This car was built as a steam railroad day coach.  It is of composite construction, meaning a steel under frame, truss rods and a steel substructure, working with wood to frame the car.  The interior and exterior were wood.  In mid-1929 the Reading began replacing these cars with all-steel cars.  This car was sold to the Mississippian Railway.  During World War II, it returned north to the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway.  With the end of passenger service on that line, the car went into company service until 1964.  It was used in a work train for maintaining the line.  The interior was gutted for this last use.  We acquired the 1088 to be adaptively reused as a display car.

Builder	Harlan and Hollingworth
Type	Wood Passenger Car
Description	Railroad Roof Coach converted to Work car
Year Built	1911
Retired	1964
Acquired	1980
Seats
Length	70′
Width	10′ 1″
Height	13′ 11″
Weight
Trucks	4 with outside side bearer
Motors	n/a
Control	n/a
Brakes
Compressor	n/a