Help Preserve a Lost Piece of Railroad Film History

The mission of the F40PH Preservation Society, Inc. is best known for our long-term goal of preserving an iconic F40PH locomotive for future generations. However, our organization’s mission also extends to preserving and sharing important pieces of railroad history in all forms — including rare films, photographs, and historical media.

Today, we are asking for your help to preserve a unique and nearly forgotten piece of railroad cinema history: The New Road’s Mascot.

This historic fictional railroad-related film is currently held by the Library of Congress. While the film is in the public domain, obtaining a professional high-quality scan from the Library of Congress comes with a cost of approximately $380.

Our goal is simple:

Fund the professional archival scan of the film

Preserve the film digitally for future generations

Upload the completed scan to the Internet Archive where it will be freely available for everyone to watch, study, share, and use without restriction

Projects like this are important because railroad history is more than locomotives alone — it also lives through the stories, films, and cultural artifacts that captured the public imagination during the golden age of rail travel and industry.

Without preservation efforts, many of these rare works remain inaccessible to historians, railfans, filmmakers, educators, and the public. By funding this scan, you are directly helping save a small but meaningful part of American railroad heritage and making it permanently accessible to the world.

Every donation, no matter the amount, helps move this project closer to completion.

Thank you for supporting railroad preservation in all its forms and for helping us ensure that this rare film is not lost to history.