the Us Tbai can reached by phons if ter ? Cf®-5«121I9 or if you live cut of town* d- p I’-ti a card to; 27t8 Upas St©0 S©D© 4© 1...' ,>-<3u luppm tc h ive any railroad tana to j i ths showcast in car 050© 'iet him !■: . :■. - . , thd-:. tooc r <■-> VO.; UNTEER TOSAX.. ?DR i > W ' I PART -ilRINi: HB I9S3 a jFT. AIR. OF SAM - PoOo BOX 9J5'^n bxEGO yn ^uuR&AAo ~~. : . ............W 03 1 9 Q have all the members gone? Are you going on the big Escondido excursion? drw a lartya °^ Directors kind of thought this local trip out of San Diego would Wrcsat^ft ap our a®®b®rs© Qiita a few haw bought tickets but it is a very small the wak 1 ^.ocal membership© If you plan to go* please let ua know before to late in ticket»‘^hero b$ no excursion train© Thanks to those of you that have bought your raquQat the help of some of our members on the traino Thor© will be S^7)v X7?^e uG p to sell* w© will need one to tw members in each car and to watch over th© observation platform md the baggag© car doors© Those of you holding tickets at present will bs requested to help out end any of you still planning to go will bo asked to help onto It will not be a big Job and will not take a great deal of time from enjoying the trip© The Wo big Jobs will be seeing that everyone gets off and on properly at the two stops on the branch line© Live rt^am at the fair grounds has finally tern given the go ahasdo Th© Pacifl© Beach Model Railroaders dub has a l^aso at last© Trs@k work will probaMy not begin until after th© fair this y^sr© The 7| inch gauge track will be placed around the west end of th& dike parking lot© A loop will bg built as a starter© Sewral live steam lfft scale locomotives cire under construction or near® tog completion© Operations will be held on Sunday afternoons after trackage is to© Th© trains are large enough for adults qs well, as youngsters to rid®© Xi has been a long wait for th© fellow® in ths PoB© Model RR dub but at last they will h&v® a track at Del Har©««®~~ Have you noticed the later stylo passenger cars little by littla filtering into San Diegan train service? Two atyles of the later lightweight etreamlinors haw b^n used quite often in San Diog© service lateiy©«~~-~® That big odd Southern Pacific flat car used for haul™ ing Convair built tail sections for Lockheed down in Georgia has Md© the trip miccesstbllyo It Xs reported they pl&n to build ebout 5 ®ore of the special cars for rtbi£ service© On top of a group of local railfans consid^rtjig the purchase of another private car for the San Diego ar®a0 one of the present owners :?f th© Cyrus Ko HblMday is considering buying a private @ar of hi© own©©©©San Diego ray becorae th© nations largest owner of privet® railtray care if plans ell Jail for car purchase8©®®~«®KW©D for the Serra Museum0 model® of street cars© The Pacific Beach Model Railroaders dub will hold their annual show of railroad care and locomotives on th© weekend of May 18th and 19th at the S^rra Museum© If you happen to h^ve aay HO or 0 gauge streotcare or interurbans and you would not mind th©& being placed on displayo pl&asc* contact CorPy Tto&som 276”3266 or drop him a cards 320^ McGraw0 SoD© 1?o All models will be inside glass show cases snd protected© The exhibit will feature soae very fine N0^ gau^i models of fs^ious African steam locomotives owned by Henry Bugenhagen© Donpt forget the date0 Saturday and Sunday© May 18th end 19thc 10sm to 5pa0 at th© Ssxw Museum up on th© hiU in Presidio Park©——««—>The San 1?1 repair group made a trip -to Orange Msipiro Trolley Musoubi in Perris on Saturday and Sunday0 April 20th and 21st© Ibmny and hie wife took their house* trailer as well as th© McCleary home-away from home trailer0 the new Swaine highway villae the Roy and Dai*< Miller house on wheels and other members of RHS of SD that went up and stsyod at tlx© OET room and board service© More work was don© on the streetcar 171 in apite of a bit of rain© Th© San Diego group has gone up twice now a.