B&M 74000 Box Cars

Boston & Maine 74000 Series Box Cars

Index

Builder's Photo

Pullman Standard Builder's Photo Courtesy of James Kinkaid, used with permission (click on image to see full resolution available)

B&M Classification Card(s)

For more info on the classification cards and "webitizing" them, see this web page
From 1952 class book.
or NMRO (Scott Whitney) CDs/DVDs
Click on image to see original scan at full resolution (or right-click → "Save Picture As" to download black and white image, to view it at full resolution)

Specifications From Classification Cards

Additional data from Neubauer, Eric. Pullman-Standard Freight Car Production Including Predecessors (Pullman-Standard Freight Car Production.pdf)

Spec Value
Builder Pullman-Standard [Michigan City per Pullman Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960]
Lot # 5877 (Pullman Standard)
62[?] (B&M) [same lot as second 64680 !?]
Car Numbers MTC 74000-74024 [per Car Book vol 3, part 3, p9L]
B&M 74125-74499
Quantity 500 (B&M) + 250 (MEC 6500-6749)
Build Date 1947 [September per Pullman Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960]
Aug-Sep 1947 per Pullman-Standard Freight Car Production Including Predecessors
Gen. Arrgt. PS 514-F-55G
B&M 5414-B-27
Description 40' PS-1 design [early]
Lt Weight 45,200 lbs. (average)
Cubic Cap'y 3,899 Cu. Ft.
Roof Pullman-Standard
Ends [4/4] Pullman-Standard
Doors [7 panel] Superior per Pullman-Standard Freight Car Production Including Predecessors
[7' Youngstown per Pullman Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960]
[7'; 7 panel Superior per James B Van Bokkelen's web site]
[7 panel Superior per Rail Model Journal, March, 1993]
[7'; 7 panel Superior per NEB&W's Guide to HO Scale Steam-Era Fright Car Kits - Revised 29-Jan-1994]
Running Boards Apex Steel "Tri-Lok"
Brake Step Apex Steel "Tri-Lok"
Hand Brake Ajax
Air Brake AB 1012 (NY and West)
Wheels 33" Cast iron, chilled tread
Trucks ASF "A-3" Ride control
Journals 5½" x 10" (100,000 lbs nominal capacity)
Journal box lids Ry. St. Sp. &c Motor Whl. [??!!]
Safety Appliances Creco
Side Bearings Stucki
Center Sills AAR Z 26", 36.2#
Coupler National Mall. "E", bottom operating
Coupler Yoke Symington-Gould 3944C
Draft Gear Miner A22 x B
Brake Beam Davis
Brake Beam Safety Support Creco
Brake Beam Hangers Schaefer
Brake Beam Hangers Retainer Ill. Ry. Eq. Co.
Bottom Rod Schaefer
Brake Shoes ABS & F Co.
Brake Shoe Keys "Lockey"
Brake Levers Schaefer
Packing Retainers "Hold Rite"
Dust Guard Jenkins
Brake Pin Cotters Gustin-Bacon
Defect Card Holder Motor Whl. Corp
From examination of builder's photo
Ends Did NOT have the 6 "dimples" (at peak) of later ends
The 2 end pieces were riveted together
Lower-Right grab on end Right end: strap between rib "valleys"
Left end attached to bracket on rib
Sides 10 panel welded
Roof End panels flat (no pressed "stiffeners")
End Ladders Right stile straight so bottom 2 rungs are the same length as the others
Separate "grab iron" a few inches from bottom rung of ladder
Poling Pockets None

From Neubauer, Eric.Evans Products Company Freight Car Roster Notes
1000-1174 Rebuild
Spec Value
[re]Builder US Railway Equipment Co. (at plant = "BK" = ?)
(per emails with Eric, BK is NOT "Blue Island", or any other USRE facility. it is likely a railroad shop, or perhaps another car builder)
Lot # 262
Cubic Cap'y 3,899 Cu. Ft.
Date 1960 thru May, 1961

ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data
Description 10/1947 4/1958
AAR Mechanical Designation XM XM
Inside
Dimensions Length 40'-6" 40'-6"
Width 9'-2" 9'-2"
Height 10'-6" 10'-6"
Outside
Dimensions Length 41'-10" 41'-10"
Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 10'-5"
9'-4" 10'-5"
9'-4"
Extreme Width 10'-8" 10'-8"
Height
from
Rail To Extreme Width 13'-8"
14'-6" 14'-6"
13'-8"
To Eaves or top of sides or platform 14'-6" 14'-6"
To Top of Running Board 15'-1" 15'-1"
To Extreme Height 15'-1" 15'-1"
Door - Side
opening Width 7' 7'
Height 9'-10" 9'-10"
Capacity Cu Ft. Level Full 3899 3899
Pounds 100000 100000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description Derivatives/rebuilds
1947 - 10 74000-74499 500 Box, Steel
1948 - 01 (same)
1948 - 04 (same)
1948 - 07 " 498 "
1948 - 10 (same)
1949 - 01 (same)
1949 - 04 (same)
1949 - 07 " 496 "
1949 - 10 (same)
1950 - 01 (same)
1950 - 04 (same)
1950 - 07 (same)
1950 - 10 (same)
1951 - 01 (same)
1951 - 04 " 495 "
1951 - 07 " 494 "
1951 - 10 (same)
1952 - 01 " 493 "
1952 - 04 " 492 "
1952 - 07 (same)
1952 - 10 (same)
1953 - 01 (same)
1953 - 04 (same)
1953 - 07 (same)
1953 - 10 (same)
1954 - 01 (same)
1954 - 04 (same)
1954 - 07 (same)
1954 - 10 " 490 "
1955 - 01 (same)
1955 - 04 (same)
1955 - 07 (same)
1955 - 10 (same)
1956 - 01 (same)
1956 - 04 " 489 "
1956 - 07 (same)
1956 - 10 (same)
1957 - 01 (same)
1957 - 04 (same)
1957 - 07 " 448 " 67000-67039 40
1957 - 10 (same) " "
1958 - 01 " 447 " " "
1958 - 04 " 446 " " "
1958 - 07 (same) " "
1958 - 10 (same) " "
1959 - 01 (same) " "
1959 - 04 (same) " 37
1959 - 07 (same) " "
1959 - 10 (same) " "
1960 - 01 (same) " "
1960 - 04 " 445 " " "
1960 - 07 (same) " "
1960 - 10 " 444 " " "
1961 - 01 " 268 " " " 1000-1174 175
1961 - 04 Not listed " " " " 4000-4063 64
1961 - 07 74000-74499 40 " " " " " 4000-4499 "
1961 - 10 " 14 " " " " " " 50
1962 - 01 " 15 " " " " " " "
1962 - 04 " 10 " " " " 174 " "
1962 - 07 (same) " " " " " "
1962 - 10 (same) " " " " " "
1963 - 01 Not listed " " " 173 Not listed
1963 - 04 " " " "
1963 - 07 " " " "
1963 - 10 " " " "
1964 - 01 " " " "
1964 - 04 " " " "
1964 - 07 " " " "
1964 - 10 " " " "
1965 - 01 " " " "
1965 - 04 " " " "
1965 - 07 " " " "
1965 - 10 " " " "
1966 - 01 " " " 172
1966 - 04 " " " "
1966 - 07 " " " "
1966 - 10 " " " "
1967 - 01 " 36 " 171
1967 - 04 " " " "
1967 - 07 " " " 170
1967 - 10 " " " 169
1968 - 01 " " " "
1968 - 04 " " " "
1968 - 07 " " " "
1968 - 10 " " " 167
1969 - 01 " " " "
1969 - 04 " " " "
1969 - 07 " " " "
1969 - 10 " " " 166
1970 - 01 " " " "
1970 - 04 " " " "
1970 - 07 " " " "
1970 - 10 " " " "
1971 - 01 " " " "
1971 - 04 " " " 165
1971 - 07 " " " "
1971 - 10 " " " 123
1972 - 01 " 32 " "
1972 - 04 " " " 99
1972 - 07 " " " "
1972 - 10 " " " "
1973 - 01 " " " 67
1973 - 04 " 33 " 58
1973 - 07 " " " 55
1973 - 11 " 27 " 47
1974 - 01 " " " "
1974 - 04 " " " 37
1974 - 07 " " " "
1974 - 10 " " " 27
1975 - 01 " " " "
1975 - 04 " 26 " 26
1975 - 07 " " " 22
1975 - 10 " 24 " 19
1976 - 01 " " " 18
1976 - 04 " " " "
1976 - 07 " 23 Not listed
1976 - 10 " 22
1977 - 01 " 21
1977 - 04 " 19
1977 - 07 " "
1977 - 10 " "
1978 - 01 " 5
1978 - 04 " "
1978 - 07 " "
1978 - 10 " "
1979 - 01 " "
1979 - 04 " "
1979 - 07 " "
1979 - 10 " "
1980 - 01 " "
1980 - 04 " 4
1980 - 07 " "
1980 - 10 " "
1981 - 01 " "
1981 - 04 Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

