Boston & Maine 12423 Series Box Cars

Index

• Builder's Photo
• Classification Card(s) for series
• Specifications
• ORER data
• ORER Notes
• Discussion, General Notes
• Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data
• ICC Valuation Data
• Paint Schemes
• References
• Photographs
• Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions
• Modeling
• Revision History of this page

Builder's Photo

12423-12484 sub-class

Does one exist?

12300-12399 sub-class

JPEG conversion of WLHG91.tif available in the Laconia Car CD
Image Copyright 2007 WLHG-Company, used with permission (click on image to see full resolution available)

B&M Classification Card(s)

For more info on the classification cards and "webitizing" them, see this web page

12300-12399 sub-class

(B&M Type steel underframe)

From 1942 class book.

Red text was black on original scan, above process removed it entirely, so (as best as I could read it) I re-added it
Note 1: Possibly: "2' - 4⅝" ... " [possibly one car series]
Click on image to see original scan at full resolution (or right-click → "Save Picture As" to download black and white image, to view it at full resolution)

Specifications From Classification Cards

12423-12484 from Tim Gilbert
Additional (Laconia) information from Eric Neubauer

Spec	12423-12484	12300-12399
Builder	Various	Laconia Car Co.
Lot #	6	30
Spec #		217
Order #		543 (cars) 544 (trucks) (ordered 02-1909)
Quantity	62	100
Build Date	1903-1907	1908-1909
Dimension "A" (max outside width)	9'-3¼"	9'-6⅞"
Dimension "B" (door height)	7'-8½"	7'-7¼"
Dimension "C" (inside height to carlines)	8'-0"	8'-0¾"
AAR class	XA
Lt Weight	31,000 lbs (approx)	37,500 lbs (approx)
Description	36' Wood underframe boxcars, double-sheathed Some cars received composite underframes (steel center sills) beginning before 1914	36' B&M style steel underframe boxcars, double-sheathed
Cubic Cap'y	Original: 2,467 Cu. Ft. Mogul ends: 2,455 Cu. Ft. 7/7 stamped steel ends: 2,483 Cu. Ft.	Original: 2,467 Cu. Ft. 7/7 stamped steel ends: 2,542 Cu. Ft.
Truss Rods	four x 1⅛"
Trucks	Fox	Bettendorf, 62" wheelbase Per Eric Neubauer - Pressed Steel Railcar Production (June 2014 "Car of the month") data Bettendorf order 2871
Springs	7" x 7", 1¼" outside (¾" inside) steel
Journals	4¼" x 8" (60,000 lbs nominal capacity)
Side Bearings	67" center to center, 33¼" from rail to top of truck side bearing
Air Brake	HC 812	8" x 12" cylinder
Center Plates	Fox Contour
Coupler	5" x 5" shanks, 6½" butts	9⅛" butt
Coupler Yoke	Keyed
Draft Gear	Tandem spring	Miner Tandem
Added by 1952 class card:
Brake Beam		#2
For D. Gears, couplers & D. Gear Spacing see Dwg. 15947
Light Weight		40,200 lbs

Note:
Cars 12300-12399 had underframes built by Bettendorf:

Item	Data
Date	1909
Bettendorf order	2871
Notes	Includes trucks

ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data - 1908-1910

Description	10/1908
Length	36'
Width	8'-6"
Height	8'
Capacity (Pounds)	60000

ORER Size Data

Description			8/1910	8/1911	10/1919	5/1925		12/1930			3/1935 (12300-99 only)		7/1938
						Original Ends	Steel Ends	12300-99, Original Ends	12300-99, Steel Ends	12426-76	Original Ends	Steel Ends	Original Ends	Steel Ends
M.C.B. Designation				XA (11/1914)	XA	XA		XA		XM	XM		XM
Inside Dimensions	Length		36'	36'	36'	36'	36'-5¾"	36'	36'-5"	36'	36'	36'-5"	36'	36'-5"
	Width		8'-6"	8'-6"	8'-6"	8'-6"		8'-6"			8'-6"		8'-6"
	Height		8'	8'-0½"	8'-0¾"	8'-0¾"		8'			8'		8'
Outside Dimensions	Length		37'-6"	37'-6"	37'-6"	37'-6"		37'-6"			37'-6"		37'-6"
	Width	At Eaves or top of sides or platform	9'-7¼"	9'-7¼"	9'-7¼"	9'-7¼"		9'-8"			9'-8"		9'-8"
		Extreme Width
	Height from Rail	To Extreme Width
		To Eaves or top of sides or platform	12'-7¼"	12'-7¼"	12'-7¼"	12'-7¼"		12'-8"			12'-8"		12'-8"
		To Top of Running Board	13'-3¾"	13'-3¾"	13'-3¾"	13'-3¾"		13'-4"			13'-4"		13'-4"
		To Extreme Height	13'-11⅞"	13'-11⅞"	13'-11⅞"	13'-11⅞"		14'			14'		14'
Door - Side opening	Width		6'	6'	6'	6'		10'	10'	6'	10'		6'
	Height		7'-7¼"	7'-7¼"	7'-7¼"	7'-7¼"		7'-7"			7'-7"		7'-7"
Door - End opening	Width		8'-1"	8'-1"	8'-1"	8'-1"		…
	Height		7'-5"	7'-5"	7'-5"	7'-5"		…
Capacity	Cu Ft. Level Full		2460 (8/1911)	2460	2467	2467	2505	2467	2505	2467	2467	2505	2467	2505
	Pounds		60000	60000	60000	60000		60000			60000		60000

