w v HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO0 INC„ - POST OFFICE EOX $35^r. SAN DXJ.CO 90 CALIFORNIA,, N EH S L E T T E R NUMBER TEN *'>«’«’» 10 ■>«»« OCTOBER. 5962 •->=■ !_t------ i.g-.-^eresOTtT.rTsi^xe.-j t,-.--1, - jjuxzfrzr: >.r-r».^r hix„-k.,'-.. f; rz ̂.>■_ >,»^ird^?r-rZ.-.rrrw^a.r.Ri---.rr -•ywrzTT.-rsrrry-.z. CAR 54 RESTORATION This 18 th© hottest thing on the schedule of | fall events© o o orestoration of old car 54© Thio project has gotten off to a good start in Old ' Town alongside th© famous Whaley Rouse© Have a hand in th© work© it is ®a®y to reach and there is plenty to do when you got thermo Regular work days aro each and every Saturday and Sunday© We have a ekiXUd carpenter lurking | on the project© H© will help you with finding a } task that you arc capable of doing and give you | pointers on th© proper way of doing it if you | are in doubt© Drop by any Saturday or Sunday© w® need all j of the help uo can goto There ar© some weekends when work schedules may bo varied© for boat of ! up to date progress end information contact our J second VoPo CoTo "Tow*1 BR-3-8824o Tho carpenter on tho job is available if you ; wish to contact bin about work days or any part | of tho restoration work© got to know his at the ear job or by phone© Walter Silberhorn is hie name© and his home phono log BR«3«*7688o W© don°t want the telephone to be a problem to Tommy or Wally so don°t call unless it is a worthwhile call© for additional information we will 'try to keep posted on work days and th© progress being made© work to be dona© vital joba of high priority© ©tco© call th© Newsletter for ...... »>l",H,im ■ ■Ji r num.... .. ................ OCTOBER FlEEg’m.pATEoo0<,«MONDAY„ OCT., 1 sto Regular first Monday meeting© 8;00 POM© in th© Santa F© Railway Station© upstairs in the Safety Room© I; I; BUSINESS© o o ©PROGRAM© © o © ©REFRESHMENTS© <» © © © © •I (Nominating committee for 3 9^3 officers©) I PROGRA^l, Our good friend and ember R© Vo > DODGE© better Isiown aa Dd.ck Dod^e© !; will present a slide show with commentary© Dick states ho will have glides of at^am and j eXectric interest from her© there and ©wry- li whore© Dick travels a lot co we chould get quit© a good coverage in thee® slides© BE THERE© ©© ©MONDAY© OCTOBER 1stooc8s00 P©M© Suisaer ie over© this io our first fall mset© how about a nice turnout? Attendance has held 5 up quit© w&H all summer© shall we get some S i new records this fall? Good time to start is i I NOW© with tho the October 1st meeting and a ! i good sliQr; end commentary by Dick Dodge? 8 POMONA LIMITED/i^v^f.vx^=rir-j«,t.i nit juimi «■ -Tr^nac.-.^-,.-•* ty *-»-■•.• tt:* . ’■-—-’•- - - • - -- >• •-. :. -. . / * * ■liJWSjWOTgt NOo HO »* RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCim OF SAil »1£GO„ XSC„ -'■<> PAGE W '•'* ^w^^x*ga.»yc»M»^Tg>»t^Ji>j«wrei»w a- Psrgy^.^tscti^r^CT-’g^tr^r.-r .rr-. 'je»ir«erTt^*r—---xr-trrrr-^vrr' - --•- - - -- - • *• Railway Historical Society of San Diego© Xn3266 jftor_ 4^00 PojL).____ i ANNUAL MEETING 0» EMPIRE TROLLEY MUSEUM - c MORE ON THE UAo COUNTY FAIR (fxvsn page m)~».