2025-07-10T11:22:52-04:00 2024-12-31 481026411 POTTBERG GASSMAN & HOFFMAN CHTD 505 NW 3RD SUITE I ABILENE KS 67410 990 2024-01-01 481136101 ABILENE AND SMOKY VALLEY RAILROAD ASSOCIATION ABIL 7852631077 PO BOX 744 ABILENE KS 67410 ROSS BOELLING PRESIDENT 7852631077 2025-06-05 true true RANDY J GASSMAN CPA P00037050 7852632171 2025-07-07 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X ROSS BOELLING 200 SE 5TH ST ABILENE KS 67410 752789 false X HTTPS://ASVRR.ORG X 1993 PROMOTE/PRESERVE RAILROAD HISTORY 6 5 23 60 0 63267 54252 454001 602127 42 61 17100 44356 534410 700796 0 0 36760 73232 0 1629 472314 623961 509074 697193 25336 3603 413605 511151 76907 170850 336698 340301 X PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE RAILROAD HISTORY OF THE AREA THROUGH TOURIST TRAIN RIDES AND MEMBERSHIP DUES AND DONATIONS. false false 639941 602127 PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE RAILROAD HISTORY OF THE AREA THROUGH TOURIST TRAIN RIDES AND MEMBERSHIP DUES AND DONATIONS. IN 2024 WE HOSTED 21,353 RIDERS FROM 58% OF KANSAS' COMMUNITIES, 45 STATES AND OVER 10 FOREIGN COUNTRIES. OUR MARKET AREA INCLUDES DENVER TO OMAHA TO ST. LOUS TO OKLAHOMA CITY. WE OPERATED OVER 220 TRAINS IN 2024 FROM OUR HISTORIC 1887 ROCK ISLAND DEPOT IN ABILENE. WE CONTINUED AN AGGRESSIVE MARKETING AND BRANDING EFFORT THROUGH A NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA, PUBLICATION, AND RADIO PLATFORMS. WE CONTINUED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HERITAGE RAIL MANAGEMENT, DURANGO, CO. WE EXPENDED OUR SEASONAL EVENT TRAIN, "PEANUTS PUMPKIN PATCH EXPRESS- AND "COWTOWN SANTA EXPRESS" TRAINS WITH POSITIVE RESULTS. WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR DINNER TRAIN OPERATIONS WITH AN ADDITIONAL DINING CAR THAT RAISED OUR CAPTACITY TO 160 RIDERS PER TRAIN. WE BEGAN DEVELOPING AN ENHANCED EDUCTIONAL PROGRAM PLAN TO TIE RAILROADS, OUR OPERATING REPLICA HOFFMAN GRIST MILL AND GENERAL STORE, AND THE CROP SCENERY ALONG OUR RIGHT OF WAY, INTO AN EXCLUSIVE OPPOERTUNITY FOR RIDERS TO EXPERIENCE THE ENTIRE FARM TO TABLE AGRICULTURAL PROCESS DURING A SINGLE TRIP ON OUR RAILROAD. DURING 2024, WE WERE NAMED THE OFFICIAL KANSAS HERITAGE RAILROAD BY THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE THROUGH K.S.A. 73-4401. OUR ICONIC 1919 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ATSF3415 WAS LIKEWISE NAMED THE OFFICIAL KANSAS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE THROUGH K.S.A. 73-4301. WE ALSO RECEIVED K-STATE'S HUCK BOYD NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AS THE 2024 HUCK BOYD LEADERS OF THE YEAR FOR TOURISM. WE HAVE A DEDICATED WORKING BOARD THAT MEETS MONTHLY TO OVERSEE THE OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ASSIST OUR GENERAL MANAGER WITH A VARIETY OF NECESSARY TASKS. 639941 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true 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 false false false false false false true 6 0 false 23 true false false false false false false false false X 6 5 false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false VINE CREEK ACCOUNTING 7858224360 200 SE 5TH STREET ABILENE KS 67410 ROSS BOELLING PRESIDENT 63.00 X X 20000 0 0 KEVIN BAILEY MEMBER 7.00 X 0 0 0 RANDY REYNOLDS MEMBER 10.