I would like to add a few words to the many others that knew Chard Walker. Chard had studied pipe organ in Los Angeles for several years with the first really fine organ teacher/organist/choirmaster Ernest Douglas in the 1940's. When he and Margaret moved into the station house at Summit, he put together a kit electronic organ of three manuals (keyboards) and a full pedalboard. Since the Walker's had a pass on the ATSF, they would come down to San Diego on a Sunday, attend a 2:30pm concert the the Spreckels Outdoor Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park and then return to their home at the head of Cajon Pass. I was the Official Civic Organist and would play a selection that they requested and take them back to the Santa Fe Station/Union Depot. One Sunday I was asked not to play for a Veterans Day event and I played an outdoor program at Summit on their electronic organ at a lunch break on a rail trip of fans to the Cushenbury. Those fun days are now but a memory. What a great couple and what a fine man we have lost. Someday, perhaps, we all run out of steam and in my last conversation with Chard, he mentioned that his days were few. Chard, I join all the others--may you rest in Peace.

Douglas Ian Duncan





have all lost. Somehow, perhaps, we all must run out of steam, but Chard, you left behind many wonderful memories. May you rest in Peace.