Thank you, Pieter. "Lackawanna Steel" gets me a 2002 STMFC list discussion about O&W hopper classes, two series' identified by David Thompson as possibly former Lackawanna Steel.

Looking at Bob Kurig's hopper book, it mentions that steelmaker Lackawanna Steel had a number of the "1905 Common Design" 7-rib twin hoppers, and that they were sold off to various railroads. Which ra

Background: When B&O took over another railroad, its better steel cars were given B&O class numbers,and B&O clearance diagrams were drawn up by the drafting department. With money short in the Great D

B&O wagontop construction was justified by cost, as well as constrained by clearances. The Parkersburg subdivision was part of the Washington - St. Louis passenger route. National Limited, Diplomat, M

"No memos have appeared in the B&O archives describing a planned door replacement program for the M-53." B&O memo exists. The cover letter for M-53 Youngstown replacement door drawings is dated Jan. 3

The B&O Parkersburg subdivision (Grafton - Parkersburg) had 21 tunnels, most of which were constructed in the 1850's. Mark Twain travelled this route once and dubbed it a subway in the mountains. Most

I would add some more detail to Bob Witt's post about the B&O circle T stencil. Circle T meant fit for less-than-carload service, specifically: - clean car - mechanically sound - meets main line clear

We might wait to compare. I don't believe the ExactRail wagontops are ashore yet.

What we call a seven foot door is actually the prototype door opening width. If I recall correctly, this was first pointed out by C&NW boxcar expert Jeff Koeller at a Naperville presentation a few yea

Ken, The B&O billboard lettering on B&O boxcars started in 1955, the one you have is a 1962 variation. The only billboard lettering appropriate to your 1954 era is on hopper cars, with a large ampersa

Vince, Your brown Fox Valley M-53 in early 13 Great States lettering (1945-46) is accurate, although not crisply documented. B&O changed to the Linking 13 Great States logo and commercial bright red o

In the mid-fifties, B&O switched from seven inch high reporting marks to nine inch lettering. Another obstacle to backdating.

Despite the intellectual property and primitive marketing measures John Tatum took for his ideas, such as the trade name XLT and 64 company-sponsored patents, I cannot think of a single instance where

There are several intermediate schemes and quite a few variations within schemes your timeline does not mention. The FVM product line, first and second releases, is accurate but far from comprehensive

Proper B&O trucks will be a pervasive problem for any model freight car product. In many build programs, both in-house and with commercial builders, B&O specified its own truck sideframe designs. Prob

While filing a backlog of xeroxed research materials ... more reading than filing ... I found a new memo. It sheds some light on B&O M-55c 40-foot single door boxcars and the world they operated in. N

I would add that the Speedwitch Duryea underframe kit comes with an excellent set of decals for the M-26D/E. Good B&O decals for many projects are annoyingly scarce, but not here. There are two decal

In B&O files located in various places, there are a number of Bills of Materials for B&O freight car orders existing for study. These are jaw droppingly insightful. B&O ( ..... and I assume other rail

A Chicago to Hammond parcel would go on the interurban South Shore. As late as the 1930's, there were whole cars and trains on South Shore devoted to this time driven traffic. Before United Parcel Ser

I would add that there were far more B&O boxcars fit for LCL service (circle T stencil) than were actually engaged in LCL transportation.