At Revelstoke, the utilities for the building, which houses just two of the artifacts, run in the range of $16,000 a year. Given the price of gas and so on, it's only going to go up.
As for the outside equipment, if you're going to maintain metal equipment to any standard of display, you're going to be painting it at least once every five years. Something simple like a caboose, which is straightforward in its lettering style and paint scheme, would probably cost $8,000 to $10,000. On some equipment, there is a considerable amount of woodwork that has to be restored. This raises costs. Painting a full-size locomotive will run about $35,000. Woodwork on a car that needs a lot of expensive metalwork replaced can run even more. This is not preservation or restoration. This is maintenance—what has to be done just to keep it from falling apart.
I have financial statements from last year that I can leave with the committee.