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The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society is a Pennsylvania not for profit Corporation that exists for the purpose of preservation of tangible artifacts of history concerning the B&O Railroad Company; the furtherance of historical research into the history of the B&O Railroad Company; education of the public in the history, purpose and social benefits of railroading with emphasis on the role of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; to encourage the publication of writings concerning the history, development, economic impact, social impact, and operations of American railroads with emphasis on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades the world's largest producer of steam locomotives, but struggled to compete as demand switched to diesel locomotives. Baldwin produced the last of its 70,000-plus locomotives in 1951, before merging with the Lima-Hamilton Corporation on September 11, 1951, to form the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation.

Joseph Baillargeon is the owner of Restoration Books in Seattle, Washington.

A donor to the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.

Phillip Atkins was a Provincetown, Massachusetts native, the son of LeRoy and Virginia Grace Atkins. He was a 1976 graduate of Provincetown High School. In February 1977 he enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he served 8 years on active duty and 9 years in the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. He was a resident of Washington State from 1988 to 2012. He was employed by The Boeing Company as a machinist for 16 years.

John I. Aspbakken (born 1955) is the son of Ivar Aspebakken. Ivar Aspebakken (1921-2009) was born in Biristrand, Norway on October 11, 1921. As a young man he worked on various fox farms and served in the Norwegian military. In 1948 he immigrated to the United States. He worked on wheat farms near Williston, North Dakota and Froid, Montana. In 1953, he married Marit Nordheim, from ?yer, Norway. In 1955, they moved to the Missoula, Montana area, where Ivar hired on for the Northern Pacific Railway. In 1969, he was transferred to Spokane, Washington, where he worked as a roadmaster for the Burlington Northern Railroad until his retirement in 1985. He was a member of the Northern Pacific Railroad Historical Society.