I am pleased to report that the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society has been named to the Top 50 project list by American Express for their Members Project initiative. The winning project will be awarded up to $5 million to complete their project - in our case, recreating the long distance passenger train experience with a focus on dinner in the diner as it was on the Erie Lackawanna in the early 1960's.

Now we need your help. Voting has begun to select the Top 25 projects. If you have any American Express cards (including Optima, Blue, etc.), please go to http://www.membersproject.com then register (or log in if you have already registered), scroll through the list of projects until you see "Railroad Dining Car Restoration Project", then vote. You can also leave a comment for our project to encourage others to vote for us.

Needless to say, our project is the only one among the top 50 dedicated to railroad preservation. Please take the time to vote and please pass this message along to everyone you know and encourage them to vote for us as well. The deadline for this round of voting is July 15.

Thanks,
Tim Stuy
President - ELDCPS