The scope of the project is to bring Boston & Maine coach #1286 from Lunenburg, MA. to Newport Rhode Island. The next phase is the restoration for active passenger service on the Old Colony & Newport Scenic Railroad. The coach has sat on a railfan's side yard in Lunenburgh since the 70's and has acted as a playhouse, workshop etc for the former owner. Four years ago the property was purchased by a Mr. Dawson, who is not a railfan, and included in the package was this nostalgic railroad car. Mr Dawson has donated the coach to the non-profit group Old Colony & Newport in February of 2002 as a gesture of his generosity and the hope of the car reliving its life as an active passenger carrying railroad car. Numerous offers by scrap dealers were rejected as the feeling was that it would serve a better purpose on the railroad.

Efforts are underway now to secure the safe movement of this fine antique railroad car to Newport to join sister Boston & Maine Coach which is operated constantly as an active conveyance of tourists along Narragansett Bay in Newport.