tUUWAy HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAN DIEGO, iMo - NEWSLETTER NUMBER NINE ((?) - SEPTEMBER,, * ■» .n j*x,^>s*^*,u«jyjr^^s»ujy «mjih — 'b i wlimuu SUM® GREETINGS TO OUR MEMBERSs Besrn buoys’ Wr« havdo Suacr&r sms to bring $n ra?i»y things to do and little tin® to do Ml th® thing© thsr-d u> d©2 It la hard to find ti®$ £br woloty affairs with all th# usual suzww* .acti^ttoa© A fsw of the faithful ho® «&ontlnwd to work sn etraot'^ar 5s* dwn to Old Trow tyy th© Whaley House© th^y ar# thera tan SaUudey©o©ohaw you d©wn? The Bswslottar should. hav© b#$n in th# mail s w$k ago© th® September mooting ms ©hanged on© week du® to th® totor toy holiday m th© first tonday© th© waling date is MONDAI© SEPWWER 9© 1196'3© Our SEPTEMBER aaettog will .feature stawrall railroad films loaned to usi by th© Santa Ttoy will ba souiuL^lor iifea fUuas and should pros© interesting to all© A® an added i‘$atur®e if its is awil&bl^ w that dat's© Mro John Wferthyo General Agent© Santa F# Railway© will -at our nesting a giw u& & talk && sviilxwdtogo Ttm*# will to the usual prises and good refroahreentSo t-U^ to talk with your friend® and enjoy our hobby© Th© daws on© wsk tot-w this month© th® SECOND WNBAY© SEPTEMBER 9© D96J « ?gJO P©M<> to Wsjo PVM© upstairs in IM Safety Koon© Santo V® Railway Stati@n0 Kettnor & Broadway© San Diego© California© Cur thank® to Roy and IMlsy Miller tor the program at the August mUngo For thoao of yc?u unstfi® to attend© w had two &□ r^els© ©r«e on <§&e-©tri© operation in the tos Angel©© ar&a prlssrUy f^turing the fdays of Pa^ifi© ®Blg Rsd Car® operations on various sunning L0.9 /mgel^s und^r MoToAo oporMluno TM ^rund re©& fogging r^ilruadlxig and .y^^sd ©per&twn^ ©n ths fa ẑ?d little thr^e toot West Sid© Luaber Cu© lins in tM Nvwdao S©i&n^s the log trains •sowing down out of to© ffi&untoins #nd of slip, operattona ■were shown© Ptotures of a r&ilton excursion on the IteQoud Rlvor HR© with Up© ©toas^r© ©n th© h-5 & rather steady nm of hea^y duty ©owrod hopper© running bask and forth Mong th® Santa to© aoJlld hopp^x* trains haw not had a •ear ireunt but the trains ha^ mi fro© to 85 1® Iiengthn on# string of ©apt!#© goi ng n$rth app^sr^d to be elos® to WO ©str©© Sins© to® new bulk loader m© put into ssrvic© st th# leuth Aeonu© luminal© railroad tonnage ha® nada a definite step upwards© Southam Paoifl© la bringing th© bulk of to® altolto pallets for bulk loading to ships© Ih® Santo F@ potoah trains originate to ta ^©xioo© E&wM power on the Santo F@ p©t&sh trains usually ^onatot of eight wled power unit@o San Diegan str«©3a^l,iser aor^l©© has hauling a goodly share of peopl® ar«d out of Diego this ©um©r<> Fifteen oar train® ar© a w^ooe© sight and thoro ar® two or 35 tratoa dally9 th© rest of th© ©ohodul© vary froa 8 to O @ar@o Iha aarly coming ^^tht©u?id train is th© ®horto®t9 up t© six ©are© Tzi® Labor LXay weekend really put th# passwgor® ©wr th© line© .shortage ©f aquii»«nt had Uw-ae higb-lowLi ©ar© to ®©rwiw on to® Ssn IMogaxu M Har ra@© trains had a hodga podge of types of paoaangor oars© thro© traina v®r© atoffod toto DM Mar wy© and sidings on Labor t&y© Mjtiw powar has ragged fr-oai too wit ,nAa ® paw Ale© dieoM® to a short unit wArn ® WB* &w on on® tratoe also used© and S unit® of paas®ngar power to Dal Har for rao® trains© Th® to* Angeles Unton ^asonger Taratoal park tog lot ibll to ©apaoity owr th® weak end© lhe trains out of LOAO were also totorsattog due to nsed for equlpsi^nt© quit# & wartoty of typos of paussngw cars to sarnie®© tots of trains rolling and a waxy intarosting ©roes section of eqaipt&ent for the rail?an to fcavto &nd photograph© >. r-ealncter© the fwtoratton pmjaet on our old fashioned S$n Dtogo trolley #ar continues o-ituh .Saturday at Old Town© Th® famous old ^California1’1 typ^ car is becoming quite a show now t.