YES0 WE NEED YOUSu on^cnj. MAY WTJi2G OF RoILSoOfSoDo 3 9 6 6M 0 N D A Y The regular first tonday of the months PROGRAM Program? OU' YOUo YOU and YOU will bo needed to staff the exxsr^xt=> exhibits during the fair© Th© usual open hours of our RoHvSaOfSoDo exhibit is 9'00 P0Ho lo@k up© tost of the exhibit halls ar© open until 10?,00 PJ4o but w© usuually close a little ear® ly in order to clean up ana ready the equip® sent for the next day© Exhibits open at 10 $00 The *3966 Friday., June &th of July© fl 04 Baldwin A presentation by James and June Reading©©oo©©keepers of th© Whaley House and watchers of our old car 54 resting in tho yard* Movies or aides??? Monday the 2nd BGTFRlW0 RELATIVE© WIFE© HUSBAND, Etc San Diego County Falx’* starts on 24th and runs through Mondays the Tho steam locomotive© SoDo&AuE., 2=8=0 will be opoa for thousands of visitors each day* With the 104 is coupled -ar $050 0 th© woodeno truss®rod© open platform observation car "Carriso Gorge" which also la. to be open to tho fair visitors© 7^30 PcMv in the Safety Room, upstairs in tho Santa Fe Railway Station, San Diego© HISTORICAL duGx&Tx to5 Shim ,uliiGOfl YOU to the morning© ours can ba opened any time from 10 to nc-on depending on tho availability of membership help or outside help from other organizations© We definitely want the exhibit open from neon to nine to th© evening© 9 hours rainimum ttoeo If and when thors are plenty of helpers we will' also open th© streamlined PCC streetcar £528© If you missed the April meeting, you missed a good show by the sound & slide experts© Ha© and Ruby McCleary© co ©don01 miss a thing0 bo at the RHSofSD meetings every month© normally the first Monday of the month unless you are told a different dato©coo©8uch as July© NO MEETING IM JULY© ©oo© June© the first Monday, June 6 th© POSTAL REGULATIONS REQUIRE ZIP CODES IF YOU CAN HELP LET US KNOW AS SOON AS YOU CAN WE MUST APPLY FDR PASSES AND HAVE THE NAMES & ADDRESSES OF OUR STAFF TO SUBMIT FOR THS PARK® ING DOT PASSES AND THE ADMISSION PASSES© 1© SEND YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER© 2© STATE WHICH DAYS OR EVENINGS YOU WILL EE AVAILABLE IO STAFF THE EQUIPMENT© 3© LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED A PARKING LOT PASS© Send th© above information as soon as possible on a postcard or drop ua a short note in an envelope © please be sure to give us th® above information complete© it is important to us in order to act up the list for the fair people end get the passes© NO MEMBER PLANNING IO HELP WITH OUR EXHIBIT IS TO PAY ENTRANCE FES« If you plan to help, get your name in and dates 9 wo will see to it that you get your pass or Dasses for the proper day: at the fair© SEND THE PROPER INFORMATION NOW© RoHvSoOfSoD© "County Fair Hans" Po0© Box 935^ Sen Diegor California^ 92109© ■ J>$TF5 Af If your Newsletter doss not show a 3IP NUMBzER after the state0 wc donnt have the sip number in our files© If it is the wrong one, correct us0 either way© let us know your ZIP number if we don0t havs.it or have it wrong© EASTER WSEK once again brought back larger trains on the local MSan Diegan" runs with a few spacial zaovos© Up to Vy car trains were in service during the on© week school vaca tion© Double °An unit Alco power served well for the age of those old passangex** engines© A few runs were made with 300 series A^B«B GM locomotives© those tooo a.re starting to show their age©©©©©© on Broadway lead to a bit of’eonfusuion when switching is being done in that area© The new gates are double sots to properly block all east and w-ast tones©©o©©©© Since Easter tho weekend business has appeared good with W.J2 and 1A cars trailing the /ilco9st.} on a few occasions a lcu& old n?*CJ unit has been seen with 9 cars© GOLDEN WEST© the big colors ful private car was U-> town on ^/2^/66© wt-v*.*;- - ..-on-v^ v--— «; of cur out of towners would like to see some | pictures of our 104© 050© 5280 1?1© 5% etc© |i Row do we stand on good shots of our railway [ equipment? Bo you havo any good pictures© we - might convince Eric? Sanders to do a now run of | the RHSofSD story Brora the beginning and show ? off tho line up of equipment? Wc will work a ■ bit on tho request and see if wq can°t coms up J with a roster of equipment pictures© NEWS Pat th© important part of Roy & r&fa# Killer trip to Mexico away for this issus® can”t find it newS Will keep c^arching© Flu bug last tuor/.i kind of up so t th inp,;•>• ®, © ® © © © ® la ter w rd f ron Koy stateds we rccie tne olx*5*©!