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T B&O M HE ODELER Volume7,Number1 January/February2011 CLASS C-16 LIVE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELERS EAST 2010 B&O MODEL PHOTOS TheB&OModeler 1 January/February2011 A publication of the B&O Railroad Historical Society (B&ORRHS) for the purpose of disseminatingB&O modeling information. Copyright © B&ORRHS – 2005 through 2010 – All Rights Reserved. May only be reproducedforpersonaluse. NotforsaleotherthanbytheB&ORRHS. Editor–[email protected] AssociateEditor–[email protected] ModelProductsNewsEditor–[email protected] ModelingCommitteeChair–[email protected] [email protected] Manuscripts andphotographs submitted for publicationare consideredto begratisandnoreimbursement will be made to the author or the photographer(s) or his/her representative(s). Please contact the Editor with comments and corrections and for submission guidelines. Statements and opinions made are those of theauthorsanddonotnecessarilyrepresentthoseoftheB&ORRHS. Cover Photos – Top, Accucraft 1:29 Class C-16 0-4-0T – John Teichmoeller photo. Bottom, B&O 843, Proto2000HOscaleALCoFA1andFB1modelsbyDavidPfeiffer–BenHomphoto. AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE B&O RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historical Society purpose is to make otherwise unobtainable data is an independent non-profit educational corporation. availabletothemembershipatreasonablecost. The Society's purpose is to foster interest, research, Membership in the Society is a vote of support and preservation, and the distribution of information makes all of the Society's work possible. It provides concerning the B&O. Its membership is spread those interested in the B&O with a legitimate, throughout the United States and numerous foreign respected voice in the railroad and historical countries, and its scope includes all facets of the communities. By working together, B&O fans are B&O's history. 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Their ATTN:Membership P.O.Box24225 Baltimore,MD21227 UPDATES AND ERRATA TheB&OModeler 2 January/February2011 ACCUCRAFT 1:29 SCALE LIVE STEAM B&O C-16 0-4-0T“DOCKSIDE” BY:JOHNTEICHMOELLER ALLPHOTOSBYAUTHOR TheModel Look what Santa brought! The so-called 48” drivers (ca. 42mm); wheelbase: 83.3” “Dockside” switcher (supposedly this name was (73mm, slightly under scale 7’); overall length: applied by model railroaders and never used by 28.4’(297mmbetweentipsoffootboards) the B&O) has been produced in many scales. Some modelers, Ed Kirstatter for one, even have Electric a sample of each one (O, S, HO, N and TT). The 24vDC motor Chinese have produced a G-gauge specimen that Directionallights collectors will want. It is made in an electric and Die-castgearbox andsteelgears a live steam version. Mine is the latter. Here are Steeldriverods &wheels thespecifications: MSRP$895 1:29 scale, 45mm gauge (this works out to about LiveSteam 4’ 3.38” so she is slightly “narrow gauge”; so- Butanegas fired called “Large Scale” gets a bit confusing with a 40PSI handful of scales and gauges to represent various PistonValves standard and narrow gauge prototypes. They are Water LevelGlass still trying to sort out their coupler standards. I Pressuregauge believe 1:29 is designated as “A” scale). The Displacementlubricator other dimensions pretty closely match the MSRP:$995 dimensional diagram, subject to my measurementimprecision: TheB&OModeler 3 January/February2011 The rivet counter may be disappointed as there Santa obtained my unit from an Accucraft dealer are some lapses that I discovered when I inNorthernVirginia: examined themodelclosely. There maybe more. On my live steam version, the turbo generator, Mr.RoyceBrademan headlights and whistledon’t work. TheRagonnet QuisenberryStation,LLC reversegearis notcorrectlyrepresented.Thebell 3903QuisenberryDrive doesn’t work. The window sash doesn’t slide. Alexandria,VA22309 The fuel oil filler cap behind the cab is mounted (202)422-2892(cell) directly below the headlight instead of offset, so you could never add fuel oil. But the hatch on These may be sold out by the time you read this. the roof does slide and the roof lifts off for Years ago, Aster did a live steam version of the access to the boiler. And I still like it. Ed B&O grasshopper; I found out about it when I suggested I displayit in a diorama coming out of saw it in the model exhibit that was set up at the aflatbasedon theoldBaltimoreNews American B&O Museum in 2002, but I have never been building. Something to think about. Surely I able to obtain one on the secondary market, so I have a corner in some room of the house where figured I’d better snap up this Dockside for my this would work. For the time being, it is on my estatesale. diningroomtable. TheB&OModeler 4 January/February2011 PHOTO STUDY: CLASS C-16 0-4-0T FROMTHEB&ORAILROADHISTORICALSOCIETYARCHIVES Longfamiliartomodelrailroaders,oil-burningtankenginesB&O97and98werebuiltbyBaldwinin1912as membersofClassC-16(B&O96-99;96and99wereconvertedintocoal-burninglocomotivessoonafterdelivery, andeventuallyweremodifiedintoClassC-16atenderenginesin1926. AssignedtoPhiladelphia,96and99were retiredbytheendofWorldWarII).RenumberedasB&O897and898in1950,theselocomotivesspenttheir servicelivesworkingMt.ClarebydayandPrattStreetbynightuntil1951. B&O98,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(Mt.Clare),June24,1939(W.R.Hicksphoto,B&ORRHScollection). MoreClassC-16photoscanbefoundinR.N.Nelson’s“RailOperationsonBaltimore’sPrattStreet,Part1”, Volume30,Number1(FirstQuarter2008)issueofTheSentinel. (BackissuesofTheSentinelareavailablefrom theSociety’sCompanystoreathttp://www.borhs.org/shopping/index.html.) Acknowledgements NickFry. References Sagle,Larry(Staufer,Alvin,Editor),B&OPower,AlvinF.StauferPublishing,1964. TheB&OModeler 5 January/February2011 B&O97,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(Mt.Clare),May6,1947(DanH.Hennonphoto,CharlesWinterscollection,B&ORRHS collection). B&O98,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(Mt.Clare),September28,1947(R.H.Paynephoto,CharlesWinterscollection,B&ORRHS collection). TheB&OModeler 6 January/February2011 B&O897,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD,July23,1950(R.G.Dunnphoto,CharlesWinterscollection,B&ORRHScollection). B&O898,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(MtClare),July23,1950(R.H.Paynephoto,CharlesWinterscollection,B&ORRHS collection). TheB&OModeler 7 January/February2011 B&O97,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(Mt.Clare),June4,1935(B&Ophoto,B&ORRHScollection). TheB&OModeler 8 January/February2011 RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELERS EAST2010 B&O MODELPHOTOS BYBENHOM ALLPHOTOSBYAUTHOR B&O837,ALCoFA1andFB1,Proto2000HOscalemodelbyDavidPfeiffer. B&O379001,ClassM-15l,Funaro&CamerlengoHOscalemodelbyEricThur. B&O272789,ClassM-26d,RedCabooseHOscalemodelbyKeithDeVault. TheB&OModeler 9 January/February2011 B&O295290,ClassM-27b,SunshineModelsHOscalemodelbyEricThur. B&O380890,ClassM-53,FunaroandCamerlengoHOscalemodelbyKeithDeVault. B&O380554,ClassM-53,FunaroandCamerlengomodelbyKeithDeVault. TheB&OModeler 10 January/February2011