American Passenger Rail
Heritage Foundation

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Our Mission

The American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve and promote the role that passenger rail played in the building of this nation.

Become a member today to support our mission!

[TrainWeb Editor's Note: This is an archived version of an old APRHF website. Please CLICK HERE to go to the current website at APRHF.ORG. The American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF) was originally created and funded by the owners of TrainWeb.com. Due to IRS 501(c)(3) regulations that do not allow the major funders of a non-profit organization to have control over how their donated funds are spent, the owners of TrainWeb.com had to resign from the APRHF Board Of Directors several years ago and are no longer involved in any aspect of managing the organization.

Prior APRHF Achievements:

The American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation had created the below venues and services that further its efforts to preserve and promote passenger rail heritage. However, due to the 2008 economic downturn, some of the below efforts and venues had to be ended, closed, or temporarily suspended.

• APRHF exhibition of Amtrak history
• APRHF exhibits on display in the Depot Inn & Suites
• APRHF Rail Lookout Cabin & Deck
• APRHF Let's Talk Trains nationwide weekly talk radio show
• APRHF funding and display of railroad wood carvings by Jackie Hadnot
• APRHF Silver Rails Gallery
• APRHF Silver Rails Memorial Library
• APRHF Silver Rails Annual Model Train Show
• APRHF Silver Rails Country Concept and Free Map
• APRHF Silver Rails Country Visitor Information Center
• APRHF.ORG blog / Facebook Page / Twitter Feed

In addition, the APRHF also maintains the historic Santa Fe Depot & Amtrak Station in La Plata, Missouri, and supports our sister organization, the Passenger Train Historical Society . The APRHF also provides preservation and display of the complete collection of the Amtrak Historical Society . (The Amtrak Historical Society is currently inactive). Volunteers to the APRHF manage and provide almost all of the railroad related content of the TrainWeb.com and TrainWeb.org websites.

Your membership in APRHF will help support these efforts as well as help the APRHF to accomplish its future goals. Join the APRHF today!

What We Plan

The American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation has the following venues and projects on its adjenda to further its efforts to fulfill its mission:

• Walk Through Diorama of Passenger Rail History.
• Online Resource of Passenger Rail History.
• Brick walkway to the APRHF exhibition of Amtrak history.
• Quarterly Print Journal of Passenger Rail History.
• Trail Connecting All of the APRHF Venues.
• Extend Existing Rail Sidings and Create a Museum by the Amtrak Station.
• Establish Local APRHF Chapters Nationwide.
• APRHF Annual Convention.

Creation and History of the APRHF

The very first venue of the APRHF was the exhibition of Amtrak history inside two ex-Amtrak Mail Handling Cars (MHC) which opened to the public on February 23, 2008. Click here for more information on how these railcars ended up in La Plata and additional history of why and how the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation was created.

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