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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

4449 Heads East for Train Festival 2009: Colonial Crafts

…Continued from Chesapeake & Ohio #3 Chapel Hill.

IMG_7742 Pennsylvania Railroad Sleeper-Lounge 'Colonial Crafts' in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009
Colonial Crafts in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

Colonial Crafts is the only survivor of eight Colonial-series 3-Bedroom, 1-Drawing Room, Buffet Lounge cars built by Pullman-Standard for the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of a 95-car order. Colonial Crafts entered service in Chicago on June 4, 1949 and was originally assigned #8412.

IMG_7765 Pennsylvania Railroad Sleeper-Lounge 'Colonial Crafts' in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009
Colonial Crafts in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

In May 1964, Colonial Crafts was reclassified as a parlor car; the bedrooms were closed and the car was renumbered #7149. In 1970 the car was retired to a museum in western Pennsylvania. The car’s current owners, Rod & Ellen Fishburn bought the car in 1985 and restored it to its original appearance and operating condition.

IMG_7768 Pennsylvania Railroad Sleeper-Lounge 'Colonial Crafts' in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009
Colonial Crafts
in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

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