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
Note: I believe initially (5/1908 - 8/1908) these cars were combined with the 12450-12599 series listing
1908 - 09	12423-12484	60	Box, Auto
1908 - 10	"		"
1908 - 11	12300-12484	60
1908 - 12	(same)
1909 - 01	(same)
1909 - 02	(same)
1909 - 04	(same)
1909 - 05	"	160	"
1909 - 06	(same)
1909 - 07	(same)
1909 - 08	(same)
1909 - 09	"	159	"
1909 - 10	(same)
1909 - 11	(same)
1910 - 01	(same)
1910 - 02	(same)
1910 - 03	(same)
1910 - 04	(same)
1910 - 05	(same)
1910 - 06	12100-12484	"	"
1910 - 07	(same)
1910 - 08	(same)
1910 - 09	(same)
1910 - 11	(same)
1910 - 12	(same)
1911 - 02	12300-12484	158	"
1911 - 03	(same)
1911 - 04	(same)
1911 - 05	"	157	"
1911 - 08	(same)
1911 - 09	(same)
1911 - 10	(same)
1911 - 11	(same)
1911 - 12	(same)
1912 - 01	(same)
1912 - 02	(same)
1912 - 03	(same)
1912 - 04	(same)
1912 - 05	(same)
1912 - 06	(same)
1912 - 07	(same)
1912 - 08	(same)
1912 - 09	(same)
1912 - 10	(same)
1912 - 11	(same)
1912 - 12	"	"	Box, Automobile
1913 - 01	(same)
1913 - 02	(same)
1913 - 03	"	156	"
1913 - 04	(same)
1913 - 05	"	(illegible)	"
1913 - 06	"	155	"
1913 - 07	(same)
1913 - 10	(same)
1913 - 11	(same)
1913 - 12	(same)
1914 - 01	"	154	"
1914 - 02	12300-12472	"	"
1914 - 03	(same)
1914 - 04	12300-12484	155	"
1914 - 05	(same)
1914 - 06	(same)
1914 - 07	(same)
1914 - 09	(same)
1914 - 10	"	154	"
1914 - 11	(same)
1914 - 12	"	155	"
1915 - 01	(same)
1915 - 02	(same)
1915 - 03	"	154	"
1915 - 04	(same)
1915 - 05	(same)
1915 - 10	"	153	"
1915 - 11	"	152	"
1915 - 12	"	151	"
1916 - 01	(same)
1916 - 02	(same)
1916 - 03	(same)
1916 - 04	(same)
1916 - 05	(same)
1916 - 06	(same)151
1916 - 07	"	150	"
1916 - 08	(same)
1916 - 09	(same)
1916 - 10	"	149	"
1916 - 11	(same)
1916 - 12	(same)
1917 - 01	(same)
1917 - 02	(same)
1917 - 03	(same)
1917 - 04	(same)
1917 - 05	(same)
1917 - 06	(same)
1917 - 10	(same)
1917 - 11	(same)
1919 - 10	12300-12483	143	"
1920 - 01	(same)
1921 - 05	12300-12477	137	"
1921 - 12	(same)
1922 - 08	(same)
1922 - 11	(same)
1923 - 02	"	136	"
1924 - 11	"	133	"
1925 - 05	12300-12477	123	Box, Automobile
		4	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1925 - 07	12300-12477	121	Box, Automobile
		5	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1925 - 10	12300-12477	120	Box, Automobile
		5	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1926 - 08	(same) (both rows)
1926 - 10	(same) (both rows)
MTC cars listed separately, no cars in this series listed under MTC
1927 - 06	(same) (both rows)
1927 - 08	(same) (both rows)
1928 - 07	12300-12477	118	Box, Automobile
		5	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1928 - 08	(same) (both rows)
1928 - 09	12300-12477	117	Box, Automobile
		5	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1928 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1928 - 11	12300-12477	116	Box, Automobile
		5	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1928 - 12	(same) (both rows)
1929 - 01	(same) (both rows)
1929 - 02
	1929 - 03	12300-12477	114	Box, Automobile
7			Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1929 - 04	12300-12477	101	Box, Automobile
		20	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1929 - 05	12300-12477	91	Box, Automobile
		29	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1929 - 06	12300-12477	86	Box, Automobile
		30	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1929 - 07	12300-12477	84	Box, Automobile
		30	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1929 - 08	12300-12477	83	Box, Automobile
		30	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1929 - 09	12300-12477	74	Box, Automobile
		39	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1929 - 10	12300-12476	72	Box, Automobile
		39	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1929 - 11	(same) (both rows)
1929 - 12	12300-12476	70	Box, Automobile
		39	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1930 - 01	12300-12476	68	Box, Automobile
		39	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1930 - 02	12300-12476	67	Box, Automobile
		39	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1930 - 03	(same) (both rows)
1930 - 04	(same) (both rows)
1930 - 05	(same) (both rows)
1930 - 06	12300-12476	66	Box, Automobile
		39	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1930 - 07	(same) (both rows)
1930 - 08	12300-12399	58	Box, Automobile
		39	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
	12426-12476	8	Box
1930 - 09	(same) (all 3 rows)
1930 - 10	(same) (all 3 rows)
1930 - 11	(same) (all 3 rows)
1930 - 12	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 01	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 02	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 03	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 04	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 05	12300-12399	58	Box, Automobile