-r<^XTgnjrrcr— c_- jxaM. this point and ©ontrola all the cars few a big ‘ control panel o ■; Operation 1® CTooth end almost ®il©ntc the j csleotrio drive motor® pick up tmrreni from th© ij trolley wires strung along the running be-sra© o» | oaoh ©ar there are two amber flashing lights to | the front and two red at th© rear© Ssats run in ;, <23ch direction from th© center doorP ^ith al?, p.iss^ng^rs sitting in the center looking cut tb© aid© iiindowso Th® system X© espocted to te .^vXly paid for tifter three fairs© (thro© y©OTa} Thst is doing it quit© rapidly considering ths fair i^uns for teo H-solcs each year© ^>: The SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER ©f th® RAIL WAX AND WCOl^TIVS HOSIORICAL SOCIETY keepers of th@ fine group of steam locomotives at 'the fair offer an excellent new version of their old folder showing pictures of their locaEctiw^o Ths n©w folder is a full 'SteS^ inch ®i2O0 with good picture© and texto Send a donation of 2^: or inoxe for your copyo tetter yet0 a$nd for- more than one0 give one to a friendo Write to them at Po0o Box 4068o Pasadena,, California© The Mg S©Po 5021 4®10®2 typ^0 missing front the fair exhibit is- in San Bernardino© Th© mem® bsr© of the Ro^LoHoSo hope much to have th© 5021 service this fall on a main line nunder her own steam^ *’ street and San Jacinto Street© 7ho barbeque teef dinner is being served by the same caterer ?;ho did such a wonderful job at React dux’ing the? ^Ramona by Rail” CAcux^rioruS© Prices fox* the dwner is $2©GO ($1 fox’ kids uM£z .12 year3) Deadline for reservation© is Septem ber 29th© Ir.OO PoM© to ^s00 PoM© ® « Inspection of streetcar’s and operation at EnieouQ© ?oM© Delicious Barbeque Beaf Dinner at Pex’riij Civic Center © 6s00 PoM© A.WAL MEETING SATURDAY OCTOBER 6th0 1$62 at PERElSfl CALI?O jj/LPacific Coast Chapter of th® RoJ.X^? TLc»COTOtiva Historical Socioty is oporatiug a g-tLa ’jintege festive z’ciil wnturu £tos San Francisco to Sonoiis; on Sunday 0 Sspt© 30th© 1?52o Using the Southern Pacific avid t?';.- Kbrthw©stern Pacific0 skirting along the bay* Carqulnes Straits and th® sareh lard? to from there over a branch liria0 Corcolla grader Icwex' Naps WX'X^yP th® pioturssquo nY.?ll*?y cv? the Moon” snd arriv^il at Sonoma at 12s 30 P©M© to take pax’t in the annual ”V«ino Vintage fe3i> ival” which will te in eMng© Our 07-m Freddy Finke0 treasurer, wW bo hand to sample the free wines froa ’the Ecb&ste iani Winery? 8 Wo will be expecting & first hand comsntary on this fasbin&ting excursion when Fred returns to San Dis go© EXCURSION .Oy^^j9K.?3^.lt2 w® don°t havo <■' ? ths details but w© understand th ©r® is •?. trip cowing up on Sunday® Kovomter 11th0 *1962 froa Los Angeles to Hesparia and poaalbly out ‘-;ho Cushenterry Spur© TMq cowrs both sid«© of ilr Cajon Pasa0 with picture stop MSulliww Curve”© It wuld make a nice excursion to ail go to LoA© and Join in with PoR©S© or to tek? charter bues-sa to San Eomardino end connect with this trip© Thera will be rnort- i'afonaatio.. on this proposed PoRoS© tvip0 ulH keep our xasrabX© Southam Pacific0® •nail* train $ 21 was boarded .-At Ogd^n© A stop was Mdo wst of Saline © on the Promontory Fen insula 0 and there waa a wait Xte We eastbowd Overland Hmited0 £raln ;? 