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October 1951 WESTERN PACIFIC j\[!J~p.,~Sfs The first meeting of Western Pacific's 30 aboard a special train for an inspec­ board of directors to be held away tion trip over the company's property, from the company's general office at including the Keddie-Biebel' line. A San Francisco, since the firm was or­ stop was made at Winnemucca on the ganized 42 years ago, took place in afternoon of October 1 to permit the Salt Lake City on October 2. party to inspect the railroad's military The meeting followed a luncheon blood procurement cal', the Charles o. OCTOBER, 1951 Milepost No. 27 Vol. III, No.3 given in the Hotel Utah, which was Sweetwood, followed by a layover that attended by directors and officers of Department of Public Relations night at Elko, headquarters of the the company, Judge Wilson McCarthy, WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD company's Eastern Division. SACRAMENTO NORTHERN RAILWAY TIDEWATER SOUTHERN RAILWAY president of the D&RGW, Mayor Earl 526 Mission Street, San Francisco 5 Glade of Salt Lake City, local business The special departed from Salt Lake Lee "Flash" Sherwood, Editor Arthur Lloyd , Jr., Associate Editor men and other prominent dignitaries City following the directors' meeting, Member American Railway Magazine Editors' Association of that city. stopping at South Sacramento on the Member Northe rn California Industrial Editors' Association The group of directors and officers of return trip for a visit through the Sac­ the company left Oakland September ramento shops. CONTENT Page Dil' ·t J' M t in Utah 3, 4, 5 Eastbound, the special stopped at Winnemucca to let the directors and officers visit the railroad's 7, 9 military blood procurement car, the "Charles O. Swectwood." Standing on the ground at the rear of the Milepost 163 car are, from left to right: C. L. Droit. secretary; Sidney Henricksen, secretary to the president; G. H . Mil posts in Gold 8, 9 Kneiss, assistant to president-public relations ; R. E. Larson, treasurer; Directors J. W. Mailliard. Jr., J. A. Folger, and Harley Hise; W . T. Richards, engineer of maintenance of way and structures; Director D ;)1' Editor: 10, 11 Stuart Jenkins ; H. E. Poulterer, vice president-traffic; and F . R. Woolford, chief engineer. Left to right WP Will Rem mber 11 and upward on the steps and platform: President Whitman j Director Chas. B. Henderson; Red Cross Nurses Maxine Papier, Mary Cheever and Mrs. Freda Mills: Pete Ureuta, donor; and Walter Polking- In Memoriam 11 horn, Humboldt County Chapter Chairman of the American Red Cross. Winnemucca. Mil eposts in A[dca 12,13 Pa Hic Ra ilway Club 14 D n't B HALF Sar ! 15,18 WP Autumn Informal Danc 16, 17 R ughly Speaking 18 aboosing . 19-28 On Tour in Britain 29 p I'ts . 30,31 Ra ilroad Lines 32 ORRESPONDENTS: Jim Baker, Chicago; Nevada Michelson, Elko ; Elsie Hagen, Keddie; Robert Mun ce. Jr., Los Angeles; Alan Hudson, New York; Hazel Petersen, Oakland; Al Coady, Oakland Ter­ min al : Helen. Small , Oroville; Phyllis Rockwell, Portola; Clarisse Doherty, Sacramento ; Madge SJaught­ lI er Sacramento Mechanical Dept. ; Milton Ziehn, Sacramento Northern ; Marcella KahI, Sacramento S h ~ p s; Irene Burton, Sacramento Store; Bob Gonsalves, J. C. Parker, Salt Lake City ; Rita Connolly, Moll y Fagan, Lawrence Gerring, Jim Mills, Maurice Notter, Carl Rath, Dudley Thickens, Frank Tufo. Snn Francisco; Charles H. Myers, San Jose; Virginia Rustan, Stockton; Dora Monroe, Tidewater South- ern j Shirley Lee, Wendover. ~7 2 M I I. ICPOSTS Above: Chief Mechanical Officer E. .E. Gleason points out an interesting feature at the Sacramento Shops dur­ ing the group's visit on the return trip from Salt Lake City. Left: It was a little damp when the party inspected 7,343.7-foot Tunnel No. 35 near Spring Garden (Mile Post 297.18) , the longest tunnel on the The boss talks railroading with Judge McCarthy. president of the Denver & Rio Gran!ie Western, and Western Pacific System. Director Hise. before departure from Salt Lake City. .. Below: The group continues their While Treasurer Larson, Secretary Droit, Directors Folger, Jenkins and Mailliard "talk shop." H. R. inspection at South Sacramento with a Coulam, Western Pacific's general agent at Salt Lake City, may be seen standing between Directors ] enkins and Mailliard talking with two unidentified persons. In the background are Chief Engineer Wool~ trip through the shops. ford and Engineer of MW &8 Richards. "The Gang on Nights" "California