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Great presentation. If you would have posted it a few days earlier you would have saved me some typing for sure. Good to get the information out there and to put yourselves out front and center. Better to share a disappointment every once in a while than to appear secretive or cagey. The fundraising number is not something that was mentioned in the thread. You did a good job bringing in money in 2017. How did that break down as far as individual donations, money raised from the excursions, and grants?

Greetings,

Thank you for your compliments and encouragement to all of us here at ASR with regard to the restoration of 2100, it is truly appreciated.

To answer your questions, of the $100,840.69 we generated in revenue in 2017, $76,754.20 was in the sale of items (our excursion, web site, equipment, train show, & open house items offered), and $24,086.49 was in direct donations (both personal & from businesses). We did not receive any grant funding in 2017.

While we did have a calculated dollar amount for the firebox & combustion chamber work to be completed, shortly before recording we were notified by our boiler contractor that switching from threaded to welded staybolts should be reviewed, and that we needed to perform a lift of the 2100 to remove the #4 driver spring rigging to gain access to 16 of the combustion chamber sleeves that need replaced, as there is not enough room to be able to get the torch and welder in there properly to perform the work. Since both items were going to adjust the dollar amount we had already calculated, and especially not knowing what the lift was going to potentially cost at all, we decided to not include a dollar amount at the time of recording. We have since received pricing for the welded staybolt type (both for the staybolts & professional services to do the welding) as well as the lift needed, and will be posting that in our June video update.

Again, thank you for your interest and encouraging words to all of us here at ASR.

Best Regards, ASR