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John, list ...

We discussed B&O grain doors four years ago, we can again.  No problemo.
Thread quoted below.
B&O drawing cited, not attached.

Jim MischkeB&O Thought PoliceMemory Unit 


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   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Jim Mischke <jmischke at att.net>To: main at BaltimoreAndOhioRailroadList.groups.io <main at BaltimoreAndOhioRailroadList.groups.io>Cc: Tom Greco <cmry at sbcglobal.net>Sent: Friday, May 14, 2021 at 03:48:22 PM MDTSubject: Re: [BaltimoreAndOhioRailroadList] Wooden Grain Doors
  
Here is the Holbrook article online:

link:  TrainLife - September 1992 - Page 6

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I would assume you could find the Lofton articles on this site.




These citations should keep you busy.





    On Friday, May 14, 2021, 03:41:40 PM MDT, Jim Mischke <jmischke at att.net> wrote:  
 
  
Hi Tom,

There was a B&O standard grain door, two drawings and several articles.


Prototype citations:   
"Grain Doors", Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, April 1928, v. 16, pp. 36-37, 39
Herbert Corkran, "Cutting Down Grain Door Costs' Railway Age, June 1, 1928. v. 84, pp. 1283-84

Articles are not identical.   Both feature a drawing showing an ARA standard grain door, also labeled as B&O.   Was this really a B&O grain door or a handy illustration attributed to B&O?    Articles are mainly about their cost, saving money, reclaiming them from the consignees, management-employee cooperation, conscientious employees .....  
Breifly mentioned is a house in Bermuda constructed mainly of B&O grain doors, so marked.


Modeling citations:
Martin Lofton, "Grain Doors for Boxcars". Railmodel Journal, November 1990   pp. 16-21
Martin Lofton, "Grain, Part I:  Boxcars in Grain Service ..."  Railmodel Journal, November 1990  pp.  22-25. (same issue as above, Part I suggests a subsequent Part II)

Don Holbrook, "Grain Doors", Railmodel Journal, September 1992  pp. 6-14



B&OHS Archives has a grain door assembly drawing T-40158, 3-31-1922, revision G, 11-5-56.



JIm Mischke




The Railway Age volume 84 is readable and downloadable from Google books.
link:   Railway Age

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    On Friday, May 14, 2021, 02:18:26 PM MDT, Helen M. Beggane or / and Tom Greco <cmry at sbcglobal.net> wrote:  
 
 B&Oers...............
Back in the days when grain was shipped in boxcars the cars were fitted with wooden "grain doors".  These were nailed across the car door so that the entire car could be filled with grain.
Does anybody know whether the B&O had a standard drawing for wooden grain doors?
Of particular interest would be lettering on the grain doors that would enable their return to the B&O after the car was emptied.
My understanding is that there was an extensive article on this subject in the September 1992 issue of Railmodel Journal by Dan Holbrook.
I'm looking for detailed drawings or photos, and/or a copy of that article.
Tom
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