o CTO BE FZ-. ■ An circus catne to Saa Diego recentlys j . i a vary opportune time for th® group . RSSofSD member© attending the Sopt=> :-.ber moating on Monday the elevenths ?»t as th© meeting was-about to etart8 opd was passed that th© oIreus train i.’7: duo in 1J? KinutaCo Most of th® peo= at the meeting went downstairs and on the platform to see the circus ■’ain roll through tyse depot o Affcar (3hort wit and a falsa alarm head,lit© t: turned out to be an Aloo switcher ..•Qi’king the yard; th® Ringling Broscand ?.;r^uBT& Bailey Circus rolled In with diesol #31$0 on the points Th© -specially rebuilt cars make a very I •:oog7t and neat appearing train,, aXtho jot ae-arly as impressive as in th© old • ."'s of 3 or 4 complete trains of flats ; aMaal bunk cars and bright ■■ ?:-J-.■;•••<] sleeping car© for the performs . ’So But jiwt the same the circus ot5.11 .??:2i<3thing a little “different" from , ...-o yogular traixuu Th® circus was in ■ .;-.i for showing dates of Sapto 13®th th© 17othe The train was mad© up J.endsy the 18th of S®pto and headed wrth to San Bernardino with future •>•:-.?.nsfar to Union Pacific on Goto 5th<> _>,3t -ya-ar they left town to th® souths •■or >r another year but thia was a big for rail travel via Santa Pe to aide hors© traako The regular . • ■ • specials msra in service and ■•■■i/iri up bo 18 oar® were observed,, 1 on page throe of thia i:ssue)i i: S THE OCTOBER MEETING SHOULD PROVE ; >TO BE VERY INTERESTING AND REAL j GOOD ENTERTAINMENT 0000000 ?, 3rd V& Earle Swaine has set up a !' full evening of entertainment with j ROY & DAISY MILLER giving us about ? few© hours of filata in color with a ■ running narration on their resent trip to Mexioo© The Miller0® made ths trip in i960 and returned tbir yae.y to better their record laet- year* ia©ra and better picturaSc Xtc the usual thing, go somewharss, take ; pictures# so© all you can gcsoooooo ; | and then go back and do it bet-terTS. ■ Business p@rtion of the moating will probably be held to a minitaeia^ this will allow a full two hours ©f fine entertainment by th® Milla;?0ao I Pleas® try to bo seated by 7:30 PoM*. for the business portion8 it is ©un hop© to start ths program by 8:00PM or shortly aft©ro (Thia will allo:.- the later comers a chanca to as® and hear the whole program) "THE MILLER°S IN MEXXC08 1961n This is not juat a raovis of abeam and - streetcarss but one of many things and plaeosooeoocom® join us fox- g pleasant and sducationa.1 evening »=== MONDAY BIGHT8 OCTOBER 2nd, 1961ou.-.oc meeting starts at 7:30 POM<, There will ba :i.x Intermission r-t .;' ...• RoH,.Sn of SoD0 MEETING FOR OCTOBER WILL EE HEI1 ON MONDAY EVENING8 OCTOBER 2nd, 1961 ■ Santa iro Railway Station^ San Dlago = CalifornT: Upstairc., in the Safaty Room =■ 7:30 to 10:30 ?oKr C'-iE ALL jjsmi ETTE R ti o« 10 ■: “* T'.' zz- j half ?-5?ty point o o I and a nio$ pri^gg • J o.w ■ ■ i-■• ■- : .■'■■'■ / on of *the Rai •. y Hid s i< ■•i-c.tety of San Diego® Xhc© Inform: :a; ion = i r. society meetings® tx^-.pa® railroad f :•?'. i Wj»8.. activities r c-t-$ o Op ini ans H : ;.?c?:'r?cd c.r<. not aocorncx’IXy thoso of ; h’.’.-^O.CSPo • ;: < & 3ai-feara Tboam0ooooooF4it^ ! • aswa items to 32C*4 MaG^aw Stro;te £ >r z Diego 17 9 Calif o (BRoadway 3«j>G83j . 