- Collecting of railroad artifacts
- Digitization of historic documents
- Preservation and restoration of historic artifacts
- Studies into specific pieces of equipment and media
- Preservation of online media and info
While the archive is not the first of it's kind dedicated to Michigan's railroad history, it is more so aimed at filling in the cracks where railroad museums and websites fail to reach. We must ensure that every piece of media has a backup or it risks being lost forever.