Funding Awards 2011-2012 Fiscal Year:
Approved Continuing Project Support (Applicant and Project
Purpose):
Rail Related Labor Unions – Non-political leadership and administrative
training and instructional programs as well as an administrative computer equipment support program in
the United States and Canada.
Approved New Project Support (Applicant and Project Purpose):
B&O Railroad Museum –
To assist the Museum in the development of interpretive panels
concentrating on the roles of transportation laborers and the influence of intermodal
transportation during the Civil War (part of the Iron Horses at War Exhibit).
Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive –
To assist the Archive (a consortium of the Great
Northern Railway Historical Society, the Northern Pacific Railway Association and the
Cascade Rail Foundation) with the enhancement of its storage, archiving, protection and
interpretive facility in Burien, Washington. The Archive will assist its members, and other
railroad history organizations that are active in the region, by providing affordable space and
services to preserve their collections and make them accessible to the general public.
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum –
To assist the Museum with additional restoration improvements to its 111 year old Southern Pacific Locomotive
1673 displayed at the Museum.
North Carolina Transportation Museum –
To assist the Museum in the restoration, electrification and interpretation of 4 types of railroad
operating signals that will be located on the Museum’s grounds.
City of Martinsburg, West Virginia –
To assist the City in producing an exhibit entitled “Working on the Railroad” within the “For the Kids, By George”
children’s museum, a centerpiece of the George Washington Heritage Trail Scenic Byway Welcome Center, in
downtown Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Colorado Railroad Museum –
To assist the Museum in producing a set of new outdoor interpretive panels that will address additional elements of railroading,
rolling stock and railroad history at the Museum.