®® ■>.vxc cai'a bo Fueblo© approve 100 &U 3 hours each way© These cars were built in 195 by Fiat in Milano © Italy and they ride like floating down and rim 11 ko a ecared rabbits Saw a few ctandard and site gauge engines work . ingo not all gone yet© but going® Left for Vera Qwz by rail,, then back to Mexico City© Working ov.r wny v:» tho ?xot coast in easy stages taking in Colima© San Blas© Masatlan© all via rail©®©co®©cothen from Fallbrook a •k/rt/66 note? Here t:e arc again in tho shade SAN DIEGO RAPID TRANSITooo©lots of talk at the I moment© something is needed© Bis sorvteo is a j rather sad subject at present© pressure is on i to ,,sq11u the system to tho city© lot the tax •■ payers foot tho bill for service® Tino will t@Ho 000 to bad the trolley lines are gone© thc^ cost iworo to operate tat sure give the service^ W0ULmf,T LIGHT WEIGHT RAPID SELF PROFILED PASSENGER UNITS BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND SANTA j BARBARA AND OTHER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOWNS BE] THE AKSl-JER TO THE GENERAL TRAVEL PROVEN IN THE AREA? Units similar te those in Birope © Wo 01; throo car train sets® High speed trackf no sur| faco crossings® Japan auro did it with tho nex-n high speed electric eervicco why not here? c'cocoOii again» off again© the trip to Failbraok Santa Fa is scheduled to run from National CityP stopping at San Diego© It is set for Saturday© May 140 t$66© Ns fares j announced as yet© or running times© Train will| visit the Avacado Festival, at Fallbrook® Get [ information from Pacific Southwest Ra'ilxc®oFi’oia Guadalajara down to ifensan'tllo on the coast is an 8 hour trip© ■ costs $2©5^0 'this 'I3 & beautiful trip© f&^: lands© a deep canyon© cocoanut and banana pl. atiosis© sleepy lagoons plus the Cites volc^.-:?- »ak:'.ng .in th® early somingooooOn th^ m; frou Guada'r.ajare© Pullmans W0$ sold out.- all. 1st and 2nd class coaches full© •::& - a 15 p?.32?engsr hesdod south© Iota of .•>■■' ' <..P- ■■M.fty --------- -- blAx. il^OO =■ **.Lu Perris0 Cclif© | &;*cently questionaires were ©ent out regard^ toft the Qusseura- Leading items nosing in are as !• CO Clean up the publi© area where the j tourists and visitors frequent th© mo a to $.2) A | working line Into Perris In order to giw long-| ^r rides and bring in more funds© ©©© ©1)966 pre8«‘j Ident Sd v Wo j: Mher® have triad to establish an operating! esu-wia with w& lu&k© A group of RHS&fSD ssmtord pulled ,£>ut £nd farmed a nw ms@ua grcup0 th© [• Southwest Railway Museum Association,, |i vh-yir j?o81o an operating tgusaua© They too» havc| fou*d many things blocking th® way and they ar& ? rying bard© Presently they are considering th^ possibility of squiring a 3teas lo^ormive© Xf | they successful they plan to sake arrange^ i> meats to place it at Farris© With a ail© or aare of track ^long the old California Southorrg rlrht«of<=^ay it will be an ideal spot for tte | operation of stems^fo It wr?'t tig up the 3 acres of OcE/To yards tot will definitely to !j another reason for the public t© visit the eus4 e?un© Wt? tope they are swscessfui in their hunt | s?nd their loooROtiw soon© Ws stated long ago and on numerous writings !| of th® newsletter for eTO?ryone to support the !i 0©S©T© «v®n if ttoy werenr,t striotly trolley | fans© After allc a sts^l rail and a steel whee^ all run on the aaae basic UftB| that M3 ar® alij familiar with and £ few run on narrow gauge of several ^seso are basically all railfsns | of one sort or another0 staaae diesel0 traetlorh ano such© To band together and help at Parris J sterns tne tost tot x’or all of use individually ji cr as groups© Ito rtHS&fSD has to&n a Ksember oij •juh\ I', for several years and has helped with L fVi#n'&lal aid aa mxch as possible© Locally the ij FacUie Beaeh tod®l Club also belongs©©©os© |i , ' ; .. .- ■■ .. > ........... ./ r. o BIG KEVJS2 So Pa finally announced the retu:^ of passenger service on tto Northwestern Pacific starting on FMdayc April 22nd© The RIX ^ from m^ny sourcce© The WP paos5®ng©r run will to as follows?, Train fjo southbound0 Iv Eureka K)?05 AM XJSTy arrive Willits 3?,37 PM DSTo Train north bound 0 Iv Willits i 8^5 FM BSTo arrive Eureka .st ?«20 PM DSTo The o?w car RDC unit runs from Eureka on Sunday0 Wednesday and Friday£, and fnr/.u Willits on Monday0 Thursday and Satui’day©©.©©^©- The IuCqCv finally approved th© Mew York Central usid Pennsylvania merger tot they turned down the Flo P©/Go BL., /’CoBq&Qci deaXo © ©o © 0 ©Work hui? s tainted on tha net? So?