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Boston & Maine logo
Posted by mikelhh on Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:41 PM

   Hi everyone

 I posed this question in the prototype forum, but having received only one response - thanks balearic - I thought I might ask here.

 Is anyone familiar with this B&M logo? I've been unable to find any photos with it.  The boxcar's build date is 7-42 if I'm reading it right, so maybe it pre-dates most photos.   Any information as to its usage and abandonment  [assuming it is authentic] would be greatly appreciated.

 Mike

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Thursday, March 8, 2007 6:32 PM

Mike, B&M used several logos, this being one of them. Of course Guilford now own's B&M and they have now changed once again to PanAM. I have two box cars ( HO) with that same logo as your picture.

If you want to read up on more info, many B&M Bulletins are still available, and they have a host of info. You might find more info also on the web.

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Posted by Canondale61 on Thursday, March 8, 2007 7:06 PM

Hello there If you go to this site http://www.railpictures.net/index.php and then go down the page you can look up the Boston and Maine. I looked thru some of the 9 pages and they were mostly engines but you may find something you need. Kevin

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Posted by trainfreek92 on Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:07 PM

I to Have one of the Same box cars. The paint scheme is real and was reffered to as the Checker box scheme. So if your just checking to make sure its real, Yup it is

Tim

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Posted by mikelhh on Friday, March 9, 2007 3:33 AM

 I have checked nerail archives and railpictures, but I'll keep looking. Glad to know it's legitimate. Thank you all for the replies.

 Regards,

 Mike

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, March 9, 2007 7:37 AM

I got to this from the Boston and Maine Historical Society site.  It's an N-scale model:

http://trainguy.dyn.dhs.org/cgi-bin/gallery/view.cgi?gallery=BMMG&file=1117486732.jpg

(I don't know why it wouldn't come up in the [img] tags, but you can click the link, or cut and paste it.)

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