Thanks to 322 generous donations, the 2022 Annual Fund Campaign now stands at $86,675 raised towards our $100,000 goal. Donations since our last report totaled $67,840, easily securing the full $10,000 matching challenge offered by an anonymous donor.

The Friends of the East Broad Top are also pleased to announce a recent $10,000 donation from The Candelaria Fund, the grantmaking foundation of Richard and Caroline Tower in Littleriver, CA. Members will recognize Candelaria as also a significant contributor to the Nashville Steam Preservation Society and other rail preservation efforts.

Now it is time to sprint for the finish line. Because we fulfilled our first matching challenge in just a few weeks, FEBT member Dan Schmidt is offering another to sustain our great momentum. Effective December 1, Dan will match the next $10,000 in donations, dollar for dollar. That’s just the push we need to take our train over the summit!

As a reminder, the funds we are seeking to raise will support four key projects undertaken in cooperation with the EBT Foundation:

Complete the structural repairs to the iconic, concrete Rockhill Coaling Tipple. This will allow it to be used not just for coaling engines but as a place to house the pumps that are a key component of the fire suppression system planned for the historic Rockhill shops – a project we would all agree is a top priority! Goal: $30,000.
Prepare for the extension of operations to Saltillo through a series of community input, planning, engineering, architectural, and permitting tasks. The intent of this FEBT project is to recreate functional representations of the EBT depot and water tank that once stood in Saltillo. Goal: $25,000.

Enhance the outdoor visitor experience at Robertsdale through cosmetic restoration of the hopper cars and the development of outdoor interpretive signage, displays, and trails, in coordination with adjacent landowners, the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum, and the EBTF. Goal: $10,000.
Continue the work to conserve the huge volume of EBT records, and make appropriate documents and FEBT photo collections available online for research. Your donation will buy archival storage materials, cataloging and uploading software, and continued professional archival staff. Goal: $35,000.

We welcome your support, and extend our thanks again to the many who have already contributed.

2022 Fundraiser Info

Donors:

John M. Acken
Joan L. Adams
Larry Altoff
Harry Anderson
Richard E. Anderson
John J. Atherton
Herbert E. Baer
William Mark Bailey
Joseph & Bente Baio
David R. Bales
John E. & Kathryn C. Bates
Donald Bayer
Owen F. Beeder
Chuck Bender
James C. Benko
Jerry Bertoldo
Michael Bezilla
Ben Bilott
Ralph R. Bitzer
Douglas O. Blount
Patrick S. Boab
Daniel E. Schmidt & Bobbi D. Fischer
David A. Bohn
Bank of America in Honor of David Bohn
Eric F. Booher
George Botic
James Botsko
Alexander Bowser
Joseph R. Brabec
Joseph O. Brashear
Fred Breimyer
Kenneth H. Brink
Allan Brown
Peter Brown
E. B. Brucker
David Bulman
Richard L. Burkholder
Alan B. Butler
Ernest Buyok
James C. Campbell
Elisa Campbell
David H. Capp
Thomas Carlson
Paul Carpenito
William R. Carson
Ric Case
Wayne P. Cass
Matthew V. Cesare
Steven M. Chorkawy
Hal Clawson
Gerald Clearwater
Christopher Coleman
Roger P. Cook
W. George Cook
Richard C. Cordts
Frank Couch
Robert C. Courneya
Bruce H. & Elizabeth
Courter Carson W. Culp
Patty Cupillari-Humphreys
Wallace Czekalski
Steven F. Daum
Alton P. Davis
Jerry Deily
Evard Demott
Al DiCenso
Thomas A. Diehl
Marlin Diehl
Edward Dietrich
Jim & Ginger Dietz
Jim Dimond
Bradley Dobbins
George Dolan
Harry E. Doolittle
Harry Downey
Bruce Duncan
Frank R. Dziama
Bruce Edgerton
Clifford Egel
Thomas & Lyn Emory
Linda G. Erdman
Karl Erickson
Steve Esposito
James D. Ewing
Pat Fahey
Bernd H. Fanghanel
John D. Faulkner
Donald E. Fenstermacher
Doug Fink
Louis E. Fisher
Allan C. Fisher
J. Raymond Fitzpatrick
Mark C. Frickmann
Larry Fuchs
Allan Gartner
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Geletzke
Eugene A. Graber
Philip & Sandy Grabowski
Paul Gramlich
Richard Grandzol
William E. Grant
John S. Griffith
William Grow
Donald C. Guckian
Michael A. Guida
Suzanne & Jeff Gumpert
Richard Hafer
Tom Hargis
Frank J. Harker
Daniel B. Harnish
Robert L. Harris
David B. Hart
Herbert C. Hays
Joseph R. Heffron
Harvey E. Heiges
John W. Heitmann
John M. Helduser
James E. Helmbold
Chris Hickey
LeRoy Hogan
Melissa K. Holden
John Hooper
Dennis R. Hornberger
S. Gerald Hummel
Victor E. Humphreys
Robert E. Jackson
Huston Jacobs
Vincent Jakubowski
H. T. Jensen
Wayne E. Johnson
Dave Johnson
Dennis J. Johnson
Todd Johnson
Tom Jordan
Brett A. Karns
James B. Kauffman
Robert L. Kaufman
Steve Kelly
Robert H. Kessler
Victor V. Kidd
Greg Kifer
Chris Kingsley
James Kinkoph
Bernard Kinlein
Allan Kirkpatrick
George R. Klair
Michael E. Klein
Sonja G. Koons
Mitchell Krausman
Keith Kreider
Michael J. Kulczak
Craig S. Kumler
Wayne Laepple
William Larduskey
Robert E. Law
Sharon & Lloyd Liskey
Lane Littrell
Byron L. Locke
Douglas R. Logan
James C. Long
Robert W. Lykens
Doug Mahrer
Michael C. Marmer
Larry E. Maynard
Chris McChesney
John F. McCullagh
James McGarvey
David M. McMahon
Tom McMaster
Robert J. Meckes
William P. Meriwether
Laurence Miller
James H. Millhouse
Ted Miskell
Lee W. Mistrik
John D. Mitchell
Linn Moedinger
J. Harold & Doris A. Mohler
Andy Monich
James D. Montgomery
Jeanne Morse
Hugh Mose
William S. Mosteller
Edmonds Family c/o Dean Edmonds
Ronald J. Muldowney
W. R. Newton
Peter Nicholas
Mark Nieting
Thomas P. O’Leary
Charles F. Ober
Ted Ostrander
James Overholser
Kenneth Pace
Philip J. Padgett
David A. Padula
Louis Pane
Thomas Parker
John Paternoster
Don Pattison
Pennsylvania Firebacks Inc. c/o Del Conner
Anthony & Penny Perman
James Perry
John J. Perry
Lewis Peterman
David Phillips
James W. Pifer
Richard Poletto
Brian K. Poole
Michael J. Ray
David Redding
David Reichert
John C. Reynolds
Charles Stewart Rhine
Michael Richardson
Richard Roberts
Julie Rockwell
Ruth N. Rode
John Rogalski
Ronald G. Rolph
Walter H. Rothaug
Mike & Robin Rotz
Rickie L. Rourke
Ross Rowland
Robert D. Rule
Norman R. Runk
Richard G. Rutledge
Thomas & Jeannie Sadd
Anthony Sallo
Bruce G. Saylor
Linda & Bill Schafer
Michael Scholl
Robert Sembach
Jerry L. Severson
James W. Seville
Robert Sher
David L. Shields
Laurence Shiplett
Alan Siegwarth
Christophe Simone
Alan Sinclair
Richard Sisson
Robert Smith
David J. Steinberger
David R. Stephenson
Gilbert L. Sterner
Jon Surprise
Douglas G. Tarr
James Taylor
Patrick Tentarelli
Keith Thompson
J. Craig Thorpe
Timothy & Janet Tigue
Gene Tucker
Richard Ullery
Jeff Umberger
Joe Vargo
Norman A. Wagner
Jeff Wakefield
Kevin L. Walsh
William T. Ward
David A. Watts
Walter Weart
Carl Weber
George Wells
John F. Wheeler
William T. Wheeler
Dennis Whisman
Howard C.
White Alan Wilber
Norman C. Wilcox
Sam W. Wilder
Lawrence Williams
Paula R. Williamson
Lawrence B. Wills
Richard E. Wiswesser
Brian Wolfe
David F. Wood
David Work
Mark A. Yahner
Patrick J. Yough
Donald S. Young
Zilch Picture Framing
Alfred Zollers

In Memory of Richard Kilday:

Richard Kilday Estate c/o Mrs. Caitlin Lhommedieu

In Memory of Don Oberding:

Barbara Oberding