Per Tim Gilbert
750 boxcars were purchased from Pullman Standard in 1947 - 500 of them going to the B&M as their #74000-74499, and the other 250 to the Maine Central as their #6500-6749. Cars were equipped with 7 panel Superior doors. They were examples of early PS-1 production.
In 1958, forty of the B&M's cars were equipped with four overhead grain loading hatches, and renumbered in the #67000-67039 series. These cars were temporarily classed as AAR "LC", but were soon reclassed to "XM"
In 1961, 175 of the "normal" #74000s were subject to a "sale/leaseback" arrangement with US Railway Equipment Co., and renumbered into the #1000-#1174 series. The remaining survivors were disposed of, although the #4000-4499 series was used temporarily as a "clearing" account. The net result of all these maneuverings meant that there were 269 fewer cars of the nee #74000 series on the B&M owned or leased. US Railway Equipment Co. probably got them for their own lease fleet. These 269 cars could probably be deemed surplus on account of the 1538 boxcars purchased in 1956-1957 concurrent with the decline of freight tonnage requiring boxcars. The #1000 series paint scheme was the standard McGinnis "Black and Blue" one applied to 40' boxcars.

Per Railway Age (Aug 13, 1927, p291) and/or B&MRRHS Newsletter (Nov-Dec 2000 issue, p6)
#74000-74024 had MTC (rather than B&M) reporting marks

Per B&M RR Employees' Magazine Dec, 1946 (vol 18 No. 12), p13
The Boston and Maine Railroad placed an order for 500 new box cars in November [1946], estimated to cost approximately $1,870,000.
The new cars will be 40 feet long, with a weight capacity of 50 tons, while their interior space, 3,898 cubic feet, will make them the largest capacity 40-foot box cars ever owned by the railroad.
The order was placed with the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company for earliest possible delivery

Differences between the "pre-1950" and later PS-1 designs
Kadee has a very nice flier illustrating the differences between the "pre-1950" PS-1 design and later cars
This was first brought to my attention on the main@RealSTMFC.groups.io list, in a thread titled "Kadee early PS-1" (started 02-Mar-2021)
In a reply in the thread, Ed hawkins comments on the roof designs:
The two roof versions are the original (but short-lived) PS-1 welded roof and alternate PS-1 roof.
The alternate roof is like the post-1950 roof except lacking crosswise pressed corrugations on the two roof sheets adjacent to the ends.
Railroads matching the existing [pre-1950?] Kadee PS-1 bodies with 10-panel welded sides include the following.
LV, BM, CGW, KCS, MEC, NYC (original PS-1 welded roof)
ATSF, COPR, CMO, CNW, DSS&A, NH, P&WV, Southern, UP (alternate early-version riveted PS-1 roof)

Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data

Car Books (1923-06 thru 1936-10, then 1944-05 thru 1960-03)

Volume number refers original book number
Part number refers to PDF file part as posted on B&MRRHS site
Page numbers refer to pages in PDF file(s) (L/R = Left or Right side of that PDF page)
NOTE: once cars get renumbered into "company service" (zero + number, or W/M/S numbers), the following actions are my "best guess" as to what happened to the car (due to gaps in records, and the re-use of numbers)

