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Boston and Maine RR

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Posted by hubbards98 on Monday, January 19, 2009 7:20 AM

 You can sometimes find some great deals on ebay.com & kijiji.com, I found some great B & M   cabooses on ebay

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Posted by Guilford Guy on Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:45 PM

 Athearn makes RS3's in Maroon & Gold, and P1k does RS2's.

Rapido is releasing Osgood Bradley B&M Coaches in both Maroon and Green.

New England Model Craftsman is redoing old Ambroid Commuter cars, with laser cut components.

Bethlehem Car Works also has B&M Commuter Coaches although older than the NEMC ones, and offer RPO's, Baggage Cars, and steel coaches and combines.

Con Cor is making P-54 coaches, which B&M had in the 800 series.

Accurail makes several wood sheathed boxcars.

Alex

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Posted by markpierce on Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:32 PM

Warning.  Except for the craftsman kit makers like Westerfield, Sunshine, Funaro, and Speedwitch, the general practice of mass manufacturers of model railroad cars is to letter models which are incorrect for the prototype so that they can conveniently and affordably offer models in demand.  That is, just because a model is decorated for the B&M railroad doesn't mean the model conforms to a B&M prototype.  My suspicion is that the majority of models are like that.  Unfortunately, manufacturers don't warn consumers when they are offering stand-in models.  My latest experience was to find out the GS gondola lettered by Red Caboose that I finished building today is a stand-in model.  The built date and capacity were my clues for questioning the model's authenticity, and an expert confirmed my doubt.

Mark

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Posted by andrechapelon on Saturday, January 17, 2009 4:46 PM

HO: 

Like this? http://www.imrcmodels.com/distrib/ccs/html/CCS1226.htm

http://www.imrcmodels.com/distrib/ccs/html/CCS1221.htm

Athearn: http://tinyurl.com/B-M-Cabeese

Bowser (halfway down page): http://www.bowser-trains.com/hocars/n5/n5.htm Brown one about 2/3 way down.

N: http://www.blwnscale.com/Bluford%20Shops.htm  (1/3 way down page)

HO Box (McGinnis) http://www.imrcmodels.com/ho/html/45466.htm

Red Caboose makes kits for B&M 40' AAR boxcars. Part #'s RC-8023-a, RC-8023-c, RC-8023-d (they have no photos).

B&M Railroad Historical Society say resin kits will be available for several of the old wooden cabeese.

http://www.trainweb.org/bmrrhs/mn118/ 

To whit:

"Model Design Associates HO resin kits for the B&M  #104000-104420, 34' wood caboose series announced in MN117 will be available as follows:

Seven versions of the prototype  are to be offered.  This includes the  5-window narrow monitor w/o poling pockets, the 5-window narrow monitor with poling pockets,  the 4-window narrow monitor, the 1-window Lyndonville monitor, the 2-window wide monitor  w/o poling pockets,  the 2-window wide monitor and the converted milkcar 2-window  wide monitor.
 
Kits will feature one-piece body resin castings,  painting-friendly format, fine wire grabs / truss rods, etched metal ladders, micro-chains, custom Speedwitch thin film decals, highly detailed underframe, see-through running boards and clear window glazing . Availability expected mid-2009. Price TBA.

MDA  model kits are exclusively distributed through Speedwitch Media."

Apparently they're not ready yet as they're not yet listed at the Speedwitch Media site. http://www.speedwitch.com/Models.htm

You could ask Speedwitch when they'll be released. There's an email address at the bottom of the page.

Note: this took me all of 10 minutes. I'm an SP fan, not B&M. I was going to send a bill for the research, but I see Speedwitch has some SP stuff I wasn't aware of, so it's a freebie this time.

Andre

Whoops, forgot Branchline in their Yardmaster series: http://www.branchline-trains.com/yardmaster/yardmaster%20pics/bm.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.
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Posted by markpierce on Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:20 PM

What scale are you modeling?

If you're into HO, there's quite a few.  Do an advanced search at Walthers website, search HO scale freight cars using the description B&M.  You'll get lots of "hits."  Bowser has some, Intermountain and Branchline did but you can make a backorder.  Funaro has craftsman kits on special order.  If I spent more than a minute searching, I'm sure I'd find more by checking other internet sources such as Horizon Hobbies, etc.

Mark

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Boston and Maine RR
Posted by rabreton1 on Saturday, January 17, 2009 2:54 PM

I'm currently modeling the B&M railroad between the '50's & '60's but can never find any rolling stock especially cabooses and and boxcars. How come they don't produce any anymore?

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