Operating and preserving locomotives or equipment comes at a high cost. It is our mission to keep these historic  rolling down the track, but we can't do it alone! As with any machine parts wear out or break and we can't call on the Pullman Company, General Electric, ALCO or others to get their Original Equipment Manufacturing. This means we have to fabricate many of the parts ourselves or have them specially made for us. We rely on donors, volunteers and private individuals to help us make these engineering marvels modern.