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PITCAIRNCRABBEFOUNDATION HOME ABOUT US GRANTS FINANCIALS RESOURCES CONTACT US GRANTEE PORTAL More MISSION HISTORY In the mid to late 1800s Robert Pitcairn made his fortune with the Pennsylvania Railroad. His childhood friend Andrew Carnegie got him a job as a ticket agent for the railroad. They moved up the ranks together and when Carnegie later started his own business Pitcairn was named to replace him as head of the Pittsburgh Division of the railroad Robert Pitcairn was quite a character. According to The Johnstown Flood by David G.