brake, bottom mounted cut levers and a wooden running board. The trucks had ARA cast side frames with spring- plank and integral journal boxes. The B&O shops at Cumberland, Maryland built the superstructure components, including the curved post and car line assemblies, ends and doors. The Bethlehem Steel Company fabricated the Duryea Long-Travel Cushioned Underframes and trucks and shipped them to four B&O shops where the cars were completed. The unit cost of each new M-53 car was just under $2,400.00. The design had numerous advan-
tages including lower cost, fewer parts, fewer joints for water to enter and in- creased stability due to the light super- structure and its low center of gravity. The B&O proudly displayed one M-53 car at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The flat sheet doors and ends be-
came apparent as weaknesses in ser- vice. After World War II the B&O pro- gressively replaced the original flat panel doors with modern 6′-0″ wide Youngstown Camel doors. No effort was made to replace the flat ends. The cars were very durable such
that in 1960 1,897 of the original 2,000 cars remained in revenue service. In 1941, 1,000 additional B&O wagon-top cars were built as class M-53a and numbered 385000-385999. They were identical to the M-53 except that the
Chris Barkan has classified and named numerous B&O boxcar letter- ing arrangements which ExactRail has adopted. When completed from June, 1937 to about November, 1937, the cars were lettered with BALTIMORE & OHIO spelled out over the four panels to the right of the door, and reporting marks B&O, left of the door. This is re- ferred to as the “1937” scheme. Cars completed between approxi-
mately November, 1937, and March, 1938, initially carried BALTIMORE & OHIO spelled out over the four panels to the right of the doors, and the Kuhler circular herald circling a capitol dome and B&O, left of the door. As the her- ald contained the reporting marks, B&O was not applied to the car side. This was the “Early Kuhler” scheme. From early 1940 to late 1940, report-
ing marks B&O were added on the left side of the door. This was the “Transi- tion Kuhler” scheme. From late-1940 until mid-1945, the B&O emblem was added on the right side and BALTIMORE & OHIO replaced the reporting marks to the left of the door. This was the “Wartime” scheme. From mid-1945 until mid-1946, the emblem LINKING 13 GREAT STATES was applied right of the door, BALTIMORE & OHIO and car number was located left of the door. No reporting marks were applied. This was the “Early 13 Great States” scheme. At this time the
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M-53a had internal stiffeners at their roof eaves. From 1937 to mid-1945 the wagon-
top cars were painted B&O Freight Car Brown, a dark brown. In mid-1945 they began to be repainted B&O Freight Car Red, a bright oxide red. It was a color used only by the B&O and Western Maryland. Sun exposure re- sulted in this oxide-red color fading to- ward pink and prolonged exposure pro- duced a very faded red. The trucks, underframe and brake gear were painted black. The lettering applied to the cars evolved over the years. B&O modeler RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN
freight car brown cars began to be re- painted in freight car red. This letter- ing scheme was applied to both brown and red cars. From mid-1946 until mid-1955, BAL-
TIMORE & OHIO was applied on the up- per left side of the door and reporting marks were added. This was the “Post- War 13 Great States” scheme. Then from mid-1955 until late-1957,
a large B&O was applied left of the door. BALTIMORE & OHIO was applied on the upper right side above the emblem and reporting marks were not applied. This was the “Billboard 13 Great States” scheme.
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