At its conference in Hartford, CT on Sept. 10, the HeritageRail Alliance gave out its annual awards. The purpose of the awards program is to publicize significant achievements in railway preservation and those who have made a major contribution to this industry.

Significant Achievement-Steam
Western Pacific Railroad Museum for WP 0-6-0 #165
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Museum for Nevada County 4-6-0 #5

Significant Achievement-Diesel
470 Railroad Club for Boston & Maine F7 #4268

Significant Achievement-Electric Car
Fox River Trolley Museum for Chicago Transit Authority L car #4451

Significant Achievement-Passenger Car
National Railroad Museum for Chicago & North Western hospital car Lister

Significant Achievement-Freight Car
Exporail for Canadian Pacific automobile boxcar #295544

Significant Achievement-Non Revenue Car
Illinois Railway Museum for Union Pacific rotary snowplow #900075

Significant Achievement-Infrastructure
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroad Museum for reconstruction of the WW&F to Trout Brook

Significant Achievement-Archives
Illinois Railway Museum and Milwaukee Road Historical Association for a new joint archives building

Friend of Railway Preservation
Andy Muller for bringing steam and tourist trains to the Reading & Northern

Lifetime Achievement
Bill Wall of the Shore Line Trolley Museum and New York Transit Museum for his contributions to trolley museums
J. David Conrad of the Valley Railroad for his contributions to the preservation of steam locomotives

Jim Wrinn Award for 2022’s Biggest Railway Preservation Story
EBT Foundation and Friends of the East Broad Top for the rebirth of the East Broad Top

Aaron Isaacs, editor
HeritageRail Alliance

Congratulations and a hearty well done to all!

Lots of Northeast representation, neat. Congratulations to all of those awarded!