It is going to cost $160,000 to move the building and build the new foundation on which it will be placed. Groth said Urschel Laboratories and Task Force Tips have each donated $84,000 to cover that cost because of their relationship with the school and hiring some of its graduates.

The building will be used as much-needed classroom space, but, first, it has to be restored. Part of that work will provide training for building trades students, and the project could get an unexpected assist from Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia.

The college contacted Groth after learning of the project and offered to send several of its students enrolled in a railroad heritage restoration class to do an unpaid internship working on it next winter. Groth said he also hopes to tap into the school's expertise in historic restoration for any work the students don't complete.

"There's a fair amount of interior demolition needed that would be perfect for them," he said. "We started this project about three years ago. Our building trades class does a house about every three years, but they won't be available to work on the station this year."

He plans to add geothermal heating and air conditioning to make it a "green" building.