The PRPA has been awarded a Preserving Oregon Grant by Oregon State Parks and Recreation! This grant is dedicated to building 18 (out 0f 51) superheater units. This fabricating the various bends, bifurcates and other components of a superheater unit, and then welding and assembling them, making them ready for installation. The grant award is […]
GREAT NEWS!!! The BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION just sent us a generous grant to assist us in the FRA mandated 15 year (1472) overhaul and inspection process! What a wonderful gift. It is through gifts like this (both big and small) that we are able to maintain this beautiful piece of history and to preserve it […]
We are pleased to announce that the Tom E. Dailey Foundation has generously awarded $2500 toward the PRPA’s boiler restoration effort. The Dailey Foundation meets every quarter, and awards funds to worthy causes such as Parks and Gardens, Disadvantaged Youths, the Arts, Diversity and Railroad Heritage. For this quarter’s grant awards, the PRPA was awarded […]