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE SCHWARTING VICE PRESIDE 25.00 X X 0 0 0 STEVE SMETHERS SECRETARY 58.00 X X 0 0 0 JIM WATERS TREASURER 7.00 X X 0 0 0 20000 false false false 1215 53037 54252 TICKET SALES 485000 589023 589023 RAIL CAR STORAGE 453220 13104 13104 602127 61 61 96349 51993 44356 44356 700796 602127 44417 20000 14000 5000 1000 48028 48028 5204 5070 112 22 69552 69552 4048 4048 38631 38631 32716 32716 14678 2324 12354 3127 3127 31891 28070 3214 607 18500 15116 3384 11560 11560 66926 66926 54421 52922 1499 TRAIN EVENT CATERING 112406 112406 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES 49155 39324 9831 TRAIN OPERATIONS 44743 44743 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 42330 42330 29277 24656 4621 697193 639941 55623 1629 27819 29479 18503 43184 19165 18368 100 1460418 1089096 348118 371322 48698 413605 511151 1593 3237 75314 167613 76907 170850 X 336698 340301 336698 340301 413605 511151 3603 X false false false X 83705 80688 269035 63267 54252 550947 83705 80688 269035 63267 54252 550947 550947 11 36 42 61 150 700 700 9000 2676 58428 96349 166453 718250 1316031 0.76710 0.88590 X PART II, LINE 10 70,104 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 12000 12000 40637 17411 23226 1407781 1071685 336096 371322 CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS 48698 48698 LINE OF CREDIT 157796 SALES TAX PAYABLE 6894 PAYROLL LIABILITIES 2923 167613 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE RAILROAD HISTORY OF THE AREA THROUGH TOURIST TRAIN RIDES AND MEMBERSHIP DUES AND DONATIONS. IN 2024 WE HOSTED 21,353 RIDERS FROM 58% OF KANSAS' COMMUNITIES, 45 STATES AND OVER 10 FOREIGN COUNTRIES. OUR MARKET AREA INCLUDES DENVER TO OMAHA TO ST. LOUS TO OKLAHOMA CITY. WE OPERATED OVER 220 TRAINS IN 2024 FROM OUR HISTORIC 1887 ROCK ISLAND DEPOT IN ABILENE. WE CONTINUED AN AGGRESSIVE MARKETING AND BRANDING EFFORT THROUGH A NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA, PUBLICATION, AND RADIO PLATFORMS. WE CONTINUED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HERITAGE RAIL MANAGEMENT, DURANGO, CO. WE EXPENDED OUR SEASONAL EVENT TRAIN, "PEANUTS PUMPKIN PATCH EXPRESS- AND "COWTOWN SANTA EXPRESS" TRAINS WITH POSITIVE RESULTS. WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR DINNER TRAIN OPERATIONS WITH AN ADDITIONAL DINING CAR THAT RAISED OUR CAPTACITY TO 160 RIDERS PER TRAIN. WE BEGAN DEVELOPING AN ENHANCED EDUCTIONAL PROGRAM PLAN TO TIE RAILROADS, OUR OPERATING REPLICA HOFFMAN GRIST MILL AND GENERAL STORE, AND THE CROP SCENERY ALONG OUR RIGHT OF WAY, INTO AN EXCLUSIVE OPPOERTUNITY FOR RIDERS TO EXPERIENCE THE ENTIRE FARM TO TABLE AGRICULTURAL PROCESS DURING A SINGLE TRIP ON OUR RAILROAD. DURING 2024, WE WERE NAMED THE OFFICIAL KANSAS HERITAGE RAILROAD BY THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE THROUGH K.S.A. 73-4401. OUR ICONIC 1919 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ATSF3415 WAS LIKEWISE NAMED THE OFFICIAL KANSAS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE THROUGH K.S.A. 73-4301. WE ALSO RECEIVED K-STATE'S HUCK BOYD NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AS THE 2024 HUCK BOYD LEADERS OF THE YEAR FOR TOURISM. WE HAVE A DEDICATED WORKING BOARD THAT MEETS MONTHLY TO OVERSEE THE OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ASSIST OUR GENERAL MANAGER WITH A VARIETY OF NECESSARY TASKS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B REVIEW BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.