B&M (1893) 12200 Box Cars

Boston & Maine (1893) 12200 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

ORER Size Data - 1903-1910
Description 5/1903
Length 28'-34'
Width
Height
Capacity (Pounds) 30-40000

Note these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series
ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1893 - 04 12200-12399 (none) 8 Wheel box, Machinery, under 40 feet
1893 - 05 (same)
1893 - 06 (same)
1893 - 07 (same)
1893 - 08 (same)
1894 - 03 " 41 "
1894 - 04 (same)
1894 - 05 (same)
1894 - 06 (same)
1894 - 07 (same)
1894 - 08 (same)
1895 - 06 " 43 "
1895 - 07 (same)
1895 - 08 (same)
1896 - 06 " 46 "
1896 - 07 (same)
1896 - 08 (same)
1897 - 03 (same)
1897 - 04 (same)
1897 - 05 (same)
1897 - 06 (same)
1897 - 07 (same)
1897 - 08 (same)
1897 - 09 (same)
1897 - 10 (same)
1897 - 11 (same)
1898 - 05 " 45 "
1899 - 01 (same)
1899 - 04 (same)
1899 - 05 (same)
1899 - 06 (same)
1899 - 09 (same)
1899 - 11 " 44 "
1900 - 06 " 43 "
1901 - 03 " 42 Box, Machinery, under 40 feet
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 " (illegible) "
1901 - 06 " 51 "
1901 - 07 (same)
1901 - 08 " 50 "
1901 - 09 " (illegible) Box, Machinery, 28-34 ft.
1901 - 10 " (illegible) "
1901 - 11 " (illegible) "
1903 - 03 12200-12299 44 "
1903 - 05 12200-12259 43 Box, Machinery
1903 - 06 (same)
1903 - 07 (same)
1903 - 08 (same)
1903 - 09 " 42 "
1903 - 10 (same)
1903 - 11 (same)
1904 - 07 " 40 "
1904 - 12 (same)
1905 - 01 (same)
1905 - 03 (same)
1905 - 04 (same)
1905 - 06 (same)
1906 - 08 " 34 "
1907 - 03 " 30 "
1907 - 04 " 29 "
1907 - 05 (same)(?)
1907 - 06 " 28 "
1907 - 07 " 27 "
1907 - 08 (same)
1907 - 09 " 26 "
1907 - 10 (same)
1907 - 11 (same)
1907 - 12 (same)
1908 - 01 " 25 "
1908 - 02 (same)
1908 - 03 " 23 "
1908 - 04 (same)
1908 - 05 " 17 "
1908 - 08 (same)
1908 - 09 (same)
1908 - 10 (same)
† note: 12200-12259 series to be renumbered 12000-12099
1908 - 11 (same) (including † note)
1908 - 12 " 16 " (including † note)
1909 - 01 " 5 " (including † note)
1909 - 02 (same) (including † note)
1909 - 04 " 4 " (including † note)
1909 - 05 " 1 " (including † note)
1909 - 06 " 1 " (including † note)
1909 - 07 removed from listing

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 # 6 - U
B&M Diagram # 11
Diagram Date 1907
Color on Diagram Brown
Notes on Diagram End doors shown on diagram
Datum 1900 Index 1907 Index
Class of car Box Car Machinery Box Car Machinery
Length 28'-34' 28'-34'
Capacity 40,000-60,000 30,000-40,000
Car Numbers 12200-12245 12200-12259
Page [original] 22 11

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Date Quantity New Numbers Description
1908-1909 all 12000-12099 Remaining cars merged into the other series

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
07-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
05-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added 9/1899 ORER data
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
10-Oct-2020 KG Akerboom Added E. Neubauer ORER data (car counts only, 15 issues)
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