B&M 40000 Box Cars

Boston & Maine 40000 Series Box Cars

Index

Builder's Photo

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B&M Classification Card(s)

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Specifications From Classification Cards

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ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data - 1903-1910
Description 5/1903
Length 34' to 35'
Width
Height
Capacity (Pounds) 40000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1901 - 03 40000-40124 125 Box, Hay, 34', 40000 lbs capacity
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 " (illegible) "
1901 - 06 " 125 "
1901 - 07 40000-40199 125 "
1901 - 08 (same)
1901 - 09 " (illegible) "
1901 - 10 " 118(?) "
1901 - 11 " (illegible) "
1903 - 03 " 115 "
1903 - 05 40000-40124 115 Box, Hay
1903 - 06 " 114 "
1903 - 07 (same)
1903 - 08 (same)
1903 - 09 (same)
1903 - 10 (same)
1903 - 11 (same)
1904 - 07 (same)
1904 - 12 " 113 "
1905 - 01 (same)
1905 - 03 (same)
1905 - 04 " 113(?) "
1905 - 06 " 113 "
1906 - 08 (same)
1907 - 03 " 112 "
1907 - 04 " 111 "
1907 - 05 (same)
1907 - 06 " 110 "
1907 - 07 (same)
1907 - 08 " 108 "
1907 - 09 (same)
1907 - 10 (same)
1907 - 11 " 104 "
1907 - 12 " 103 "
1908 - 01 " 102 "
1908 - 02 " 101 "
1908 - 03 " 100 "
1908 - 04 (same)
1908 - 05 (same)
1908 - 08 " 99 "
1908 - 09 (same)
1908 - 10 (same)
1908 - 11 " 91 "
1908 - 12 " 78 "
1909 - 01 " 72 "
1909 - 02 " 65 "
1909 - 04 " 47 "
1909 - 05 " 38 "
1909 - 06 " 32 "
1909 - 07 " 28 "
1909 - 08 " 20 "
1909 - 09 " 18 "
1909 - 10 " 14 "
1909 - 11 " 13 "
1910 - 01 " 11 "
1910 - 02 " 8 "
1910 - 03 " 7 "
1910 - 04 " 5 "
1910 - 05 (same)
1910 - 06 " 1 "
1910 - 07 (same)
1910 - 08 Not listed

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 # 11 - L
B&M Diagram # 21
Diagram Date 1907
Color on Diagram Brown
Notes on Diagram
Datum 1900 Index 1907 Index
Class of car Box Car Hay F.R.R. Box Car Hay
Length 34' 34'-35'
Capacity 40,000 40,000
Car Numbers 40000-40124 40000-40124
Page [original] 15 21

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Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
08-Dec-2019 KG Akerboom Initial release
30-Mar-2020 KG Akerboom Fixed 3/1905 data
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
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