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It is indeed 1723, it was removed from commuter service in 1981 with all the other cars. All were sent back to Roanoke and retired. This one was donated to Tidewater Chapter NRHS and served with little work in the excursion trains until, I believe 1992, when the new expensive requirements for excursion cars was too much for the group to bear and the cars were stored.

Sometime, and I don’t know the year, maybe 2009, the car was sold/donated to the Crewe Railroad Museum and “restored” by a contractor, who was too cheap to get the proper lettering and stencils done, but charged the museum a pretty penny for the work. 

Ken Miller

> 
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 8:14 PM Kevin Byrd <kbyrd100 at gmail.com <mailto:kbyrd100 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> The car appears to be a N&W PM Coach. A picture is attached below. It is numbered 1723. 
> 
> I have records 1723 was rebuilt in 1963 to 60 seats and renumbered 1004 and. furthermore it was donated to the Tidewater NRHS sometime later in the 60's. So I am not sure this is the actaul 1723
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> I visited the museum several years ago when I took this and a few other shots. I don't recall seeing any placard or sign identifying this car.
> 
> Maybe someone else has the "let's fill in the blanks" info.
> 
> Kevin Byrd
> Chesterfield, VA

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