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Volume7,Number1 January/February2011
CLASS C-16 LIVE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELERS EAST 2010 B&O MODEL
PHOTOS
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Cover Photos – Top, Accucraft 1:29 Class C-16 0-4-0T – John Teichmoeller photo. Bottom, B&O 843,
Proto2000HOscaleALCoFA1andFB1modelsbyDavidPfeiffer–BenHomphoto.
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ACCUCRAFT 1:29 SCALE LIVE STEAM B&O C-16 0-4-0T“DOCKSIDE”
BY:JOHNTEICHMOELLER
ALLPHOTOSBYAUTHOR
TheModel
Look what Santa brought! The so-called 48” drivers (ca. 42mm); wheelbase: 83.3”
“Dockside” switcher (supposedly this name was (73mm, slightly under scale 7’); overall length:
applied by model railroaders and never used by 28.4’(297mmbetweentipsoffootboards)
the B&O) has been produced in many scales.
Some modelers, Ed Kirstatter for one, even have Electric
a sample of each one (O, S, HO, N and TT). The 24vDC motor
Chinese have produced a G-gauge specimen that Directionallights
collectors will want. It is made in an electric and Die-castgearbox andsteelgears
a live steam version. Mine is the latter. Here are Steeldriverods &wheels
thespecifications: MSRP$895
1:29 scale, 45mm gauge (this works out to about LiveSteam
4’ 3.38” so she is slightly “narrow gauge”; so- Butanegas fired
called “Large Scale” gets a bit confusing with a 40PSI
handful of scales and gauges to represent various PistonValves
standard and narrow gauge prototypes. They are Water LevelGlass
still trying to sort out their coupler standards. I Pressuregauge
believe 1:29 is designated as “A” scale). The Displacementlubricator
other dimensions pretty closely match the MSRP:$995
dimensional diagram, subject to my
measurementimprecision:
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The rivet counter may be disappointed as there Santa obtained my unit from an Accucraft dealer
are some lapses that I discovered when I inNorthernVirginia:
examined themodelclosely. There maybe more.
On my live steam version, the turbo generator, Mr.RoyceBrademan
headlights and whistledon’t work. TheRagonnet QuisenberryStation,LLC
reversegearis notcorrectlyrepresented.Thebell 3903QuisenberryDrive
doesn’t work. The window sash doesn’t slide. Alexandria,VA22309
The fuel oil filler cap behind the cab is mounted (202)422-2892(cell)
directly below the headlight instead of offset, so
you could never add fuel oil. But the hatch on These may be sold out by the time you read this.
the roof does slide and the roof lifts off for Years ago, Aster did a live steam version of the
access to the boiler. And I still like it. Ed B&O grasshopper; I found out about it when I
suggested I displayit in a diorama coming out of saw it in the model exhibit that was set up at the
aflatbasedon theoldBaltimoreNews American B&O Museum in 2002, but I have never been
building. Something to think about. Surely I able to obtain one on the secondary market, so I
have a corner in some room of the house where figured I’d better snap up this Dockside for my
this would work. For the time being, it is on my estatesale.
diningroomtable.
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PHOTO STUDY: CLASS C-16 0-4-0T
FROMTHEB&ORAILROADHISTORICALSOCIETYARCHIVES
Longfamiliartomodelrailroaders,oil-burningtankenginesB&O97and98werebuiltbyBaldwinin1912as
membersofClassC-16(B&O96-99;96and99wereconvertedintocoal-burninglocomotivessoonafterdelivery,
andeventuallyweremodifiedintoClassC-16atenderenginesin1926. AssignedtoPhiladelphia,96and99were
retiredbytheendofWorldWarII).RenumberedasB&O897and898in1950,theselocomotivesspenttheir
servicelivesworkingMt.ClarebydayandPrattStreetbynightuntil1951.
B&O98,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(Mt.Clare),June24,1939(W.R.Hicksphoto,B&ORRHScollection).
MoreClassC-16photoscanbefoundinR.N.Nelson’s“RailOperationsonBaltimore’sPrattStreet,Part1”,
Volume30,Number1(FirstQuarter2008)issueofTheSentinel. (BackissuesofTheSentinelareavailablefrom
theSociety’sCompanystoreathttp://www.borhs.org/shopping/index.html.)
Acknowledgements
NickFry.
References
Sagle,Larry(Staufer,Alvin,Editor),B&OPower,AlvinF.StauferPublishing,1964.
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B&O97,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(Mt.Clare),May6,1947(DanH.Hennonphoto,CharlesWinterscollection,B&ORRHS
collection).
B&O98,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(Mt.Clare),September28,1947(R.H.Paynephoto,CharlesWinterscollection,B&ORRHS
collection).
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B&O897,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD,July23,1950(R.G.Dunnphoto,CharlesWinterscollection,B&ORRHScollection).
B&O898,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(MtClare),July23,1950(R.H.Paynephoto,CharlesWinterscollection,B&ORRHS
collection).
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B&O97,ClassC-160-4-0T,Baltimore,MD(Mt.Clare),June4,1935(B&Ophoto,B&ORRHScollection).
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RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELERS EAST2010 B&O MODELPHOTOS
BYBENHOM
ALLPHOTOSBYAUTHOR
B&O837,ALCoFA1andFB1,Proto2000HOscalemodelbyDavidPfeiffer.
B&O379001,ClassM-15l,Funaro&CamerlengoHOscalemodelbyEricThur.
B&O272789,ClassM-26d,RedCabooseHOscalemodelbyKeithDeVault.
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B&O295290,ClassM-27b,SunshineModelsHOscalemodelbyEricThur.
B&O380890,ClassM-53,FunaroandCamerlengoHOscalemodelbyKeithDeVault.
B&O380554,ClassM-53,FunaroandCamerlengomodelbyKeithDeVault.
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