28O After th® meet9 we proceeded west but instead of traveling over th® me fill0 w® ws on the old trestle and were running at rod«c@d sp&ed© Upon inquiring^ it ws learned that the earthquake caused some settlements in the new roadted0 disturbing th© 11 ne and surface of the track© A ' ■^ile or && fron the junction with tte old Rambos b'.illo before reaching lakeside on th© westerly stere 0 a work train was seen on the new fillo .••;©me trains were still being detoured a® of th© • oe-oond of Septaster © ^>>20 Southern >acl£lFr® SazTrismcisco Overland0 trains 27 & 28 0 tew to on tte same seh^dul© 5 ;w its City'of San Fmncia©»0 tesims W1 a 102© ; to Septo 196^9 about .SsjB Ao^o(1 hour lats^ ^waber 2? left Reno9 )^vada0 and I ted th® dis® t^.nctlon (?) of riding on the last Southern Pac«j| .ific tram tearing the name “Overland88© But it n^t the celebrated “Overland Li»itedL’ of th® dsys of yor®o It was just a coach se@tion0 con® ; ^•lldatlng the chair cars the Uc.P0 City of 3^n Francisco and City St© teuls and tw S©FO out of Ogd^n© In the fteturso xf a second ,; ixin needed it will run second j? 101 ,. B^®cnd # 102© 7.: thr©^ arWele^ w ought x/3 ? " n ; ■ -. •• •' ' ■cr>’^7^r^r,rj-r 'f*rr*’T •?*. .. c. - J* • v @teng&$ on bs^n a prQt&esR tet @ouldnlf t ’;■•?•.■ '.- ’ ©nr®ioxi, LoAoHoTqAu - j good exwiA^ooooWith the ■ attesspting to up tMs tHp0 - was l@55to At th@ date of this ^W^g0 posltiw on thia zrip -U- - • ably te d^pp@d te l&v&r daw ‘iyS •<, Anath^r prolix r^g^rd.l^g ih^ ; - - ©ur^lons HOW MANI WOUW PACK XT-i i ; '< ■ trip to .^jjson^ tto /- ;- prow Jot tei Mny j;wb^ra snll -/■ spon^or^d trip$0 '■ ■■^■' XX ■'• -■ wrc5 aboard th© Orange S.b^v telpo inters ao doubt taking teip& ;;-^v ..> ttfe pl®amr@ smd faOow s^iater^o ‘Jfe fE^^rSo *-• - W tearty th^te© Brt0 w@ ®an°t operate X&rga -v:-. psn^lw trips for thl3 lit ft© band Qf •tr;.e^h '< ^Uiusi&@teo A ®lngl© ©ar ©a tte •. ■ ■ ■ or ?.^>Aoco0o 2nd • • Mtft ■ • for a profit pointr' .to z-.<.- ■ litft® ©^-arslos® our @un ^rc-up c*® .■/■•. t«© Larg® trip© && wally rsly •. tte public ar4 a lot ©.f hard u$zK ’X •- group of our aamters setting up su©h a tripo ’• tes quite apparent that. th@ #ybLw * > 5^- Di@g© ^.ac wtehing tteir i^n@y ?k,i^ With ths gwm& ©mw3j? l^ealiiy y?.$ \ that tew g$od Jdite a UU a@rvou@ as to . th(?^ trill b© wrkingo was- ready < ... to pop up with tea te fifteen dollars par ?■;■ any big trips© aings s@@m to te sloFly swinging te©k sswl around San XJi®^ and it Is hop^d u:? «:. te abl® to operate a (Mie© trip0 ©r a local Escondido trip in 1963© ®i© first ©hole© 1© a big ba«g up && ; SANTA .FS AXX THE W PICNIC SPECIAL 4n U: - • tradition of day® by© Propo^d .1 ?■- spring day m fey of 190n .teava re?; . vi.a heavyweight up th® @aast 0^^•• '.- than inland on the branch to EseondMo© A b picnic in the park and back to San Wga vl om ©p3@ial picnic excursion train© C^'A, 1?r; Cajon P&$s by te® msy b© passed up for .-s-.: participation in the coming trip owr th-9 Pfowater© W-3 will g@t ail. the infb^nr^ and sa® if w© can wrk our group into th.l s We have new and tetter plan^ for 19^X^ thank thos$ m^bera wto have done o?uch ;••. carzy the past trips te fun and ...?? ■ ever takes owr th® excursion job vj" hr; > devoted group of followra te help iruppsr-.. help on the trip&o prablM?