B&M 40 Box Cars

Boston & Maine 40 Series Box Cars

Index

Builder's Photo

Does one exist?

B&M Classification Card(s)

Does one exist?

Specifications From Classification Cards

?

ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data
Description 7/1978 5/1983
AAR Mechanical Designation XF XF
Inside
Dimensions Length 50'-6" 50'-6"
Width 9'-2" 9'-2"
Height 10'-5" 10'-5"
Outside
Dimensions Length 51'-10" 54'-4"
Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 9'-4"
10'-5" 10'-5"
Extreme Width 10'-8" 10'-5"
Height
from
Rail To Extreme Width 5'-8" 13'-7"
To Eaves or top of sides or platform 14'-5"
13'-7" 14'-5"
To Extreme Height 15' 15'
Door - Side
opening Width 9' 9'
Height 9'-9" 9'-10"
Capacity Cu Ft. Level Full 4840 4825
Pounds 110000 110000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1978 - 07 40-49 10 Box, Steel, Interior painted with special paint, 25K (Food Products)
1978 - 10 (same)
1979 - 01 (same)
1979 - 04 (same)
1979 - 07 (same)
1979 - 10 (same)
1980 - 01 (same)
1980 - 04 (same)
1980 - 07 42-49 3 "
1980 - 10 (same)
1981 - 01 (same)
1981 - 04 (same)
1981 - 07 (same)
1981 - 10 (same)
1982 - 01 (same)
1982 - 04 (same)
1982 - 07 (same)
1982 - 10 (same)
1983 - 01 " " Box, Steel, 25K
1983 - 05 (same)
1983 - 07 (same)
1983 - 10 (same)
1984 - 01 (same)
1984 - 04 (same)
1984 - 07 (same)
1984 - 10 (same)
1985 - 01 (same)
1985 - 04 (same)
1985 - 07 (same)
1985 - 10 (same)
1986 - 01 (same)
1986 - 04 (same)
1986 - 07 (same)
1986 - 10 (same)
1987 - 01 (same)
1987 - 04 (same)
1987 - 07 (same)
1987 - 10 (same)
1988 - 01 (same)
1988 - 04 (same)
1988 - 07 (same)
1988 - 10 (same)
1989 - 01 (same)
1989 - 04 (same)
1989 - 07 (same)
1989 - 10 " 1 "
1990 - 01 (same)
1990 - 04 (same)
1990 - 07 (same)
1990 - 10 (same)
1991 - 01 Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

Pullman Standard 77000 series 50' PS-1 conversions
(see 77000 series listing for sources)

Car #49 had experimental paint scheme

Paint Schemes

As reconditioned
blue sides, black door. ? ends. ? roof. "medium" sized intertwined "BM" herald (all white with black outline)
Experimental (49 only)
Same as above, but larger/different font for road initials and car number, "BOSTON AND MAINE" (3 lines) on right side of car (instead of intertwined BM)
Lettering supplied by 3-M (per Don Clerke inserts into B&MRRHS Bulletin)

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

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

Don Clerke inserts into B&MRRHS Bulletin
i 2, photo 1 45? X B BM AB N 2V N N
i 7, photo 2 49 X BM G G N N 2V N N Experimental
NERail Photo Archive
or http://photos.nerail.org/ → "By Railroad" → "Boston & Maine" →
Then scroll thru to find the photo "One of a kind".
or try: http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=53936
49 1979-02-06 Y X BM G G N N 2V N N N Experimental has yellow "no roofwalk" warning

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
14-Dec-2019 KG Akerboom Initial release
28-Mar-2020 KG Akerboom Added data from 19 more ORERs
04-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Re-did references/photos section
22-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Updated per B&MRRHS Modeler's Notes #39
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
08-Nov-2020 KG Akerboom Added "NE Rails" photos
31-Dec-2020 KG Akerboom Updated misc stuff