^d on both occasions it has rained* they must bo a bunch of rain m&kersS Recently & group of the fellow© went up and did ^roe track work for OoE^To The next safari to Perris for work on the 17I hai- act bc@n announced© There will haw to b© sonie parties yory shortly at Del Mar to get our equipment to shape for the fair* Plan now to l>end a hand when called on©®——— MANY0 MANY THANKS to Barney Root of ten Bsi\ne;rdino for finding th® £Uas dovn to our April neettogo Jack Stcdelle was the ho^t for the program and narrated the films which gava wide coverage of S©Po stow power of not many years ego* from Moguls to big forward power and a bit of Santa Fe 10W to Cajon Pass asking th© Death Valloy Spotty TV MAY MEDING will feature some of Wendal Eysrs 16isb movies of various rail interest© Suv? yo^ all on the May 5th Escondida Excursion and tl>e following night at the ,^iy mooting* Mv ^ho DONflT FORGETTHE POLLARD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE WIIX BE STEAMED UP ON SUNDAY* M/l 5th FOR HISTORICAL SO’-ETY OF SAN tESCO© INC ------------- • , ■ ------------------ PROJECT ?O? 7her@ is a iocall project bstog conducted . by th© Orange Efeplr^ Trolley Musm to raise ; zwnay for road building and moving costs to i a former San Diego Electric Railway car > body to Perris© This is fomer SDW -S 1001 and when finally located at Perris it will b® eventually re^torod to original operating c®-= dition© Thio was on^ of 15 cars secured dur« ing World War II from th® Utah Light & Tract® I ion Coo in Salt Lake City® Th© cars ted four • motors©(4WH-93A) had K~Jh controllers and in 10h? th»y scrapped with th© bodlee teing ’ soldo Ttey were built originally in 192? by the American Cm" Company with truck© from old« er Salt Lake cars©(#2B»39) could eeat 56 por^ sons and weighed 23 tons© Due to tte awkward location the car te?dy on the ©ide of & hill© a wad will have to be built io th>& cal? in order to move it© This wHl coat approximately $50n mving it is another fee© about $130© The car is presently located at the Garden Height© Golf course in la and will @awd to OoEoTc. museum in Perris© Calif© Tom Matson is leading the pro~j Ject here and h© eaye if weryon^ reading the ; Newsletter would send in a dollar the Job of ; moving ths car would b© well under wayo If you are interested in donating to this trolley project pleas© do ©Oooooand as Tom mentioned to us© an additional $2 to OoE©T© will pay for an Associate M&mb^rahip and you ' would be on the mailing list f&r the monthly TRACTION GAZETTE with loads of information on : activities at Porris each month© If jrsu wish to help on this project you can go out and play a game of miniature golf© One half of th® proceeds from th© golf will go toward th© project©©©o©how about it? Due to the graciousness of the owners P John & : Jim Newish0 there will fa a fund raising day ».t their miniature golf g^me© the GARDEN HEIG HTS GOLF COURSE, 8900 Fletcher Parkwy out in U Mesa© Calif© WREN??? SATURDAY© MAY litho From about 2s3O PM until 6g00 PM© let then know you are a amber of RHSofSD or OST and half of the fee go®s to th© project© There is a great deal of fun playing miniature golf if you have never tried it© anyone can play and have a lot of Ain© SO©©© Remember© Saturday© May 11th from about 2?30 to 6? 00 PM will be reserved for Project 70? at th© miniature ■ f greens o 8900 Fletcher Parkway© La l&sa© Contact Tom Matson regarding this i?st 707 and golf game0 CY®5®1219 or writ© to him at 2?W Up&s St0o San Diego 40 Cslifo :OWF, MAT 6P 5963 ?3 3O prc7 _ NEWS^ • PAGE 3 • MAXft - Th® Sants Fs Railway operated the usual trains during Easter Week0 with additional cars for the added holiday businesso Biggest boom in local railroad transportation during the week ww the annual outing by Los Angeles Park and Recreation Dspto for L0A0 school children to come down and visit the San Diogo Zoo0 Tw© specialso on© of 22 cars one of 19 care rolled in with an additional on regular train #?2 and |?4 bringing 3oOOO kids to San Dk®go for th ^fring picktc spk^ to escondido We piny bo quested to sh&r* +b « S cramped for spaceT Persons with children under .5 years of age are re~ space for ^10 ones cr hold theas on their lapc. there is plenty of observation ’^ran °Pen (2oor baggage cars* Persons using the open platform those vi*M* ■ to bo extremly careful and to rotate the space in order to give all anyone on t“1® rrar platform a fair chance to enjoy it* At the two stops 0 ta!:e remain aboard the train may stay in their seat* those wishing to get off to cautioned to use care and exercise safety practices at all times* Pick up additional passengers at Doi Mar and wo are off for Encinitas and a few more* 2M. AoMo Fick up passengers at Eneinitsso After leaving Encinitas, watch to the right (EAST) for acres end acres of FLOWERS just north of Leueadia-o-o-quite a sight?