Last updated 09/03/09
B&O Sentinel Service Boxcars 466000 - 466499 Photo Documentation Courtesy of the B&O Yahoo chat group |
Sentinel Service: .... was introduced in 1946-47 as a car tracing system, back before computers and networks. This was done by clerks, telegraph, telephones, and paperwork. About 100 M-55c 40' boxcars were painted a promotional aluminum over gray as rolling advertisements, as shown in the Bossler book. By the late 1950's, computers had taken over some of the duties (at some point called the DOT System) and Sentinel Service faded away. But not before 1000's of B&O non-wagontop boxcars were painted in a bright red oxide paint with "Sentinel Service Dependability" slogan between 1958 and 1962 as a standard B&O boxcar scheme. More rolling billboards. |
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466005 | San Diego, Model Railroading, 4/89 | |
466016 | Unknown location, 12/11/59 | http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/bo466016.jpg |
466023 | Chicago Railroad Fair dated September 4, 1948. Picture documentation by Dennis Fulton | |
466024 | Details unknown - photo offered for sale on eBay in 2011. (Ken Braden files) | http://www.kbbraden.com/Sentinel/466024 |
466027 |
Barr Yard, Inside cover of the B&O RR Annual Report for 1949. Photo likely taken in 1948 by a B&O RR Company Photographer |
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466032 | Railroad Car Journal No.5, Fall 1972, P. 39, Built 8/45 | |
" | Council Bluffs, IA. B&O Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment, P. 77 | |
" | E. St. Louis IL, 1947. Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, Vol. 5, P. 4 | |
466034 | Viewed in movie "Memories of the B&O" | |
466036 | Cumberland MD. Color photo of B&O diesel switcher #255 pulling two of Sentinel cars out of the yard past the tower | |
" | Above photo on the cover of "Modern Railroads" November 1949 magazine. | |
" | B&ORRHS Calendar of 1997. The January picture is like the one above except that the engine is not as close to the camera and you can only read the car number on the end of the first car. | |
" | With 466377 This picture was published in a pamphlet that the public relation dept. passed out called "The B&O, The story of the railroad that grew up with the United States" by Carroll Bateman, 1951 B&O Printing Plant, Baltimore, MD. This was a B&W photo. | |
466039 | Suspension Bridge in NY, 12/2/51. Joseph Brauner photo / Bill Drummond collection | |
466041 | Probably Zanesville, probably a Paul Dunn photo, reweigh date PV 8-53, Jim Mischke collection | |
466042 | Broadside view of car, Bob's Photo, neg# T0365 | |
466049 | Viewed in movie "Memories of the B&O" | |
466054 | Zanesville OH, 4/2/52. Paul Dunn photo / Mark Morgan collection | |
466055 | 3/4 view, the 'B' end showing, San Diego, 10/28/54. Bob's Photo, neg# FBT020 | |
466056 | Eckington Yard, Washington DC, 1948. Photo from collection of Bill Hopkins | |
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Barr Yard, Inside cover of the B&O RR Annual Report for 1949. Photo likely taken in 1948 by a B&O RR Company Photographer |
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" | Viewed in movie "Memories of the B&O" | |
466058 | Chicago IL, circa 1950 (Sentinel, Vol.16 #3, 5-6/94, P. 21 / Photo B&ORRHS collection) - w/ four other Sentinel cars | |
466060 | Front color cover of B&O RR Annual Report for 1947 | |
466065 | Broadside view, Washington DC, 6/10/47. Sentinel, Vol.17 #5, 9-10/95, P. 19 / L.W. Rice photo | |
466074 | Unknown location, 1954. B&O Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment, P. 77 | |
466076 | Railway Age magazine, Issue #19 (11/8/47), P. 51 - also Vol. 123 (2nd half 1947, P. 785) | |
466078 | R.C. Feld Photo, Jeannette, PA., ca. 1959 | |
466080 | Akron Jct., OH, 1961. Edwin C. Kirstatter Slide | |
466091 | Cumberland MD, 5/49. B&O Steam Finale, Vol. 1, P. 51 | |
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In train with other display equipment headed to or from an exhibit/pageant somewhere along the line. circa 1949. Silver truck frames. Silver roof. Bob Lorenz photo, negative number ES-88 |
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466096 | Broadside view of car, Baltimore MD, 8/45. B&O RR Photo neg. #3243 | |
" | B&O RR Co. Photo, 1945. NEB&W Guide IV, railroads starting with letter B | |
" | B&O RR Co. Photo, 1945. The Model Craftsman Magazine, 6/47, P. 2, 19 | |
" | Trains Magazine, 4/47, P. 10 | |
" | Railroad Magazine, 6/47, P. 87 | |
" | B&O RR add in Modern Railroads November 1949 issue. Inside cover there is an add for the B&O's Sentinel Service featuring the 466096. | |
" | Rost-oleum ad in Modern Railroads November 1949 issue. On page 20 there is a Rust-oleum add featuring the 466096 Sentinel Service boxcar. | |
" | B&O Magazine, April, 1950, P. 3 | |
" | B&O Magazine, 9/53, P. 4 | |
" | Freight Cars Rolling, Sagle, Pub.1960 S-B Pub. Co., P. 27 | |
