B&M 40500 Box Cars

Boston & Maine 40500 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 - 1903-1907
Description 5/1903
Length 35'
Width
Height
Capacity (Pounds) 40000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
Possibly ex Fitchburg RR 8801-8830?
1901 - 03 40500-40528 29 Box, E[astman] Heater, 34', 40000 lbs capy.
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 " (illegible) "
1901 - 06 " 28 "
1901 - 07 40500-40599 " "
1901 - 08 (same)
1901 - 09 " (illegible) "
1901 - 10 " (illegible) "
1901 - 11 " (illegible) "
1903 - 03 " 28 "
1903 - 05 40500-40528 28 Box, Eastman Heater
1903 - 06 (same)
1903 - 07 (same)
1903 - 08 (same)
1903 - 09 (same)
1903 - 10 (same)
1903 - 11 (same)
1904 - 07 " 27 "
1904 - 12 (same)
1905 - 01 " 24 "
1905 - 03 " 3 "
1905 - 04 " (illegible) "
1905 - 06 " 2 "
1906 - 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 # 8 - U
B&M Diagram # 14
Diagram Date 1900
Color on Diagram Brown
Notes on Diagram Destroyed
Datum 1900 Index 1907 Index
Class of car Box Car Eastman Heater n/a
Length 34' n/a
Capacity 40,000 n/a
Car Numbers 40500-40528 n/a
Page [original] 14 n/a

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 29 40500-40528 1891-11 1891-12 Fitchburg RR $1030

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

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)
17-Oct-2020 KG Akerboom Added Car Book Data
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)