RESTORATION NEWS - MKT 402 AKA The "Mallard" to be restored

We were invited to view some equipment near Pine Bluff AR for acquisition over the 4th of July weekend and we have decided that we CAN NOT pass this opportunity up…..but WE need your help to make this a reality.

So here is the list of the pieces of equipment that we are looking to get with photos:

$15,000

St Louis - San Francisco Railway (SLSF) Frisco #514 Coach Passenger car, built 1883

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Now is your chance to get on board with SARHM at a discounted price of
$10 off our regular membership dues. 

And yes, you can Join online!!! 

Just click on the Blue Become a Member button on the right side of the site and follow the instructions and enter 2021MrbDrive during checkout in our Company Store.

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We are pleased to announce that we have published our first newsletter in a while.  Please take a look at it.  It can be found In the menu above under About Us →Our Newsletter.

Gary Rodriguez, President, and B.L. Miers, Treasurer, had the pleasure of being interviewed by Kevin Barron of Beyond the Riverwalk for a podcast.  Each week the Barron family produce a new issue which is uploaded to their site, for all their listeners to download and listen to.  Most of these recordings are 30 minutes in length with topics about different organizations, events in the San Antonio…

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Today marks the 150^th Anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
The Union Pacific has been very busy during the last few years, restoring a steam locomotive that when they retired them from revenue service in 1959, they would never be operated again.
A few days again Big Boy UP4014, backed out of its stall in the UP Steam Shop in Cheyenne WY under its own power.  This is simply an awesome piece of railroading history that has been fully restored and is now back on the rails…

We are making some changes.  And no, we are not making these changes to follow "Big Business"   More to come!

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"The Alamo" business car has many surprises hidden away in the depths of its interior.  In one of the four staterooms, in a closet, a paper bag was found with a stack of kitchen towels.  These towels are marked SOUTHERN PACIFIC and PULLMAN.  Most of the towels are in mint condition but only yellowed from years of storage.
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