B&O I-12 Caboose C-2820 Acquired by O scale Museum
A model of the B&O I-12 caboose was recently acquired by my O Scale "railroad museum". This museum contains CSX and C&O/B&O/Chessie vintage railroad equipment.
The I-12’s were built in 1941 and 1942 at the B&O’s Keyser, W.Va. shops and numbered C–2400 to C–2499. The cars had 19 foot truck centers and rode on AAR trucks. They were 30 feet over the corner posts and 32 feet 5 inches over the strikers. A second group of caboose were constructed at Keyser in 1945. These cabooses were numbered in the C–2800 to C–2824 series. The cabooses served many years and variations could be found in the trucks, grab irons and other details as the cars were rebuilt. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has two cabooses in its collection, C–2452 and C–2478.
This model is a Lionel #6-17647 O scale B&O caboose. It has road number C-2820. The model is supplied with two different smokestacks. As shown the stack installed is used with the smoke generator. Another "scale" size stack is also supplied which may be installed by the modeler.
