Per the Museum's plaque: "The early history of this car remains clouded in uncertainty. Built by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in their Packerton Car Shops around 1900, the car served only a few years on the Black Diamond Route before being sold to the Williamsport and North Branch Railroad prior to World War I. In 1921, the car was sold to the C.W. Sones Logging Company in Nordmont, Pennsylvania. Shortly after the mill closed in the 1930s, the car was stripped of its wheels and used as a watchman's shanty, storage shed, and finally a playhouse for kids for many years as "Aunt Clara's Caboose". Mr. John Gummo of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania purchased the car in 1982 and began his own restoration. A new under frame was acquired from a former Lehigh and New England clearance car. The remainder of the car was rebuilt to its original Lehigh Valley appearance. The number 2606 was found on the walls inside the car during this restoration. No. 2606 is not the car's original Lehigh Valley number but probably dates to the Williamsport and North Branch. Mr. Gummo displayed the car on his farm until donating it to the museum in 1997."