What’s new with the 5057? In terms of progress, not much has changed. We are still waiting for an opening to get the locomotive into the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) shop at Usk, WA to continue the restoration work and we have an updated cost estimate to complete it.
The 5057 was mentioned twice in the latest issue of Locomotive magazine! It was mentioned once in an article by Greg McDonnell listing surviving U25B locomotives and also in Blair Kooistra’s article about Milwaukee Road GE locomotives in Washington during the last days of the Pacific Coast Extension. The magazine…
Thanks to an anonymous donation, we have passed our current fundraising milestone for completing the restoration work. We expect the 5057 to be cosmetically restored by June 2019. To set our next fundraising milestone, we are proceeding full speed with detailed planning for the move to South Cle Elum. This…
We’re raising funds to pay for painting the 5057 next spring. Read more on the 5057 blog.
Work to cosmetically restore the 5057 has finally started! Rusted out metal in the cab has been replaced and a new floor has been installed in the cab. Read more on the 5057 blog.
We visited the 5057 at the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) shop in Usk, WA. While we there, we talked to the people at POVA about the work to be done on the 5057. You can read more about it on the 5057 blog.
JULY 14 The 5057 is fifty years old! It was delivered to the Milwaukee Road on July 14, 1965. Happy birthday, 5057! Read more on the 5057 blog.
DECEMBER 15 The 5057 is back in Washington for the first time in nearly 35 years! It arrived at the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad shop in Usk, WA on December 15. We are working with them to plan the cosmetic restoration. Stay tuned for more details once we have more…
NOVEMBER 15 The 5057 is about to start its trip north! Union Pacific has cleared it for movement and we expect them to pick it up in Portola, CA within the next week. It will soon be returning to Washington for the first time in nearly 35 years! It left…
SEPTEMBER 12 You can read about what happened at the June 2014 work session at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA here.
Feather River Rail Society (FRRS) and Cascade Rail Foundation (CRF) volunteers spent Monday, June 9 through Thursday, June 12, 2014 working to finish the preparatory work on General Electric U25B Milwaukee Road 5057. The work during this session was performed at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum Shop (WPRM) in Portola,…
JUNE 8 Thanks to the Friends of the 5057, we raised $850 toward the $1,000 challenge donation! Read more about it on our 5057 Project blog.
APRIL 15 We have a new challenge donation! From now until June 1, every donation will be matched up to a maximum of $1,000. Read more about it on our 5057 Project blog. You can donate using PayPal through our website or by mail. APRIL 14 Volunteers are needed in…
MARCH 22 We’ve launched a blog for the 5057 Project! This will give us the ability to publish updates and information without overwhelming the main project web site. We’ll still publish updates here to document major news items, but in between these updates you can get your fix for 5057…
FEBRUARY 1 Sponsor a Mile (Or More)! We are planning to move the 5057 from Portola, CA to the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad in Usk, WA later this year, where we will have the locomotive cosmetically restored in their shop. We’ll be asking the UP and BNSF to donate all…
JANUARY 1 The 5057 was the runner-up in the “must see preserved diesel” contest sponsored by Kalmbach Publishing’s annual “Locomotive” magazine! While we don’t win a prize for second place, it was great to see the project get so much support. And we also received a lot of free publicity. …
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….
NOVEMBER 23: Help us bring the 5057 home for the holidays… … and the rest of the year too! Since the 5057 left the roster of the Milwaukee Road, it has spent many years away from its ‘home’ territory. This holiday season, you have a special opportunity to help us…
SEPTEMBER 21: We received a $3,000 grant from the Milwaukee Road Historical Association (MRHA) this month! As a result of a partially canceled train trip, MRHA asked attendees of the 2012 MRHA Annual Meeting in Moscow, ID if they would like to donate some or all of their refund the…
AUGUST 15: Our limited edition 5057 t-shirts are available now! Click here or on the image below for more information. AUGUST 1: We’ll be ordering 5057 t-shirts soon! Let us know if you are interested so we get enough shirts and order your size. We’ll be placing an order on…
JULY 20: We met the latest fundraising challenge! The Friends of the 5057 stepped up to the plate and blew past the anonymous donors challenge. We raised $1,676.14 in a couple weeks. With the $1,000 match we’re more than $2,600 closer to our next fundraising milestone, which is the last…
JUNE 28: Another anonymous donor has stepped forward with an exciting fundraising challenge that helps both the 5057 Project and the overall development of the South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center! For each $1.00 donated to the 5057 Project between now and August 31, 2012 (up to $1,000), the…
APRIL 23: Good news! We made our first milestone! With the help of our donors, we were able to raise the initial $10,000 payment for the 5057 before the April board meeting of the Feather River Rail Society (FRRS). As a result, FRRS decided to continue working with us as…
Cascade Rail Foundation is working to bring Milwaukee Road 5057 (a General Electric U25B diesel locomotive) from the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA to the South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center for display. Having a Milwaukee Road locomotive at South Cle Elum is important step in the…
MARCH 23:An anonymous donor has issued a fundraising challenge. From now through Saturday, March 31, the donor will match every donation we receive for the 5057 Project (dollar for dollar) to a maximum match of $3,000. This doubles the impact of your donation! If you are thinking about donating money toward this…
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