3XYOX1 M x J:ZAlZZlXX;ZXi.l-AA2 N E W S L E T T E R N U M B E It E L E V E N 1 9 6 0 ^.-^.-r-x.:..-^.- wswawwM.-w.-r,. man. «• CM .-M-v.xaiK: I r» x.,-»rT--tteOT«1r3,'<.r-a :r/~!WTr»r?7>-Tr..-^^lM Wcr-CJT-'\.- NOTICE© ooooooccqg ©The next regular monthly meeting of the Railway Historical Society of San Diego5 Inc* will be held at 8:00 P,fL on the first Monday of November in the Safety Room of the Santa Fe Station in downtown San Diego* MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7th. IJoO - 8:00_PnM* £212££A11: Members slide night-, bring your 35mm slides for a members get to gether of pictures of past trips and outings© AU. members are invited to brin slides and show them, with a little talk about each picture© This is the night for the members to get together for a little bull session and pictures* How about a good show of slides and a good turnout of members??? The* meetings have been getting bigger and better each month* so make November a bigger and better one then any in the past© Refreshments will be served and the usual raffle for some worthwhile prise and a little extra money in the kitty© ^y^IIlESS: The nominations for 1961 officers will be read and any nominations from’’The floor will be taken© If you. wish to nominate some member* call the chairman of th© committee? Corky Thomson, BRoadway 3-5081 or drop a card in the mail to the society Po0* box, (election in December) SEE YOU: At the November meeting of the RHSofSIK MONDAY* NOVEMBER 7th< I960 ???? Been down to help work on car # 54 at I4I8 Tenth Avenue??????? Were~is work to be done,. take a Saturday afternoon and reserve it for a. good cause© o o c ©pay a visit to old 54 and lend a hand on th© restoration work© The dates for regular work days are: SATURDAY,. OCTOBER 29th « SATURDAY. NOV© 5th SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19th©©©©©or if you can drop by on any Saturday afternoon« do 30.- you won’t regret getting involved with ths work when the day comes we actually have ths car finished©oo©but we need help© EVERY 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturday of each month© Reme^oer the dates' 'and lend a hand© D1D..YOT^MJ?SS??? ? The trip to Travel Town and the Grisxly Flats Railroad on the 16th’ of"’October? The first portion of the trip was z^evised due to firs and smog conditions when Mr* Robert Day phoned us and regretably announced there could be no operation on the PIONEER MILL RAILROADo A hasty change of plans and a vote of the members at the October meeting and we substituted the first stop on the trip to include a visit to the Los Angelos Live Steamers and the display of railway equipment at Tx’avel Town* Picnic lunches were eaten ixnder ths trees at Travel Town followed by a .few rides behind li? and l^1 lives on the LoAoLcSc, tracks* There would have been more rides but our journey covered by LIFE MAGAZINE and the photograph©)? took up much valuable time in the process of getting ’’candid” appearing "posed” photos* Our regrets to the members that had to stand around and patiently wait while this time consulx)g bunch of pictures was be5.ng taken© We can only hope that the article appears in LIFE next year and the society benefits by it* From Travel Town and the 15-ve steamers, we continued to the Gristly Klaus Railroad in San Gabriel, owned by Ward Kimball* Here we rode the two little 0-4-2 steamers (3 foot gaugethe new open air flat car for passengers a.vi enjoyed a large amount of lemonade supplied by Betty Kimballc Here aguin orv LIFE photographer got into th© act and cut down ^ome of ths ope??ation mor© picture taking© This time th® photogx^rchy w?.-* Little fur :■ v- own y. able to benefit by th • .. '. ■ 10 ? . • . E men, ■: ■ of good pictures were takers hux'f Kimbu.ll uoxi?; so fur a^- doiny a hand .•.■L:,:.:. on the diamond stack of th© 2«bnEmma Nevada’'., plus a ??