Car Number(s) Vol Part Page Date Action Location New # Notes
MTC 74000-74024 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74025-74247 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74248-74257 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74258 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74259 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74260 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74261-74268 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74269 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74270-74275 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74276-74304 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74305 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74306-74490 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74491-74492 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74493 3 3 9L 1947-09 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
74494-74499 3 3 10L 1947-10 New from Pullman-Standard Co, Michigan City, IN
Car Number(s) Vol Part Page Date Action Location New # Notes
74026 4 7 8L 1957-10-25 Renumber Concord 67034 to box [with roof hatches]
74039 4 7 4L 1957-06-21 Renumber Concord 67017 to box [with roof hatches]
74051 3 5 5R 1949-02-08 Destroyed on C&NW
74056 4 7 7L 1957-09-27 Renumber Concord 67026 to box [with roof hatches]
74057 4 6 11R 1957-04-23 Renumber Concord 67001 to box [with roof hatches]
74093 4 7 8L 1957-10-25 Renumber Concord 67035 to box [with roof hatches]
74116 3 7 5L 1951-01-17 Destroyed on NYC
74119 4 7 4L 1957-06-06 Renumber Concord 67010 to box [with roof hatches]
74124 5 2 7L 1959-11-21 Destroyed on StLSW
74129 4 7 7L 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67025 to box [with roof hatches]
4 9 1R 1958-11-01 Destroyed on MEC
74130 4 7 2L 1957-05-08 Renumber Concord 67006 to box [with roof hatches]
74131 4 7 7L 1957-09-23 Renumber Concord 67021 to box [with roof hatches]
74146 4 7 4L 1957-06-14 Renumber Concord 67012 to box [with roof hatches]
4 9 1R 1958-11-01 Destroyed on MEC
74156 4 7 4L 1957-06-14 Renumber Concord 67013 to box [with roof hatches]
74170 4 7 2L 1957-05-28 Renumber Concord 67009 to box [with roof hatches]
74176 4 7 7L 1957-09-23 Renumber Concord 67022 to box [with roof hatches]
74189 4 7 9R 1957-11-01 Renumber Concord 67037 to box [with roof hatches]
74193 4 6 11R 1957-04-18 Renumber Concord 67000 to box [with roof hatches]
74195 4 7 4L 1957-06-21 Renumber Concord 67016 to box [with roof hatches]
74197 4 7 4L 1957-06-19 Renumber Concord 67014 to box [with roof hatches]
74204 3 5 7L 1948-12-04 Destroyed on Wabash
74206 4 7 7L 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67023 to box [with roof hatches]
74224 4 7 8L 1957-10-04 Renumber Concord 67030 to box [with roof hatches]
74232 4 7 8R 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67029 to box [with roof hatches]
74233 4 7 9R 1957-11-01 Renumber Concord 67036 to box [with roof hatches]
74241 4 7 9R 1957-11-15 Renumber Concord 67038 to box [with roof hatches]
74253 4 7 9R 1957-11-15 Renumber Concord 67039 to box [with roof hatches]
74265 4 7 2L 1957-05-23 Renumber Concord 67007 to box [with roof hatches]
74271 3 7 4R 1950-11-28 Destroyed on Southern
74277 4 6 8R 1957-01-25 Destroyed on PRR
74279 4 7 9R 1957-11-25 Destroyed on GM&O
74282 4 7 7L 1957-09-27 Renumber Concord 67027 to box [with roof hatches]
74292 4 7 4L 1957-06-27 Renumber Concord 67019 to box [with roof hatches]
74298 4 6 11R 1957-04-30 Renumber Concord 67003 to box [with roof hatches]
74301 4 7 8R 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67028 to box [with roof hatches]
74311 4 1 2R 1954-06-20 Destroyed on MKT
74320 4 7 4R 1957-06-19 Renumber Concord 67015 to box [with roof hatches]
74321 4 7 7L 1957-08-05 Destroyed on NYC
74327 4 7 8R 1957-10-25 Renumber Concord 67032 to box [with roof hatches]
74330 3 10 1R 1953-07-12 Destroyed on Pacific RR
74351 4 7 7L 1957-09-25 Renumber Concord 67024 to box [with roof hatches]
74359 4 7 4R 1957-06-27 Renumber Concord 67018 to box [with roof hatches]
74361 3 7 10L 1951-08-27 Destroyed on PRR
74365 4 7 2L 1957-05-28 Renumber Concord 67008 to box [with roof hatches]
74402 3 8 3L 1951-12-03 Destroyed on PRR
74428 4 7 4R 1957-06-27 Renumber Concord 67020 to box [with roof hatches]
74436 4 7 2L 1957-05-14 Renumber Concord 67005 to box [with roof hatches]
74438 3 4 5R 1948-03-29 Destroyed on CGW
74440 4 7 8R 1957-10-25 Renumber Concord 67033 to box [with roof hatches]
4 9 1R 1958-11-01 Destroyed on MEC
74451 4 7 8R 1957-10-04 Renumber Concord 67031 to box [with roof hatches]
74462 4 6 11R 1957-04-25 Renumber Concord 67002 to box [with roof hatches]
74468 4 7 4R 1957-06-10 Renumber Concord 67011 to box [with roof hatches]
74475 4 2 5L 1955-10-16 Destroyed on C&NW
74482 4 7 2L 1957-05-02 Renumber Concord 67004 to box [with roof hatches]
74493 3 4 5L 1948-02-17 Destroyed on Carolina & NW

