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40101 B&O Historical Society Sentinel magazines on CD. The Society’s Sentinel magazine has been produced since 1979. This item is the placement of the Society’s Sentinel magazines produced during the period from 1979 through 1989 on a CD in the universally recognized digital “PDF” file format. Most computers obtained within the last several years should be equipped with software that would enable the user to read files produced in PDF format. This CD must be viewed on a computer and not played on a television video player. BIG PRICE REDUCTION 33.00

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40102 B&O Historical Society Sentinel magazine on CD. This item is a CD similar to that described in item 40101 except if is for the years 1990 through 1999. Must be viewed on a computer and not played on a television video player. BIG PRICE REDUCTION 33.00

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60125 Vol 12 No 5 Fairmont Yard Closes, 1990 Convention.

Table of Contents: Gassaway To Restore Station; Fairmont Yard Closes; Annual BOHS Convention; Research Time-Saver; Tom Thumb Too Small; Classified Ads.
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60126 Vol 12 No 6 1990 Convention and Related Photos.

Table of Contents: Time To Save Mt. Royal Clock; Camden Station Restoration; Remembrance Day At HX Tower; Too Many 5210Ős; Royal Welcome At JD Tower; More Photos From Society Convention; Ohio River Excursion; Research Time-Saver; Classified Ads.
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60151 Vol 15 No 1 1992 DuBois Convention.

Baseball Exhibit Planned For Camden; 1992 DuBois Convention; 1993 Convention Set For Chicago; First Train Into Cumberland; Cumberland Celebration; Railfest Keynote Presentation.
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60162 Vol 16 No 2 Chicago's Grand Central Station (Part 3).

Topics: Chicago's Grand Central Station (Part III); First MARC Rebuilt GP40WH2 Arrives; Rare B&O Milage Sees Passengers; Green Spring Tie Plant Active; CSX Decides to Retain Corporate Presence in Baltimore; Coal Key to CSXT; MARC Unveils the First of its Rebuilt Locomotives; CSXT Upgrades Loomotive and Car Fleet; Grafton Railroad Preservation Group; Modelers Corner: The Bachmann B&O Class A-18 Coach, Preision Scale's Wagontop Boxcars; Recycled Cabooses.
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60165 Vol 16 No 5 - Cincinnati. This is a special issue. The issue provides an in-depth look at B&O's Queen City of the Ohio - Cincinnati. This magazine represents efforts of Society members as well as a highly respected Cincinnati area rail historian. Some of the topics included in this issue are: The Beginning; Water Transportation and Cincinnati; Early Railroad Transportation; Development of Industry; Industries of the Twentieth Century; Railroads in the Cincinnati Terminal District; Interchange Connections; Chesapeake & Ohio Railway; Erie Railroad; Louisville & Nashville Railroad; New York Central System; Norfolk & Western; Pennsylvania; Southern; and just loads of information on B&O operations in the area. The magazine has approximately 93 black and white photos as well as several maps of the area. 7.00

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60175 Vol 17 No 5 - Operation at Locust Point Carfload Yard 2.50

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60184 Vol 18 Nos 4/5 Mather Stock Cars Double Issue (48 pages). This is a special issue 5.00

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60186 Vol 18 No 6 Caboose 1826, E-7s Deshler, Ohio 2.50

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60193 Vol 19 No 3 Pittsburgh, PA (Part 1 of 3 parts) 4.00

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60194 Vol 19 No 4 Pittsburgh, PA (Part 2 of 3 parts) 4.00

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60201 Vol 20 No 1 Pittsburgh, PA (Part 3 of 3 parts) 4.00

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60202 Vol 20 No 2 Wheeling, WV 4.00

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60204 Vol 20 No 4 GM Power on the West End (Grafton area). GP-7 Photo study. 4.00

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60211 Vol 21 No 1 The Ohio River Line. The William Mason. 4.00

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60212 Vol 21 No 2 Wheeling Terminal, with steam-era photos by J.J. Young. Wheeling Convention. 4.00

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60213 Vol 21 No 3 B&O's CH&D Heritage 4.00

