RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO H IHCO = POST OFFICE BOZ 935^ o SAN DIEGO 90 CALIFORNIA^ *'^NEWSLETTER NUMBER NINE SEPTEMBER • ^962^ CAR 54J^OVEDo o o o8/2? Regular Saturday work parties will be organised after Later Day wokand© Check tilth 2nd V9P© Tcsangr Mann for the ceaing work schedule to put oar §4 back in shiny newness© Planned work days will tegin on Saturday 0 Sept© 8 th 0 1952© T^qtq will to? a paid carpenter working on th© car co ©very bit of work our membara help turn out xiill cut the cost of paid labor out of the society tx'oasuryS Plan to d© your part© no matter how small© every bit will holp now© Tao car is in public vte? alongside th© Whaloy Houac0 it must te restored for proper public display© More on th© 54 progress each month© ^gLIGHT HAREpR.CRUISB Cn Saturday evening0 August Wth7 the: good ship RGLori©ttaft sot sail. on the sparkling water® of San Diogo Bay© With approximately 75 parsons aboard0 the RHSofSD cruise toured the harbor and viewed San Diogo at night from the waters© Kosters aboard wore th® followings Dick Dodge0 Murray Smith0 Charles & Jano Rosoko Mr©&Mrs© Calkins0 Thomas Hamoro0 Bea Welker0 Rotert Smith 0 Mr©&Mrso L© Johnson0 Ann & Wend&l Byora0 Earle & Anida Swains© Bob & Shirley Farwell 0 Fred Finke 0 Tom Matson0 Georg© Kottke0 Seward Tuthill0 Corky & Barbara Thomson© Excursion Director Thomson wishes to thank ell th© mCTbors making the cruiso for their help in making it a financial and social succeos© SEPTEME^R mETIiiG DATS Ifondayt> S^pt Wth-rtrq^\xrer::rx^.T;rrT-Jx^rz.-T>.', r- r-.». V V 4 Tto September iterating will te h:?ld on® week ; late du© to ]Lator D-s;? we^ksndooooooooo NOTEo ooo$70HDA7o SEflTSlBSR Wth0 tj62 « 7?30pa BUSINESS., o o oPROGIWMo o □ oREFRESHMENTSo .oRAFHLE | Regular noeting plae^^ Upstairs in tte Safety Rw2 ©f too Santo Fo Train Station 0 San DX-ug^o ONE WEEK LATE©©©©E03Wo SEPT© 10tho ^962 =XJXTT=l-»Cr^3r7>T5re.o=:^araSi=.1tr-ju^i,e-.-~rcJrs;■.f.a.'-'ig-^ l l_» »II l_11 II I ■ Hl~P' ■■ ■".■'T :-_■'- ■>*■------- ---------------- -------r-T_—---.-^ EVORSION NOTICES Tho proposed trip into our neighbor country 0 Mexico 0 on Cat© 28th has teen posponedo probably until spring of 1)953 or oven possibly vAitll the fall of *8963© No trip to Riito thio year bacauco of the large nuate? of people leaking too trip last £aH©©,oWS donnt want to over do tola enjoyable eno dry journey into Ko^ieo on ths Scnora«Baja California© ^hr.rtor bus0 for a ono day viiit 0 see the "big ^-^2-2 IJnlon Pacific 3 cylinder steam locomotive oocplus the newest arxiral~~^nBig Boy:? '^3^^ ai^ic'^atedo and Santa F©°s 3^5^ and the ci^Lllor variety of stoas pouor on display at Pos:qa13oco©o©AI]D they haw a rcono«r?jJ. this year at the fair? 2 Date s probably toe last Sunday0 Si£?TEMBER 30th© JuOS ANGELES STREETCAR TOUR Interesting trip on<==S^TXTX,rr«^v.x'?3Fr*rx»,-r i -••• a PCS trolley car over trackage still in service on the MTA in Los Angeles© Rids to Los Angelos on the Santo Fo°s streamlined MSan Diegan* © This will to a one day0 Saturday or Sunday trip© The proposed data: Sunday0 Octoter 28th0 ^962© CAJON RASS TRAIN WATCHERS TOUR Using a charterr==xxxxasXKCW£ML3a4MX^«:~-^ O .♦•*»**** dus0 see Orange Enpiro Trolley Muocm and all of the activities in and around San Bernardino on a ona day trip© Submit of Cajon Pass will ba the turn around point© Proposed date: [tovo W or25^? All of these trips are planned for YOUo the nemtera of RHSofSD0 they aro to to fairly low cost one day excursions 0 for fun0 rail activity and getting hotter acquainted w'ith your fallow mentors© Wo need from 25 to 35 members and good friends of tho society to make those trips go at reasonable rates© ©© ©plan not? to to aboard© KOBWXl Picnic Spacial 0 £ran right downtown at tho depotD on our own train© direct to Escondido via Oceanside©©©spring of 063235 We will keep our fingers crossed for this onoo NI^SiJiTTErv i&NE.■_ ■^*^^.jv;.sy,jir-^'g?x,»xrrj.T*^xtx.r?>r^!K?r7 <- v^ir?«?*»-’3sz.