The P&WV Hi-Line

[jayrod]

It's interesting how you run into stuff when researching something else. Ex-P&WV business car #200 Hopedale may still be for sale if someone wants to pay to move it. Ozark Mountain Railcar had it listed for a while, no price mentioned. It's current home is at the Essex House restaurant in west Orange, New Jersey - been there since 1960. Looks to be in excellent shape with a lot of original interior.

http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/detail.asp?id=775&n=Private-Car-Cyprus--NEW

I may be able to dig up the URL for the slide show - there are currently no links for it but I know it can still be accessed.

History: Built by Pullman (plan 2429, lot 3701). Consigned to Daniel C. Jackling 19 July 1909. Builder’s photos dated 20 July 1909.

Sold to Julius Fleischmann in 1920 and renamed Middleneck. After his death (05 Feb 1925), sold by the Fleischmann Transportation Co. to the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway as office car No. 200 Hopedale, and on their roster through the 1950s.
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Eric Schlentner
Aka, jayrod