		39	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
	12439-12476	6	Box
1931 - 06	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 07	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 08	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 09	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 10	(same) (all 3 rows)
1931 - 11	(same) (all 3 rows)
1932 - 01	(same) (all 3 rows)
1932 - 02	(same) (all 3 rows)
1932 - 03	(same) (all 3 rows)
1932 - 04	(same) (all 3 rows)
1932 - 05	(same) (all 3 rows)
1932 - 06	(same) (all 3 rows)
Switch to Bi-monthly
1932 - 07	(same) (all 3 rows)
1932 - 09	[No changes noted]
1932 - 11	[No changes noted]
1933 - 01	[No changes noted]
1933 - 03	[No changes noted]
1933 - 05	[No changes noted]
1933 - 07	(same) (all 3 rows)
1933 - 09	[No changes noted]
1933 - 11	[No changes noted]
1934 - 01	[No changes noted]
1934 - 03	[No changes noted]
1934 - 05	[No changes noted]
1934 - 07	12300-12399	57	Box, Automobile
		39	Box, Automobile, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
	12439-12476	[empty]	Box
1934 - 09	[No changes noted]
1934 - 11	[No changes noted]
1935 - 01	[No changes noted]
1935 - 03	Change "MCB designation" for both 12300-12399 lines to read "XM"
1935 - 05	Change description of 1st 12300-12399 line (no "Note") to read "Box" Change "MCB designation" for both 12300-12399 lines to read "XM"
1935 - 07	12300-12399	53	Box
		37	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
	12439-12476	Not Listed
1935 - 09	[No changes noted]
1935 - 11	[No changes noted]
1936 - 01	[No changes noted]
1936 - 03	[No changes noted]
1936 - 05	[No changes noted]
1936 - 07	12300-12399	52	Box
		36	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1936 - 09	[No changes noted]
1936 - 11	[No changes noted]
1937 - 01	[No changes noted]
1937 - 03	[No changes noted]
1937 - 05	[No changes noted]
Switch to Quarterly
MTC cars Recombined under B&M listing
1937 - 07	12300-12399	50	Box
		35	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1937 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1938 - 01	12300-12399	48	Box
		35	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1938 - 04	12300-12399	48	Box
		34	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1938 - 07	(same) (both rows)
1938 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1939 - 01	12300-12399	45	Box
		32	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1939 - 04	12300-12399	41	Box
		31	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note F)
1939 - 07	12300-12399	33	Box
		28	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1939 - 10	12300-12399	28	Box
		27	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1940 - 01	12300-12399	24	Box
		24	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1940 - 04	12300-12399	21	Box
		24	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1940 - 07	(same) (both rows)
1940 - 10	12300-12399	[illegible]	Box
		12	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1941 - 01	12300-12399	12	Box
		12	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1941 - 04	12300-12399	12	Box
		10	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1941 - 07	12300-12399	11	Box
		10	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1941 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1942 - 01	12301-12392	11	Box
		9	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1942 - 04	12301-12392	8	Box
		9	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1942 - 07	(same) (both rows)
1942 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1943 - 01	12301-12394	9	Box
		9	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1943 - 04	(same) (both rows)
1943 - 07	(same) (both rows)
1943 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1944 - 01	(same) (both rows)
1944 - 04	(same) (both rows)
1944 - 07	(same) (both rows)
1944 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1945 - 01	(same) (both rows)
1945 - 04	(same) (both rows)
1945 - 07	(same) (both rows)
1945 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1946 - 01	12301-12394	8	Box
		9	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1946 - 04	12301-12394	7	Box
		9	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1946 - 07	12301-12394	6	Box
		9	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1946 - 10	12301-12394	5	Box
		9	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1947 - 01	12301-12394	2	Box
		7	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1947 - 04	12301-12394	1	Box
		6	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1947 - 07	12301-12394	1	Box
		2	Box, Steel Ends (ORER Note C)
1947 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1948 - 01	Not listed

