B&M 15375 Box Cars

Boston & Maine 15375 Series Box Cars

Index

Builder's Photo

Does one exist?

B&M Classification Card(s)

Does one exist?

Specifications From Classification Cards

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ORER data and numbers

Note (I think) these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series
ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1901 - 03 15375-15999 625 Box, 28 and 30'
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 " (illegible) "
1901 - 06 " 625 "
1901 - 07 (same)
1901 - 08 (same)
1901 - 09 " (illegible) "
1901 - 10 " (illegible) "
1901 - 11 " (illegible) "
1903 - 03 " 625 "
1903 - 05 Combined with (part of) 16000 series into (2nd) 15375 series

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

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 # 10 - U
B&M Diagram # 18
Diagram Date 1907
Color on Diagram Brown
Notes on Diagram
Datum 1900 Index 1907 Index
Class of car Box Car Box Car
Length 28'-32' 28'-32'
Capacity 20,000-40,000 30,000-40,000
Car Numbers 15375-17925 15375-17899
Page [original] 18 18

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 34 15671 1901-09 - ? $450 Bought Detrot[sic?] Rolling Stock Co., ex- B&L 8242
1 34 15554 1901-09 - ? $450 Bought Detrot[sic?] Rolling Stock Co., ex- B&L 8293

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Page Car # Photo Date
yr-mo-day Visible? Markings Paint
Scheme Herald Notes

Maine Historical Society
Title = Train station and waterfront, Bangor flood, 1902
15882 1902-03-20 p p p S1& R R N ? none No lateral running boards. Pipe bracing at brake wheel.
17328 1902-03-20 p p p S1& B? B? N ? none No lateral running boards. old "Block" style lettering
Note additional "B&M" and car number on door.

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Date Quantity New Numbers Description
5/1903 All Moved to 15375-17899 (2nd) Box, 28-32'

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
08-Dec-2019 KG Akerboom Initial release
04-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Re-did references/photos section
05-May-2020 KG Akerboom Moved ORER notes into separate section
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
17-Oct-2020 KG Akerboom Added Car Book Data
27-Jan-2021 KG Akerboom Added info from "1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Diagrams" book
07-Apr-2021 KG Akerboom Added Maine Historical Society photo
04-Jul-2021 KG Akerboom Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows)