January 6, 1998

The Railway Preservation News (*RyPN) website is dedicated to the preservation of railroad history, including documents, artifacts and infrastructure. Towards this end RyPN will:

1) report on items and issues of interest to the railroad preservation community; and educate the public to the past and current impact of railroading on the history of this country.

2) identify and document railroad documents, and collections of documents, including photographs, time tables, schedules, advertisements literature, brochures, flyers, menus, tickets, business forms and documents, literature, artwork, paper items, etc.; and encourage their preservation, including stabilization, cataloging and assimilation into appropriate groups, societies, foundations, museums, etc., and formation of these organizations, when this will facilitate the above goals.

3) identify and document railroad artifacts, and collections of artifacts, including rolling stock, locomotives, signals, switches, maintenance equipment, small structures, etc.; and encourage their preservation, including stabilization, maintenance, and restoration in a manner consistent with the original and/or in service usage of the item; and encourage assimilation of these items into appropriate groups, societies, foundations, museums, etc., and the formation of these organizations, when this will facilitate the above goals.

4) identify and document railroad infrastructure, including structures, bridges, rail yards, complexes, factories, right-of-ways, corridors, areas & districts, etc.; and encourage their preservation, including stabilization, maintenance, and restoration, in a manner consistent with the original and/or in service usage of the item, or where more practical and feasible, adaptive reuse; and encourage assimilation of these items into appropriate groups, societies, foundations, museums, etc., and the formation of these organizations, when this will facilitate the above goals.

RyPN is not currently incorporated. It is our intent to eventually incorporate as a not-for-profit educational organization.

As of December 5, 2000, RyPN is now registered as a not for profit corporation in the state of Texas.  The next step is to get blessed by the IRS.

*As of January 1st, 2004, RyPN is now officially a 501(c)(3) corporation, incorporated in the state of Texas, and registered with the IRS.

Hume Kading