ORER Notes

ORER Note F (5/1925 - 10/1926)

Individual numbers of cars in series 12300 to 12477 equipped with steel ends differing in dimensional and cubical capacity from other numbers in same series. Actual inside length, 36 ft. 5¾ in. (These cars are stencilled 37 ft. 6 in.) Capacity 2505 cu. ft.: [see table below]

ORER Note F (12/1930 - 7/1938)

Individual numbers of cars in series 12300 to 12399 equipped with steel ends differing in dimensional and cubical capacity from other numbers in same series. Actual inside length, 36 ft. 5 in. (These cars are stencilled 37 ft. 6 in.) Capacity 2505 cu. ft.: [see table below]

ORER Note C (1/1940 - 1/1947)

Individual numbers of cars in series 12301 to 12394 equipped with steel ends differing in dimensional and cubical capacity from other numbers in same series. Actual inside length, 36 ft. 5 in. (These cars are stencilled 37 ft. 6 in.) Capacity 2505 cu. ft.: [see table below]

Steel Ends
NOTE: Incomplete data before 7/1928 - will be updated once I get that data

Car #		End Applied By				Last Listed					First Not listed in
		192x- 1925	1926- 1928	1929+		1931- 1935	1936- 1940	1941- 1945	1946- 1950
12306				4/1929		→	7/1936				7/1937
12309				5/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940
12315				5/1929		→	10/1939				1/1940
12318				4/1929		→	→	1/1941			4/1941
12320				9/1929		→	→	→	10/1947		1/1948
12321		by 5/1925	→	→		→	7/1940				10/1940
12323				9/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940
12324				4/1929		→	→	10/1941			1/1942
12328				5/1929		→	7/1939				10/1939
12335				9/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940
12339				6/1929		→	10/1939				1/1940
12340		by 5/1925	→	→		→	7/1940				10/1940
12347				9/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940
12348				5/1929		→	→	1/1941			4/1941
12352				9/1929		→	1/1938				4/1938
12353				4/1929		→	→	→	4/1947		10/1947
12356				4/1929		→	10/1938				1/1939
12358				5/1929		→	→		4/1947		10/1947
12361				3/1929		→	4/1939				7/1939
12363				9/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940
12365				4/1929		→	→	→	4/1947		10/1947
12366				9/1929		→	→	→	4/1947		10/1947
12367		by 5/1925	→	→		→	→	→	10/1946		1/1947
12371				5/1929		→	10/1939				1/1940
12372				4/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940
12375				5/1929		→	1/1939				4/1939
12376				4/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940
12380				4/1929		→	→	→	10/1947		1/1948
12381				4/1929		7/1935					7/1936
12382				2/1929		→	→	→	1/1947		4/1947
12385				4/1929		→	→	→	10/1946		1/1947
12386				4/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940
12387				4/1929		7/1934					7/1935
12389		by 5/1925	→	→		7/1934					7/1935
12391				5/1929		→	4/1939				7/1939
12393				5/1929		→	10/1938				1/1939
12394			By 10/1926	→		→	4/1939				7/1939
12396				9/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940
12399				9/1929		→	7/1940				10/1940

Discussion, General Notes

• Per Tim Gilbert
  For Tim Gilbert's notes on this series, see here

  Additional notes from Tim for these specific series:

  Lot 6 [car series #12423-12484] had their end doors sealed after 1926

  [car series #12300-12399] had their end doors sealed in the late 1920s, reclassified as "XM"

• For more details on the Mogul ends, see here
• As shown above, this "series" was actually 2 different orders:
  • 12423-12484 - 62(?) cars (possibly more than 1 order?)
  • 12300-12399 - 100 cars.
  While initially listed together, by 1930 they were split into separate listings
  By 7/1935, the 12423-12484 cars appear to have been retired.
• From Eric Neubauer Laconia data, the following cars were listed in the USRA valuation report, 6/30/1914:
  [see ICC valuation data below]

• B&MRRHS 1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Book No. 1 (Reprint of B&M lettering diagrams)

  Note the "Book page number" below refers to the page number in the B&MRRHS book.
  As the B&MRRHS book's pages are NOT numbered, "1" is the first page with an actual diagram! (NOT the title pages or index pages)
  "U" = upper diagram on that page, "L" = lower diagram

  The "Diagram number" refers to the circled number (lower right corner) in each diagram (the original page number)

  Book page #	32 - U
  B&M Diagram #	59
  Diagram Date	1907
  Color on Diagram	Brown
  Notes on Diagram	end door shown
  Datum	1900 Index	1907 Index
  Class of car	n/a	Box Car Automobile
  Length	n/a	36' inside
  Capacity	n/a	60,000
  Car Numbers	n/a	12423-12472
  Page [original]	n/a	59

Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data

Acquisition Books (1898 - 1917 only)

Volume number refers original book number
Page numbers refer to numbers on pages in original book, NOT to pages in PDF file(s)
Dates refer to first/last dates expenses were recorded in the acquisition book, NOT to car delivery dates

Vol	Page	Car Number(s)	First Date	Last Date	Builder	$ / Car	Notes
1	180	12300-12399	1908-06	1909-11	Laconia Car Co.	$1101	contract 6567

Car Books (1923-06 thru 1936-10, then 1944-05 thru 1960-03)

Volume number refers original book number
Part number refers to PDF file part as posted on B&MRRHS site
Page numbers refer to pages in PDF file(s) (L/R = Left or Right side of that PDF page)
NOTE: once cars get renumbered into "company service" (zero + number, or W/M/S numbers), the following actions are my "best guess" as to what happened to the car (due to gaps in records, and the re-use of numbers)

