Issue V, Number 4 Spring 2008 DISNEY, 100th YR. O F FU LLERTO N FIRE DEPA RTM ENT FEATU RED AT 10th FU LLERTO N RA ILRO A D DA YS By Fred Canfield, Railroad Days Coordinator Disneyland Railroad’s re- turn with a yet-to-be-an- nounced exhibit and Fuller- ton Fire Department’s 100th Fullerton Railroad Days 2006, Panorama View. Photo © Johnathon Ortiz anniversary celebration are just two exciting elements to be found at the 10th Ful- the public throughout the weekend. Come early and lerton Railroad Days, coming Saturday and Sunday, enjoy a pancake breakfast prepared by Boy Scout troop May 3 and 4, 2008, at Fullerton Metrolink Station, 8 no. 292 each day at 8 a.m. a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. See the most current list of participants on the web Nearly 80 participants are slated to appear, includ- at http://www.scrmf.org/rrdays/. Read more about ing railroad exhibits from AMTRAK, BNSF, and sever- Fullerton Fire Dept’s distinguished 100 years on page 4. al private car owners. Disney’s entry is expected to be another exciting artifact from their vintage train collec- DISNEY H ISTO RIA N B RO G G IE tion at Disneyland Resort. Garden railroads, model railroads, memorabilia vendors, numerous food M A K ES REP EA T A P P EA RA NC E A T stands, and entertainment acts are expected to delight A P RIL 9 DINNER Movie Event: By Stan Swanson, FRPA General Meeting Chair April 19 Michael Broggie, recognized authority on the per- sonal life, career, and historical legacy of Walt Disney, Dodge City (1939) is scheduled as guest speaker at our April 9th General Meeting. - - In Bakersfield, CA - - This will be Michael’s second appearance as speak- Movie: 1:30 p.m. er at an FRPA Quarterly Dinner Meeting. His presenta- Granada Theatre tion will revolve around his interviews of his friends 618 Kentucky Street Ollie Johnston and Ward Kimball, both animators for Bakersfield, CA 93305 Walt Disney and contributors to the development of telephone 661-326-1308 the Disneyland Theme Park concept. Michael Broggie’s father, Roger E. Broggie, was the Free for FRPA/ first Imagineer and one of eight in the family to work SCSRA members and guests for Disney. From that beginning, Michael has become a Those taking the bus from Fullerton meet at the life-long devotee of Walt Disney and has authored Fullerton Metrolink Station for 9 a.m. departure. If many books and articles including his book Walt Dis- driving to Bakersfield on your own, see you there! ney’s Railroad Story, for which he has awarded the Pub- lisher’s Association Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal Wine tasting will take place on the bus which is now full! Award as Best Biography of the Year 1998. See the 2008 Calendar on page 9 Continued on page 2 Michael was a participant at Railroad Days 2006 at the site of Disney’s E.P. Ripley steam engine. Fullerton Railway Plaza Association We are again expecting a large attendance of over 100, so plan now to attend. Bring your friends and ac- Our Vision Is quaintances interested in railroading and railroad histo- To create a large community-supported premier interac- ry as it applies to Fullerton and southern California. You tive railroad attraction that would include a Santa Fe her- will hear the latest about participants at Fullerton Rail- itage railroad museum and restoration facility for the road Days 2008 and news of the various activities of our purpose of bringing together businesses, government association. That's Wednesday, April 9, at the China and the community to preserve our national rail heritage Buffet, 104 West Orangethorpe Avenue, Fullerton. Mix- and provide an educational experience for our youth in a er starts at 6 p.m. Dinner is $15 per person which in- meaningful, exciting, and fulfilling manner. cludes all-you-can-eat, soft drink, and gratuity. Our Mission Is To educate our youth and provide all people an historical FRPA M EM B ERSH IP A T 210 IN 2008 insight into the numerous contributions the railroads By Norma R. Goble, Membership Chair have made to the creation and economic development of the City of Fullerton, the County of Orange, and As of this publication, there are 210 members. This Southern California from the 19th century to the present includes 32 new members and five from 2006. I am very and into the future. proud of you! Keep the renewals coming in quickly so that I can make an even better report at the Quarterly Meeting in April. There are a number of you who have Benash made two trips to San Diego to retrieve the lay- not yet renewed. Please take your renewal notice from out. the bottom of the pile and put it on top! We do need Another donation came courtesy of the