Yes, It's this weekend, the last chance for your train bargain hunting at a Baltimore, Maryland regional train show. The annual Greenberg TRAIN SHOW will be held at the Timonium Fairgrounds both Satur

Does anyone remember the Strombecker wooden Columbian trainset kit? I had one shadowboxed framed and have another one still in original box. jt

Just finished rewatching the video of Bill Price’s B&O 8mm movies. There are several shots of trains on Sand Patch with 3 Alco FAs and a Big Six behind on the head end with more Big Six helpers on the

I have 2 Broadway Ltd/Blue Line USRA light 2-8-2's(lettered for B&O)never out of box.DC sound/DCC ready(HO)..$160 each... My health no longer can handle the hobby and must thin collection...would like

B&Oers............ This engine looks to have a red cab roof....... https://www.ebay.com/itm/234795069719?hash=item36aae07117:g:EHYAAOSwBf1jgM3d&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkC1xzi0Y4dTpHKdU0U4jlLjb53p0ZU33%2F

Friends, Our good friend Jim shared an overhead photo of empty twin coal hoppers the other day. It was from the 60s, but I thought the weathering in 1950 would be the same so I tried to replicate it o

My pile of reference material is in storage and I am trying to run down some facts on the B&O Q1 Mikado When were they built and who was the builder? My guess would be Baldwin and prior the WW1. How m

Here is an interesting train on the Eidenau, Pa. wye, by Bob Rathke in June 1963 from the Fallen Flags site. Photo seems to be taken from the exterior of the wye. B&O GP30's were not known to operate

Ryan Tamburrino shares his work developing and printing a pair of B&O box cars in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. 3D printing an O scale box car blog.resincarworks.com Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

Tom Greco: We are all waiting to hear what comprised Thanksgiving Dinner on the Dallas section of Train 5 yesterday? Joe

People are getting their stock Rapido B&O M-24 boxcars and finding the brown color has an unprototypical green overtone. Good for septic tank contents, not B&O freight car brown. This car should match

Hi all Just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts, remembrances and photos. Regards, John Musgrove Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note10, an AT&T 5G Evolution c

Happy Thanksgiving all! Recently finished up the 2nd (and last) car of the O Scale 3D printed B&O M-27 project...with M-27F #382481! Unlike the M-27B which had updated graphics reflecting a mid-1950's

On this day of traditional feasts and merriment and good will, may all have the best of times this day and stuff themselves to your heart's content. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Bob Cohen

Colors on the Varney passenger car kit are way, way off. For an effective B&O look, here are the colors to aim for, from actual B&O drift cards recovered from Mt. Clare shops at its closing: Caveat: P

Right you are Bob ! Least we forget Athearn, Penn Line and Tyco. There were other passenger care manufacturers of course, but we are talking about styrene/plastic models here. I have a set of the Tyco

Hello all, Here is wishing you all a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving and in B&O style, prepare a meal fit for passengers and crew alike. Robert Federle Hamilton Ohio

I believe I've seen some mention of this before, so please pardon me. Were there any particular classes of locomotives that had red-painted cab window frames, if any? I see this applied to models some

Greetings Group, I have a simple, but seemingly hard to find answer to this question. What kind of end-of-track stops were used at coal mines that the B&O served? Have a great Thanksgiving! Philip Roc

Hello All, Here is what I have bee able to determine in the four photos posted by Bryan Porter October 24th Message #10595: 1st photo appears to be three unknown class L-2's 0-8-0 with red coal bunker