Current Update
Thanks to your generous donations, we have completed a tremendously successful 2026 Campaign. The campaign raised over $555,000, far exceeding our goal of $350,000.
Additional donations beyond our goal will be used to accelerate selected projects including the March to Saltillo.
Campaign Info
We enter the 2027 Campaign amazed by what we’ve accomplished together
and excited about what we can achieve next year. Your continued
support will enable more remarkable progress to restore the EBT.
Our 2027 goal is to raise $375,000 to:
- Advance the March to Saltillo
- Continue the Rockhill Furnace Shops Restoration
- Continue the work to preserve and make accessible the EBT Archives
- Support the restoration of Locomotive 15
- Provide for future restoration projects
If we are fortunate again to exceed our goal in 2027, the additional
funds will be used to accelerate selected projects like the March to
Saltillo.
Follow the link below if you wish to donate online to our FEBT Annual Campaign, and continue reading for more details on the 2027 projects.
Thank you for your support!
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Here are the details on the projects included in the 2027 Campaign.
The March to Saltillo
The March to Saltillo progressed on multiple fronts in 2026. We’ve completed construction of over 3500 feet of track north from the Saltillo station including the station siding. Your support of the 2026 campaign beyond the initial goal has also allowed us to fund the clearing of the remaining right of way between Saltillo and Three Springs. Further north, track construction has begun south of Pogue station on both the main and siding using materials purchased with 2026 Campaign funds on ROW cleared by the 2025 campaign.
Your support of the 2027 Campaign will allow us to keep the March to Saltillo moving and fully connect the boroughs of the Three Springs and Saltillo by rail. We plan to raise $150,000 to provide ballast for the new track between Saltillo and Three Springs, provide track materials to rebuild the main and siding through Three Springs, and provide the materials to rebuild the 994/Church St crossing. Click here to donate.
Continue the Rockhill Furnace Shops Restoration
Storehouse 2 with new foundation, framing, siding, and paint. (Dave Bulman Photo)
Rockhill Restoration made great strides in 2026. The windows crew installed more than 31 restored window sashes, impressive progress was made on combine 14 and boxcar 955, and we launched stabilization efforts on two additional boxcars. The coal dock was returned to operation after several years of joint EBTF and FEBT efforts. Storehouse number 2 was literally rebuilt from the ground up. And we were able to fund the needed replacement of the turntable side of the roundhouse roof.
In 2027, we hope to raise $70,000 to continue our important efforts in Rockhill. These will include installing new roofs on rebuilt Store houses 1 and 2 and completing the replacement of the Meadow St. side of the roundhouse roof.. Click here to donate.
Continue the work to preserve and make accessible the EBT Archives
The EBT Archives team had a busy year in 2026, publicly releasing over 1,400 images, including photographs, ephemera, bound volume pages, and corporate records from the EBT Foundation and FEBT collections through the Digital Catalog’s monthly exhibits. The team also launched the Archival Arrangement Project which completed a detailed inventory of the EBT corporate records and objects retained within the Orbisonia Passenger Station’s 1st floor vault, re-housed EBT and Rockhill Iron and Coal Company correspondence from deteriorating document boxes into 72 bins for future processing, inventoried 700 EBT employee records, and began conducting detailed inventories in other vaults and the attic. All of this was made possible by your support of the 2026 campaign.
In 2027, the Archives will continue to process and share the corporate records from EBT and Rockhill Iron & Coal Company, archival materials and photographs, and prepare to transition to a new facility in Mount Union. We hope to allocate $95,000 from the 2027 FEBT Campaign to make this work possible. Click here to donate.
(Visit the Archives at https://ebtfoundation.org/archives/)
Support the restoration of Locomotive 15
Locomotive 15 – Your support of prior FEBT Campaigns has enabled a new tender tank to be procured and has provided funding for the trailing truck and new staybolts. Now we want to continue with work to restore 15’s tender frame to go under the new tank. The 2027 FEBT campaign plans to contribute $25,000 to support this effort.Click here to donate.
Provide for future restoration projects
We cannot always forecast all of our restoration needs in advance. We’d like to set aside $35,000 from the 2027 campaign for new or unexpected restoration needs.
Your continued support of the 2027 Campaign will allow us to do more to accelerate the rebirth of the East Broad Top. 2027 Campaign donations beyond the $375K goal will be used to purchase additional track materials for the March to Saltillo 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 2027 Annual Campaign started October 1, 2026 and runs until September 30, 2027.