SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The Sioux City Railroad Museum has been awarded a $1.93 million grant from the National Park Service to aid in the museum’s continuing recovery from major flood damage in June 2024.
The money is in the form of an NPS Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund Disaster Grant for recovery efforts and mitigation of the threat of future disasters.
“We are extremely blessed to have this opportunity,” said TJ Obermeyer, the museum’s executive director, at a Thursday, Jan. 22, ceremony announcing the grant, as reported by KTIV-TV. “… And to have the National Park Service recognize what we are doing here, and also what they share in our vision of what we can be here.”
More than $1 million of the grant will be directed to restoration of Great Northern 4-6-2 No. 1355, which the museum and the American Heartland Railroad Society plan to restore to operation [see “Sioux City museum announces joint effort …,” Trains.com, July 5, 2024]. Other funds will go toward restoration of a diesel locomotive, the museum’s roundhouse and turntable, and other tracks at the facility.
The museum estimates it suffered more than $3.2 million in losses from the 2024 flood [see “Iowa railroad museum shut down …,” June 24, 2024]. It reopened on a limited basis the following March.
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What great news! Note that the pretty cool Sioux City Railroad Museum is still undergoing further restoration and renovation as part of its on-going recovery efforts following the June 2024 flooding event. It is expected to reopen on March 7th.