I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I’m looking for information on B&O cabs that would have been used in Ohio in the mid-50’s. I can’t seem to find any information on what types were used, and all the models I seem to find are lettered for Chessie System. Thanks.
Here is a link to the B&O Historical Society Company Store, you can link back to the main page from there. I cannot answer your question directly as its not my road, era, location. However, there appears to be some different cabooses on the site, of course you will have to assemble, paint, decal. They also indocate that there is a yahoo goup for B&O discussions.
http://www.borhs.org/Shopping/index.html
Ricky
I would start at www.fallenflags.com
Go to the B section and then click on B&O. Once there look for freight cars and then caboose. You should find all sorts of pictures of caboose. My favorite is the I-12 bay window built in 1941 and used right up into the Chessie era. The numbers for this series of caboose was C-2421, C-2445, and C-2800. I remember seeing this series in and around Northern Ohio in the 50s and 60s.
I-5 was another older wooden style caboose. More information regarding this and other caboose can be found on Wikipedia (on line encyclopedia), books you can buy or find at the local library in the transportation/railroad section. There are several books on B&O caboose.
The book of B&O cabooses by Bob Hubler http://www.borhs.org/Shopping/index.html As mentioned the B&O yahoo group is a fantastic place to ask any question regarding the B&O http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Baltimore_and_Ohio/
Near by me was a B&O division point at Garrett, Indiana with eastbound trains headed to Willard, Ohio. I have seen photos from the time period you mention of the standard wood caboose with a center cupola and what I call wagon top bay window cabooses. These cars were built in the B&O’s shops using the same process as thier famous wagon top box cars. I remember seeing and photographing those cars in service into the mid 70’s.
The B&O Society has a publication the B&O Modeler that can be accessed on thier website. Vol. 4, No. 6 Nov/Dec 2008 has an article about modeling the PMSS I-5 caboose and Vol. 5, No. 6 Nov/Dec 2009 has an article about modeling the Wagontop I-5a caboose.
Another possible place to look up and get some ideas if needs-be is look up the films ‘Steam and Diesel on the Baltimore & Ohio.’ by Donald J. Krofta. These are great films that were taken in the mid 1950’s and a few late fifties shots of the B&O double track mainline from Garrett, IN to Willard, OH and other locations.
William L Thayer