NOVEMBER 15 We had a productive work session in Portola, CA to prepare the 5057 for movement north to Washington. You can read about it here. We also have new fundraising incentive. If you initiate a challenge donation of $500 or more, you’ll get a reproduction 5057 numberboard. Contact us…
Our Milwaukee Road U25B #5057 was the focus of a six day work session this month in Portola, CA at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum operated by the Feather River Rail Society. The work was done from Saturday, October 5 through Thursday, October 10, 2013. The focus of the work…
AUGUST 28 We had to postpone the work party in Portola last week. We’ve tentatively rescheduled for the week of September 15-21. Several of our volunteers can’t make it that week, so we’re looking for additional volunteers. If we can’t make it work in September, we’ll look at early October. …
MAY 9 There will be a work party in Portola, CA the week of August 19 to prepare the 5057 to be hauled up to Washington. Five days of work are planned (August 19-23) and we could use a couple more volunteers to ensure we have enough hands to get…
MARCH 1 The Friends of the 5057 met the challenge! They contributed more than $3,100 by the end of March 1. Thank you!
FEBRUARY 28 The Friends of the 5057 are fantastic! We’ve raised $2,400 toward the $3,000 challenge this month. There is still time to get us closer to reaching our goal. Any donations postmarked on March 1 or received electronically by the end of the day on March 1 count toward…
DECEMBER 27 We did it! The Friends of the 5057 met the latest donation challenge by contributing a little more than $1,000 to the 5057 Project between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Many thanks to all our supporters who made this happen, both the donors and those who helped spread the word….
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