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LYNCHBURG — The National Railway Historical Society’s Blue Ridge Chapter has donated $1,000 to the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society in Clifton Forge for caboose restoration.
The Blue Ridge NRHS Chapter presented the donation during its April meeting as part of the fund-raising for restoration of the C&O Historical Society’s recently acquired steel caboose.
Cliff Clements of Lynchburg, C&OHS board member, accepted the donation from Blue Ridge NRHS President Rick Johnson, also of Lynchburg.
The caboose, number 903572, was donated recently by CSX Corporation, the C&O’s successor.
The caboose, currently located at the Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, was last based at CSX’s Quinnimont, W.Va., terminal.
The Blue Ridge NRHS chapter is part of a national organization devoted to the study and preservation of railway history.
The non-profit C&O Historical Society is one of the largest railroad preservation organizations in the country.
Its full-service archives is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Clifton Forge. (see cohs.org for information).
Additionally, the society operates a railway museum and interpretative display featuring ex-C&O buildings, locomotives and railroad cars.
For more information, visit www.cohs.org
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The C&O Historical Society recently received a $1,000 donation from the National Railway Historical Society’s Blue Ridge Chapter to help fund the renovation of caboose 903572, shown above. The historical society recently acquired the caboose through a donation from CSX Corporation, the C&O’s successor. The caboose, currently located at the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, was last based at CSX’s Quinnimont, W.Va., terminal. (Gavin Dressler Photo)
