B&M 51100 Box Cars

Boston & Maine 51100 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 - 1903-1908
Description 5/1903 3/1907
Length 40' 40'-0¾"
Width 8'-6¼"
Height 7'-7¾"
Capacity (Pounds) 80000 80000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1901 - 03 51100-51227 128 Box, 40', 80000 lbs capacity
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 " (illegible) "
1901 - 06 " 128 "
1901 - 07 (same)
1901 - 08 " (illegible) "
1901 - 09 " (illegible) "
1901 - 10 " (illegible) "
1901 - 11 " (illegible) "
1903 - 03 " 128 "
1903 - 05 51100-51999 128 Box, Grain
1903 - 06 (same)
1903 - 07 (same)
1903 - 08 (same)
1903 - 09 " 127 "
1903 - 10 (same)
1903 - 11 (same)
1904 - 07 (same)
1904 - 12 (same)
1905 - 01 (same)
1905 - 03 (same)
1905 - 04 (same)
1905 - 06 (same)
1906 - 08 51100-51227 75 "
1907 - 03 " 24(?) "
1907 - 04 " (illegible) "
1907 - 05 " 17(?) "
1907 - 06 " 15 "
1907 - 07 (same)
1907 - 08 " 12 "
1907 - 09 (same)
1907 - 10 (same)
1907 - 11 (same)
1907 - 12 (same)
1908 - 01 (same)
1908 - 02 " 10 "
1908 - 03 " 6 "
1908 - 04 (same)
1908 - 05 " 1 "
1908 - 08 " … "
1908 - 09 Not listed [possibly renumbered to 11000-11127?]

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 # n/a
B&M Diagram # n/a
Diagram Date n/a
Color on Diagram n/a
Notes on Diagram n/a
Datum 1900 Index 1907 Index
Class of car Box Car n/a
Length 40' n/a
Capacity 80,000 n/a
Car Numbers 51100-51227 n/a
Page [original] 7 n/a

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Date Quantity New Numbers Description
1907? all (127) 11000-11127 renumbered? (dimensions / car counts match)

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)
Also included possible renumbering to 11000 series
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