^t It has taK«n oxi .8Mh a fin® an& shiny app®uran£t»o Many th# Whalay Hsus© irtoltors now ixtQiude to wr t/hlla on th# g.undc?o HMp la s^tHl. na^d^d as wall a© ©aah donations t.^'-r < ’■•” rS.*: WW'■’ fl - *? ■>’^’i ’■', M y? .. c-»--•> .*. « * ••■> i%25e2%2580%2594luJ.ru uo: 3a WANTED WANTEDcntt© >:.vx Lc routing *®*MEETING DATE? MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th 0 '5953*®° CAR 5^ WHERE ARE YOU???<;:r ina-r'-nxr.iu j-.-.y.-.---,-—,' Wo ar© looking for som© good black and white prints or pictures taken on th© Msy .5th Escondido excursion© W XOU HAVE ANX SUCH ?IC«> TURES???? Th© Santa F® Railway would Ilk© to run a story in the monthly Santa F© Bulletin and pictures ar® nsedcdo Contact Oorky Thomson at 276-3265 ©r Tfloaas Matson at 29jM2^9o sa H^vCaoq * * Railway Historical Society of San Diogo 0Inc P0O0 Box 935^ 0 San Diego0 California., 92Wo ®F£©JJBER0 1963, 5cAt th® Whaley House 0 in Old San Diego0 WORKERS^ WELCOME© (Contact Co To ttIbiwK Mann0 273-882^} SATURDAY WORK DAYS. San Diogo & Arizona Eaatom°s La Masa Boulevard eras sir r> now has rails tied to t’ new Spring St: ft * o N E W S 1 E T TER ft ft ft ft CTXJ- gTU~-" -~ '-l :UK l.-X-'-,.~ H JJ..~ z-i—, w-v. ~ Monthly bulletin for the RoHuSoOfSoDooIno. All news items should reach th© editor on or bafor© th® 20th of each month© S©nd news iteas to SoLo^Corlcy^Thomeono 3204 McGraw Str©9t0 San Diego n hand rails condition of raotivo x-?as observed hoggin* clean and neat low no so Southern Pacific end the other Cotton Bolt bohind thee© two an WA” and a RBn unit dirtiest and cost on ths S0P0 The unit was smoking heavily 0 it was EoMoDo power tot had th® sacking abil ity of some of the older Alco diesels© In spite of appearance0 they wore working and pulling tonnage© All foras and styles of SOPO paint Jobs can be soon on SoD0M0Eo trains© At last count there wore fiw of th© little G0E0 dieaol switchers in San Diego© Th© Tenth Avenue Tbrainal tee actually run out of yard tracks with potash ears© Itns a busy place those daya0 RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAN DIEGO 0 Inc© - y not obsorved < appear that v. crosses when : Spring Street green arrow but all other traffic eomos to a halt© Eric also sends us news ©f ono -to four cars spotted at the M>ntgo^ory Ward warohous- in El Cajon© Par coismitaonts wore cause? of disuse of th© early rionths cf operation at th® MoWc warehouse© Freight car aovcoonts to and from th® facility ar© quit® regular now Another beer distributor io going in on Fletcher Parkway &nd it would appear that a rail spur will bo Installed© Fri-a also states that a building contractor added a building and a spur in El Cajon and thafc there ar® al® ways ono or two c-ars on the apor© It is good tG s®s th® El Cajon^La Mesa Branch of the SoDo&AoS© coming back to Ilf® as it has this yearo Th© little C?oE0 diesels Eiakc almost daily runs nou and vary from t^o to three units according ‘bo tonnage© Some days th© diesels iaa!c® several runs out the line to do switching© Mainline So.Dc&AoEo trains are sporting four unit ttbig° power frosi tho SoPo0 Cotton Bolt and T&NOo Dietsols vary from lcrtc«profile clGosp3l? -to the older original GP~9°s ^nd F«? cab and :i3° units of tho ^cagon top* style© Gotten Belt pemr can ho spotted fey the yellow Thor© io a aarked variation in the oeroro Ono recent train eastward with two v©ry c,gespsw0 od® T*as of 0 emties wore teo F®7 units 0 0 tho two were by far th© n down looking locoaotiveB Soptea&ar 220 D9^3 will be th® day for a £ train excursion over th© Santa Fe freight-only Harbor Branch to th® great seaport at San Pedro J and a visit to Ports of Call0 AEorican President Lines0 S0S0 Pros© d©v@land and railroading on th© Harbor Bolt RRo Golden West Rail 'fours presents a low«©ost| Sunday Excursion on a special Santa Fe Train© j; Rid© a special train within feet of the land- | ing strip at International Alrpox't0 a photo stop is