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    Tacoma Railcar Preservation Society
    The historic Pantages Theater in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Downtown Tacoma's Pantages Theater awarded historic preservation grant
    January 29, 2013 2:28 pm

    The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has announced the recipients of the 2013 Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund grant awards.

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    A 1910 Northern Pacific dining car is loaded onto a truck in Easton, Wash., on its way to Tacoma in 2006. (PHOTO COURTESY DAVE BURNS)
    Covered storage space needed for 1910 dining car...
    By Todd Matthews • November 17, 2009 12:00 am

    Thankfully for local history buffs, Tacoma resident David Burns likes old trains. Three years ago, he rescued an abandoned 1910…

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    In 2007, Tacoma resident and historic rail enthusiast Dave Burns received a $1,000 grant from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund toward his effort to restore a 1910 Northern Pacific dining car. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Apply now for Washington Trust for Historic Preservation...
    January 7, 2009 12:00 am

    The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has announced that grant applications for the 2009 Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund are…

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    "The goal for me is just to have it restored," says Tacoma resident and historic rail enthusiast Dave Burns outside the 1910 dining car he owns. Last year, Burns moved the car from Easton, Wash., where it served as a roadside diner for 30 years, to the Tacoma tide flats. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Feast of Railroad History
    By Todd Matthews • September 4, 2007 12:00 am

    When will Tacoma’s old dining car find a permanent home? That question has been on Dave Burns’s mind for awhile….

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