SHA'i or NEWS FRO'M HERE AND THERE CALIFORNIA > t he was ORA^l^^ rofxh'A'c t a I (c TRt i. ,i a meet* two different Cal«Westem,;s determined at Rofreshments* The usual supply of poodles a nd rideb ___— —’-n"557r> i 1 -.-jONSgT^rj^. -•.«.-^- •••-«-'=- ■-■ “ •"=- RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAN DIEGO;. Incorporated* j SANTA FE STATION* SAN DIEGO 0 ? Upstairs in the Safety Room* ? N 0 V E M B E R MEET I N G DATE ito a ring Camp & Big Trees '‘Dixiana/ Feltonf Califdraia< MONDAY,, NOVEMBER 2nd,, 196^ => ??30 PJ4. Programs Presented through the courtesy of the Western Pacific Railroad Company will feature M Destination Americaw and two good films of the California ZephyrP all are in color and sounds behind the K~M uso We have a couple pictures of 80®85 car trains* these big locomotives must really have what it takes* Plenty of big power now showing up on mainline . Sr,P^ trackage all over the west* U*Pc. also is If in the field of super power and the big new U assortment of diesel, locomotives* Business* Nominating Committee will offe selection of names for 1%5 officers* (Nominations from floor also*) From the California Southern Express we j understand the "Mt* Rubidoux^ California. Sou® i- them Railway Museum*s private car is due out * of Santa Fe shops at San Bernardino***in her ■ new blue color scheme* Other private cars in ; news; The”Cyrus Ke Holliday*was used on < Barry Goldwater campaign train between Angeles and San Diego* Santa Fe car 15^9 ; used for the Salinger train earlier* The newest, car in the west; former Rio I ids W1 a now the'Golden West^ owned and operated out of LOA* by Bick Ritterband of Golden West Railtours* Th® former Reading car U seen during 'the summer is the“Henry E* Hunt® H ington*owned by Phil Goldman of Santa Barbara The yellow car* numbered 123 seen quit© often ! on Santa Fe Dei Mar race trains is called the J? "Yellow Peril'5*or*Yellow Pearl» we have heard [• it called both* Locally our°Car Eleven'was on j line again a few days ago as well as the big ! ‘Cyrus Ko" recently* Southern California is a ! great area, now for private cars* Hearings on the x*ecent crash of two cars • on the California Western (Skunks) were in session recently with ICC and PUG people sit® ! ting in* Actual injuries were not quite as j bad as we had first heard0 a clipping thei Fort Bragg newspaper cleared up some of the ■ questions regarding the accident* The cause j was one of those strange thingsp the crew of • oneSkunk just plain forgot to make Doth cars were on charter from bay area groups* Future of the little trains will probably be the hearings* Reports of up to 125 cax*s diesel«>hydraulics have come to The excursion on Sunday,, October 25th proved very successful and was well enjoyed by a bus load of members and several, non® members* We thank each and everyone for the trip for without your support such trips are not possible* The 0oE?Tc crews did a wonderful job as hosts to our group* Many hours were put in oil getting streetcar 508,-, a former San Diego Electric Ry* PCC into operation for us* The time and effort was well worth it as the car performed beautifully and transported many passengers on numerous trips during the day* Our Transit System driver originally bx'oke in on streetcars in San Diego and had his turn at the controls***oahe said it was just like home being back in the motormans seat on number ? carXS The big British Columbia interurban used also0 this big red and whit® car is pleasure to riden it handles well nicely* Continued on page two** f 01^ .......... 1 £' •' Gr'.Ux c 9/.’ r OS i R'A-LLk' h’JSEij; .0?': 2© w ,iiG XO'Vi'iC' ft f z tC? liiV.!' ;7ill h.G- U1G ma during t$64 total so all of you steam fans ili 0 YOUR WTf© SUPPORT OUR !i js*msWN NWS ter iwy or in **.'J v at ip tO ujXSG.'WDo Lcjty to bot rad fei ©w tey 2nd& '?9^5^ r* 04 • out ,hst ar® in betweon i’i i little a£ both to ofte to carry on || is worthy project© If you can help in | possibleG do your share an8 wrk or 1 this musotuuc To auah has been done* ij| turir* back and so much is needed to iic If you can derate $^0 $2» $5 or $^0;: ^;%%coo^ ito£ If you CGn driv ) up U zs on wsekend and kwkP do itUlj i.y iook forward to th© day a real live ecv-GF’ locomotive might be placed on the si duo to Santa F®0 soie-o due to conflicting ► with ot-hex* groups or events0 PSRMA had to do some date changing too9 this in turn kept us cancelled ent or in doubt0 ths trip over Redondo taiswh nOT©if YOU have this interest©©oo©WE NEED YOU NOW? Much hard work has passed into the history of our organisation, many past and present members worked hard to save the equipment© NOW, we are in need of active persons to carry on with this tremendous and important job, and, we need financial help from those of you unable to help with the actual work© !4Ug>W?? Yes we wish to someday have what we can actually call a museum© Presently we own the articles to place in a museum but the actual building and land is still, in the future© IF YOU HAVE AfJ INTEREST IN RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, HISTORY, PICTURES, EXCURSIONS, GROUP MEETS, AND ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR MUTUAL HOBBY©..©©©o,©YOU SHOULD BE A 1964 WIDER OF THE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAN DIEGO, ING© Membership as you know, not only includes the pleasures of following this hobby as a group but includes a monthly issue of the newsletter, regular issues of the DISPATCHER, rates on society excursions and your participation at our monthly meetings and during the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar© Cut here©© © © © © ©□© ©and send in your application for membership today©©©o©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©© Name© Phono No© Birthdate© Address© — ry~.tr* » 1 Regular Membership ( ) $3©50 Family Membership ( ) $^50 Sustaining Membership £ ) $8©50 Junior Membership ( ) $2 ©50 (Under 18 Yrs©) RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of_SAN DIEGOlac©n,PqPpSaji pio£^,g.^Californiafl 921 Q9o

RHSSD #088 Nov 1964

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