Car Book Data										Car Disposition Data
Car Number	Vol	Part	Page	Date	Action	Location	New #	Notes		ID	Date Built	Date Rebuilt	Disposition Date	Disposition
12300	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-07	Retired
12301	3	1	7R	1945-12-15	Destroyed	Billerica				B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12302	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1936-07	Retired
12303	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-11	Retired
12304	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1936-10	Retired
12305	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12306	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1936-11	Retired
12307	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1941-12	Retired
12307	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-01	Retired
12308	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-08	Retired
12310	3	2	9L	1947-01	Sold to			Marcalus Mfg Co		B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12311	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12312	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-02	Retired
12313	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-10	Retired
12314	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1935-08	Retired
12315	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-09	Retired
12316	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-09	to W3536
12317	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-02	Retired
12318	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1941-01	Retired
12319	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1938-08	Retired
12320	3	3	10L	1947-10-27	Destroyed	Billerica				B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12321	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12322	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1935-02	Retired
12323	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12324	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1941-10	to W3064
12325	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-11	Retired
12326	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-07	Retired
12327	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-05	Retired
12328	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-05	Retired
12329	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1937-11	to W3900
12330	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1933-10	Destroyed
12331	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1937-09	Retired
12332	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1938-11	Retired
12333	3	2	9L	1947-01	Sold to			Marcalus Mfg Co		B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12334	3	1	10L	1946-06-05	Destroyed	Billerica				B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12335	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12336	[not listed]									Not listed in "A", presumed retired before ?1923?
12337	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-01	Retired
12338	[not listed]									Not listed in "A", presumed retired before ?1923?
12339	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-09	Retired
12340	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-08	Retired
12341	3	2	6R	1946-12-06	Destroyed	Billerica				B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12342	3	2	4L	1946-10-25	Destroyed	Billerica				B	1909-03		1946-11	Retired
12343	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12344	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1935-08	Retired
12345	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-10	Retired
12346	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-07	Retired
12347	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1940-08	Retired
12348	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1941-01	Retired
12349	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1937-10	Retired
12350	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-09	Retired
12351	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1941-04	to 0231
12352	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1937-03	Retired
12353	3	3	3L	1947-05-10	Destroyed	Concord
	2	2	5	1947-05-10	Destroyed					B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12354	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1935-02	Retired
12355	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-04	Retired
12356	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1938-09	Retired
12357	[not listed]									Not listed in "A", presumed retired before ?1923?
12358	3	3	1L	1947-03-11	Renumber	Concord	M3176	to Bunk		B	1909-03		[same as car books]
	4	8	9R	1958-09-16	Sold to			(boarding car) Trojan Scrap Iron (SO 2815)
12359	[not listed]									A	1909-03		1939-04	to W3028
12360	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-08	Retired
