Sponsorship

Help build America’s first Railway Challenge locomotive.

Every contribution helps students take a 10¼-inch-gauge electric locomotive from first prototype to competition in the United Kingdom.


Why partner

A practical investment in student engineering.

Support funds design tools, prototypes, components, manufacturing, assembly, test equipment, and travel to the iMechE Railway Challenge.

Components, fabrication, test equipment, technical review, and logistics support can be as valuable as direct funding.

A team member cutting metal stock on a horizontal bandsaw in the machine shop.
Stock preparation in the machine shop.
A traction motor, motor controller, and multimeter set up on a bench for controller commissioning.
Motor controller commissioning on the bench.