Current Update
Thanks to the generosity of 72 donors, our 2025 Campaign has climbed the grade by $21,951! As of February 21st 2025, we have received a total of $281,004.
We post updates to the campaign total the 1st of each month, so check back for next month’s total!
Campaign Info
Thanks to your generous donations, the 2025 Campaign is now over $300,000, exceeding our 2025 goal of $270,000! This has allowed us to proceed with planned efforts to:
- Extend the March to Saltillo
- Proceed with the exterior reconstruction of the Saltillo Station
- Continue the Rockhill Furnace Shops Restoration
- Continue the work to preserve and make accessible the EBT Archives
- Support the restoration of Locomotive 15’s Trailing Truck
his is a great start to the 2025 Campaign and we still have months to go! Your continued support will allow us to do more to accelerate the rebirth of the East Broad Top.
2025
Campaign donations beyond the $270K goal will be used to purchase additional track materials for the March to Saltillo, help to finish the Saltillo station interior, and advance other key FEBT restoration projects.
Follow the link below if you wish to donate online to our FEBT Annual Campaign, and continue reading for more details on the 2025 projects.
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Here are the latest updates on the projects included in the 2024 Campaign.
Extend the March to Saltillo
The March to Saltillo project to restore track from Rockhill Furnace to Saltillo continues to make great progress. The combined EBTF and FEBT track crew has passed the Route 994 crossing and is working toward the Southern Huntingdon County High School and Pogue Bridge using track materials were funded by the FEBT Campaign. The EBTF and FEBT track crew have also begun track work efforts in Saltillo and will start marching north from there. Clearing and brush cutting have already been completed from the station site to north of the siding switch, and 2500 ties and other required track material (spikes, plates, bolts) have been ordered, all funded by the 2025 Campaign. Additional campaign donations will allow us to purchase more ties, ballast, spikes, plates and other material to allow our track crew to accelerate track restoration on the March to Saltillo. Click here to donate.
Proceed with the exterior reconstruction of the Saltillo Station
The success of the 2025 Campaign has allowed construction to begin on the reconstruction of the Saltillo Station. Groundbreaking was held on April 5, 2025 on the project to complete the exterior of the replica station, and construction is now underway. Once the exterior is completed later this year, FEBT volunteers will complete the interior of the station with materials to be funded by the Campaign. Additional donations to the 2025 Campaign will support this next phase of the project to complete the station. Click here to donate.
Continue the Rockhill Furnace Shops Restoration
Restoration efforts are continuing in Rockhill Furnace thanks to the success of the 2025 Campaign. The restoration of store house number 2 has begun, and new first floor framing materials are on-hand. Preparation is underway to replace additional deteriorated shop roofs this year, and more projects are being planned as funding allows. Continued donations to the 2025 Campaign will support additional restoration progress within the historic Rockhill Furnace shop complex. Click here to donate.
Continue the work to preserve and make accessible the EBT Archives
During 2024, the EBT archives added the first installments of the EBT corporate minute books and the ICC valuation field notes to the online site, as well as hundreds of additional photos, drawings, and maps. A total of 1,249 entries were added to the online digital catalog. With your financial support, we are continuing the archive work in 2025, with a mix of professional archivists and knowledgeable FEBT volunteers. We expect to place on-line additional EBT and Rockhill Iron and Coal Company maps, drawings, and corporate records found in the Orbisonia Depot vaults, plus more pre-1956 photos from FEBT collections. Click here to donate.
(Visit the Archives at https://ebtfoundation.org/archives/)
Support the restoration of Locomotive 15’s Trailing Truck
The 2024 FEBT campaign funded a new tender tank for locomotive 15. FEBT will continue to support the restoration of number 15 in 2025 with additional funding to support the needed restoration of engine 15’s trailing truck. Click here to donate.
Your continued support of the 2025 Campaign will allow us to do more to accelerate the rebirth of the East Broad Top. 2025 Campaign donations beyond the $270K goal will be used to purchase additional track materials for the March to Saltillo, help to finish the Saltillo station interior, and advance other key FEBT restoration projects.
You may donate online (credit card and PayPal accepted) at the FEBT Company Store,
store.febt.org/donate.
If you prefer to send a check or money order payable to FEBT, address it to Karen Bulman, FEBT Fundraising Treasurer, P.O. Box 43063, Cincinnati Ohio 45243. FEBT is a designated 501(c)(3) organization and donations are tax-deductible in the U.S.
The 2025 Annual Campaign started October 1, 2024 and runs until September 30, 2025.
Photos courtesy of the EBT Archives, Al Gallo, Dave Bulman, and Matthew Malkiewicz.