Re: B&O O-27b gondola and other railroad with similar cars (UNCLASSIFIED)
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Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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Caveats: NONE Good points, Jim! It is very interesting why the resin kit makers (or their pattern makers) have chosen not to pursue more of the "intermediate" classes like the O-27B. There were a large number of gons in between 46' and "new standard" 52'6" IL cars that have not been done. I think DL&W, Erie, NYC, LT, URR, B&LE and others all had gons around the 50'IL length. Write to your favorite resin kit guys and suggest it! Elden Gatwood -----Original Message-----
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of jim_mischke Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 5:22 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] B&O O-27b gondola and other railroad with similar cars The B&O class O-27b gondola is an interesting car, a 50' fishbelly Bethlehem-built steel gondola that preceded the standard 52'6" gondola. B&O had thousands of these O-27b gondolas and modified them for many purposes and they lasted in some form into the 1970's. Model manufacturers are attracted to multiple road name freight cars .... like moths to light .... and I could make a better case to a resin or plastic model manufacturer if I knew of other railroads besides B&O with this Bethlehem 50' gondola. I invite discussion and insights on this matter. This B&O O-27b is not to be confused with the B&O O-27/O-27a gondolas, which were shorter USRA and USRA clone steel gondolas. Why B&O lumped these dissimilar cars in the same class is a mystery. Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE |
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