It is a cold winter morning as workers at the public delivery track dock load less-than-carload cargo into a B&O boxcar. The cargo will transfer to other cars at a main distribution center to continue their journey to new owners.
The B&O boxcar is Atlas and represents a M-26 class car, built in 1925-26. The M-26 was a direct copy of Pennsylvania's X-29 boxcar and, along with the M-27 double-door version, made up over 55% of B&O's boxcar fleet in 1950. As comparison, the wagontops popular with modelers made up only 15% of the fleet.
