In a message dated 1/6/2009 8:44:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> The November 1982 Mainline Modeler has a nice article, including 
> several S scale drawings. The M53 cars began construction in June 1937 
> and were completed in March 1938. With the 40 year interchange rule 
> you can reasonably expect some of the cars to last into the mid-70's. 
> What percentage of the original 2000 M53's would have been left by then 
> would take more research. According to the Mainline article, Chessie 
> System showed seven M53 cars "in service" in 1982.
> 

I photographed one in service on the B&O's CTV&W branch on New Years Day 
1968.

Lee Rainey


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