12361	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-02	Retired
12362	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1938-11	Retired
12363	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12364	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1941-12	Retired
12365	3	3	1L	1947-03-08	Renumber	Boston	0233	to Storage	B	1909-03		[same]	to 0235?
	3	4	7L	1948-05-20	Renumber	Boston	to W3015 (Tool car)
	3	5	5L	1949-02-09	Destroyed	Boston
12366	3	3	3L	1947-05-22	Destroyed	Billerica			B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12367	3	2	4L	1946-11-29	Destroyed	Billerica			B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12368	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-09	Retired
12369	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-05	Retired
12370	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-03	Retired
12371	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-09	Retired
12372	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-08	Retired
12373	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1938-09	Retired
12374	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-11	Retired
12375	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-01	Retired
12376	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-08	Retired
12377	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-06	Retired
12378	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-06	Retired
12379	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1941-11	Retired
12380	3	3	11R	1947-10-25	Set on Ground	Berlin			B	1909-03		1947-11	Retired
12381	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1935-02	Retired
12382	3	2	5R	1946-11-26	Renumber	Nashua	0254	to Stores	B	1909-03		[same as car books]
	3	5	7R	1949-05-07	Destroyed	Billerica
12383	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-08	Retired
12384	3	2	1R	1946-08-14	Renumber	Concord	W3032	to Tool	B	1909-03		[same as car books]
	4	6	11L	1957-03-27	Sold to			M. Schiavone & Son (SO 1656)
12385	3	9	5R	1953-04-29	Destroyed	Billerica			B	1909-03		[same]	Retired
12386	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-08	Retired
12387	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1935-02	Retired
12388	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1938-12	Retired
12389	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1935-02	Retired
12390	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12391	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-03	Retired
12392	3	1	5R	1945-08-18	Destroyed	Billerica			B	1909-03		1945-09	Retired
12393	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1938-09	Retired
12394									A	1909-03		1939-03	to W3015
									A,B	1909-03		1942-08	from from W3015, to 12394
	3	1	8R	1946-02-18	Destroyed	Billerica			B	1909-03		1946-03	Retired
12395	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12396	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12397	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12398	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1939-05	Retired
12399	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1940-07	Retired
12424	[not listed]								A	1903-09		1929-05	Sold for Scrap
12426	[not listed]								A	1903-06		1931-02	Sold for Scrap
12429	[not listed]								A	1909-03		1928-09	Sold for Scrap
12430	[not listed]								A	1904-02		1929-05	Sold for Scrap
12435	[not listed]								A	1903-03		1928-07	Sold for Scrap
12436	[not listed]								A	1903-03		1929-11	Sold for Scrap
12438	[not listed]								A	1907-03		1929-08	Sold for Scrap
12439	[not listed]								A	1903-04		1935-02	Retired
12440	[not listed]								A	1903-02		1933-08	Retired
12441	[not listed]								A	1906-05		1929-06	Sold for Scrap
12442	[not listed]								A	1903-06	1920-06	1929-10	Sold for Scrap
12443	[not listed]								A	1903-03	1920-07	1935-02	Retired
12444	[not listed]								A	1903-03		1930-04	Sold for Scrap
12450	[not listed]								A	1903-02		1935-02	Retired
12452	[not listed]								A	1903-04	1921-04	1929-04	Sold for Scrap
12455	1	1	4	1922-11-08	Destroyed				Not listed in "A"
12458	[not listed]								A	1905-12		1935-02	Retired
12460	[not listed]								A	1903-03		1929-03	Sold for Scrap
12463	[not listed]								A	1903-06		1929-04	Sold for Scrap
12464	1	1	4	1922-11-10	Destroyed				Not listed in "A"
12465	[not listed]								A	1903-03	1920-06	1929-10	Sold for Scrap
12466	[not listed]								A	1905-11		1929-11	Destroyed
12467	[not listed]								A	1903-04		1929-12	Sold for Scrap
12468	[not listed]								A	1903-03		1929-04	Sold for Scrap
12470	1	4	9	1927-09-14	Destroyed				Not listed in "A"
12474	[not listed]								A	1903-03		1931-02	Sold for Scrap
12475	[not listed]								A	1903-03	1921-02	1929-04	Sold for Scrap
12476	[not listed]								A	1903-04	1921-01	1935-02	Retired
									A			1935-06	to 0202
12477	[not listed]								A	1903-05	1921-01	1929-08	Sold for Scrap