*‘- •/.'XUk..’7'~*r i.T.t*-*i-' srrarr . /-. x. NE^S NOTES Remember0 the Sept* meeting date is changod0 eno wook lat0o £tond3y0 Sept© 1Otho 1962O Car 5& work parties at tho new location 0 next. to the historic Whaley House0 in Old Town0 starting Saturdayo Sept* 3tho© © © © 0 ©NGV AVAXLAgLE0 11A Survey of Electric Railway Museums” This is a full coverage of all electric mus©uni30 plus acme with stem & electric0 30 pages?3 Copies way be had at 60^ each0 postpaid by writing to: JAKES W© WALKER0 Jr© - 1130? Long Beach Flvd©0 Lynwood0 Calif© NOTICE; The annual mooting of th© Orang© Empire Trolley Museum will bo held on October 5th0 19&2p nkaabers0 associates and friends are invited to attend this important meeting at Perris0 Calif© •>«•««■ is now quit® noticeable that somehow a good number of our members (RBSofSD) have- not over seen their 1962 mcpibsrship cards o Wo don°t know what wont wrong but all cords wore mailed 0 IF YOU DID NOT GET YOUR CARDe please drop us a post card to the society address0 P©0© Box 9351 o San Diego 90 Calif© We knew that soira of you have written about yew? cards0 however0 to clear up this loss of cards o please drop us a line again so we can double chock against th© missing cards a?, seme hav© boon sent again* Remember 0 if you did not get your 1962 membership eard0 drop vs a line and wo will clear it up0 To the best of our lcnowlecSgo0 there has been a loss through the mail or improper postage 0 or something 0 they just dldn°t reach all the membors for sc?23 OCTOBERMEETING "Jill be held at tho Santa Fe station as usual0 first Monday evening0 and©*©© if all goes as planned we will have our Novmbor seating in th© Court Room of th© famous old Whaley Rouse on San Diego Avenue in Old Town© There trill bo a short session of movies showing tho latest move of car to the Whaley Hous© grounds©©©PLUS©©©a tour of th© fully restored Whaley House 0 for this there will bo a fee of 50$ per person^ but well worth Ito Wo will keep you posted in the next two issues of the NoT’slottorooooth© Whaley House is limited to about ^0 to 50 persons0 donflt miss it* SoDq&AoEo Ihe now (old Colton) turntable is now in and boing used at the San Diogo yvx&Q of th o Southern Pacific'3 a S©Do&A©E© here© Tho old engine houso is still there but cut off from ever 8©e~ ing another locomotive0 a now warehouse is being built right over tho old lead track area* All of the diesels ar© now serviced in a now outdoor yard nend. to th© turntable 0 just. w©st of the old sheds and buildings near th© freight house* Hi© wys had been tom out also for tli© now buildings being put up on that portion of land* So now both Santa Fo and SoIU&AoSo spox't turateblesJS SANTA FEjsay refurbish th© 2925 fox* use as a steamor again0 fan trips0 colobraticn80 ©tCo0 nothing positive as ye to UNION PAC.glg x’uns tho big &’r^ ^8-^ on the PoRoSc trip ever tho I^fcor Day weekendo Ogdon to Cbsy©rmee sayb© th© last run??? say build a big 3 inch 3ealo0 15 inch track gauge liv© steam layout at thoir rocroation park just north and cast of tho Astro plant at 395 snd Clairamont Mesa DrivoP also maybcHi*3 live steam too8S^*»««>««® Hi© Jgl JIgr race trains, roll every day except Sunday 0 Saturday at about 1:PM usually gives tho raiJTah tho most activity0 get thorc a little eafclior and you also catch a southbemd San Dlegano Bost place to watch© oo just south of th© railroad bridgo-at M, Mar0 lots of train watching©®®*^ M^BEooooW© will ride to LAoaboard tha Gyrus K© Holliday0 the ex«*Soo Lin© observation car0 for our day Q2i the MTA in October0 Fred Fink© would b© host memboi’ as fe q is ono of the owners? CXX>C50€>OOC-« . -■tw ■unai i-r-ir*T- w* :r>~no»w~ ■ - - - r~i‘- - —n. ~~ ~ ~ j -* -1*’■ ■ —. <«er» jt. s ■■>!• mj .-« ■ ■ ■■ ■< ■■ Hj ■>•«•■ ■■ i ■< m f .1 u n n hi ■ - jirti v* r^gyrv^jt.^x % «v^n>Miomar»;i «e ?-< w - ir.-. - RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO0 Inc0 ^NEWSLEMER NUMBER 9»« PoOo Box 93510 San Diego 9 California0 UoSoAo * GIVE the UNITED PRINTED MATTER RETURN REQUESTED John H. Andert 585 Otis Street Chula Vista, California

RHSSD #063 Sept 1962

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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