12 Days of Christmas 2023

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B&O Timesaver and Sentinel service Boxcars

This is a repaint for the G-TraX 40ft Steel Boxcar.

BO_Timesaver_Sentinel_Boxcars.jpg

Timesaver Service was B&O's operation during what could be called the last big push for LCL customers in the postwar period. The Timesaver service was promoted as a fast less than carload service, and the Sentinel Service was a promotion for efficient scheduled carload service using the "new" teletype system. In the B&O Color guide to freight and passenger equipment by Craig T. Bossler, there are two color shots taken in 1951 of the new Sentinel Service boxcar in silver and blue, and the new Timesaver Service boxcar in blue and orange. Both had been recently painted. According to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society, Sentinel Service was operational beginning in 1946 and Time-Saver in 1947.

A number of other roads promoted similar service, often with the fancy paint job for boxcars dedicated to the service. New York Central's Pacemaker Freights is a good example.

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KB