The last New Haven "washboard" MU club car, and one of only three "washboards" still in existence, is being moved to the Danbury Railway Museum. New Haven 5111 has been stored in poor condition in Old Saybrook, Connecticut for a number of years, and a few years back was deaccessed by the Railroad Museum of New England. It has now been acquired by an individual who is moving it to Danbury. It left Old Saybrook on April 10th.
This is a fairly historic car; the only other surviving "washboards" are two combines that are already preserved in Danbury. A third combine preserved in Ohio was scrapped just a year or two ago. Car 5111's interior is gutted and it suffers from fire damage dating to 2006 but the car is thought to be mechanically fairly complete.
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