A Cabin Car's Journey - Part I

Over the past six years, John Pfaltz and other members of the NRHS Rivanna Chapter lovingly restored PRR Cabin Car 477768 at a spur in Red Hill, Virginia.  In January 2014, the cabin car made a glorious return to Pennsylvania to become part of the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust in Boyertown.  The images and video links in the three-part sequence below capture some of the trip, as well as events in Virginia and Pennsylvania prior to and after the transfer.


The Farewell Ceremony at Red Hill, VA, and the departure for Lynchburg, VA

Photos from the Ceremony on Dec. 19, 2013

 A group of some of the Rivanna Chapter members who restored the Cabin Car 

Photo by Susan Thomas

 

Another group of some of the Rivanna Chapter members who restored the Cabin Car 

Photo by Dale Diacont

 

Dignitaries from Boyertown, Charlottesville, and the Rivanna Chapter exchange greetings

Photo by Ann Harrod

 

Colebrookdale RR and Rivanna Chapter personnel team together 

for a ceremonial push of the Cabin Car 

Photo by Wayland Moore

 

Charles Haddad (Boyertown Rotary) presents history books

to John Pfaltz and Roger Lehmann (Boyertown Lions) looks on 

Photo by Ann Harrod

 

 

The southbound departure for Lynchburg on Jan. 13, 2014

NS crew prepares for switching as the Cabin Car is

pulled from the spur in Red Hill onto the NS mainline

Photo by John Pfaltz

 

The Cabin Car's Journey is continued in Part II below.