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The B&O boxcar is based on an 1944 AAR prototype, better suited for the Deluxe Innovations model. The crate load is a welcome addition though.The black Conoco tank is welcome, although the black SHPX was a far more ubiquitous prototype.
Thanks for the accolades, Bill. This is proof that, if you really press your case, good things can happen. Getting the car done and, most importantly, in the correct color (should match the correctly-colored Red Caboose USRA box cars of a few years back) was only the first hurdle. I was told that they wanted to offer a load and they solicited suggestions.At first I tried to talk them out of it. If you think about it, a car with a load in it, along the road, would always have the door closed and sealed - the only time that you'd see a car with the door open would be as an empty. The only time you would see the load would be at the loading dock and, in most cases, that would be facing a building and, perhaps, under a canopy or roof overhang. When I tried to press my point, feeling it would only drive up the price unnecessarily, I was informed that it was a(n M-T) marketing decision and there WOULD be a load. With that decision already made, I suggested a two-sided load - one that would look different form either side of the car - and asked them to consider an L-C-L (less than carload) look with assorted crates, barrels, drums, etc. While they were giving this some thought, I encountered another M-T box car with a load (October release?) in a hobby shop and was appalled at the chintzy (sp) look with it all molded in the same color. I appealed to M-T to upgrade the quality of their loads so it was worthy of the wonderful cars that they produce. They have, in fact, done MUCH better with this one. Take a look at:http://www.nscalesupply.com/MTL/MTL-02000826.htmlThese cars were the backbone of the post-war B&O box-car production. It was these cars which were, later, repainted into the blue and silver Sentinel service paint scheme (a little over 100 of the 1,000 cars in this sub-class). Although the tooling isn't perfect (the M-T tooling is for a 10'6" PS1-type car and the B&O's M-55 and M-67 series cars were all 10'0" high because of some tunnel clearances), we're not likely to get someone to tool up a car nearly unique to the B&O. For the folks looking for a general-purpose box car which isn't a lower USRA-type (the B&O had some 12,000 of those as I recall) or a wagon-top design, this is the car that you want. And now, if you want to simulate an L-C-L load enroute to a freight house somewhere, you have but to open the door...Happy Holidays!Brian DeVries
Didn't B&O have 1945 PS-1 boxcars? I could understand if B&O had no PS-1 boxcars. But it makes little sense to release a scheme of another class when there is a prototype for the class you do have - which easily could have been painted the proper B&O color.
The list I have doesn't show B&O for PS-1's, 1944 aar (DI car), or the 1937 cars from IMR. This list is by now way complete, but I would expect the B&O numbers to be known.Jason
The B&O's 1944 cars could have been built by PS but I'm pretty sure the proprietary PS-1's (MT model) didn't get invented until 1947. Santa Fe and NH come to mind as some of the first owners.
Lehigh Valley was the first road to own the 1944 PS-1 I believe. NH definitely was an early buyer.
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