2017-09-25T16:05:59-07:00 2017-06-30 990 2016-07-01 953763867 Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society Inc SOUT 9099850998 1523 Howard Access Road Upland CA 91786 Gerald F Feeney Treasurer 2017-09-21 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z 236338 false false X www.sphts.org X CA To preserve and distribute information related to the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries. 9 9 1 40 0 22365 20332 80257 80646 1170 967 79913 51994 183705 153939 0 0 42889 33668 0 0 136065 114250 178954 147918 4751 6021 315823 309339 88727 76222 227096 233117 X To preserve and distribute information related to the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries. false false 97753 67219 Publishing. The organization's publication activities included the release of one new, premium book that adds to the historical and technical record of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries. The book is rich in photographic content and its underlying research provides a worthy example of industrial archaeology. 44423 79915 Trainline Periodical.During the year the organization published four quarterly issues of Trainline, a perioodical devoted to the historical and technical record of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Each issue contains articles by regular and guest contributors as well as a readers' forum. Trainline is distributed free of charge to each of approximately 2,000 members and additional copies are printed for sale on-line and through various retail outlets.The organization also distributed a quarterly newsletter to its members.The organization also published in digital form an archive of the first 41 issues of Trainline magazine. 2922 3396 Archival Activities.Consistent with its mission of preserving information related to the Southern Pacific Railroad, the organization continued to acquire and maintain books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, blueprints, diagrams and artifacts of historical and technical value. 3409 145098 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 21 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false true true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false X Chris Karasek 9099850998 1523 Howard Access Road Unit A Upland CA 91786 X Ron Parks Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ken Harrison Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tony Thompson Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Fred Hill Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joe Strapac Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Andy Novak Director+Secrty 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 David Coscia Director 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Scott Inman Director + VP 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 John Ruehle Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gerald F Feeney Treasurer 12.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Edwin Hall President 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 20332 20332 Membership Dues & Assessments 80646 80646 80646 0 0 0 0 967 967 967 967 37666 39083 -1417 0 95723 43316 52407 52407 Advertising 1004 1004 1004 153939 82617 52407 0 0 0 0 0 0 31080 31080 0 0 2588 2588 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5459 5459 6885 6885 80 80 4862 4862 15454 15454 0 0 1319 1319 0 0 262 262 1921 722 1199 Quarterly Trainline Magazine 41508 41508 Postage and Shipping 13831 13831 Bank Service Charges 6857 6857 Utilities 3939 3939 11873 10332 1541 147918 145098 2820 0 60113 56985 0 0 1243 2535 0 0 0 214990 213771 38813 34485 33029 31718 1311 0 0 0 0 664 252 315823 309339 32578 10068 55152 59865 997 6289 88727 76222 X 227096 233117 227096 233117 315823 309339 6021 X false false false X 100151 104361 100179 102622 100978 508291 71015 92903 71465 60144 52407 347934 0 0 0 171166 197264 171644 162766 153385 856225 0 0 856225 150 1 1 1 153 0 150 1 1 1 153 0 0 171316 197265 171645 162767 153385 856378 0.99980 0.99980 0.00020 0.00020 X 5009 3698 1311 28020 28020 1311 Customer Deposits 5382 Payroll Taxes Payable 686 Sales Tax Payable 221 6289 false Annual Meet 37666 37666 39083 37666 37666 39083 39083 -1417 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other Activities.The organization continued to develop authentic scale model replicas of freight cars used by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder The organization has approximately 2,000 individual members. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body Day to day operations are conducted by the officers and the business manager. Policy matters are decided by a nine member board of directors that meets three or more times each year. Each year the overall membership of the organization elects three of the nine directors. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders Under the bylaws certain actions of the board of directors are subject to approval or disapproval by vote of the overall membership. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process There is no formal process for reviewing the organization's form 990. However it is prepared by a CPA acting independently and the officer signing the return exercises his own judgment as to reviewing the return before making the attestation. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available No other documents made available for public inspection.