©w other humorous stunts© Gex*ry Best had his little eng5.ne goring all day along with Ward• Th© trip finished off the day with dimmer at KnottlJs Bex'ry Farm? thove were special reservations for our group in the Chicken House and at the Steal". House* no waiting in line?,n The return-to San Diego was mades arriving home around ten that night© Two big luxury -liner San Diego Charter buses made the trip and the drivers were very swell follows and seemed to enjoy our wild enthusiasm for the iron horseo your chocks in and ordez yoxn5 tickets on the b? GtiOST TOWN SPECIAL to Calico© We caiPt this t??5.p without the sn.ppori ef our members, so get that order in the mail, tell your friendssell the OA.TP OALICp ON ^'HS ^pth^ .j H g a If you ean*t afford the whole tx”! 3 get a group togethei’ and" share trie expenses driving to Riverside e then cr^'C'- that big UNION PACIf'IC STREAMLINER to Calico^ over famous Cajon Passe,. < Ge t t ha t t ic ket NOW f d on51 wa i any 1 ., TIER ... 11 <960..,..,................. :' HG0K3. EO(y roy the daily sight and ^ound of the railfan, the marks - -<• steadily growing in the book and sound recording businesso There are more books and records out now then can .*e listed© Local x’ailfann and s the RHSofSD will find all the new railroad books and many of yhc hi-fi ra- • road records at The Whistle Stop 3819 Sixth Avenue, San Diego, CY-3-7380" The own©i’ of this model, railroad shop is RHSofSD member ,9 Bill K.ingston© Bill has been getting the new books in as fast as they are printed, he hss devoted one big showcase to nothing but books and is running -pane In most cases the pre-publication price of a book is several do ?a<:: under the regular retail selling price, Bill gets many of the books Sr. aH has y first order on sale at the reduced Hate© So if you are intcrosu givuy a book as a Christmas gift or you just want to buy some of -he .'(d> ■; on railroading? stop by the Whistle Stop© The new book by our member Richard V© Dodgep ’’RAILS OF1 THE 3:LVz’; will be on sale at the Whistle Stop very soon now. dorf't fall to yew copy as Dick has done a bang up job on the San Diego area rail wry* ?:1 >•. tory,. DID YOU GET TOUR CALETOAR BROCHURE? : If nots the Mount Rubidoux te c Ry- . Society^ Inc© is putting out a dandy 1961 railroad sale for $1©25 each© The calendar •< ou.3 d make an excellent gift for that r?.-.... in the family or that raS.lfan fri.eno,. They may be ordered from r-he :T:„ la< Chapter of PXSO at 180 nJn S -r-r. ;?. San Bernardino- Calif© HIGH J iRON. gX£HE§IONS Presents an axcm .. n over the Atchison., Top Santa^Fe^s Branch Lines to beach cit es. plus conduc '••••••■: toi ;• . ©les airport? SUNDAY, NOVEMBER b. I960© Adult fares inti: Oct© 30th a ... 00, chi ldren undez’ 2 are <$2c50o (after Oct© 30th9 and <-2 .-• plgh Iron Excursions <• 3827 Tilden Av-'e©, Culver City. Calif© 5, send -ere <- cessed stamped envelope with o cket ord •• Train starts at L©A© Union Depo^ at *9*J 00 A©Mr returns at >:0C CEOTRAL, COAST RyJHjyyy Chub Ry 3 fERHA : . C y/i-.C Pres ent ’MORL S ... . '. >1 PHE SIERRA1 on Sunday. Novem ;h )*< ' Sierra .<23 wi ■ ■ ■ rain fx-'om Oakdalef and possibly double head with old #3 if needed i’5,ll be a Pickering Lumber Coo Shay type ogging engine usee an a < he trip and and West side LJinbev ;o- will have a small [leislsr bri / <•?. . into Tuolumne© Roundtrip fare: .2r?005 and for an add?: t5 o’:< 1 ^2.-CO ■ ./ a chicken dinner at Tuolumne© Train leave.: Oakdale at 9:00 vjrR -y.; 6:00 I\Mc, SUNDAY, NOV© 6, For tickets, write? Cezxtrrl Coast Rail -. Club, PcO© Box 783r. San Jose 6Q Califo or Sierra MountaS/n Railroad Club PoO© Box 1015j Auburn, Calif© PACIFIC ^i^OAD^SOCIETY Presents a day on the Union Pacific to A?ahe5m Orange CoiSty and W~ilmington0 A day of branch line raiJroaotag ■■■ bag flashy yellow and maroon Union Pacif ic special train© Tickets av3:U ...» . P0R©So9 g/o Col© Joseph Ho Ransom., 550? Bonner Ave©,. North lollyuoao. : Fares are: $3o95 for PRS membersf. Sholj? for non^members » kids Train leaves East Los Angeles at 8:00 A©M© , returns at- Lu 00 P-.M. ( f . ST RA1LFAI S Pres< n •. the Grand Canyon9 November 11 Thursday,, Nov© 10th, returns on information and details, 215 W© an *:/

RHSSD #041 Nov 1960

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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