the history of the b&o railroad (serously entertaining wether your a railfan or not)

[boogie hands]

just got my pictures back from a recent trip to baltomore, during my time up there i stopped by the B&O rail museum. id definatly recommend checking it out, its worth it.....im not really big on railfan stuff but i was running around like a kid in a candy store......it was a blast. heres some flicks i took while i was there, ill do my best to remeber what everything is and list it but if i dont then tough shit......

enjoy

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b&o engine

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b&o wooden caboose

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one of the first all steel box cars mass produced in the united states, im thinking early 30s on this one

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this car was used to carry melted steel by rail....sorry, no date

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a car used by the rail company to reach remote parts of the rail that couldnt be accessed by road....im thinking 1930s-40s

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a wooden snow plow used during the heavier snows in the north, the plow is slanted all to the right in order to keep snow of the adjacent tracks....

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during the transition from the older, smaller cars to a larger scaled car this was used to measure for clearance in tunnels....if the metal structure (to the left) passed through the tunnel then it was suitable for the clearance of the newer, larger cars

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a better look at the structure used on the clearance car....

 

p.s.- sorry for the shitty tint, ive been going with walmart who continues to blow ass

 

more in a bit.....

[Guest THEMEDIC]

im a fan....1st

[another loser]

word.

if im ever up there, im gonna go

[anal_sex_one]

word, im always into rail history

[deznatori]

Lovin it I wish all of them were working. I got to see some B&O's running when I was younger. The line was right behind my mom's house and I used to sit there and watch them all the time. Good Times

[T.T Boy]

still use snowplows here.

[Dr. Dazzle]

It's got nothing on Heritage Park.......

[boogie hands]

deznatori- which ones arent working?? ill try and fix them when the rest go up......

[Guest Wilt]

damn...thats fucking awesome..im in awe

[boogie hands]

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b&o engine

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i doubt you guys will be able to read it but this is the last caboose built for b&o by chessie systems......i thought it was pretty neat

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i completly forgot what this was run off of....the year...everything....i cant even describe this engine....i was in awe

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heres a closer shot....the mechanics of this thing completly blew me away....

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this is one of the earlier rail cars....im not sure the exact date on this though im thinking 1920s

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an early reefer.....1930s-40s

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one of the last wood/steel hybrid boxcars.....

[boogie hands]

more to come tommorow

[Dr. Dazzle]

Originally posted by boogie hands

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heres a closer shot....the mechanics of this thing completly blew me away....[/b]

 

Holy shit that is amazing......:eek:

[georgepataki]

anyone ever visit the train musuem in scranton? theres a few others that are dope here and there

[deznatori]

I got them all now. And thanx for the added. That isn't an engine it is the first time machine. :eek:

[kaesthebluntedwonder]

man these flicks are nice..

ive been there when i was a lot younger..

maybe it became imbedded in my subconcious that i dig trains and it only surfaced recently, who knows? very cool flicks

[Guest NATO]

i love looking at trains full stop. nice post!

 

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this is almost as good as that little italian buggy that someone posted a fw months back.

[Guest crack is wack]

shoulda brought a streak.

[boogie hands]

why....so i could be a complete jackass?? this is history dude....you just dont fuck with it......im sure you were joking though

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are you doing your part??? im bet not.....tisk tisk

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these are the controls to an old coal powered engine, its hard to notice because of the quality but at the botton center (basically where the engineer would stand) there is a hatch to the furnace....you can imagine how hot it got....i was standing in the coal car to take this picture

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this is a french gift car used in the united states after the first world war....it was loaded with gifts or food and unloaded at a set destination where the gifts would be handed out....a little bit of p.r. i guess

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i found this halarious....very old passenger car

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in the cabin of an early steam engine (im pretty sure it was steam engine)

and turning around.....

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this is the engine room

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[boogie hands]

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some of the first engine designs used on the rails.....

 

well...that wraps it up....this is by no means all that is in the museum, just a few things i found intresting. nothing beats standing next to these things or walking up inside them....plus every car and engine has an extensive history lesson with it....by the way i have doubles of all of these so if you see something your intrested in let me know....

[Guest railroadjerk]

look at the color of that last chessie caboose...beauty in motion.

[Guest NATO]

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that was designed by someone with a sense of humour

[Rhubarb]

loving that gangster rail car

[Guest platapie]

i cant see them.:( fuck!

[pukey1]

Originally posted by platapie

i cant see them.:( fuck!

:heated:me2!

[moyen]

Nice post

[CROW RA]

i hate red X's

 

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