Jim,

At this late date I have to assume you have already settled the
question of whether the "B&O wagontop" will be an M-15k or an M-53.
While these two cars look very similar, and still completely
different from anything else, they were nonetheless quite different
from each other.

Without looking up the details, I'm not sure if the M-15k had Duryea
underframes. They were rebuilds of pre-WWOne cars, so their
underframes, even if equipped with Duryea, were completely different
from the M-53. The most visible difference was the appearance of the
side sills.

Jeff English
Troy, New York

"Jim King" <jimking3@...> wrote:

Jeff, Jim,

M-53 and subclasses had the Duryea underframes.

M-15K used the original underframe from the cars they were rebult
from. In 1955 and 1956, they were again rebuilt with new underframes
(or at least new center sills) and reclassed to M-15N, NA, and P.

John King

--- In STMFC@..., "Jeff English" <englij@...> wrote:

Jim,

At this late date I have to assume you have already settled the
question of whether the "B&O wagontop" will be an M-15k or an M-

53.

While these two cars look very similar, and still completely
different from anything else, they were nonetheless quite different
from each other.

Without looking up the details, I'm not sure if the M-15k had

Duryea

underframes. They were rebuilds of pre-WWOne cars, so their
underframes, even if equipped with Duryea, were completely

different

from the M-53. The most visible difference was the appearance of

the

side sills.

Jeff English
Troy, New York

"Jim King" <jimking3@...> wrote:

The next (2) S scale resin kits . in order of appearance . will

be a B&O

wagontop box (maybe with the Duryea underframe) and the SAL B7
"turtleback" roof box. All of the info required to CAD-model

both card is

in my hands, so it's just a matter of time to devote to design as

to when

these will be available. The B&O car will be available in late

Feb/early

March; the SAL car in late April/early May. The B&O car will

include both

door styles (Creco and Youngstown) to cover the majority of the

revenue

years.