B&M (1893) 16000 Box Cars

Boston & Maine (1893) 16000 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 these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series
ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1893 - 04 16000-17999 (none) 8 Wheel box, under 34 feet
1893 - 05 (same)
1893 - 06 (same)
1893 - 07 (same)
1893 - 08 (same)
1894 - 03 16000-18999 2173 "
1894 - 04 (same)
1894 - 05 (same)
1894 - 06 (same)
1894 - 07 (same)
1894 - 08 (same)
1895 - 06 " 2263 "
1895 - 07 (same)
1895 - 08 (same)
1896 - 06 16000-19999 2693 "
1896 - 07 (same)
1896 - 08 " 2669 "
1897 - 03 " 2624 "
1897 - 04 " 2623 "
1897 - 05 " 2615 "
1897 - 06 " 2600 "
1897 - 07 " 2601 "
1897 - 08 " 2600 "
1897 - 09 " 2584 "
1897 - 10 " 2574 "
1897 - 11 " 2570 "
1898 - 05 " 2536 "
1899 - 01 " 2491 "
1899 - 04 " 2481 "
1899 - 05 " 2466 "
1899 - 06 " 2459 "
1899 - 09 " 2444 "
1899 - 11 " 2404 "
1900 - 06 " 2463? "
Split into separate series - see "Renumberings" section below for continuation of data
1901 - 03 16000-18622 1879 Box, 28 to 33'
18623-19999 1297 Box, 33'

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

It looks like 16000-17999 got split into 2 separate series in (about) 1901, so I will stop tracking this series, and start new series from that point forward

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

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

Historic New England
Direct link - if it doesn't work search on "boston maine 14281"
Title="Boston & Maine railroad box car No. 14281, East Cambridge, Mass., c1900"
Also available at B&MRRHS Flickr
16108 p p S1&? R R N ? ? Note "Air Brake" in circle.
Box and Freight Cars of North America (as of 30-Aug-2020)
Select the "A-L" link → Select the "B-BM" link → B&M cars are on pp 10-11 (of 11 total)
Images on web are "thumbnails", you may have pay for higher resolution images
17382 X p S1& R R N ? B&M Title = "28' Single Door Boxcar, 17382 Kennebunkport Maine" Unsure if this series is correct for this image.
17554 X p S1& R R N ? B&M Title = "28' Single Door Boxcar, 17554 Holyoke, MA". Unsure if this series is correct.
Maine Historical Society (as of 30-Aug-2020)
Title = Old freight house, ca. 1900
17547 ca 1900 B ? R? R? ? ? Note: - 2 different siding types on end, "horizontal" lateral running board, "brace" piping at hand brake
18049 ca 1900 A ? R? R? ? ? no lateral running board?

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Date Quantity New Numbers Description
By 03/1901 all 16000-18622
18623-19999 I believe original series got split into 2 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
30-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added "Box and Freight Cars of North America" photos
07-Mar-2021 KG Akerboom Updated "Box and Freight Cars of North America" photos
07-Apr-2021 KG Akerboom Added Maine Historical Society photo