The Railroad Passenger Car Alliance publishes such a roster, and I think it would include most of the equipment-owning NRHS Chapters.

Chris Jacks.

> I admire the NRHS for its longevity and
> dedication to appreciation of railroad
> history. The question came up here in the
> past about the sometimes chaotic
> relationship in historic organizations like
> the NRHS and others, between the subgroups
> of preservationists of paper history/small
> artifacts, and the preservationists of
> full-sized equipment/buildings. It has been
> suggested that when the club mentality does
> not evolve past the dreams and donuts to
> face the reality that they have some
> investments to make in their equipment
> versus Mother Nature, then we may see
> failures at preservation.

> I am curious if anyone has a current roster
> of equipment owned by various fan-based
> historical societies. Do any/many of them
> participate in ARM? According to a July 1990
> Trains magazine, there were at least 69 of
> the 153 NRHS chapters which maintained
> either museums or had collections of rolling
> stock in storage. It would seem to be a
> significant portion of the rail preservation
> movement.


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