The Loess Hills Alliance Economic Development Committee is awarding $4,000 to the Siouxland Historical Railroad Association to assist in the construction of a new 5,000 sq. ft. exhibit building to display a model railroad exhibit.
The new exhibit building will allow the musuem to interpret the science and technology associated with engineering a railroad through the use of the model railroad and scale models. In addition to the model railroad exhibit, a signature display will be installed to explain how the railroads traversed the Loess Hills Bluffs to extend their lines westward and northwestward into Nebraska and the Dakotas.
Plans call for the new exhibit building to be a wood-frame structure representative of the original construction of previous buildings that did not survive the Milwaukee Railroad Shops transition from a steam locomotive-servicing facility to diesel locomotive servicing. Construction is expected to begin in late Spring 2009.
A periodic look at the progress and events taking place at the Milwaukee Railroad Shops in Sioux City, Iowa
Congratulations! You guys are really doing a great job out there. Restoring the old buildings was impressive now you're adding new ones?! I can't wait to see what's next. Keep up the fantastic work.
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