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60214 Vol 21 No 4 West Virginia Coal (Part 2 of 3 parts) 4.00

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60221 Vol 22 No 1 West Virginia Coal (Part 3 of 3 parts) 4.00

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60222 Vol 22 No 2 Caboose C-496; Second Number 8; 1947 Fan Trip to Lima; Early Wheeling Bridges; and GP-7 Passenger Roadswitcher Photo Study. 4.00

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60224 Vol 22 No 4 Preston RR, M24 Cement Cars, RDC2 Photo Study, Recycled Cabooses, more....our first issue with COLOR covers on front and back. 4.00

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60231 Vol 23 No 1 Tugboats and watercraft of the B&O. Special Issue, none of the usual columns, this is all about B&O watercraft. Color covers and a color centerfold. 7.00

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60232 Vol 23 No 2 Assembly Line Building of Freight Cars (from 2/57 issue of B&O Employee Magazine); Wreck at Sterling, Ohio (1/11/65); VO-1000 Photo Study; Report from the 2000 Cumberland Convention; B&O Modeler - Ed Kirstatter's Class D-7 0-6-0 steam switcher. 4.00

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60233 Vol 23 No 3 B&O in Manhattan, by Thomas Flagg. 4.00

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60234 Vol 23 No 4 Passenger Trains Subtract 1 to Frederick, MD (Old Main Line); Short History of Frederick Passenger Service; Signal Changes; 2001 Columbus Convention, including Model and Photo Contest Winners; 80 Years Working on the RR (B&O 316, a Jersey Greenback Class D-1 0-6-0); etc. 4.00

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60241 Vol 24 No 1 Modeling B&O Towers, Q and FO towers; Presidential Train; B&O P5 USRA Light Pacific photo study and modeling info; GE Power in Grafton; Researching B&O on the web; Review of HO Scale B&O Class C depot kit. 4.00

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60242 Vol 24 No 2 Northern Sub-Division Part 1 of 2 (B&O in the Oil Patch of PA), B&O Gons, Grain Pier Closes 4.00

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60244 Vol 24 No 4 Dieselizing the ex-BR&P division; The Buffalo Division; Superdetailing B&O E-60 Consolidations; Oct 2002 Clarksburg convention. 4.00

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60251 Vol 25 No 1 B&O Georgetown Branch, including the waterfront in Georgetown, DC; Kitbashing the I-17 and I-17a caboose; B&O celebrates 175 years at the National Christmas Tree; Differences between M24a and M24b. 4.00

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60252 Vol 25 No 2 Museum Roof Collapse, Pt 1 of 2 RR Shops at Clifton on the SIRT, Moving a Float Bridge in 1949 in NY Harbor, Kitbashing a B&O HC-21 Covered Hopper, B&O D-30 USRA 0-6-0 Switchers. 4.00

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60253 Vol 25 No 3 Pt 2 of 2 RR Shops at Clifton on the SIRT--Clifton Shops Face a New Era; Deshler--Crossroads of the B&O; B&O Wood Caboose in N Scale; Tracking Snowplow X26--A Remarkably Substantial Ghost; B&O Geep No. 6604 get repairs 4.00

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60254 Vol 25 No 4 Features: B&O’s Cincinnati-Pittsburgh Workhorse, Train Nos 233/238, a passenger train you can model; Review of Book “E. Francis Baldwin, Architect” by Carlos P. Avery; Color centerfold map of the 1929 ICC rationalization of eastern RRs; B&O Hoppers-Prototypes and Models; Color graphic of damage to the B&O Museum Roundhouse. 4.00

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60261 Vol 26 No 1 Features: Curtis Bay Ore Pier; Modeling the passenger cars on the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh Workhorse (Train Nos 233/238); Coverage of the 2003 conention on Staten Island. This issue is 40 pages, 4 more than regular. 4.00

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60262 Vol 26 No 2 Features: Highball to Chicago, Part 1 of 3, Building an Air Line in the Upper Midwest; Paint colors of Armstrong levers; Radio’s on the Sheepskin (FM&P Sub Div, Fairmont to Connellsville); Modeling turn of the Century Freight Cars; If Only He Had Some Money (Remembering the late, great Jervis Langdon). 4.00

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60263 Vol 26 No 3 Features: Highball to Chicago, Part 2 of 3, The Chicago Division’s Finest Hour; Building a Better T-3; The Eads Brigde and the B&O; Book Review of "Scale Modeling and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad." 4.00

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60264 Vol 26 No 4 Highball to Chicago, Part 3 of 3; Through Chessie to CSX; The Night It Was Truly the 'Royal Blue Line;’ The Capitol’s Engineer; Building an Icebreaker Car; Museum Plans for a New Model Railroad; Ellwood Tunnel Collapses; Two Losses for Railfans; John Armstrong, Bill Murray appreciations. 4.00

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60271 Vol 27 No 1 Operation Inauguration: A Grand Old Party, B&O Style; Meet Us in St. Louis - The Society's 2004 Annual Convention; B&O Class Q-3 USRA Light Mikados - A look at a workhorse; B&O Postal Cars; Research Time-Saver. 4.00

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60272 Vol 27 No 2 Featuring The Wonderful World of John Young; The B&O Museum Reopens; The B&O E6 Fleet; Modeling a C-9 Caboose; and correct numbers for a CT Steam Engine 5.00

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60273 Vol 27 No 3 Featuring an article on the Shenandoah Valley; Making a Catch at Brunswick; detailing a brass ten-wheeler; The Garretts and Baltimore; Aberdeen Station Restoration; new Cowen operator; track pan answers; John Young memories. 5.00

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60274 Vol 27 No 4 Featuring articles on the history of the B&O emblem, the history of the Columbus Union Station, the Trailer Jet, and the B&O N-33 hopper 5.00

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60281 Volume 28 #1 Featuring the B&ORRHS Convention held in Staunton, Virginia; B&O CPL Signals; the B&O numbering of its Baldwin Sharks; more information concerning emblems 5.00

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60282 Volume 28 #2 Featuring a review of the C-17 Express Car; Recollections of a B&O Office Car; Last Passenger Train on the B&S; and A Staten Island Snapshot - Mail and Express Ride the Rapid 5.00

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60283 Volume 28 #3 Features an excellent article on modeling an H-11 RPO. In the first quarter 2005 Sentinel, the Rivarossi/Walthers RPO was covered with an emphasis on how to improve it to better match the B&O prototype. This current article provides the same, comprehensive look at the Bethlehem Car Works kit. This issue also covers some unique B&O cabooses that still exist. There is also a feature on Parkersburg called "The B&O in Parkersburg, West Virginia." Parkersburg is the site of the Society annual convention October 2006. Finally, one of our members provides an excellent review of two of the many DVDs currently being sold by the Society Company Store. The first review covers Blue Ridge Productions "Sand Patch, Part One - East Slope Cumberland to Sand Patch Pennsylvania." The second review covers Blue Ridge Productions "The Old Main Line, Part 5 - The West End - Cumberland to Grafton." 5.00

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60284 Volume 28 #4 Features a famous 1906 B&O train wreck at Terra Cotta, another wreck on the B&O called “A Signal Peril”, an update on the preservation of the B&O station at Flora, Illinois, an article on “What Color Were B&O Boxcars,” the use of a B&O Passenger Car for Presidential travel, and some pointers on fun and easy library B&O research. 5.00

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60291 Volume 29 #1 Revisits the 1957 Low Grade Wreck; the 2006 Parkersburg convention; Grafton station's resurrection; meeting troop trains; the 1906 wreck at Terra Cotta, part two; Running Light; Tom Rogers' second Sand Patch DVD review. 5.00

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60292 Volume 29 #2 contains an extensive article on the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railway researched by Bill Cramer, Ed Kirstatter, Mike Lytle, and Walt "Bud" Magel. There are rare photographs taken from the Authors' collections. There is also a review of Niernsee and Neilson's "Architects of Baltimore." Finally, this Sentinel has another fine article entitled "Streamlined Giant Takes Place of Steam Locomotive on Royal Blue." 5.00

