East Broad Top Contact List

• Allegheny Heritage Development Corporation
  See the new Westsylvania Heritage Corporation (as of 2001)
  
  

• Allegheny Ridge Corporation
  http://alleghenyridge.org/ - ARC
  http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/brc/heritageparks/alleghenyridge.htm - ARSHP
  http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/recreation/heritage/alleghenyridge.htm - ARSHP
  Manager and developer of the Allegheny Ridge State Heritage Park. Within the boundries of the park are transportation sites including the Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS, Altoona PRR Shops, Railroaders Memorial Museum and Horseshoe Curve. As part of the Full Steam Ahead proposal, the EBT would cooperate in joint marketing and ticket strategies with ARC.

  The Allegheny Ridge State Heritage Park also celebrates the region's iron, steel, and coal industries which prospered as a result of the Ridge's conquest.
  

• Broad Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society, Inc./Miners Museum and Entertainment Center
  http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/btcoal/
  
  Reality Theatre Main Street
  Robertsdale, PA 16674
  BTACMHS is a 501(3)(c) nonprofit corporation focusing on the history of the Broad Top Coal Field. Open on weekends, the coal miner's museum/entertainment center offers a variety of exhibits, slide/movie presentations and talks about Broad Top's coal mining and railroading heritage.
  

• East Broad Top Coalition (not an official name)
  A group of representatives, including members of the Huntingdon County Business and Industry Commission, SPHPC and others who have recently been in negotiations with Kovalchick Salvage for a purchase option for the railroad. Should such an option be agreed upon, the HCBIC would set up the EBT Trust as outlined in the Full Steam Ahead proposal.
  

• The East Broad Top Development Fund
  c/o Huntingdon County Heritage Committee
  
  PO Box 565
  Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-0565
  814-696-9380
  The East Broad Top Development Fund is seeking public funding support for the continued operation and development of the East Broad Top Railroad National Historic Landmark.
  

• The East Broad Top Partnership
  
  A partnership of the present and possible future owners of the EBT, local communities, state agencies and private interests interested in the preservation and restoration of the EBT. The partnership has cooperated in the development of a plan of action to that end, specifically Full Steam Ahead.
  

• The East Broad Top Museum Foundation
  
  A group that negotiated with Kovalchick Salvage in the early 1980's concerning a purchase of the railroad. The negotiations did not result in an agreement and the group disbanded.
  

• The East Broad Top Railroad Trust
  
  A non-profit foundation proposed to acquire and manage the EBT and associated lands in partnership with several subsidiaries and independent entities. The basic framework of the trust was set forth in the Full Steam Ahead proposal of 1995. This trust has not been and may not be created.
  

• The East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
  
  Joseph Kovalchick, President
  P.O. Box 158, Rt. 994
  Rockhill Furnace, PA 17249
  Phone: 814-447-3011
  Fax: 814-447-3256
  This is the for-profit company which presently owns the railroad and operates excursion trains. It has been owned by the Kovalchick Family (Kovalchick Salvage Co.) since 1956 and has operated excursions since 1960.
  

• The Friends of the East Broad Top, Inc.
  http://www.febt.org
  
  FEBT Membership Office
  c/o Peter Clarke
  10428 Carlyn Ridge Road
  Damascus, MD 20872
  301-482-1136
  Membership Office: membership@febt.org
  General Information: info@febt.org
  FEBT is a 501(3)(c) nonprofit, tax-exempt educational and historical society, founded in 1982, dedicated to preserving and restoring the East Broad Top Railroad. The FEBT is finishing restoration of the Robertsdale EBT station and is continuing restoration of the old Robertsdale Company Post Office, as a permanent home and library for their extensive collection of EBT documents and artifacts.
  

• National Trust for Historic Preservation
  http://www.nthp.org/
  National Trust for Historic Preservation Library
  In 1996, the Trust placed the EBT on it's America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list. The Trust has been a long time proponent of EBT preservation and restoration.
  

• Railways to Yesterday, Inc./Rockhill Trolley Museum
  http://www.rockhilltrolley.org/
  
  PO Box 1601
  Allentown, PA 18105
  RTY operates a trolley, streetcar and interurban museum based inside the wye south of the Rockhill shops, and operates excursions on a short section of the Shade Gap line they have rebuilt in standard gauge. It assists with interpretation of the Rockhill shops complex to visitors and with maintenance of EBT equipment. RTY also co-sponsors the Fall Spectacular with the EBT.
  

• Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission
  http://www.sphpc.org/ - SPHPC
  http://www.lib.iup.edu/spec_coll/collections/proj.html - SPHPC Special Collections
  
  105 Zee Plaza
  PO Box 565
  Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-0565
  Since 1988, the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission has served as the catalyst for the unification of the nine county region into a partnership, bringing together public and private agencies to work to achieve the goals and objectives of the America's Industrial Heritage Project, a program to plan and carry out the preservation and interpretation of the region's industrial heritage.

  The commission, established by the Department of the Interior and composed of regional representatives from industry, government, and area organizations, is responsible for overseeing the various programs and activities related to the AIHP, for directing its future course, and for fostering communication and coordination between the various levels of government and the private sector. The main goal of AIHP is to generate cooperation between historic sites and local communities for the betterment of both.
  

• Stone Consulting & Design, Inc.
  http://www.stoneconsulting.com/
  
  327 Pennsylvania Avenue West
  Warren, PA 16365
  Phone: 814-726-9870
  Fax: 814-726-9855

  Stone Consulting (and predecessor) assisted in the writing of the Full Steam Ahead proposal and more recently assisted Kovalchick Salvage in drafting the TEA21 Grant Application.
  

• United States Department of the Interior
  http://www.doi.gov
  National Park Service
  http://www.nps.gov
  National Historic Landmarks Program
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/nhl/
  National Register of Historic Places
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/
  Historic American Engineering Record
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/habshaer/
  

  The NPS has helped in the EBT preservation effort by establishing the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission, conducting a Study of Alternatives for possible courses of action on the EBT and supplied NPS rangers for one season to assist in interpretation at the EBT. The National Park Service designated the EBT as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 (today one of fewer than 2,500), it's highest designation of historic places and placed the railroad on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 upon the inception of the Register. The HAER has conducted an extensive documentation of the Rockhill Furnace EBT shops complex.
  

• Westsylvania Heritage Corporation
  (formerly the Allegheny Heritage Development Corporation)
  http://www.westsylvania.com/ - new site
  http://www.allegheny.org/ - old site
  A private, non-profit organization in southwestern Pennsylvania dedicated to the mission of creating economic opportunity by building and servicing a sustainable network of heritage communities. The Corporation was developed to help carry on and carry out the work of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission. The goal of the Allegheny Heritage Development Corporation is to create a sustainable, resource-based tourism destination in the southwestern Pennsylvania area.
  

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