1; 5-Ki deadline: 20tb of ecwh month’1 « - ” .i.-r-.'zr.; -xriTcrr.^.'•erxJ*:c K RAXLWAY HISTORICAL ? // IPX? ///? DIE3ELS The’ “Ke.s“plSItett up ■'■''■ new dlc;?©3 ’. ;~3'S .i all were fornssr deuios.sSvr.^oi’i’o They bought the few.* Aj ..<■’> j,‘>6.s.;G •:./''/>■;» /i hood units? i.lao tbs four Go3o 29?00 HP hoods, ar/i lixafc but no^ least? the three big Goko/£-,huD, ;.'L,--'2': PJjOO HP hood unite., SOCTKER?? PACIFIC DXESEL=>HH)RAULICS •J----- •'•-• .. . ' -—r:a ■---.-.r: :■ _- _-""T_-r-z*j-.:-.C typo units $ the Rio Gz*ando la also taking throeo Th® October ieaue of TRAINS mag« ap;lnc h&s a very i.raformat-ivo article on £&ogq locc^ofci^ees pictures cutawa^/So Thia report ^.y or may not bo true® your newsletter editor wss reoontly in^ formed that the SOPO has taken delivery of th@ big nonelectric drive diesels and tboy present in test aorvico is: n:rrbh®:m California^ Watch for some conf4Fixation of this story shortly® if tx:uo® ^member® you hs-avd it first in the C • - -;r . ■ RSofSD ■ SET '. • $ : onday® /jd £4vo p^.rt in the maintenance and re$fc~ u2?rti^n of all railway equipmento ;>ork rx;g-tlca are held periodical.!y on tne< a-?gf equipment® #5h ic usua'z.ly V.c-ln ■'i>;.kv;d c*a every Salrirday afternocno na out ox the a.r•■.’.ging frorc ' U id 0. f£?X-7 °Sen Diego & Arisons open emd obsevvut< lo.v. car i!: 050® txnw3 rod® eldQSo Diego Electric Ryo rCC streetcar Z- >28® streamlined® last ©av pisr^aosd Diego Electric Ryo ^oablfornf >-U--2tjtcar # 54© formerly a cable c&x\> 'Francloco Municipal Ryo l --- --------- Z- 171$ ‘-Iron Monater’1 all steel q^g ■?vMas were also stepped on a heavy up® grad© and they restarted the train and rescind prefer running speed with little diff ica’ultyo These big ”cdd” looking diesels may pave th© way to another big change in l©&Q&©tive?s on A&arloan Railroadso They have the traction motor problom g&u^with the big Volth Transmission^ Cardan |Drive Shafts and Maytech Bevel-Gear Axle rDriveo T;ie engine is s, lightweight® high rl ■'? tffl fla 5X.O IjTt. «w.V«, V» 5 > .C rt .«,, ~ --» v.-.«. *.< xu es, wave. v3 w w j rA«. W GX V £ } ® 2» V A K £?, p cycles® v«16o I>? tho Krausac'Maff-3i°fl here and in service as we have reported® news ©f tests ©n the SoPo &nd Rio Grande should rcleasec’n ; ” ‘ F£T r5c; -Sa.r area ha vs h$ ••?-• 8 GP ;-; n flares BIG RED CAR «iraEy==c=JX.V5=rar-i3»^x"j<3ra' This is a to: HEWS NOTES FROM HERE & THERE the CoVo ©vaouate Some fence More on Del Max’? There were more than the usual number of special charter trains to the turf by ths surf this saason0 All extra® or special charter trains wer© streamlined light-weight equipment and included numerous lounge cars and dinerso .Some of the once fam iliar round ©nd "San Diegan* observa tion cars were also us@do One of th© last of the fancy charter trains was a consist of? Coach® Coach® Diner® Lounge® Diner® Din®?® Dose® Coach® Lounge® Ccache It wasnDt checked to closely but appeared that one or two® the diners® may have boon oaabi.net ion diner-lounge or some such arr&ngomnt® The dem© was one of th© Super Chief stylo® with private lounge area in th© downstairs portion,, At least four apocials ver® noted and there must of been mor© from reports handed down to us from railf&nso Th© regular DEL MAR RACE SPECIALS were made up of th© old heavy-weight standard cars with the Del Mar Snack Car in th© middle?