Karl Schaeffer’s cell phone is filled with pictures of trains – dozens of them documenting the building of a steam engine. He's like a father keeping track of his child's accomplishments – but in this case, it's the first narrow-gauge steam engine of its kind built in the U.S. since 1974.
With plans for expansion and funding secure, the Ridgway Railroad Museum has hired a director for the first time. At 40 years old, Forrest Bault is bringing new, youthful energy to a museum which has always been run by a group of volunteers from an older generation. He is eager to fulfill the vision set forth by those volunteers, particularly Karl Schaeffer and Chris Weiser, two visionaries and major funders of the museum.
With plans for expansion and funding secure, the Ridgway Railroad Museum has hired a director for the first time. At 40 years old, Forrest Bault is bringing new, youthful energy to a museum which has always been run by a group of volunteers from an older generation. He is eager to fulfill the vision set forth by those volunteers, particularly Karl Schaeffer and Chris Weiser, two visionaries and major funders of the museum.