trying to identify a B&O boxcar

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Hello I was watching RFD tv trains/locomotive yesterday and they were showing bits and pieces from the Delaware/Hudson and there was a yard shot in the first few min and I seen a B/O boxcar. It had a 2 tear roof ? It almost look like it had a over hang on it. I have never seen a boxcar roof like it. The roof look like it was made from corrugated metal. Thanks Frank

                                  

                            

                                             

[cacole]

Try searching through the photos on the B&O Historical Society web site.  Without a better description including the date the video was taken and the road number on the car, it's hard to determine exactly what you saw.

http://www.borhs.org/

Did it look anything like this photo, a B&O Wagontop Box Car?

http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/modeling/BO_wagontop.html

This doesn't fit your description, but was one of the most unique B&O box cars.

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Hello no that's it and I did not see any on that site. If you are looking at the end of the car you would see the roof walk board then the roof would be a few inches lower. That piece of roof look like it was 2-3 feet wide then it drop 3-4 inch to another piece and that went over the edge of the car 4-6 inches. I am guessing on the size's . My best guess is the video was made late 40's It look like it was 8mm film? Thanks Frank

[wm3798]

I remember seeing a B&O car knee deep in weeds on a siding in Baltimore... at first glance I thought it was a wagontop, but it was smooth sided, and the roof looked almost like a covered hopper.  It had an odd 2-tiered shape to the roof, the top of which was about 8-12" above the line of the side of the car.

Somewhere in the stack of stuff I have a photo... but don't expect to see it anytime soon.

Lee

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Hello wm3798 when you run across that photo and have time post it I would like to see it. The show will be on again saturday 9 am this time I will tape it and try and get a better look at the car to get more info. Thanks Frank