Zephyr" By FLATWHEEL JONES By O. EARL LYLES The G. Y . M. showed up about half past eight; If all of the world is seemingly blue H e was crabby, as usual, because he was late. And you're tired of the bustling city, A s he was handed the dope you could hear him roar, On page 4 of Western Pacific's west­ Something had happened the night before. Just scuttle your wares, worries and cares, A car of eggs tipped over on six, Here's how you will be sitting pretty. ern division timetable, there appears The bottom fell out of a car of bricks, Come out where the stars in a western ::; ky Sixty-six left about three hours late, Sh:ne down on the bounding main, a station named Trowbridge, 161.5 A drawbar down about the middle of eight. Where the sweet lullaby of a pine tree sigh railroad miles from San Francisco. A car of gas was leaking on the east end of two : Greets the swish of our Zephyr train. "Order an extra for ten, call the crew, Trowbridge is hardly more than a sta­ The mi1l and elevator want a switch right away, When you pack your grip for an easy trip They claim you prom:sed them yesterday." To the cool, curving Western shore, tion, consisting of just that, a small " A circus train will arrive at four, You'll snuggle down in a Vista Dome rural community store, church, and a They want one engine . maybe more. With luxurious service' galore. Someone ran through the junction switch. Thrill to the touch of a Zephyr breeze warehouse or two used by local farm­ 1 think it was the engine for number six. ... That romps from the Western sea ers for storage and shipment of grain. "The house is not switched and nothing is set, On tne poEshed rail of the high iron trail A nd the agent is mad as a hen that is wet, Of the far-flung W . P. Passengers get little more than a Someone shoved through track number nine, Tipped over a flat and a car of lime." We want you to meet our know-how chef glance at the tiny community as the The G. Y . M. was in a terrible' rage In a dining car that's a honey, And said naughty things for a man of his age. With a galley so clean, his menu a dream, California Zephyrs whiz by through Just then the phone rang and the roundhouse said, And you don't need to be in the money. some of California's richest farm land, "The night crew forgot to put coal in the shed." You'll glide along as smooth as silk As he left that night he was heard to say, With your cocktails, or crumpets and tea but to Western Pacific's freight and "If I only, only had my way, And w asn't afraid they would crab my tights And a friendly domain on the Zephyr train passenger train crews, Trowbridge has I certainly would can that gang on nights." When you ride on the W . P. a special significance. "The Gang on Nights" was sent in to MILEPOSTS by T. G. Moran, head bill It all began about twenty- one years clerk, Sacramento freight office, and "California Zephyr" wa written and sent ago, when Ernie Whitlock first came there from Sutter County, where he in by O. Earl Lyles, engineer, of Stockton. Ernie Whitlock looks over the "latest edition" "Flatwheel Jones" must have had a bad day. Ra ilroadin on the WP is was born on October 25, 1881, and set dropped off for him by one of the crew of an ea~t­ rarely that tough-in fact, with all the fin e record. our ra ilroaders have been up a little farm machinery repair shop bound California Zephyr. chalking up recently to put Western Pacific first in va ri us op rating statistics, just a half mile beyond the station. we w ere a little flabbergasted, and hope that "Flatwh I's" 'onditions are now Ernie had always wanted to be a rail­ house where he made his home nearby. Now he could keep up his much improved! roader but circumstances had in some "Califor nia Zephyr" could well have been pa rt of n r nt article by Ward way prevented. However, his love for friendly contact on a 24-hour basis, Allan Howe in the travel section of the N w Y O?' I' Times, in which he very trains did not prevent him from drop­ signaling and watching the rolling favorably describes a trip from the Atlantic to thl' P:l ,iIi ' made ntirely in dome ping his wrench and leaving his work freights as they passed his window in coaches, riding the Baltimore & Ohio" "N w oltll nbinn" from Washington to to give a friendly "highball" to passing the dark. Chicago, and from Chicago the" a liforniu Zeph y r," I\. 'lipping of the article WP trains and their crews. As time Today, Ernie can call many WP em­ was sent to the editor by R.
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