Important News for the Annual Meeting
EBT's Steam Locomotive #16 has suffered a cracked Driver and will be out of service, probably until August. #16 was EBT"s only operating steam locomotive. As a result the photo-freight run-by has been canceled.
While the one hour excursion train ride will now be diesel powered, EBT has reworked our trip so that the shop tour will now be two hours, providing a much more in depth look at their shops and Roundhouse operations.
We will be reaching out to those who bought Photo freight run-by tickets to refund the $25 difference in the run-by versus normal EBT ticket.
The smaller tour groups required for the two-hour shop tour will limit total ticket sales, so for now the excursion to EBT is considered sold out. More to follow on that front once we get more info from EBT so we can determine if additional EBT tickets will become available. We hope to have that resolved by Monday April 21st.
Pre-registration for the meeting will end before midnight on April 28th. As always on-site registration will be available, although extra-fare events will probably be sold out by the time we arrive in Altoona.