“Messenger of Peace” Awarded $180,000 IMLS Grant
The Chapel Railroad Car Messenger of Peace, a wooden rail car built in 1898, traveled the country for 50 years as a mobile church bringing modern evangelism to the frontier and helping to establish churches in numerous communities. It now resides at the Northwest Railway Museum in North Bend.
With grant assistance from IMLS, deteriorated structural components, windows, siding and roofing, and other features will be repaired and replaced, restoring the Chapel Car to its 1920 appearance.
For additional information check out http://www.trainmuseum.org/.