Car Disposition Records

Source(s) (ID scope is for this web page only)
ID	Box	Folder	Folder name	Link Title	Approx. Start date	Approx. End date
A	1	3	Freight Car List Old	10190 - 12758 Auto + Misc	after 1923?	1944?
B	1	5	Freight Car List Old	12178-12394 Auto - “B”	1944?	1947?

ICC Valuation Data (circa 1914)

For more info on the ICC valuation data, see this web page

"Owning" RR	Car # / Range	Val Sheet #	Index on Page	Car Type	Built Date	Builder	Capy	Underframe	Body	Notes
B&M	12300-12356	BM-14	1	Automobile	1909	Laconia	60	steel	wood
B&M	12358-12399	BM-14	2	Automobile	1909	Laconia	60	steel	wood
B&M	12423	BM-14	3	Automobile	1903	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
B&M	12424	BM-14	10	Automobile	1903	Concord	60	wood	wood
B&M	12425	BM-14	19	Automobile	1907	Pressed St[eel]	60	wood	wood
B&M	12426	BM-14	4	Automobile	1903	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
B&M	12427	BM-14	22	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12428	BM-14	15	Automobile	1907	Pressed St[eel]	60	wood	wood
B&M	12429	BM-14	14	Automobile	1903	Concord	60	composite	wood
B&M	12430	BM-14	7	Automobile	1904	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
B&M	12431	BM-14	53	Automobile	1906	Pullman	60	wood	wood
B&M	12432	BM-14	23	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12433	BM-14	46	Automobile	1903	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	12434	BM-14	5	Automobile	1903	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
B&M	12435-12437	BM-14	24	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12438	BM-14	20	Automobile	1907	Pressed St[eel]	60	wood	wood
B&M	12439	BM-14	25	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12440	BM-14	26	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12441	BM-14	50	Automobile	1906	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	12442	BM-14	11	Automobile	1903	Concord	60	wood	wood
B&M	12443	BM-14	27	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12444	BM-14	28	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12445	BM-14	51	Automobile	1906	Western St[eel]	60	wood	wood
B&M	12446	BM-14	29	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12447	BM-14	30	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12448	BM-14	52	Automobile	1906	Western St[eel]	60	wood	wood
B&M	12449	BM-14	43	Automobile	1905	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12450	BM-14	31	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12452	BM-14	32	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12454	BM-14	33	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12455	BM-14	21	Automobile	1907	Pressed St[eel]	60	wood	wood
B&M	12456	BM-14	34	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12458	BM-14	44	Automobile	1905	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12459	BM-14	35	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12460	BM-14	36	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12461	BM-14	6	Automobile	1903	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
B&M	12462	BM-14	47	Automobile	1903	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	12463	BM-14	12	Automobile	1903	Concord	60	wood	wood
B&M	12464	BM-14	9	Automobile	1902	Concord	60	wood	wood
B&M	12465	BM-14	37	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12466	BM-14	45	Automobile	1905	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12467	BM-14	38	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12468	BM-14	39	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12469	BM-14	16	Automobile	1907	Pressed St[eel]	60	wood	wood
B&M	12470	BM-14	40	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12471	BM-14	17	Automobile	1907	Pressed St[eel]	60	wood	wood
B&M	12472	BM-14	18	Automobile	1907	Pressed St[eel]	60	wood	wood
B&M	12473-12476	BM-14	41	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12477	BM-14	48	Automobile	1903	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	12480	BM-14	13	Automobile	1903	Concord	60	wood	wood
B&M	12481	BM-14	49	Automobile	1903	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	12483	BM-14	42	Automobile	1903	MDT	60	wood	wood
B&M	12484	BM-14	8	Automobile	1904	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood

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References or other data

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Photographs

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page

Date	Who	Description
08-Dec-2019	KG Akerboom	Initial release
21-Mar-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 19 more ORERs
04-Apr-2020	KG Akerboom	Re-did references/photos section
30-Apr-2020	KG Akerboom	Added link to Mogul End data into 48000 series page
01-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 4 more ORER (1941, 1943, 1945, 1947)
05-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Moved ORER notes into separate section
07-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Re-configured "ends" table
09-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Added 1942 class cards
11-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Updated class card table
15-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 4 more ORERs (1911,1919,1921,1931)
28-May-2020	KG Akerboom	updated 10/1919
07-Jul-2020	KG Akerboom	Added Eric Neubauer - Pressed Steel Railcar Production (June 2014 "Car of the month") data
21-Jul-2020	KG Akerboom	"Photos" table - changed "vertical" text to PNG of "sideways" text; added "Markings" columns
07- thru 16-Aug-2020	KG Akerboom	Added ORER data (History only, not dims or notes yet) for 63 more registers, courtesy of James Kinkaid
01-Sep-2020	KG Akerboom	Added Eric Neubauer - Laconia data
03-Sep-2020	KG Akerboom	Moved builder's photo of 12387 to here
10-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added E. Neubauer ORER data (car counts only, 15 issues)
17-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added Car Book Data
17-Nov-2020	KG Akerboom	Standardized formatting of Classification Card(s) section
19-Nov-2020	KG Akerboom	Updated 1942 Classification Card
31-Dec-2020	KG Akerboom	Updated misc stuff
27-Jan-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from "1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Diagrams" book
10-Apr-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from 47 more ORERs 1903 thru 1917
04-Jul-2021	KG Akerboom	Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows)
26-Sep-2021	KG Akerboom	Added car disposition record data
23-Nov-2021	KG Akerboom	Updated ORER "Note F [or C]" data with 7/1928 - 10/1947 ORERs
22-Jan-2022	KG Akerboom	Added ICC Valuation data