2013-10-05T20:57:14-07:00 2013-06-30 Gregory A Francis CPA 5410 Palm Drive La Canada CA 91011 990 2012-07-01 953763867 Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society Inc SOUT 9099850998 1523 Howard Access Road Upland CA 91786 Gerald F Feeney 2013-10-05 true P00451881 8189522716 X 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z 352496 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 20 0 21888 21196 76426 78955 48 150 97848 71015 196210 171316 0 0 32159 33460 0 0 142587 153674 174746 187134 21464 -15818 376009 358462 120591 118862 255418 239600 X To preserve and distribute information related to the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries. false false 117612 149584 Publishing. The organization's publication activities included the release of two new, premium books that add to the historical and technical record of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries. These books are rich in photographic content and their underlying research provides worthy examples of industrial archaeology. 50530 109262 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. 10619 16770 Other Activities.The organization continued to develop authentic scale model replicas of freight cars used by the Southern Pacific Railroad. 2675 2142 181436 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 18 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 Sharon Kilcoin 9099850998 1523 Howard Access Road Unit A Upland CA 91786 X Jeffrey Cauthen 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Scott Inman 12.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 David Coscia 7.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Newkirk 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rod Crossley 9.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Fred Hill 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tony Thompson 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Logan Bertolette 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Paul C Koehler 8.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gerald F Feeney 12.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 21196 21196 Membership Dues & Assessments 78955 78955 78955 0 0 0 0 150 150 150 150 53542 57966 -4424 0 196148 123214 72934 72934 Advertising 2505 2505 2505 171316 81610 72934 0 0 0 0 0 0 30855 30855 0 0 2605 2605 0 0 820 820 0 0 0 0 19904 19904 6360 6360 2763 2763 7720 7720 14144 12730 1414 0 0 927 927 0 0 8458 8006 452 2098 564 1534 Utilities 4054 4054 Bank Service Charges 8186 8186 Postage and Shipping 22110 22110 Subscribers' Trainline 46275 46275 9855 8377 1478 187134 181436 5698 0 106262 60970 0 0 3933 1064 0 0 0 243244 251378 5016 35954 31456 22360 17554 9096 0 0 0 0 0 376009 358462 41066 35686 77045 78545 2480 4631 120591 118862 X 255418 239600 255418 239600 376009 358462 -15818 X false false false X 59930 89112 89324 98314 100151 436831 94573 107207 148143 97848 71015 518786 0 0 0 154503 196319 237467 196162 171166 955617 0 0 955617 243 56 902 48 150 1399 0 243 56 902 48 150 1399 0 0 154746 196375 238369 196210 171316 957016 0.99850 0.00150 X 3436 2820 616 28020 19540 8480 9096 Sales Tax Payable 211 Payroll Taxes Payable 522 Customer Deposits 3898 4631 false Annual Meet 53542 53542 57966 53542 53542 57966 57966 -4424 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available No other documents made available for public inspection. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b 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 7b 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 7a Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body Day to day operations are conducted by the officers and the office 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 6 Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder The organization has approximately 2,000 individual members. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d 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.