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13. Here is the finished the B end of the car with the brake wheel and bridge plate instal- lation before painting. 14. This close up of the side of the B end shows the diagonal brac- ing on the end upright and the eyebolts along the car side and on the deck. 15. Fully painted and lettered, the car is ready for a trailer. 16. The bridge plate is built from Ever- green 1″×2″ and 1″×6″ styrene strips glued to a piece of .020″ sheet styrene and then topped with a section of .080″ angle. 17. B&O No. 8781, a P-31a Tofcee flat, is representa- tive of the railroad’s initial pig flat fleet through the 1950’s. It is seen here carrying a 40- foot dry van sporting the trailer paint scheme adopted by the railroad in 1959.
Bibliography
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Highway Trailer Service In- formation, 1950’s and 1960’s. Reprint of articles from The Baltimore & Ohio Magazine and mechanical engineering diagrams from the collection of Dennis T. Fulton. First Edition, September, 2004. Available from The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historical Society, Baltimore, MD. “Hard Times” by H. Roger Grant. Clas- sic Trains, Fall, 2012, pp61-69. Kalm-
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bach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI. “Even Highway Trailers are Going by Rail” by John S. Gallagher, Jr. Trains & Travel, August, 1952, pp24- 27. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwau- kee, WI.
“What Price Piggyback?” by David P. Morgan. Trains, May,
1960, pp30-42.
Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI. “The Paraphernalia of Piggyback” by
David P. Morgan. Trains, June, 1960, pp37-45. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI.
Athearn Blue box 50-foot flat cars (two)
Evergreen Scale Models No. 8102 1″×2″ Styrene strip No. 8106 1″×6″ Styrene strip No. 8612 6″×12″ Styrene strip No. 291 .600″ Styrene angle No. 262 .080″ Styrene channel No. 9020 .020″ Styrene sheet
Walthers No. 920-21259 Proto 2000 33″ ribbed wheel sets
Kadee No. 5 Couplers
A-Line No. 29000 Style “A” stirrup steps
Detail Associates No. 2206 Eye bolts
Tichy No. 3021 Straight grabs, No. 3003 Vertical brake staff set .030″ Brass rod .019″ Brass rod
Polly-Scale Steam Power Black Flat Roof Brown Rust E/L Gray Grimy Black
Future Floor wax
Champion Decal No. HG-120 Baltimore & Ohio Gondola (Long Gon, Black Car)
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