Steve, I changed the subject line since this has nothing to do with finials. You are correct. I've seen them both ways. Not sure how they displayed a red light at night with only one bulb showing. May

B&Oers…………. Old-time B&O stations, towers and other buildings had “curly-cue” finials at the corners of their hip roofs. Seems to me that some manufacturer makes those in HO scale. Who is that manufac

B&O ‘ers, My spring issue of Classic Trains just arrived. On page 105 is a photo of 44 tonner 8801 with B&O spelled out on the cab side. Good color too. What are the two white spots on the front just

I can relate an incident, coming home to Willard from Washington , one night on #9; on time by my watch by Lodi and clipping right along past Homerville, but coming up on Nova I felt the air come on h

Group, I have been getting a few inquiries about P7D decals, I did the artwork for these back in the Mid 90s with the help of Andy H (can't remember how to spell his name) and produced a short run by

Friends, I hope we can all pledge civility to one and other. Friends of the B&O are fewer and fewer. If someone does not find their liking here, that is well. I would hate for us to splinter even furt

We have lost a lot of our B&O employee members for this very reason. I am sorry to see them go, yet the most vigorous and spontaneous threads are tied to models. If one wants to see additional B&O pro

Hello fellow B&O'ers. I have one left for sale: Rapido 16606 HO scale Baltimore & Ohio - Budd RDC-2 #1951, DCC/SOUND This is brand new. List price $325, selling for $225 including free shipping. It wi

Cheryl, Did you intend to attach an image of the blue prints of the locomotive diesel for a passenger train? All the best, Charles Sloane

Please remove me from this group. Too many modeler messages. donald_mckay@... Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone

List: Looking at my fleet, I could use a couple more B&O F7's in the sans gray scheme, painted 1957-1962. Walthers ran some nine years ago, as B&O F7A 4537, 4546, and F7B 5453 and 5484. As an example,

Group, I will be doing the P7D decals in N scale if there is enough interest. Please contact me off list at edsauers@... if you are interested. Thanks Ed Sauers

Gentlemen Here is my latest YouTube recording of the B&O box cab. Today we find B&O # 195 Box Cab delivering 2 tank cars to the Criswell Oil Company and picking up the empties. Model is a Roundhouse w

List, There is a creeping limitation at Google books. In recent years, I have downloaded extensively from the public domain platform Google Books, including an almost complete run of Book of the Royal

Back in May 1953, the late Dr. Phillip R. Hastings was drafted, boot camped, and deployed on a troop train west from Fort Meade. He used this as a railfan trip. Elbowed his way to the first vestibule.

Can someone please give an update on the status of the Swanton, MD station on the West End? Thanks. -- Wade Rice

Guys, Sorry to report, this, but if no one has heard yet, I got word from Tom Boylan on one the Fb B&O pages the other day ,CSX has closed the Motive facility at Willard , laid everybody but a handful

Chris Palmer wrote: < the orders were clear that you do not touch his “Red Edge” ever. ----------------------- "Rather than succumb to the mechanical stoker, Loree double headed the fireman on most of

Today is my day for people asking location questions. Attached is a doubleheaded passenger train at a station. Lead locomotive is P-5a 5227 in pre-1942 lettering. This looks like Indiana or Illinois,

Attached is a photo from a Baltimore area library and they are asking me what it is. Can anybody hazard an educated guess? - Because the inquirer and source are around Baltimore, Baltimore is a good g