® the big ©oiabination ears were used on th© ends of th© trainso(thsy are convert- sd into lounge cars®) Week days there was on® train and on Saturday twoB The Railway&Lcoosotive Historical Soeisty (Los Angelas Chapter) io go-. ing to operate the big lj-lQ-2 thra® cylinder Southern Pacific locomotive which has been on display at th© L0Ao County Fairgrounds at Pomonao In a sard froia Dick Dodge® h® states that the 5021 will be steamed during th© 1?61 fair and will oparat© on about 900 feet of track© The boiler has bsan checked® stay bolts and every thing is in excellent condition,, The mud scale and rust have been cleaned of the tender and ths R&LHS boys | were giving her a kerosene bath mixed with water on ths 9th of Sapt0 This news was given Dick by CoA0 Parker of ths PoHoSo For those of you wishing to e®e a mighty lj-10-2 type engine ©emo bask to life® it will b® 'worth a trip to the LOA<, County Fair thia yea?o Th® fair ends on Sunday®0ctolo Pickering Lumber Co„ has sold Shay #8 to the Feather River Ryo Ths MTA car from the Long Beach line intended fox1 the Bay Area Electric group is not going back to the bay area after all® according to a note in th© Westarn Railroader® the cost of ths oar is to high® due to a re-bid on th© sal® of th© cars® The l?06 wao to have gons north® th© green & whit® 15^3 has boon sold to Travel Town as wo reported last month and th® 1528 went to Perris and ths OoEoTo® purchased by Walt Abbonseth, This is a tough, break for th© BOAOE« loosing the l?06o rzit=i»;na SME&KiSnsnsSUmM.■.vtsrzn«a»»a»» ciaw-*-*——. ——.—--------------- Tenants occupying houses on DoCo property were ordered to but the dwellings wsrs saved® posts® a pi la of l|00 RR ties and some lumber wer® consumed on th© museum land® Fortunately th© throe oars® including two from Portland® Oregon® and th© temp orary wooden ramp wore spared® Diablo Vista® th© Bay Area Clubhouse® escaped the? fir® but th® tornado-like wind blew off ona-half of th© sheet mat- Al roofing® ripping ©actions of tho wooden rafters with it® . -All gasolin© trucks in Solano County war© requisitioned to haul water for fire fightarso (Thanks to Dick Dodge for this newso) I Ths Bay Ar RR Association® (acquired a tract of land for an operat ing railroad muooum at Rio Vista Jet®® in Solans. County, California® The pur chase is being accomplished through a separately organised company® CENTRAL VALLEY DEVELOPMENT CORP® „ which was in corporated last March® Addison Laflin® Jr®® Secretary of th® Association® writes that a big brash firs® which started near Elmira® burned over 1j09000 acreso (on© of th© racent of many may northern and central Calif® brash and forest fires) At Rio Vista® on Sept® 2nd® a bam® all forme? trolley polos along the Sacramento Horthorn right-of-way® as well as Pacific Gas & Electrio poles ware ccmpletely destroy- od„ Evon ths water tower was for a short whileo SCO A FIRE THRE. oaabi.net < -M'- NOTES •:at;jrdax£. sept* 30th - swdax, oct8 m ■:v- -ya on the