The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum announced on Friday, the acquisition and restoration of a full size horse model for display with its historic 1870s vintage horsecar. Museum officials say the full-sized fiberglass horse had become a landmark and was displayed for over 45 years as part of a sign for Lowry’s Western Shop near the Museum on Henderson Avenue in Washington. They said the popular road side sign was badly damaged in January after being knocked over by a delivery truck, so Gail Cecchetti and Bill Litman, Co-Owners of Lowry’s Western Shop, generously donated the horse to the Museum and then Prime Collision Center stepped in to restore it. Gary Flannery, Prime Collision Center’s Executive Manager, said “although unusual, Prime Collision Center accepted the challenge since it performs fiberglass repairs on vehicles.” Gary’s wife Rose got into the act by doing the detailed painting of the horse. Ed Morasyczk, President of the Trolley Museum and one of the owners of Prime Collision Center thought it was a worthy project and donated Prime’s services to make the repairs and painting. Sarah Wells, a long-time PTM volunteer found and donated the correct harness to outfit the horse so it can be properly displayed with the horsecar. Scott Becker, Executive Director & CEO said that: “The horse really helps to better tell the story of animal powered transit in the 19th Century. Horsecars were the first “all weather” public transit in places like Pittsburgh since they ran on steel rails and got people out of the mud. Pittsburgh’s Sarah Street line ran until 1923 and was one of the last horsecar lines in the United States.