Funding Awards 2007-2008 Fiscal Year:
Approved Continuing Project Support (Applicant and Project
Purpose):
National Labor College, George
Meany Campus – Provide
support for the College’s rail HAZMAT/OSHA/WMD/RADIATION
preparedness training programs for rail workers.
Rail Related Labor Unions – Non-political
leadership and administrative training and instruction
programs, administrative
computer equipment support program.
Rail Grade Crossing Safety Projects - Assist local townships
and municipalities to improve dangerous grade crossings (in
cooperation with the State and Federal Governments and the
Railroads using the crossing track).
Approved New Project Support (Applicant and Project Purpose):
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania – To
assist in the hosting of the Ted Rose Traveling Exhibit in
2008 and to assist the Museum in digitizing a portion of
its vast collection of rail related negatives and photographs
so that it may preserve those rare pieces and share them
with the public.
The Center for Railroad Photography and Art - To assist the
Center with its further development of the www.railroadheritage.org website in the areas of collecting data, sorting it and
making it searchable in a standardized way … to further
develop the Digital Library behind the website.
The Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. (The Wilmington & Western
Railroad) – To assist with a portion of the emergency
replacement of the group’s water tank support structure.
The National Railroad Museum – To assist the Museum
in developing a portion of a new exhibit entitled “The
Pullman Porters: From Service to Civil Rights” which
will address major concepts relevant to rail labor and civil
rights struggles of the Pullman Porters from the 1920’s
through the 1940’s.