S£oHoSo will operate two “Mixed Trains” "sr the Sierra, loaves Oakdale* with locomotive #28 at 3.0 3 00 A® Mo, re tus»no at 6s00 P0M0 Fares $2.1o()0 SUNDAY, OCTo 3th=> RESofSD Charter bus trip to O0S0T0 at Perrio, Bob Babb’s ®0° gauge ’’Paradis® Valley RR” in th a Riverside area, U0P0°s 2=8=>0 $6051s possibly tho S0Po 2=8=0 at Bloc-mlngtor and S0P00UoPoeSoFeo ©rossing at Colter and 375-1 in San Bernardino, Cajon Post and fcho Deoeansc at Swasnlto (see last p&go of thia issue®) SUNDAY, NOV® £th« Goldon West Reilfan trip via Union Paeifi© to "Calico”0 Laave East L®A, at 8:30 AoM®8 return about 8; 30 POM® Faro, $11®?5 Golden West Railfaius, 215 West 5th Stc Room 232, Los Angeles 13, Califo SUNDAY, NOV® 12th= RHSofSD charter bus ox* by private auto to Mexicali froa San Diego, then by rail on th© Sonora Baja California to El Deato? and r-e= turn, sightseeing in. quaint Mexican to?ms cr-oas the Colorado River below tho border® Contact Wally Duthi® for further information0 purchased by a »©up of V" .'o: ■'■''• b©?s and lo.-jal rai3 miudod ■■• •• ti3©'-<. ’ dua soon from frlv.; east® The private observation nay used on trips by th® group, it w? .’. bs available fro '.©fSD .'■■ eated parties for echf-rter . , Jack Stcdello recently i-rsnt sa;;t ■■■ complete arrangements for final p?A’'c of th® car and transportation of the oar to San Diogo© It will he parked track three by the freight house9 just off Broadway across from ths depot© raramrwwwrwx; The annual meeting of the OET will b;.. hold at Ferris on Saturdays Oct© ?th« 8:00 P®M®, at the museum grounds© Ths power plant is almost renalred, it is hoped to b© ready by the woskon' of Octo 7th=8th® All rail from Terminal Island jobs not yst to museum but due for final ©loan up during October® Ths latest "blimp” 1®A car and the SDME combins are being "leap froggod" up the right® of=way, snap track style® A REAL Eli'IDI8& GET has uncovered two LoA®Ry® "Kuntington Standard” atrootce. •. i about to bo disposed of at the ait© of Century CityotBask lote 20th Cento F'o?" .Cars &.r© completes slightly altnrsd :f’e prop use? in piovlos but eaa b© rctus-uc FOR SEE TRAVELERoooooSATop H0V„ llth» WIOB PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVE #81& will power special train from Chey©n=> nop Wyoo to 0gden8 Utaho Far®sv22o50 {81-^ is a blg’Alco J|=>8=-^ typal writ© to Arthur Lloyd8 P&alfi© Coast Chapto Ro&LoEoSo0 971} Pleasant Hill R©ads Redwood City& Califo •■TEW YEARS WEEK EHDS DECo 29th to JANo 1st® RoHoSoOfSoDo Chartered Pul= to original condition easilyo They arc nu?ab®s?©d 3-51 8a 1>2S want out of ssrvic... in 19328 Th® ©ars are being purohas®;' for §350 eashChighs? for just one) siui donations ara neededooooooBox $019 Parris * Calif os mention donation is fo'; Operation 20th Century Fox Trolley Car^o Visit OET via Cajon Paso trip Sunday Octo 8uh8 our dx'iva up any weekend® aid ways nlenty to d© and eeeQ Iman trip over th® Ferrocarrll Sonora Baja C&lifox’Ma and Ferrosiarrll del PACIFICO from Msxicali to Hermosillo and GuyamaSj Scnora0 Poaeibl® use of the new private observation car along with Pullman cars0 Contact Wally Duth= io for further inf©rraatlono n v OCTOBER MEETING, MXLLER«S & MEXICO Monday, October 2nd, 7:30 Poi'o Santa Fa may donate some rail to the society, work party will b® needed to load and haul it to R®1 Mar on Saturday Oetobar 7tte^ ©ontaet Mann, BR« 3=882*.'