3420 and Friends Need Your Support!
Southern Pacific 3420 and collection represent a significant part of El Paso’s history and it is going to take a community effort to preserve our railroad heritage of the area. Simply put, we need your help. To help our cause you only need to have the desire to help us to continue to tell the story of railroading in the Chihuahua Desert of the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. We are always looking for help us with our cause in many ways. To Join the Southwest Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society go to https://rlhs.org/WP/membership/ and look for the Southwest Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Society.
We need Volunteers with many Skills including those listed below.
Leadership Skills
1. Financial development
2. Technical/Engineering
3. Public outreach
4. Tourism
5. Education
Grant Writer and/or Fundraising
1. Grant writers
2. Fundraising development
3. Sales
Public Speaking
1.Material development for different audiences
2. Presenters
Engineering/Trades
1. Welding
2. Electrical
3. Carpenters
4. Pipe fitters
5. Equipment operators
6. Track work
7. Boiler making
8. Custom machining
Historical Research/Documentation
1. Documenting the collection
2. Web site development
3. Newsletter article writers contributors
4. Brochure development
5. Event recorders
People with a desire to preserve our history.
We also need many items
1. portable storage.
2. Portable work space
3. Hand tools including grinders, drills, saws, and other tools
4. Our standing air compressor fixed.
5. UT Thickness tester
6. Tool boxes
7. electrical Parts
8. fork lift
9. welders
10. generators
11. Scaffolding
12. Pipe tools
13. Boiler tools
14. Nuts, Bolts, and various hardware
15. Track materials
16. And many more items.
Any help you can give is appreciated.