Bethlehem Car Works

Cut some windows for the B&O C-10 Horse/Baggage Express cars. Few more things and the first batch will be on their way to the The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society in the coming weeks.

Roy Wards West Virginia Central & Pittsburg (WVC&P) had an open house on the way home from RPM-East railroad prototype modeler meet this past weekend. We had a few mins to stop by before making the trip back home to Central Pa.

The WVC&P is a prototype freelanced HO Appalachian coal hauler
set in 1958 and based on Western Maryland operations in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The layout occupies a 24’ x 20’ room and was started in 1978. It has been operated by Timetable and Train Order and a Card System since its inception. It has 154 ft of main line and 113 ft of branch lines, 30 locomotives and 300 freight cars
and is controlled by an MRC DCC system. Roy’s layout appeared in Model Railroad Planning for 2006. A companion prototype article appeared in the 2006 issue of Classic Trains.

On the way to the RPM-East railroad prototype modeler meet this past weekend we attended an operating session at David Baker's Cumberland & Lake Erie. I ran an extra and one of the scheduled trains.

The HO Scale point-to-point Cumberland and Lake Erie Railroad is
a bridge route between Cumberland, MD and Erie, PA as it might have appeared in the summer of 1957. The Laurel Division is modeled with trackage between Cumberland and Johnstown, plus two branch lines. The operations-oriented C&LE features hand-laid
code 83, 70, and 55 track; NCE DCC with steam and diesel sound, and yards and staging at each end of the model railroad. It occupies most of a 34’ x 36’ basement.

Few other pieces we picked up in Springfield for the company archives.

Matt at ReSourced Rails had some beautifully built B&M and more BCW kits at the Railroad Hobby Show . We had to bring a few home.

@resourcedrails had a few beautifully built B&M and MEC BCW kits at the Railroad Hobby Show in Mass, so we had to bring some of them home with us! #bethlehemcarworks #bostonandmaine

We have decided to let one go from the archives:

https://www.whiterosehobbies.com/products/bethlehem-car-works-5221-03-ho-scale-suburban-steel-combine-boston-maine-3673

Yes we do plan to release these again as kits along with the Reading ones.

Bethlehem Car Works 5221-03 HO Scale Suburban Steel Combine Boston & Maine 3673 Bethlehem Car Works 4176-1792 HO Scale Union Pacific Horse-Baggage Automobile Car Kit. These unique head end cars transported horses and automobiles across the UP system. The bulky cargo could be loaded in one of the ends through distinctive full width doors. 3D printed body and floor with detail pa...

Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine stopped by to check out our Flying Yankee and New Haven Grill Car craftsman kits coming out in the next few months!

Teaser shot of the Flying Yankee! Stop by booth 41 in the Better Living Center at the Railroad Hobby Show in West Springfield, Massachusetts this weekend to see it yourself!