(rshsdepot) NRHS Awards Record Grants To Twenty Recipients

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NRHS Awards Record Grants To Twenty Recipients


Minneapolis - July 2=2C 2004 - The National Railway Historical Society to=
day announced the awarding of a record =2432=2C000 to 20 recipients of it=
s Railway Heritage Grants Program=2E Established in 1991 as a Grant Progr=
am awarded to organizations that educate=2C publish=2C and preserve railr=
oad history to benefit future generations=2E

The Railway Heritage Grants Program=2C now in its thirteenth year=2C has =
bestowed over =24253=2C000 to 115 organizations whose projects range from=
 refurbishing historic railroad stations and restoring vintage steam loco=
motives for operating and museum display=2C to the cataloging and storage=
 of historic railroad archives=2E To date=2C 61 NRHS Chapters and 53 orga=
nizations have received a monetary grant from the program=2E

Railway Heritage Grants Director Jack Salt stated=2C =93This is by far th=
e best quality of grant applicants we have received since I have been inv=
olved with the program=2E=94 Salt has been director of the program since =
1999 and=2C when asked about his Grant Committee of six said=2C =93My job=
 is made much easier by our committee since=2C for the past five years=2C=
 we are all working together on the same wavelength=2E=94

The Grants Program allows NRHS members and non-members alike an opportuni=
ty to submit an application for preservation projects on an annual basis =
with a maximum grant award of =245=2C000 per project=2E  Vice President a=
nd Editor of the historic National Railway Bulletin=2C Jeff Smith said=2C=
 =93 I think the Grants Program is great! I think it exemplifies our Soci=
ety=92s commitment to the preservation of railroad equipment for future g=
enerations=2E=94

Headquartered in Philadelphia=2C Pennsylvania=2C the National Railway His=
torical Society is the nation=92s largest not-for-profit railroad histori=
cal society=2C consisting of over 19=2C000 members and 175 chapters in th=
e United States=2C Canada and Great Britain=2E Annually=2C the NRHS provi=
des financial and logistical support for students to further their knowle=
dge of railroad preservation through RailCamp and Student Photo Sessions=2E=
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