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60293 Volume 29 #3 contains Part II of a look at the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling during the B&O years. There is also an interesting story of "A Relatively Quiet Riot: Martinsburg and the Great Railroad Strike of 1877." There are colored photos of Diesels and the CL&W; an article on Baltimore and Ohio Steam Locomotives on the CL&W Line; and reviews of a new B&O book and a new B&O DVD. 5.00

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60294 Volume 29 #4 contains an article on Board Tree Tunnel, the last obstacle to Wheeling; Modeling B&O's Class S-2 Sleeper; B&P S-2 "Paw Paw;" an article called Coil Steel Rides the B&O; and some question and answers in a feature called "Running Light." 5.00

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60301 Volume 30 #1, The 1st Quarter, 2008 edition has the following articles for the B&O railroad enthusiast: “The B&O in Baltimore, an overview”; “Rail Operations on Baltimore’s Pratt Street, Part 1”; “The B&O on Marley Neck (or, Running the Curtis Bay Railroad)”; “A Weekend in Martinsburg”; and several reviews of B&O books and DVDs. Click here for a sample of several pages from this issue. This is a large file. If you have a dial-up connection, this image may take a few minutes to load 5.00

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60303 Volume 30 #3, 3rd Quarter, 2008 edition has the following articles for the B&O railroad enthusiast - "Butler, PA" - A Bonus on the B&O's Way to Chicago; "H.D. Stitt's B&O Magazine Covers" - The Man Behind the Artwork; "McClinton Mystery Solved" - The Real Story of Car 905; "B&O's Experimental Hoppers"; and more. Click here for a sample of several pages from this issue. This is a large file. If you have a dial-up connection, this image may take a few minutes to load 5.00

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60304 Volume 30 #4, 4th Quarter, 2008 edition has the following articles for the B&O railroad enthusiast - The B&O M&K Branch; A Momentous Time for the B&O; a book review on "The Cincinnatian" and one on a Jervis Langdon biography; and brief obituaries on two B&O contributors William V. Russell, and Ohio historian John G. King; and more. Click here for a sample of several pages from this issue. This is a large file. If you have a dial-up connection, this image may take a few minutes to load 5.00

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60312 Volume 31 #2, 2nd Quarter, 2009 edition. Features include - The Capitol Limited; The Wreck of the Capitol Limited in Weverton, MD, November 15, 1924; A Toymakers' Dream, B&O's new Limited sparked imaginations; and the mighty B&O EM-1s steam engines, details changed over their useful life. 5.00

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60313 Volume 31 #3, 3RD Quarter, 2009 edition. Features include - The B&O in North Vernon,Indiana; The Capitol Limited (Part 2); a review of the new CSX DVD on the Metropolitan Subdivision; and our regular "Running Light". 5.00

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60314 Volume 31 #4, 4th Quarter, 2009 edition. Features include - Fine dining on the B&O. A treat for both the railroad buff and the fine cook. 5.00

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60321 The 1st Quarter, 2010 edition of The Sentinel has been published and provides quite a few great articles for the B&O railroad enthusiast. This edition is 35 pages and contains articles about the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society Annual Convention held this past year in Seymour, Indiana; an article about our Western Mini-Con held this past spring in Medina, Ohio; a feature on the last marine transfer bridge at Staten Island, NY; a discussion about historical societies and why they exist; and a feature on the Landenberg Branch and the 2010 Convention. Here are a few pages from this edition 5.00

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60323 This is the 3rd Quarter, 2010 edition of The Sentinel. This edition is 36 pages and contains features on the "B&O's Camden Station Rises Again"; "Restoring the Thatcher Perkins" locomotive; "The 1892 Wreck at Woodstock, Virginia"; and a forward looking article on "What's Down the Track", notes from a meeting entitled “John H. White Conference on Railway Heritage” which was attended by a board member of the Society. Here are a few pages from this issue 5.00

