I can’t seem to find anything on if the B&M had any ice breaker cars. The closest I’m finding is the B&O. If anyone has any photos or knowledge that would be great.
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Did you check here?
Did the B&O have them strictly because of their dome passenger cars?
Trying to remember which RR museum I visited some years ago had one. Is there one at the B&O museum in Baltimore, MD?
B&O ice breaker cars were older hoppers, weighed down and had a frame welded on top to cut icicles hanging in tunnels, from ceiling water seepage in freezing weather. Some passenger cars were outfitted with icicle beakers as well. They were lightweight baggage/coffee shop combines originally bought for the post-War Columbian, and the ex-C&O "Chessie" dome-sleepers as well. Oddly here, the ice breaker to protect the dome glass is behind the flood lights!
The B&O D-30 class combine O scale model shows how that car was fitted with its icebreaker. I have a prototype photo somewhere but could not locate it. Both cars of this class, Silver Spring and Harpers Ferry, had icebreaker bars added to them.
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