TIMEPOINTS. Mount Lowe Centennial. July 1992 Page 1. Volume 82 July 1992 Number 7

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "TIMEPOINTS. Mount Lowe Centennial. July 1992 Page 1. Volume 82 July 1992 Number 7"

Abel Nelson
5 years ago
Views:

1 TIMEPOINTS Volume 82 July 1992 Number 7 Mount Lowe Centennial July 1992 Page 1

Timepoints July 1992 The Southern California Traction Review produced monthly by The Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, Inc. Subscription included in membership.

2 Timepoints July 1992 The Southern California Traction Review produced monthly by The Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, Inc. Subscription included in membership. Non-member subscribtions at $15.00 per year. (Jan to Dec) Editorial Mailing Address Circulation, ERHA Business John Heller ERHA 822 No. Alexandria Ave. P.O. Box Hollywood, CA Association Board of Directors Los Angeles, CA President David G. Cameron Vice-President Alan Fishel Treasurer Jed Hughes Secretary At-large Contributors Bill Smith John Heller Robert Lawrence Jaune Smith Leroy Demery Harre W. Demoro Ralph Forty Jack Garcia M.D. (Doc) Isely Norman K. Johnson Richard Kotulak John E. McEnhill Ralph Melching Ben Minnich Jeffery Moreau David Morgan Ted Wickson Paul J. Ward Gary M. Woodley Vice President's Column In honor of the hundreth anniversary of the beginning of construction of Professor Lowe's famous incline railway above Altadena, the ERHA's annual banquet will feature Charles Seims with a Mt. Lowe extravaganza! This year's banquet will be at Bill Smith's house on Saturday night September 11. Bill's mom will cook whatever you like so do call her in advance so that she will know what to buy. Mt Lowe World Famous This Trolley Trip is unsurpassed by any mountain scenic ride in the world. Trains leave daily from Pacific Electric Station, Sixth & Main Sts., Los Angeles, at 8, 9 and 10 AM and 1:30 and 4PM through Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Altadena and beautiful foot-hill hamlets, winding their way through orchards of oranges and beautiful country places and then up canyons by steep, curving ways to Rubio. Thence by an almost perpendicular ascent of the mountainside on the great incline railway, passengers are conveyed to Echo Mountain, attaining a height of 1325 feet in 3200 feet traveled. At Echo are the interesting Mt. Lowe Observatory and that "eye of night" the great searchlight. From Echo the journey continues 'round mountain walls, through forest and granite gates, mid scenes of ever changing grandeur to Alpine Tavern. This charming mile-high mountain resort with its central hotel, dining room and cottages among the pines, is a delightful haven of rest. Pony trains make trips to the summit 1100 feet above. Many points, within easy walk of Alpine, present wondrous views. Excursion fare of two dollars now available for a limited time. ($1.75 from Pasadena) Excursion fare tickets must be purchased from ticket agents at Los Angeles or Pasadena. They will not be sold by Conductors on cars. Secure a folder. -PE Brochure Alan Fishel Program Committee Chair Page 2 Timepoints

3 At the bottom of the incline portion of the Mt. Lowe Railway. Rubio Canyon above Altadena. July 1992 Page 3

4 In later years the original incline cars were replaced with these roof'ed versions. In 1936 the Alpine Tavern burned to the ground; with no destination the line quickly declined in popularity and was closed forever in 1938 when a storm washed away parts of the line. Page 4 Timepoints

5 Car 32 on the Circular Bridge in the 1920's July 1992 Page 5

6 Snow was expected on the Alpine Division. Page 6 Timepoints

7 End of the line, Alpine Tavern and car number 3 in Two timetables, at the left March 11, 1935; and below, July 1992 Page 7

8 July 3, Friday. MEETING, Bay Area Electric Railroad Association, 8: 00 PM, 2024 Durant Avenue, Berkeley 10, Friday. MEETING, Pacific Railroad Society regular monthly meeting, 7: 30PM at Joslyn Recreation Center, Alhambra 11, Saturday. MEETING, San Diego Electric Railway Association regular monthly meeting, 7: 30PM at SDG&E Co. 1st & Ash Sts., member's nite, bring slides! 15, Wednesday. Glendale LRV hearing, see May/June TIMEPOINTS. 17, Friday. MEETING, ELECTRIC RAILWAY HISTORI- CAL ASSOCIATION regular monthly meeting. in the Church, Heritage Square. 7: 30 PM Business Meeting, 8: 00 PM Program: Paul Ward Trolley Buses of North America 'A-M', slides. 17, 18, 19, 20 Friday-Monday. ERA Convention Seattle (hist. Trolley Coach charter), Yakima (Interurban trips w/ lots of equip.), Portland (Willamette Shore Trolley charter. Call (212) for info & reservations. 25, Saturday. OERM member's day. Cookout begins 6-6: 30PM, bring your own meat to cook, $3.00 for salad, dressing, drinks & dessert. (please call (714) )) Night operations 7-10 PM plus slides in Town Hall. August 21. David Cameron, Traction across America 1970 in slides. August 29. Walter Abbenseth's annual show. September 18 Friday. ERHA annual Traction Collector's memoribilia auction. October 17 Saturday. ERHA banquet, Mount Lowe Cenntenial Celebration with Charles Seims. Meetings By Mail! We realize that many members live out of the area and are missing out on some wonderful programs. ERHA is videotaping some of our meeting's entertainment portions. Not a slick professional style video, occasional heads in the way, the audience commentary, white screens from missing slides, etc., the picture quality is excellent and any naration is picked up with a wireless microphone. A Hi8 Camcorder is placed on a tripod just above the slide projector so there is no keystoning. Please make out checks to ERHA of SC. Shipment time will depend upon the number of orders we receive. (Tapes will be duped to order.) Your donation of $15.00/VHS tape includes postage, please add $5.00 U.S. for international orders. #101 Ted Damon's PE slides, Glendale/ Burbank, Bellflower, Long Beach & San Pedro. Lots of work trains, Juice Jacks, regular service and fan trips. #600 Paul Ward & Bill Volkmer's Trolleybuses of North America "A-M". ("N-Y", Europe planned) #700 Ken Douglas's slides, Ken Douglas presents his slide show of the British Columbia Electric Interurban & local service, Toronto, London & Port Stanley, Grand River Lake Erie & Northern Railway, Niagra & St. Catherine, Montreal & Southern Counties, Ottawa, Cornwall Street Railway Light & Power, CN electrified Montreal, Quebec Railway Light & Power, Hershey Railway of Cuba, Puebla Mexico, Mexico City, Tampico, Vera Cruz plus Bill Volkmer misc. at the end. Video-taped live, you'll see it all; the heads passing through, white flashes of missing slides, slides upside down or out-of-focus and the ever-present murmer of railfans commenting throughout in the background! We will only tape presenters with their prior permission. ELECTRIC RAILWAY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA P.O. Box Los Angeles, CA BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 854 GLENDALE, CA Page 8 Timepoints

TIMEPOINTS. Riding PE's San Bernardino line on MetroLink. October 1992 Page 1. Volume 82 October 1992 Number 10

TIMEPOINTS. Riding PE's San Bernardino line on MetroLink. October 1992 Page 1. Volume 82 October 1992 Number 10 TIMEPOINTS Volume 82 October 1992 Number 10 Riding PE's San Bernardino line on MetroLink October 1992 Page 1 Timepoints October 1992 The Southern California Traction Review produced monthly by The Electric