^ g&- ‘-C ? . pretty wll ironed out £md jo .> ’?:.-••? , c &£j&oth for1 w.- '^M3 excursion'. ■■ ■ 10 * RAXLWAI HISTORICAL SOCIETY oj . ■■ T-. •;--»w - ut .-rr-vn-. w— e—■-• r •-««•. --.«•«—. ... ■—; -—i-.- —. - ••.■ ■■ r :■< . ------- - - r • - - flJSWS NOTES i:-.ws NOTES Up In S&n Francisco the Munic5.pal Railway is restoring car 7 1 at Elkton •..' ■'••rtober 14th they begin Gold®n Week0 the Muny s ,50tn year of' operation© Car i was otv: spto 6th after meh work being don© on her according to Bay Area Electric HR Review© ©©©c-coocccv - seeing to have paid off during th© faix\ these cars are different from those h w •i southern California at Dian^yland0 built by th© same outfit but capable of handling .larger pay •Kidgo Trains seat 124 personsft can handle an additional 300 persons standing© In use on the? UJ :?Ll©a of "raH11 they can do about 70 MPH® ride is good and acoolei’ation and brake action good©or■. .• 7TRT JWORTH(,„TEXAS is building a new subway from a huge $000 car parking lot 'bo tha nw shoppin;; omter in downtown Fort Woxvth© Streetcars will be used?2 Former PCC cars from the now busifued 'i.whington DoCo Transit will be used on a double ttrack line© The former D©C© cars will have a ©Langeso high platform loading and pantograph current pickup©©a©©©©©©©©■ '-•joiican Lccosotivo Co© has offered to help in any way possible with the restoration to full srl.’ect oporating condition of S©P© 5021 tl the big throe cylinders^ 4»W~2 now stored at Santa 7c? facilities in San Bernardino© So© Calo Chapter of R©&LoHcS© hop$ to operate her on a main line :^atorn all steam excursion/ or excursions in near fixture© ©©©©©©^©©C^IJ^J^ET (not meat) Fva.;. •'Lek Bodge comes a bit of Feather Riwr nws© Returning from Susan'iSl^on"thV*iravicl dub of • mthern California's 1-feuut Lassen Holiday 0 An John Ferris0 steam car (a rented Oldsmobile rx:l ■>. •. ‘doh really toiled over) we stopped at Keddie0 California© -Won?. suggested that we go acro:j. canyon to the Western Pacific station© Wo got there just In tl^-s to see tho 'JCari^u Spocl-i? -: ■>’X, in from Biobar (the Xneido Galway) through the tunnel© What a het^rogenecma Q©nglomer^.t?-< .'■ ..•ado up the train consist? Th© cars represented mny railroads 0 typos of sorvico and colors © 0^ : ito rear was Santa F©°® open end observation car© Bines tho famous wye» is out of coismission^ ‘7v? .‘10301 locomotive had to run around ths train at Kcddi©0 back up and couple on to th® obssrv^t^^n. •■.ae noe® of the cab unit was then poked at the open platform for tlio ride to O^^andoc©©©©©©©■?©'? ?LT'aSHJRGH & LAKE ERIE trHl hold its mmucl luncheon for John W© at th© EJ, Cort-aa : z Friday0 S^pteniter 2oth© Membox9 of RH3ofSD0 Mr© Barriger holds th-s position of pr^oidezz’: :.h :she Po&oloEo Mr© Barrigor will attend eoveral west coast ?0^LoEo luncheons including th£ S:.n affairo othsrs will in los Angolesp Ssix Fr^aci5X^0 Portland^ Crsg0no Spoicam;0 Washcc and SeattlOp Washington© Sovsx^l inters of RHSofSD and loe&l friends o.f i4x’o Berrigex^ '" ■ . ■ L-

RHSSD #064 Oct 1962

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