planned at this point 0 rid© -through an area used normally by freight trains only0 down! through Torrance0 Wilmington and San Pedroo Th©? Harbor Bolt RR will isow our special train for . a visit to Southern California03 newest attrac tion Ports of Cello a recreation of early Cal-[ iforai® Fishing Village., complete with quaint ' 8tr©etsD ©hops and 90 minutes to browse© Highlight of th© day will b@ a visit to th© luxurious Asorlcan President Lincs0 Pasaen-’ g©r Tors-Anal and an open house tour of a famous; trans-P&cific liner0 tho S0S0 Pr&So Clevolando | Leave Los Angele© Union Stationooo8i30aomsi return at ??00poi3o Sunday0 Scpto 22p 15 9630 Fares: adult tickets © $6095 children i © $3o50© Writ© to GOLDEN WEST RAIL TOURS0 2210 So© Sepvlvoda HLvdo0 Los Angelos 6^0 Calif 5 If ordering direct0 enclose self-addreesedfi stamped envelope0 deadline for ticketsO9/18/63°‘ sing but it x-?ould to a stop and then o Apparently the HISTORICAL SOCIETY of SAN DIEGO 0 Inc© «* NEWSLETTER # 9 - PAGE 1TIKEE « SEPTEMBER, 1963© SH^fSDJXCURSION. NEWS????? Not much planned at present, any big trips via Santa F& or Union Pacific a little to expansive? for th© general trsnd of family sonsy spending at this timoo Such trips wuld to to Calico, Barstow, the 0©E©T© Trolley Museum at Perris 0 Capistrano Mission, QtCo It is felt that any big trips of $32 to $15 par adult aro not wise at this timo0 For RoHoSoOfSoDo members© o© ©small trips are in the asking^ By private car to Histe and liw steam on th© little 0=A=0 stem Xoco«. iwtiw owned by Mr© & Mrs© Pollard© Thsre is no date set at th© s^s^nt, wo will so© how th© warm wsather holds out and wait for a nice ©ven tespsraturo this fall© Mr© Pollard will hav© the locomotive under a full head of steara and let motors rid© ©nd OPERATE the locoEotlv®©2o W@ will keep you posted as to th© date and we will give you asplo tia© to plan for ito It wil be a rather limited type affair du© to spas© and tis@o All of you steam fans will enjoy this little outing, nmyto w can have a little pic nic along with th© stesa operation© Cajon Pass©©©©by charter bus is the mst economical mottod, but for those wishing to sp©nd $20 or so, may to & charter trip on th© private observation car, Qyrus Ko B^llid&y© In the cool of early Nov@mtor, w@ will probably charter an air-conditioned bus and visit the famous SUMMIT of Cajon Pass© Approximate fare $5 to $? per porsoa© Objects to watch trains and photograph same© ABD TO 1963 MEMBERSHIP ROSTER NEW MS’lBERS & RENEWALS; eBsxv-^SBc-icxMAKKwea^Kzanmotcssa v»ccsu^rnr«r.! r*» GUTH, George <• Sp&c© 20, 8^5 Wo Grant, Escondido© HELOT, Ron « 2345 Prosidio Di%, San Diego 3© PETERSON 0 Wo Ho - 1354 E© Altadena Dr©, Altadena© LAUEERSKI, SoRo - 1128 Devonshire Dr©, SoDo ?o MacDONALD, SoH© - 3933 St© JmosPlo, S©D© 3o HOPPER, Jo Au - 164.5 Dale Sto, San Diego 2O MARDOCK, V0E0 - 2346 ftilip Sto, San Diogo 5© BUTLER, RoF©(Jr© )PFC, A COoC&E,En,MCRD0 SoD©40o ROBERTSON, Do Jo « 3761 Horman Ave©, SoD© 40 ALLISON, Wo Co ~ 1400 Woodruff, to a Angoloa 24O SIDNEY, I0L0 « 5316 Vesper, apt© 2, Van Muys© FERRIS, John - P©0©Bcx 5JD81, too Angelos 55© BELL, Coho <=» P0O0 B&x 311 d- Bsu'stow, Califo MacMULLEN, Jerry - 2*72? Prosldio Dro, S©D© 3o FRY, C0R0 « 316 No Crescent Heights, LoAw 48© HARO, Alfonso - 412? Florida Sto, San Diego 4 CHAMBERS, J©L0 - 3760^28 th Sto, San Diogo 4© LSHMUTH, RoH© <=> 1417 Walnut, Manhattan Beach© (Pfc, «A»COo C&E CWC, ELCoRoDo, S©D© 40) GANN, EoF© - 3155 lynwood Rdco Iyn»ood0 Collf© S^ISSLER, JoLc =» 2801 Franca Aav©o S©0 Mnneapolis 16, Minn© DAVENPORT, I©So « 1430 W©52nd, tos Angeles 62© GOSS, D0B0 - PoO© Box 254, Alhambra, Calif© ROOT, B©J© « 180 e)-P St©, San Bernardino,92410© CROCKETT, EoS© - P©00 Box 14?0 LalMo0Might Lieutenant «> R©CoA©Fo Station, Sainte^ivestro^ Quebec, Canada© RoHoSoOfSoDo HOBBY SHOW SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13th, 