Hagerstown & Frederick car cosmetically restored

From Marc Glucksman and River Rail Photo (Facebook link but no account or log-in required) comes news that Hagerstown & Frederick 150, one of three surviving cars from that storied side-of-the-road interurban line, is undergoing a major cosmetic restoration. The plan for the car is that it will be placed on display inside of the new Myersville Library, located in a town along the old H&F.

Car 150, though not the "typical" H&F combine, does have a historically significant and varied history. It was built in 1918 by the Southern Car Company, making it one of only five Southern-built cars preserved. Originally it ran on Columbia Railway Gas & Electric in South Carolina (I think, though am not sure, that it was part of CRG&E's 100-116 series) so it's the only car from that system known to still exist. It went to the H&F in 1923 and ran there until 1954, after which its body was sold. Eventually it was picked up by Don Easterday, an H&F fan living in Myersville, who cosmetically restored the body and placed it on Bettendor freight car trucks. Following Don's death the car went to the city of Myersville and they are now putting what looks to be an impressive amount of work into the car to fix it up for public display. Photo above by Marc Glucksman.