January
2010 Wheel Clicks and past months now on-line under publications.
Now
make Donations to your favorite PRS fund on-line via this web site under
the Membership tab on the left.
Now
accepting new memberships on-line.
Membership
Meeting: Feb. 12, 2010 7:30pm Alhambra
Rm, Joslyn Center, 210 N. Cahpel Ave., Alhambra, CA
Traction Night! Roger Fogt will share his images of Portland, Oregon,
traction and the late, great Key System. This will be a digital presentation
made from his slides taken in the 50s and 60s. Be there, and bring digital
news briefs!
Slide Night
at Saunders Yard: Feb. 19th, 2010 7:30PM
Noakes & Herbert Sts., City of Commerce, CA
Rolling
Stock Repair Days: Jan.
23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27,
2010Noakes
& Herbert Sts., City of Commerce, CA
Pacific
Railroad Museum Work Party:
Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27,
2010, 210
W. Bonita Ave., San Dimas, CA
Pacific
Railroad
Society presents
Big
Dome to the Bay
Escursion
# 538 Jan. 16 - 18, 2010
Click
above to download flyer
Mouse over
the flyer to see one of Santa Fe's RDC cars. Click
on the flyer above to download the order form.
Be one of the first to have this wonderful book on Santa Fe's RDC cars
Order On-line now!
Dinner
in the Diner
Just one of
many photos at the
Pacific Railroad Society Museum Library in San Dimas.
Photo by Chard Walker.
Excursion # 535 "Let's Go by Train to Santa Fe" featured
Pacific Railroad Society's 1954 "National Forum", a sleeper
with
six Roomettes, four Bedrooms, and six Open Section Sleepers.
Your sleeping
car porters pose for a picture while awaiting your return
Pacific Railroad Society's
new Hi-Level Coach/Dormitory Transition Car
Photo by Vince Cammarano
Do
you have photos or video of past PRS excursions that you would
like to share. Looking for a few good ones of PRS rolling
stock, our museum, or other PRS event. Send photos or
a link, to the PRS Webmaster: PacificRRSociety@sbcglobal.net
Thanks.
The "National Forum", PRS's 50-year old sleeping
car that is Amtrak certified for speeds up to 90-mph.
Click on the Railroad Equipment and Excursions links on the
left.
The PRS Museum and Library in San Dimas Click on the
San Dimas Museum and Library links on the left.
Wheel
Clicks - PRS's monthly publication
Click the "Publications" link on the left.
Railroad
Excursions.
Click the "Excursions" link on the left.
PACIFIC
RAILROAD SOCIETYis
composed of people from all walks of life who share a common
interest in railroads. We are one of the oldest and largest
independent rail enthusiast organizations in the United States,
having an average annual membership of over 650. Donations
are tax deductible under Federal and State law.
Membership
in the Society is open to anyone interested in railroads or
rail transit. Train travel, history, preservation, equipment
restoration and photography are among the interests and activities
of the Society. They are all done on a voluntary basis.
IF
YOU ENJOY RAILROADS AND RAIL TRANSIT, THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
SOCIETY IS FOR YOU!
Why
These Colors?
These
colors were chosen for the Pacific Railroad Society home pages
because they are the official colors of the club.
PRS
colors of yellow and dark green came about when we acquired
our first passenger car, the Imperial Bird. At the time,
the Bird was painted
UP armor yellow with red stripes. Since we were putting
the car into service immediately, we wanted to paint it in
some kind of distinctive
PRS way which would not involve a major painting operation.
Wayne
Melching, Pacific Railroad Society co-founding member and
Vice President when the Imperial Bird was acquired, said that
he always liked the yellow and green used by Chicago and Northwestern
(C&NW) on their passenger trains. The idea of dark
green and Armor Yellow was well received within the society.
The red stripes were painted over in dark green and dark green
lettering and numbering was applied.
Viola!
Instant Pacific Railroad Society paint scheme! Later,
a Pacific Railroad Society standard paint scheme was figured
out, with the top letter board being wider (per C&NW practice)
with the name Pacific Railroad Society in an expanded running
script, the car name and numbers in a distinctive san-serif
green, the roofs, ends, and under bodies in UP gray, the trucks
in bright silver, the end doors in salmon, the vestibules
in light cream yellow and the body paint UP armor yellow.
Pacific
Railroad Society has never had all its cars painted this way.
This paint scheme can be seen in one of the photographs
of the National Forum.
Pacific
Railroad Society, Inc. PO
Box 80726
San Marino, CA 91118-8726
Pacific
Railroad Museum 210
W. Bonita Ave.
San Dimas, CA 91773
Phone: (909) 394-0616