2001 Railway Heritage
Grants Recipients
The nine member NRHS
Grants Review Board awarded ten grants totaling $29,000 on June
22, 2001. The announcement of the recipients was made at the National
Board of Directors meeting during the NRHS annual convention,
which was held in St. Louis, Missouri.
The NRHS received 37
requests for grants totaling $150,790.00 in 2001. Ten grant requests
were from NRHS chapters and 27 grants were for organizations.
Of the organizations receiving grants, one was an NRHS Chapter
and nine were other historical organizations. The grant criterion
included applicability to railway history, preservation, cost
with a budget; execution schedule, matching funds raised (grants
require matching funds), additional fund raising plans, specific
use of funds, safety, project urgency, duplication, NRHS membership,
and visibility.
The NRHS regrets that
it was not able to award more money to support other projects
for which it received applications as many of the prospective
projects were extremely significant and worthy efforts; The Grants
program is funded by donation.
The applicants awarded
grants in 2001 were as follows:
ACL & SAL RAILROADS
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Awarded $1,000 for the continuing acquisition of computer and
scanning equipment suitable for producing CD-ROMs of priority
photographs, drawings, and documents. The society is establishing
a functioning archive in the restored ex-ACL passenger/office
building that will serve as a repository for historical materials
and artifacts.
THE B&O RAILROAD
MUSEUM
Baltimore, Maryland
$3,000.00 toward the restoration of the famous 1927 replica of
the Tom Thumb steam locomotive. The original participated in the
fabled race against the horse-drawn car in 1830 proving that steam
locomotive technology could be used successfully on American terrain.
HOOSIER VALLEY RAILROAD
MUSEUM, INC.
North Judson, Indiana
$2,800.00 to restore, illuminate, and erect signals on the property
of the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum. The signals are from seven
different railroads that served northwest Indiana: C&O, Erie,
E.J.&E, Illinois Central, Monon, Nickel Plate, and the Pennsylvania.
KOKOSING GAP TRAIL
Gambier, Ohio
$3,000.00 towards the restoration of ALCO steam switcher No. 63.
The 0-6-0 with tender will be attached to a restored 1924 C&O
caboose and displayed along side of the 14 mile paved rail to
trail that was build on the former Pennsylvania Railroad right
of way between Mount Vernon and Danville, Ohio. Visitors to this
excellent trail will be able to ring No. 63's bell,k blow the
whistle, and operate the headlamp and lights.
MICHIGAN STATE TRUST
FOR RAILWAY PRESERVATION, INC.
Owosso, Michigan
$3,000.00 towards the relocation and restoration into service
of a 1919 Pere Marquette turntable constructed by the American
Bridge Company and installed at the New Buffalo, Michigan service
facility. The turntable has been moved to Owosso in the former
Ann Arbor Railroad service facility built in the 1800's. The operational
Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive and turntable will be reunited
and used as their original designs in tended in the new Steam
Railroading Institute.
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP
HISTORIC TRUST
Browns Mills, New Jersey
$3,000.00 for the rebuilding of the 1911 railroad tool shed on
its original foundation at the North Pemberton Railroad station
complex and museum. Upon completion the tool shed will house tools
equipment, tools, artifacts, and displays as they might have appeared
in 1911. The shed will be opened to the public and the adjacent
Rails to Trails pathway in from of the museum.
RAILWAYS TO YESTERDAY,
INC. dba ROCKHILL TROLLEY MUSEUM
Allentown, Pennsylvania
$3,000.00 for the restoration of two traction motorsand one compressor
for trolley car No. 172. This four-wheeled two-motored trolley
was acquired by the museum in 1967 and has been operated on the
museum tracks for many years. This semi-convertible car has windows
that can be raised into a ceiling pocket creating an open-air
effect that creates a flowing breeze on a hot day. The windows
can be closed with ease on the colder days in the winter. This
type of car eliminated the needs for a "summer car."
THE SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
RAILROAD SOCIETY, INC.
Clinton, Michigan
$3,800.00 for replacement of deteriorating railroad ties on curves
along 13.5 miles of track from Clinton to Lenawee Junction. This
section was constructed between 1836 and 1838 as a branch of the
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad. This is one of the earliest railroads
west of the Allegheny Mountains offering service into the territory
of Michigan, prior to statehood. This volunteer society operates
a museum and offers rides along this historic section of track.
WHITEWATER VALLEY
RAILROAD
Connersville, Indiana
$3,400.00 towards the completion of the restoration of Armco Steel
No. 709, a 1950 Lima-Hamliton locomotive used on Armco's molten
steel transfer over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between
Hamilton and Middletown, Ohio. Armco is one of only six Lima-Hamilton
diesels in existencnce and will be used periodically with other
historic diesels on the substantially rebuilt 19-mile former New
York Central branch line between Connersville and Metamora, Ohio.
Locally 709 is a tangible reminder of Amrco's presence in the
area and of the now demolished Hamilton works of the Lima Locomotive
Company that once existed in Hamilton, Ohio.
YAQUIMA PACIFIC
CHAPTER, NRHS
Toledo, Oregon
$3,000.00 for the completion of the restoration to a 1910 Southern
Pacific wooden caboose No. 573. The chapter will use No. 573 as
an office and visitor greeting facility for the interpretive displays
in the adjacent railway postal/baggage car. The chapter's collection
of railcars and work equipment is located near the center of Toledo
and adjacent to the Toldeo Post Office and provides interaction
with visitors in understanding the preservation and restoration
of other rail equipment.
