Thanks Boris, great information as always!Louis: I have seen this type of car before, I am pretty sure the B&O never had one...but I could be wrong.
Somewhere in memory, I believe this was built as a caboose - express car for a short line train. probably, converted from an old box cars.
Kind of neat, but probably not accurate.
I have not heard of that name, but Lionel-Land is vast and almost as diverse as the US itself.Louis, I think that was generically referred to as a "drover's caboose"--at least in Lionel-land.
Louis, I think that was generically referred to as a "drover's caboose"--at least in Lionel-land.
A "drover" in railroad parlance is a person who accompanies cattle while being moved to market and helps take car of feeding, watering and resting them on the trip.Louis, I think that was generically referred to as a "drover's caboose"--at least in Lionel-land.