The Shore Line Trolley Museum has a somewhat active Facebook page devoted to its shop activities and I noticed that they just recently posted some photos of Connecticut Company 1199 out in the sunlight - for the first time in quite a few years, if I understand correctly. This car is rather historic because it's the newest known Stephenson product in existence, dating to 1907. Intriguingly, Branford most likely also has the oldest Stephenson product in existence, a truly ancient horsecar dating to sometime around 1857 which is also thought to be the oldest preserved street railway vehicle in the world.
For some time 1199 has been stored on the west track of Branford's "Blossom Barn" along with ConnCo open car 614 and Brooklyn "Peter Witt" 8111 with rail access difficult at best. But it appears that it was pulled outside for some cleanup. From the photos it appears to be the recipient of some recent stabilization work; perhaps this is George Papuga's latest restoration project?
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