© line from Palrcdai© to ColtOHnoo©©a Lots being said regarding SoP© dropping ~h^ t ©u© RLark^ toteoon L©Zu and S©FU They are a£sn trying to srnt the San Joaquin Daylight w bus sondCQ from LoAo to Br&OT8field0 train r^rth w Oakland© When they should get out and bring the passengers back thoy do all they can to fold up the service x-jhich vill be mush needed 0 highways and airlines won111 alrays to able to handle it all0 in tise rail service ^111 to again navdo-j. Th© public just doesnH x*oali20 it pras^tly.^. •■ ■. Roaring Canp & Big Trees has a new engine o th? 5-30 &n o=4=2 tank ongsaso it is used a® a abut tic run from Fol ton depot© 0000 © California Westerr, ftSup^r Skunk® rasakonds until May 280 daily thru summer ej©aeon0 stoa& pomred0 plus the quaint little wSkunka railcars 0 totween Willits and th^ coast at Fort Bragg©©©©©©©Our own Mrs© Cook up An Vista got her wride® on the Escondido freight. congratulations to Mrs© Cook and the Santa F-t3^ OoEoT© Continued frees column oneoo^ooo Recently a larga number of old ties were located in Pasadona0 they haw been under ground for years but az9==-■ - Car doing tourist duty on wecten < 5-^’Jv .•••'■ -' ’<■■■ v RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SO DIEGO,, fnc0 1958 - HhWSUTfiiK Ko« 5 - *lAi6 1$66 ~ "AGE FOUR, ____,________ ,______. --------- ----------------------- --- ------------- ----- -- -—.».**rr.vr uz--—.vjsv»sa' ecxjy.azsrwmas®^*^.-.- -,xxrr ynrr^_ V’-/T^;r7.- :—ZXSa -?CrrTgLZ=*-»>*. lAorX-r.-Xra7flwJ^CX«l*!>C«W«Va«*J*U - --------------7rM******* ** — .- ■ " ------ ------•- •*■•—— ■-. — D0N°T FORGET 7HE 7966 SAN DIEGO COUNIT FAIR©©©© Elan when you can attend and help with the ex hibits 0 send the information to the society and help us prepare for tho big show© JUNE 24th thn JULY 4th© YOU are needed0 don°t let us dovjn- dg£«-fe2SE&-S&&« that, Sou^l_bgTO,aTOHaM,eg T̂O MEXICO TRIP© uec.or'Cne Day In Mexico” will be a special day long excursion fx*ora Mexicali to Puerto Penasco via the Sonoaa«»Baja California RR with train stop in tho dunes area of the Desort of Altar© No fares or tins quoted© con- tact Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Assoc©0 VISTA 0^0 STEAMER©©©©©Since tho death of our friend Charles Follard many have inquired what tho fate of the little steam engine? Mrs© Pollai would like to sail the locomotive if possible and there have boon quite a to interested but to our knowledge no sale as yet© If the little 0-4®0 isn°t purchased it is our desire to coo it placed at Perris whore it fits the narrow gauge LoAu trolley trackage0 42” gauge© If the locomotive should ever find an operating homo at Perris0 we propose tho name CHARLES POLLARD bo displayed on th© cab in a prominent bronze casting as a memory to Mr© Pollard© Ro loved that little engine and it was a pleasure seeing him operate the locomotive0 he really enjoyed running it on the several happy occasions when we wore up to sgg it operate© If the RHSofSD can help in any way with tho location of a homo for this quaint little steam locomotive^ that is our desire© If any member is interested in such a locomotive or ’-mows of anyone wishing to purchase such a locomotive0 gojQtactJ^sB_ Jolla£d_at.^_§18ft VistaP.Calif WEST ra&S^jODEL RAILS .3° Ogg May 13=15 Pacific Coast Region of tho National Model Railroad Association will hold their annual con* vent ion May13c74c75 at Riverside 0Misoion Inn© WHAT DO YOU WANT IN THE NEWSLETTER? ? There are a number of publications each month0 how many do you got? If you rely on our newsletter we will do our best to give you a condensed account of as much news as wo can© I know that many of us take the various publications and much of tho news is duplicated© There are many very good monthly publications© Traction Gazette 0 Pacific Ncwsp Western Railroader0 California Southern Express0 Report and others© Let us know what you likoe send us news if something seems worthy of passing along© some of you railfans out there so© and hear lots of good things regarding railroading© send us an Wo regret to announce the passing of any of our membersn we lost Hrs© Isabel Davenport in February© She was one of our out of tom meze^ bers living in Los Ango3.es 0 thus wo never had tho pleasure of getting aqiwintedooooW have however replaced Mrs© Davenport with tho trans® for of her msiabsrship to her daughter© ©© ©we wish to give Grace Dawnport a hoarty welcome to the eoci^ty© Our sincere sympathy goes to her with the loss of her mother© We hope she will gain some moments of pleasure through our monthly sfforts and future issues of Dispatcher© RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAM DIEC-O„ 5c7 li ; PoOo BOX 93510 SAN DIEGO3 CALIFORNIA„ 92109o i (A non-profit California Corporation) Member? 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RHSSD #102 May 1966

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