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 Post subject: Announcing the Second Century Overhaul Campaign
PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 2:42 pm 

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Hello everybody,
For the past 40 years, Ventura County Railway no. 2 (Baldwin 2-6-2, 1922) has operated at the Southern California Railway Museum. It is the only full size, operating steam locomotive that Southern California’s 20 million residents can see, hear, touch, and visit in an educational setting.

At the end of the year, Ventura County Railway no. 2 will go out of service for its 1472-Service-Day inspection. The inspection and overhaul will cost about $200,000, of which we have raised about $62,000 so far.

The museum has created a capital campaign to raise the remaining funds. It’s called the Second Century Overhaul Campaign because the overhaul will prepare the locomotive for its second century under steam. The campaign includes some stellar thank you gifts and experiences for donors!

If you would like to help keep steam alive, please visit the Second Century Overhaul Campaign at http://www.socalrailway.org/sco

Thanks to a generous challenge donor, all donations are currently being matched dollar-for-dollar.

Thank you for your help!

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 Post subject: Re: Announcing the Second Century Overhaul Campaign
PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:09 am 

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Hello all,
I have two brief updates. Firstly, I am pleased to say that the Second Century Overhaul Campaign has received about $12,000 in donations over the past week! This puts the funding on hand around $72,000 towards an overhaul cost of around $200,000. The donor roll online will be updated soon.

Secondly, the Second Century Overhaul website,
www.socalrailway.org/sco
was recently modified with a new front page.

Thank you all for your time and support! Steam lives!

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 Post subject: Re: Announcing the Second Century Overhaul Campaign
PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:48 am 

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Can you clarify how the donor is matching the funds dollar for dollar?

IE - $200k is actually the goal, meaning the overhaul cost is really $400k? Or you only need to reach $100k?

May help stimulate more activity.

Good luck!


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 Post subject: Re: Announcing the Second Century Overhaul Campaign
PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:00 pm 

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Thanks for the question! The donor is currently providing matching funds dollar-for-dollar up to a contribution by him of $10,000. There are a few thousand dollars yet to go before that contribution is saturated. After that the dollar-for-dollar matching will cease, although we do intend to seek out additional matching donors.

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 Post subject: Re: Announcing the Second Century Overhaul Campaign
PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:24 am 

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Hello all,
I wanted to give a brief update. I am pleased to report that the Second Century Overhaul Fundraising campaign has so far raised over $40,000 for Ventura Country Railway no. 2. This sum is added to approximately $60,000 that we had on hand before the start of the fundraising campaign. In total, we have about $100,000 on hand for the locomotive’s 1472-Service Day Inspection and overhaul. This leaves us about another $100,000 left to raise.

Many thanks to everybody who has supported us!

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