" | A end, "Scale Modeling and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad", by William H.L. Dornette, P. 74 right side | |
" | Same as above, was on page 14a of the handouts by the B&O RR Public Relations office | |
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3/4 view @
Mt. |
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3/4 view @ Mt. Clare, the 'B' end showing by Winnie Kehs, picture taken outside |
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3/4 view from the 'A' end, B&O RR Sentinel Service brochure |
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466098 | York PA, 1951. B&O Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment, P. 78 | |
466125 | Zanesville 5/12/55, Paul Dunn photo, Jim Mischke collection | |
466188 | Baltimore MD, 1955 (B&O Salute) - NMRA Convention, August, 1955, PRR Produce Terminal | |
" | 8 x 10 photo, Baltimore MD, 1955 - NMRA Convention, August, 1955, PRR Produce Terminal, Dennis Fulton collection | |
466254 | Akron Jct., OH, 1957. Edwin C. Kirstatter Slide | |
466292 | Walter E.Frost freight photo collection in the City of Vancouver Archives of the photo of a B&O 466292 | Click here to go to the website |
466311 | Gerstley Collection (found on eBay) | |
466377 | Cumberland MD (color photo of B&O diesel switcher #255 pulling two of Sentinel cars out of the yard past the tower) - with #466036 (listed above) | |
" | 466377 with 466036. This picture was published in a pamphlet that the public relation dept. passed out called "The B&O, The story of the railroad that grew up with the United States" by Carroll Bateman 1951 B&O Printing Plant, Baltimore, MD. But this was B&W not color. | |
466440 |
Inside cover of the 1954 B&O RR Annual Report which shows side view of both 466440 & 466464. "Ad" title is "B&O Featured Freight Service" and shows Sentinel, Time-Saver and TOFCEE cars. **This may have been a PR Dept. fabricated number for use on the same annual report cover with 466464.** |
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466464 | "A" end view, looks brand new. B&O RR Co. Photo | |
" | Inside cover of the 1954 B&O RR Annual Report which shows side view of both 466440 & 466464. "Ad" title is "B&O Featured Freight Service" and shows Sentinel, Time-Saver and TOFCEE cars. **This car photographed elsewhere and this is why it is theorized that maybe the PR Dept. used this photo and doctored the number to get 466440 for the Annual Report** | |
Photos of Sentinel Boxcars where the numbers are not visible
No Visible Numbers | Sentinel Train in book "Railroads of Today", by S. Kip Farrington, Jr. 1949 page 66c. Shows a B&O Sentinel freight train with new B&O Class T-3 4-8-2 type, engine #5585 about to leave Deshler Yard en route to Chicago, courtesy B&O RR. First car appears to be 466--4 | |
No Visible Number | No number readable, in Sagles book "Freight Cars Rolling" on page 123 is a picture of a Sentinel boxcar on the forward end of a car float being ferried across New York Harbor. No date given. | |
No Visible Number |
String of six Sentinel boxcars
are seen together. The first cars' number is not visible the second is
466056, the third is 466027 and car four through six, the numbers are not visible.
These cars are in the New Classification Yard, |
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No Visible Number | Chicago IL, circa 1950. Sentinel, Vol.16 #3, 5-6/94, P. 21 / Photo B&ORRHS collection - 466058 is visible, four other Sentinel cars are with 466058 but their numbers are not visible. |
Pictures of experimental paint scheme. Same paint scheme, only difference is "Siding to Siding Dependability" font which is in script. This car never left Mt. Clare.
466096 | Broadside view of car, Mt. Clare shop shows an alternate script font "Siding to Siding Dependability" slogan (B&O RR Photo neg. #3244) | This photo shows the alternate script that was NOT used on the car. |
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Per Ed Kirstatter, B&O RR Photos #3241 & #3142 are also photos of this experimental scheme | These photos show the alternate script that was NOT used on the cars. |
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3/4 view @ Mt. Clare, the 'B' end showing by Winnie Kehs, picture taken outside | This photo shows the alternate script that was NOT used on the car. |
Many thanks needs to be expressed to the major contributors of this list. I want to personally thank Ed Kirstatter, Dennis Fulton, Jim Mischke and Brian DeVries. The first three men contributed a lot to the content of this information and Brian and I both compiled the initial list and put it into a format that was easily accessed by the masses.
Contributions to
this listing made by:
Edwin Kirstatter
Jim Mischke
Dennis Fulton
Brian DeVries
Ken Braden
Thank you to all that have commented, contributed and helped with editing. If you see something, anything that should/could be edited please let me know and if anyone has any further documentation please share it with the group.
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