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60324 This is the 4th Quarter, 2010 edition of The Sentinel. This edition is 36 pages and contains features on the "Akron Junction, Ohio" - A Wonderful and Amazing B&O Place; the "B&O Covered Hoppers"; the regular feature - "Running Light"; and a brief write-up on the passing of a great B&O historian, Charles S. Roberts, known by most for the great books on the B&O that he either published or had some influence in their publication. Here are a few pages from this issue 5.00

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60332 This is the 2nd Quarter, 2011 edition of The Sentinel. This edition is 36 pages and contains features on tracking the B&O's Office Cars; the story of the train wreck of February 11, 1953, at Gaithersburg, Maryland; a feature entitled "Mr. Lincoln Goes to Washington"; and a collection of cartoons about the B&O in Chicago. Here are a few pages from this issue 8.00

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60333 This is the 3rd Quarter, 2011 edition of The Sentinel. This edition is 36 pages and contains features on St. Louis Freight Yards; Double-Stacking service along the Potomac River; and an article on the forthcoming 2011 Society Annual Convention planned for Youngstown, Ohio. Here are a few pages from this issue 8.00

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60334 The 4th Quarter, 2011 edition of The Sentinel. This edition is 36 pages and contains features Track Pans and the B&O Royal Blue Line; How to Transport a President; an EM-1 Update; Airslide Covered Hoppers of the Baltimore & Ohio; More on Magnolia; Another B&O Inspection Loco; and an article on Historic Duffields, West Virginia Station in Dire Straits. Here are a few pages from this edition 8.00

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60341 The 1st Quarter, 2012 edition of The Sentinel. This edition is 36 pages and contains features an artilce on B&O's Washington, Indiana, Shops; Narrowing a Gap at Youngstown, Ohio; The B&O's Versatile O-63 Gondola, plus several other articles of interest. Here is a low resolution copy of the first 12 pages from this edition. 8.00

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60342 The 2nd Quarter, 2012 edition of The Sentinel. This edition is 36 pages and contains an article on hurricane Agnes and her impact on the B&O; Water Rising Up a Caboose; Sea Story with a Few Leaks; Floods and the B&O St. Louis Division; Tunnel Work Begins on Magnolia Cutoff; CSX's Baltimore-Washington Intermodal Facility; and the Worst Flood in B&O History. Here is a low resolution copy of the first 12 pages from this edition. 8.00

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60343 The 3rd Quarter, 2012 edition of The Sentinel. This edition is 36 pages and contains an article on Relief Trains and the 1889 Johnstown Flood; B&O's Three-Bay Covered Hopper; the WB, End of a B&O Era; Preservation Projects in Need; The Wreck of B&O Train #1 at Wadesville, Virginia, October 15, 1910; pictures from the S&C branch; and Once Upon a Time in Grafton. Here is a low resolution copy of the first 12 pages from this edition. 8.00

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60344 The 4th Quarter, 2012 edition of The Sentinel. This edition is 36 pages and contains many interesting articles on the B&O and the history of the railroad. Here is a low resolution collage of 10 pages from this edition. Page two has an index on all of the topics covered. Download this link and check out this great magazine. 8.00

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60351 The 1st Quarter, 2013 edition of The Sentinel has been published with articles on the B&O in Sterling, Ohio; Eight Hours at Sterling; Restoring the steam engine A. J. Cromwell; a review of the October 2012 very successful Society Annual Convention; and how the 1913 Akron flood slowed the B&O. Here is a low resolution copy of 9 pages from this edition. Page two has an index on all of the topics covered by this edition. Download this link and check out this great magazine. 8.00

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60352 The 2nd Quarter, 2013 edition of The Sentinel contains articles on the B&O in Mitchell, Indiana; Roundup Time on the B&O; Up and Down to Philadelphia; B&O's Washington Passenger Service in 1955; A Master Storyteller is Gone (Norman Nelson); The Demise of the "Bobber" Caboose on the B&O; and a book review. Here is a low resolution copy of 6 pages from this edition. Page two has an index on all of the topics covered by this edition. Download this link and check out this great magazine. 8.00

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