https://archive.org/stream/HistoryAndMethodsOfAirConditioningOnTheBaltimoreAndOhioRailroadBy/BaldwinKarl-univarch-013882#page/n0/mode/2up
daveklepper The heavyweight B&O coaches I remember used ice air-conditioning. Maybe this was replaced.
The heavyweight B&O coaches I remember used ice air-conditioning. Maybe this was replaced.
I was searching for information on this system without much luck, and came across this thread. The York Ice Machine Company equipment that the B&O started to install in the 1930's was a mechanical cooling unit powered by a gasoline engine, with the coolant then sent through ceiling coils.
Does anyone have drawings or photos they could pass on to me of the York A/C system equipment used on B&O heavyweight cars? I have some Branchline Train cars for B&O, but BLT didn't mention York equipment in their drawings of underframe options. Thanx--nor-rail.
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