CHESTER — The historic Pullman car from Bernie’s Dining Depot was on the move again Tuesday, headed to its new home at the Chester Railway Station and Museum .

The car traveled on the road — not the railroad — on the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 20 through Westfield.

It wasn’t expected to get all the way to the museum, said Dave Pierce, president of the museum and the Chester Foundation. It’ll take a few weeks to navigate one final hairpin curve, as Lower Prospect Street in Chester swoops under the railroad.

Once in place, the museum will renovate the railcar into event space.

Bernie’s closed in 2022, and the real estate in Chicopee has been sold to new owners who are developing their own restaurant concept for the location. They donated the car to the museum.

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