Paint Schemes

As delivered
Originally, these cars were "box car red" (brown) with white lettering
Minuteman herald
After sale/leaseback as 1000-1174
per Northern New England Color Guide, painted same as 76000s
McGinnis (post 1956?)
side: left - blue, right - black. Door black. ? ends. ? roof. large (approx 8' high) "+BM" herald ("+" on door, "B" over "M")
"One off" McGinnis scheme (1955)
see photo of 74471 below

References or other data

Sullivan, Todd. "Pullman-Standard PS-1 Boxcar" Mainline Modeler Dec 1982, pp 66-77
Plans of car (40' variant) (S scale)
Many photos (including B&M)
Hawkins, Ed. "Build 40-foot PS-1 Boxcars in HO Scale with McKean Models Kit" Rail Model Journal Mar 1993, pp4-13
includes roster of all 40' PS-1 cars
Parts II (May, 1993), III (June, 1993), etc. are primarily photos of other railroad's PS-1 cars
Hawkins, Ed. "Modeling 40 foot PS-1 Boxcars part V" (and part VI) Railmodel Journal Oct 1993, pp24 - 32
Updated roster of all PS-1 cars (more info on details)
B&M RR Magazine Jan, 1948 (vol 16 No. 1), p5 - Article on "new" 74000 series cars
Harmantas, Charles C. "Building an HO Scale Model of the B&M 74000 series PS-1 40' Box car" B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #50 (Sep-Oct 1997), p2
Good article on upgrading an Intermountain PS-1 model, including detail differences for this car (including side sill "tab" changes required)
Hawkins, Ed. "More on B&M PS-1s" B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #52 (Jan-Feb 1998), p4
Follow up on the C. Harmantas article in inssue #50