- Worth of Carlsbad we stop to switch onto the Escondido Branch Line and wo head for Vista- 10t3Q AoM<> (Approximate) We stop a little distance past the Vista Depot for a visit to see an honest to goodness little STEAM LOCOMOTIVE- Hors those of you wishing to get off are asked to bo careful at all times, the ground is a little rough in places, anyone wishing to stay on the train w do so- The Mayor of Esoondldo and several of the city fathers will be waiting to officially greet us by this quaint little gauge steam locomotive- Here is whor® ths little ones can get to sea and hear a real stria engine, listen to the ball & Whistle This will be about a 30 minute stop----RETURN TO THE TRAIN WHEN YOU HEAR TWO LONG BLASTS ON THE DIESEL HORNS or the STEAM WHISTLE- Reboard the train, watch your step at all times- 11330 A-M-(Approximate) PHOTO STOP---here those wishing to say get off the train, it will then back down the line a short distance and cose forward past the photographers line- Get your pictures end reboard the train as soon as possible after th© photo run- WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES IN THE TAIL GRASS, you never know what might ba lurking at this time of year, After our photo stop wo roll on through the country and the new City of San Marcos- As we near Escondido we will pass an area where Indians and Bandits once roaszad- It is ruEor that there waa a gang of train robbers in this area some years back in th® history of Escondido- 12s20 P-M- ARRIVAL AT ESCONDIDO----Here we will be greeted by a large crowd- they really have gone cut of their way to welcome ub to Escondido- Mier ceresaonies at the depot we yin go to firape Day Park- TRANSPORTATION; There are .5 buses to take you to the park- they are to shuttle back and forth until everyone ie at th® park- If you miss the first trip- there is another in a few minutos- It is only eight tenths of a ails to the park- Local people will, also help transport you in thoir own automobiles- GRAPE DAY PARK Enjoy your picnic lunch,'have fhn, watch the bike races- aodel airplanes, the arFehow and what have you- PA sot will announce the activities- Food and drinks avail ahis too- 3bOD - 3; 30 P-M;. Start back to train- 3*30 to 3^5 P°Ho trips to the train- Hake sura don° t forget anything or anybody- Donflt got left behind- U?00 P-Mo TRAIN DEPARTS ESCONDIDO-After wa try to make cure everyone 1b on the train? Our train will operate in rovers© from Escondido to Oceanside Junction- There is no room to turn it around at Escondido- We will operate in the normal way from Oceanside to home- Arrive Encinitas at 5?Wpsn6 Del Mar at 5:50pm and beck in Sail Diego at 6; 20 P-M, We sincerely hope you enjoyed the day and hope we weren^t to crowded for you- We had to turn some away and found it hard to cay NO tc some of you that did gat on the train today- THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY, R&TL.Wf HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO, INCORPORATED 963 NEMWSHIP "OSTER tt8 JONES0 Everett u 1784 Park Averom MILLER,, Daisy SANDERS© Eric San Jorc y°Su Hospital 7861 Normal Avenue 0 califo Oceanside, Calif© La Mesa© Calif© •ino?^0 Dr° Sob3rt So (OD) «09| North Harbor Blvd; miertonc Calif, MILLER© R&y UuSo Naval Hospital O®067 Mountainview Drive San Diego 16© Califo SEITZ, Charles 3786 Van I^yk© Street Stxn Diogo 5o Califo KINGSTON, Willi®# Ao 38159 Sixth Avenue San Diego 3© Califo OVERSHINER, Gft'org® Wo 3411 - JHh Street San Dl'Sgc? 4© Califo SELLEW, Sibloy PoOo Box 11 0 La Jolla© Califo KOGAN0 Dennie Jo ?050 Roaeaary Lan© boon Grove o Califo OWENS, William Ho 10707 Jaroacha Hlvdo Spring Valley© Califo SHAPPEE,, Roger Rout© 3, Box $45 Escondido© Califo LINDSAY0 To Eo 4??6 Hto Etna Drive San Diego 1?6 Califo POLLARD, Co Bo P0O0 Box 818 Vista, Califo SKEEN, Clifford Go 3886 Fairmount Avenue San Diego 5o Calif© Llewellyne Georgs Ro, Jro PoOo Box 13 Silverdale, Washington PROCTOR, Andrew Wo 4624 Rolando Blvdo San 15, Califo SKEEN© CSadya L© J886 F&irmount Avenue San Di805 Estelle Street San Diego 15, Califo QUON, Warren Eq 1101 West 38th Street les Angelas 37, Calif© SMITH© Murray S© 4036 Albatross Street San Diego 3© Califo MeDONALD, Morey 3336 daireiaont Mesa IMv® San Diego 1?, califB READING, Jams® Eo J44? Kite Street San DLsgs> 3, Califo SMITH, Richard A© 6289 North Bien Avenue San Gabriel© Califo MAJOR, Em®st Co 3123 Qdinco Street Sen Diego 4, Califo REZEK, Charles Jo 436I Rortensia Street San Diego- 3© Calif© SMITH© Robert M© PoO© Box ?82 San Diego 12© Califo MANN, Charles To 4125 Ingrahaa Street San Diego 9, Califo RIDER© George W© 4811 Rolando HJtvd© San Diego 15© Califo SMITH© Worthington C© 934 Muirlands Drive L& JolU© Calif© MATSON, Thomas Wo 2718 Upas Street San Diego 4, Califo RUSH, Philip So PoOo Drawer # 3? San Diego 12, Califo SNYDER© John Wc 545 Sierra Vieta Avenue Pasadena© Calif© MICKLERo S, Co jj©4 West fiioro HLvdo Taiaps 9, Florida SAAP© Jonathon Wo 4355 Arista Driw Sen Diego 3© Califo STEIGNER, Alfred Go 4106 Maryland Drive Brooksont 16© Maryland

RHSSD #071 May 1963

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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