4th Release Series -- March 2003 Delivery Baltimore & Ohio in original blue/gray with black and gold bands Baltimore & Ohio FT A+B Set #112 Stock number: 99200061 MSRP: $229.50 Baltimore & Ohio FT A+B Set #11 Stock number: 99200062 MSRP: $229.50 (Note that MTL prices their items by the complexity of the paint scheme - DB) ===== eNjoy [ 15. September 2002, 15:05: Message edited by: dbn160 ]
The choice of road numbers did not make sense to me so I asked about it on the B&O group at Yahoo Here is the information on B&O FT numbering, paraphrased and summarized from James Mischke's detailed reply to my question http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Baltimore_and_Ohio/message/4577 B&O bought 6 FT ABBA "locomotives": B&O 1, 3 and 5 in Sep 1942 and B&O 7, 9 and 11 in Oct 1943. (Added DB) (In their sales plan EMD envisioned ABBA sets always running together -- a dream that most FT owners modified fairly quickly). ===== In 1947 the ABBA sets were broken up into AB sets for better utilization. B&O 11 was one AB set; B&O 11A was the other AB set. ===== In 1948 AB sets 1-11 became 101-111 and AB sets 1A-11A became 102-112. ===== So it appears that MTL has chosen to represent ABBA set B&O 11 in two AB halves: B&O 11 (as delivered) and B&O 112 (renumbered). eNjoy [ 15. September 2002, 15:26: Message edited by: dbn160 ]
