Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROMOTES RAILWAY HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND EDUCATES ITS MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT RAIL TRANSPORTATION, ITS HISTORY AND IMPACT, WITH A FOCUS ON NORTH AMERICA.
PROMOTE RAILWAY HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND EDUCATE MEMBERS ABOUT RAIL TRANSPORTATION HISTORY.
CONVENTION: A NATIONAL CONVENTION IS HELD ANNUALLY AT A LOCATION OF RAIL HISTORY SIGNIFICANCE AND ATTENDED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE. CONVENTION ACTIVITIES INCLUDE SEMINARS, FIELD TRIPS TO VISIT RAILROADS HISTORICAL RAILROAD SITES, INSPECT RAIL FACILITIES, OBSERVE OPERATION OF PRESERVED RAILROAD EQUIPMENT AND RAIL EXCURSIONS, OFTEN ON RAIL LINES WHICH RARELY HAVE PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE. THE SOCIETY'S CONVENTIONS ARE OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTERESTED IN RAILWAY HISTORY. THE 2019 CONVENTION WAS HELD IN UTAH, WAS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD AND WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 400 PEOPLE.
RAILCAMP: THE SOCIETY OPERATED TWO (2) ONE-WEEK SESSIONS OF RAILCAMP, A TRAINING PROGRAM OF SEMINARS AND FIELD TRIPS OPEN TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 9TH TO 12TH GRADE, TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND IN RAILROAD HISTORY PRESERVATION, RAILROAD HISTORY INTERPRETATION, WHICH INVOLVES LEARNING HOW TO TELL THE STORY OF RAILROAD HISTORY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ALONG WITH RAILROAD OPERATION AND TRANSPORTATION CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. ONE SESSION WAS HELD IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE; THE OTHER WAS HELD IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON. A TOTAL OF 36 STUDENTS ATTENDED THESE SESSIONS.
GRANTS: SINCE 1994, THE NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS AWARDED GRANTS FOR PROJECTS THAT PRESERVE, RESEARCH, EDUCATE, OR PUBLISH RAILWAY HISTORY. EXAMPLE PROJECTS INCLUDE RAILROAD STRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT STABILIZATION, MECHANICAL REPAIRS, PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION, BOOK PUBLICATION, CATALOGING OF ARCHIVAL MATERIALS, AND ORAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS. THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO NRHS CHAPTERS AND OTHER 501C3 TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. THE MAXIMUM AWARD IS $5,000 PER YEAR PER PROJECT.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Walter Zullig | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tony White | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Webb | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Skip Waters | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Marlin Taylor | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jeffrey S Smith | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Harold Shaak | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Douglas Scott | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Wesley F Ross | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| James Pahris | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jack Hilborn | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ned Harris | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Goodman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Foster | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kenneth Eddy | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ricky Durrant | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| E Steven Barry | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Roberta Ballard | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jon Baake | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Robert J Ernst | SECRETARY | 3 | $0 |
| Ralph Robert Bitzer | TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| Joseph C Maloney Jr | VICE PRESIDENT | 3 | $0 |
| Harry Allen Weber | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
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