The boxcar as it appeared shortly after being placed trailside in 2010.
Photo by: Kordite/Flickr
This 1929 “shorty” boxcar chugged along Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad tracks until the 1970s. In 2010, members of the Mon/Yough Trail Council moved the restored boxcar to this site to honor the trail’s railroad history.
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