The Blacklands Railroad
hosts a fundraising event for:
Railroad Partners, Inc

Motorcar Run
on
October 18, 2008

 
A long line of motorcars and hy-rail equipment make their way along trackage of the Blacklands Railroad on Saturday, October 18, 2008.

Railroad Partners, Inc. would like to thank the Blacklands Railroad for hosting a NARCOA insured motorcar trip on their railroad on a recent weekend as a fundraising event for RPI.  Seventeen pieces of equipment attended the event which traveled some 110 miles round trip between Greenville, TX and Mt. Vernon, TX. Our lunch break and turn around point was Mt. Vernon. Thanks to a bit of advanced publicity in the local paper, we were greeted by members of the Franklin County Historical Society, the Mayor of Mt. Vernon and many local citizens interested to see the railroad equipment visiting their town.

RPI appreciates the historical society opening up their depot and museum facilities for our use and enjoyment while visiting Mt. Vernon. We are looking forward to future runs on the Blacklands Railroad and additional visits to Mt. Vernon, which is an excellent lunch break and turn around point for our group.

Detailed photographs of the day's activities may be viewed at this link. For any participants in the motorcar run with digital photographs they would like to share, I'll be glad to add them to these presented here. Just e-mail your photos to: malonemg@geusnet.com

 

Railroad Partners, Inc.
Railroad Partners, Inc. is an organization dedicated to the maintenance and preservation of active railroad right of ways in Texas and adjoining states.
The mission of Railway Partners, Inc. is:

1) to use volunteer labor and privately owned maintenance equipment to preserve historic rail corridors in partnership with communities, railroads, local governments and other entities and individuals;
2) to acquaint the public with the geography, local history and cultural landmarks of such corridors;
3) to support efforts to educate the public regarding safety within rail corridors;
4) to build community support for the preservation of out-of-service or soon to be out-of-service rail corridors; and
5) to promote safe maintenance and other activities within historic rail corridors through training and mutual cooperation with rail-related groups.
Railroad Partners, Inc. is excited to be to work with NARCOA and our NARCOA Event Coordinator, Leland Stewart, on our first motorcar run. At the time of this writing, our incorporation application is pending with the Texas Secretary of State's office. Once incorporated, we will begin the Internal Revenue Service application process to become a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. Opportunities to join our organization and partner with us on future activities of rail preservation, volunteer efforts and NARCOA operations will be announced at a later time.

This page last updated 10/27/2008