Answers to questions.... 1. All B&O N-34 wagontop covered hoppers seem to have all been built with wood running boards. 2. No hardware differences between two lots. There were shop and lettering diffe

A small clarification: B&O long stock cars were a 1960-1962 vintage innovation. Not steam era. By the late 1950's, B&O was returning their leased wood Mather stock cars. During 1960-62, B&O leased som

I'd like to clarify or muddy the B&O gray on covered hoppers. I have a B&O gray paint chip from the Mt. Clare drift card, and another intrepid B&O society member harvested a paint chip from a prototyp

In an attempt to be competitive, around 1929, B&O equipped a small number of O-27 subclass gondolas for LCL merchandise containers for overnight Pittsburgh - New York merchandise service. Per B&O memo

B&O diesel lettering for most early diesels (1943 - 1962) was a custom B&O font, an extended Roman. Five inches high. Color was Dupont Imitation Gold, a dark spicy mustard color. Not gold leaf. Not Bi

In the 1950's and 1960's, B&O added roof hatches to some M-26 boxcars (based on 1923 ARA standard steel boxcars, a la PRR X29), which were given new subclasses upon conversion. Mainly for dry chemical

New Haven's PS-1 boxcars were prone to resale. Examples of ex-NH 10'-0" inside height PS-1 boxcars were the first blue Port Huron and Detroit boxcars, and the yellow with red lettering AC&Y boxcars. O

There is more to this story. With me present as a child about 1967, the Iowa Terminal chief mechanical officer told my father that the railroad had stolen the flat car. Needing a flat car, when a PRR

I have this photo, it was taken by the late Paul Dunn in his hometown Zanesville, Ohio during 1955. Car is a leased CNJ nine panel ribbed twin hopper, freshly repainted in B&O lettering. Billboard "B&

The B&O O-27c was a rare car, unsuccessful, and seldom seen. A few B&O O-27a gondolas were refitted for merchandise LCL containers for Pittsburgh - New York overnight service. Equipped in 1929, they w

To further address your question, Tom .... No prototype for the Athearn gondolas, also their Atlas and Cox versions. Model gondola is nominal 50 feet long, an uncommon or nonexistent prototype length;

B&O had several in the 1930's and 1940's, for service on the far east end of the system. American Can might have been the shipper. Cars known to exist by description, not photos, these cars did not ro

Consider the P&LE panel side hopper by Accurail. Along with other railroads, P&LE applied Youngstown aftermarket side panels in the 1930's to their USRA-style twin ribbed hoppers. Due to corrosion, up

Were there just 8 or 10 prototypes? Your client can have the whole fleet! The F&C info in their kit flyer has many misstatements. They say 20. Jim Mischke

Several thoughts, Tim. I refer to the classic three dome tank car from Lambert in brass, F&C in resin. - Ghost Railroads X, by Wayne Cole, a book about the Aliquippa Works and the A&S, has a photo of

At one recent RPM, I found a FtDDM&S P2K Mather boxcar and lept at the chance to get one. Once in hand, some research evaporated my enthusiasm. Turns out there were only ten such FtDDM&S boxcars, popu

The B&OHS has a new exclusive custom resin kit available, the B&O O-48 composite gondola inherited from BR&P. link: Company Store Company Store View on borhs.org Preview by Yahoo This resin and wood k

I have my eye on acquiring a Red Caboose 40' double door boxcar, especially in NYC jade green (1959). What prototype road name is this car accurate for? link: http://www.intermountain-railway.com/rese

Several thoughts. - If your layout is a switching railroad, consider more than just one UP boxcar. The originating road was responsible for fetching cars to load. It was common and desirable to use ot

I may have one such C&O Deco Sunshine kit available. Anyone is free to contact me off list. Mark Rossiter gets first dibs. I would mention this off list but in this not-so-new-anymore yahoo environmen