The National Railway Historical Society (NRHS)
has announced fourteen recipients of its annual NRHS
Heritage Grants Program. The 2016 grants total $35,000
and are awarded to organizations such as historical
societies, museums, and NRHS Chapters.
This year’s grants were awarded to the following recipients:
$1,500 to the Thompson Historical Society, Inc.
in Thompson, CT for archival supplies to be used to preserve and make
available to the public 6000 photographs and 2000 artifacts which
comprise the Frank Ramsdell Railroad Collection, a collection which
spans the period from 1830 to 1954.