estate of your renewal. Santa Ana resident Fred Schrock, consisting of a genu- As always, thank you for continuing to hand out ine Southern Pacific wig-wag warning signal, switch member applications. stand with indicator light and Adlake switch lock, and an opportunity to help dismantle a large and exten- H ISTO RIC A L & M O DELING sively detailed model railroad built into Mr. Schrock’s home. Members were able to salvage electrical equip- C O M M IT T EE W INT ER REP O RT ment, many detail parts, rock castings, spare parts, and construction supplies. Members also helped family By Dennis White, H&MC Secretary and Editor members disassemble the layout preparatory to resto- The Historical and Modeling Committee recently ration of the room to non-railroad use prior to placing received two donations that will ultimately find their the home on the market. Those helping were Harold way into FRPA’s Southern California Railroad Experi- Benash, Stu Proctor, Bryan Hunnell, and Dennis White. ence. H&MC’s very talented Doug Archer continues to A nicely built stand-alone HO scale model railroad research and build scale models of historic Fullerton built by Buddy Young of San Diego, was donated to buildings. Most recently, he completed a model of the SCRX. It features a major mountain complete with a Eadington Fruit Packing House that used to sit west of stream fea- Spadra turing real (Harbor running wa- Boulevard) ter, a horse- on the north shoe curve side of the high timber ATSF trestle, tun- tracks. This nels an urban building area and will be add- switching fa- ed to the ex- cilities. Some isting Ful- locomotives lerton De- and rolling pot module stock com- displayed pleted the do- at various nation. The railroad layout was and history broken down shows. Oth- into three sec- er models tions for built by Ar- transport to cher in- Fullerton clude the and is cur- Union Pa- Harold Benash, Stu Proctor and Brian Hunnell rently under cific Fuller- claim victory over rusted bolts after successfully restoration by ton Depot, disassembling an SP Wig Wag at the former home Harold Benash and Stu Proctor disassemble a committee Elephant of Fred Schrock. In addition to the donated signal, Southern Pacific “WigWag” signal preparatory members. Packing Mr. Schrock had an extensive model railroad in his to its restoration and future display at SCRX. Doug Archer House, cut- home. FRPA was allowed to salvage as much of the The WigWag and Miscellaneous HO equipment and Harold away ver- layout as possible, gaining many switch machines, was donated to the FRPA by the estate of Fred sions of the electrical components, detail parts and rock cast- Schrock. ings. 2 VOL. V NO. 4 - SPRING 2008 Blue Goose Packing House and Granada Packing House, both complete with full inte- rior details and lighting. His current project is an updated mod- el of the pro- posed SCRX building for inclusion in the N-scale di- orama, which is displayed every year in the Fullerton Library, at Railroad Days and in the FR- Martin Kluck prepares display board for Fuller- PA office. Fu- ton Railroad Days 2008. ture projects are the Chevron gas station that used to occupy the northwest corner of Truslow and Spadra in Fullerton Doug Archer checks placement of Elephant Packing House and the Fullerton Union Pacific Depot models on new Union Pacific mod- (next door to the Union Pacific Depot), and the Pacific ule. Archer used measurements and photos of the prototype build- Electric Building on Commonwealth (currently the ings to create HO models of the buildings as they appeared in 1949. home of Spadra Italian Restaurant). H&MC will once again promote Railroad Days with er will be Harold Benash. A movie will also be shown a display of historical photos at Fullerton Library dur- and refreshments served. The event is free to the public. ing the month of April. A program of Fullerton’s rail As Fullerton Railroad Days approaches, weekly history will be presented in the Fullerton Library audi- work parties have kept membership busy preparing for torium, Wednesday April 23, 2008, at 7 p.m. The speak- that most important annual event. Regular members participating are Martin Kluck, Ted Johnson, Doug Ar- cher, Harold Benash, and Dennis White. The Historical & Modeling Committee is always looking for members. If local history, rail history, railfan- ning or model railroading (any scale), interest you and you would enjoy fellowship with others who share these interests, we invite you to become a part of our growing The printing of this newsletter was generously donated by: Ted Johnson checks alignment of track switch leading to Elephant Packing House on H&MC’s new Union Pacific Module.