19^3 - 1 §00 until 4s00 PoM© HOBBY DISPLAY SOT at th© S©D© Park & Recreation UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS GILDING, 4044 Idaho Street© Building will to available froa noon to for setting up, display and resovslo Display tteo froia 1 to 4 Hl© Bring your favorite hobby end display it for the rest of th© membere to see and enjoy© W@ all don°t collect trains, bring out gods® of our moabers other hobby interests© Contact Gladys Skeen, 284^3449 for ^or® information or write Roy Miler, c/o U©SC Naval Hospital, Oceanside, Califoraiao ALL WSERS ARE INVITED TO BRING AND TO DISPLAY THEIR HOBBIES© YOU are needed to sake this a succaea© © © o © © © i^EsaSji^s® the 5UWYQ r0CW^ 13th - 1s00 to 4;00_ PoM^___ _ Wolcose to all tto above, sobs of you ar@ back Mth us as romraals, msiy are nw orators, Hr© Bslec brings ths 1963 roster to 151 oeabers© Getting crowded finding all th® sectors naaes and addresses? For your convenience -there will to a complete roster, up to date as tost ■?w can get it rogiwding currant addresses, to to printed and mailed withing tlw nest 60 days© We want you to h&ve it by the ©nd of October or first of Novemtor for your Chr5,steas card list and general infomation, phon® numbers will to included and as many ZIP niuators as possible© SPECIAL MEETING ^as held at th© Santa Fe depot on £&mday, Sept© 2nd for possible visiters expecting us to to having ©ur regular monthly meeting on that data© Thanks to Tbm Matson for opening up and showing somo films for any of our isomtore or guests on that date© RoHcSoOfSoD© IWULAR WNTHLY MEETING©©©©©OTDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1?63 - 7^30PM Santa Fe Dspot CAR. 4?' Wxmt ie car 547 Ihe body of n once pxwd San IXiego trolxey ©ar9 and g' -^ in tho years0 it was at one time a San Slego ©able car© This old streetcar date?-; back to the turn of the century 0 is it any wonder we want to properly restorejsar (M o n e yj If you do not have tho time or the ability to help wrk on streetcar 5^0 can you spar© any tard needed cash for the project? We don°t like to go crying for E^noy but it takes to buy the wood© th© windows0 the paint and all the other needed itcae to propsrly restore this fine old trolley car© $*&yte you to yourself °I°ei not a trolley car nut why should I donate*????? WHY?? For the same reason rodo! railroaders© steam fanatics© diese?.. followers0 boat enthusiasts andooo©©trolley lovers© o©o ALL Mho to see a job veil dona9 bo it a steam engine overhaul e the Star of InckU9 or a demanding fund at Orango Bapire fiY©21rk party on stswecar 523 at ths £feX fer location© also work on th© observation if needed© Fall wrk ok streetcar at Perris will bo needed JEW© shift bodied RHSofSD E&sabers had tetter plan on putting in a fev FUN equipment© Contact Toza^y Ham for dates© 2?3®832^© Our narrow good location? gauge UoS© Gypsum crew car vill have tv& s-c7-??:. •■^.s zy^b that to Star of Indlel? Go dem to tho wter >r&nt gk?3 e? and see ishat yeai?^ of sti^k U-’ it hard work teve don@ the oid ship© in g<3$a® ^liy© ©Q'unty ®r Jta Reading atetit HOUSE HISTORICAL TOURS0 29S»2^8^0 Wa.zi to 5j>30 i^dotbra ^;0 Jfe 1® wr-kifig up &$??£ tee ^sscuraS^i^to various places9 ? iytrt^o izto a call, if you ^ish toe .~” •^'. * *X-** ~ -**, "-’ ** * •- — •.-.- ~^:r • - .? • - -- t ~ r_" " *- ~ —~~.’ ' . .* •“ ’ - “• *--- - — - —- - — - ■ j. - --- •- • ~ ~r-—— - - - JjlWO HISTORICAL 32.CIEH‘ &£’ SAli DXWQ© .£^@© (A © Corp©) & s^up Di®>gOp Callforni.& non-profit org. u. S. POSTAGE PAI D San Diego, Calif. PERMIT #177 Xi? f 92H9 ~n *?’| ■ ..^ .i|k*:., it\ *’ In V .M B E R RIN 1H D 51A Ti? '■ Puget Sound Rall- Rii'iu:?:-, roader , „. P.O.Box 1362,Brd.Sta Seattle, Wash.

RHSSD #075 Sept 1963

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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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