There does not appear to be a topic on this, and time is of the essence.
https://www.gofundme.com/help-save-the-la-503-friends-of
Update
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1719428391433738&id=319972281379363
I don’t know if any of the phone calls I made or messages and emails I sent helped.
Good news in case you didn’t see this on the Trains forum:
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/02/22-texas-steam-fundraiser-meets-goal
The $ 65K goal to save the grand lady 503 was meet Thursday, 02/22, morning! Hat’s off to everyone who chip in the few dollars each to reach the goal. There are more pictures and discussion at: http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/740/p/268343/3040774.aspx#3040774
Now the block and tackel work needs done.
Now you all know the rest of the story.