.« b Qua’ flinesro sympathy lc o^orided to j diaamber Clifford Ske-sn on th© loss of ■ Ijain father recentlyo officially Mtimec! in his resignation duo to going into -al lit ary S Ijmn HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE THE ACTIVITY AND PROGRESS BEING MADE AT PERRIS, CALIFORNIA BY THE Mto RubidoxtZ Chapter of the Pacific Railroad Society AND THE WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF STREETCARS AND INTERURBANS, TRACK WORK, POLE AND WIRE INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE VERY ACTIVE "Orange Empire Trolley Musexua” YOUWIXI. HAVE OVER AN HOURtpO !T®W7W®hrejOI THIS WONDERFUL COLLECTION. Coffee and donuts will be available while at ths museum. AT RIVERSIDE WE WILL VISIT THE BIC- t:OH GAUGE MODEL RAILROAD OWNED BY SOB BABB, The Paradise Valiev RE„ THIS IS QUITE A SYSTEM AND WELL WORTH THE TRIP,rTTZWZa^W^TEST^'O7- GAUGE EXHIBIT WE WTLL STOP TO TAKE PICTURES OP THE Union Pacific LOCOMOTIVE #6053., 2»6»0o,o THEN TO COLTON AND THE S T^r&^OROSSING ,... oFOLLOWED BY LUNCH AND A VISIT TO THE SAN BERNARDINO YARDS AND THE BIG Lp8-4| ON DISPLAY, Santa Fe #3751»«oG00D VIEWS FROM THE OVERPASS OF YARDS, ROUNDHOUSE AND SHOPS o □ o o . 0 OUR CHARTS? COACH' CONTINUES TOWARD OUR JOINT AT&SF/UP TRACKAGE.aooWE WILL STOP ACCORDING TO TRAINS WE ARE DISPLAY, Santa Fe #3751.., ROUNDHOUSE AND SHOPS . > GOAL.oo.UP CAJON PASS WHENEVER THE RAIL ACTIVITY IS WORTH IT, FORTUNATE TO SEE.0000oo "SUMMIT" The top of ths double track hill, the old streetcar "Descanso" may”Te visited and photographed, meet our good fx’iend and member. Chard Walker, . .. cwatch the trains go by. , „.Summit can bo a very active spot if w© are lucky, there are a number of scheduled trains in case the freight is light, When th® sun becomes low in the west, we will head our bus for home and watch the railroad as we dinner stop on the way horn® and probable return around 9 to 10 POMOJ SUNDAY. _0CT^..^th,-, $UMW OCTOBER o"S This is a catch as catch can trip, we will. follow, photo, watch, any and all rail action that can be foundo Bring a lunch, there will bo a cold box on our bus .for keeping your soft drinks cold, teipg your own thsrno* for hot coffee- (Special stops ror passengers alovg US--395 'Y; -t culy' BUS VxLL LOAD AT L>tu & 1Yu fiveui..-,;,6; ...... AaMs. FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: Wally Buttle, 228 W. Washington, San Diego 3„ ---- ---- ------phonQ= Cy„^,63O9 (CY-5-3^4 03 evenings af&w 7) PLE^E, ENCLOSE A SELF.. ADDRESS^ENVEj^F.,.WITHER 'Te,^^ofT”Ksr itake“K'.Ci"Th©^kT'Zz^'’'mon'ey or3fers'payable" 'Tear'bfT“h?r ■ ' RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAN DIEGO, Ino, "RAILFAN RAMBLE 61" ■ - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8th- - nrr,•*. T—, fc_. ; . ‘ ‘ TICKETS: kZ<<££ per person Addi-osf (^o half faro (PHSofSi) members* deduct Phono o please bs on tlr< Roturn to ~an Diego oh Sunda. v

RHSSD #052 Oct 1961

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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