Photographs

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

Mainline Modeler Issue date included in "page" column
12/1982 p68 74305 1947 X B BM R R AB N N N N N Original Original builder's photo
Blodgett, BG and Richards, RR Jr. Iron Roads of the Monadnock Region Vol 1 Bauhan Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-0-87233-305-5
p166 1124 1964-09-23 X A BM R R N N N N N N Rebuild Intertwined BM 2 photos, I assume same car. Car # from text
B&MRRHS Modelers Notes Issue No. included in "page" column
No 6 p2 74350 1956? X AB N N N N N McGinnis "+BM" Superior door. reshop date 9/56.
Bob's Photos (photo "number" in "page" column, collection in "Note" column)
? 74102 X B Original Original ?ER Batson coll?
BM040 1133? 1971-05-02 X 76000 76000 partially blocked by truck. Superior? door
Rolling Stock Replicas (H Shaner photo, G Melvin coll) All these are at Rockingham Jct.
MTC 74015 ca. 1952 A end view, looks to be parked as baggage/LCL "house"
MTC 74015 ca. 1952 X side view, in background. Superior door (7 panel)
MTC 74015 ca. 1952 A another end view
NMRO (Scott Whitney) CDs/DVDs (as of 18-Apr-2020)
I will have one line (sort of) telling the CD & folder path, then individial car listings will have filename in "page" column
Path: Photos → B&W Historic → Deerfield-North
0232.tif 74316 X BM R R N N N N N N Original Original
BM253.tif 74316 X BM R R N N N N N N Original Original Same as 0232.tif, but better scan
BM256.tif 74316 p BM R R N N N N N N Original Original Same location/car as 0232.tif, BM253.tif?
Path: Photos → B&W Historic → Hoosac-Mechanicville
BM243.tif 74343? X A BM R R N N N N N N Original Original
B&M RR Magazine Jan, 1948 (vol 16 No. 1)
Article on new 74000 series boxcars
p5 74031 1948? X A BM R R N N N N N N original Original
Kaminski, Edward S. Pullman Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960 Signature Press, 2007
p56 (lower-middle) 1089 "early 1960s" Y X B BM R R N N N N N N McGinnis intertwined "BM" Sale/Leaseback
Canadian Freight Railcar Gallery (as of 29-Aug-2020)
"American Railroads" → "Boston & Maine"
Then scroll down to find the photo.
BM 74305 1947 X B BM R R AB N N N N N Original Original builder's photo
Box 74471
You may have to join this group to see the photos
Alternative URL: https://groups.io/g/BM-RR → Photo Albums → B&M Train → Box 74471
74471 X X BM R R AB N N N N N "Dark"? (black?) Large intertwined BM in white while/light colored door (is this a model?)
NERail Photo Archive
or http://photos.nerail.org/ → "By Railroad" → "Boston & Maine" →
Then scroll thru to find the photo "Box car".
or try: http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=112668
1113 Y X p BM R R N N? N N N N 76000 76000
NERail Photo Archive
or http://photos.nerail.org/ → "By Railroad" → "Boston & Maine" →
Then scroll thru to find the photo "Hey Look its McGuinness".
or try: http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=112363
1000 1970-02 Y X BM R R N Y N N N N 76000 76000 Superior door
Pullman Library, James Kinkaid Collection
If above doesn't work, try https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com
Then "Railroad - B" then scroll down
74305 1947-09? X B p BM R R AB N N N N N original original(MM) Builder's Photo, Superior door
B&MRRHS Facebook group 1097 after 1966-03Y X A BMRRNNNNNNrebuild Large intertwined BM in white Boston & Maine Railroad Modeler's Group on Facebook
Direct link
You may need to join the group to see the photo?
Also available at this link? 74471 1955-12 X BMRRABNNNNN"One-off" Large intertwined BM in blue and white Blue?? Superior door Boston & Maine Railroad Modeler's Group on Facebook
Direct link
You may need to join the group to see the photo? 74350 1957 Y X A BMRRABNNNNN"One-off" Large intertwined "+BM" in blue and white Superior door, experimental paint scheme,
may not have been used in revenue service? Rail Goat web site (as of 29-Jan-2022) 74305 1947-09? X B p BMRRABNNNNNoriginal original(MM) Builder's Photo, Superior door (same as above)

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Date Quantity New Numbers Description
1958 40 67000-67039 Renumbered, Equipped with 4 overhead grain loading hatches
1961 175 1000-1174 US Railway Equipment Co. Sale/leaseback
1961 64 4000-4499 End-of-lease renumbering of cars not moved to 1000-1174

Models

Many models of PS-1s have been produced. Perhaps the best (HO) ones are the Kadee and Intermountain, both of which have produced B&M decorated cars, although I don't have details right now. Be careful (particularly) with the door sizes/types and the 6 dimples at the peak of the ends. (note the 74000 series did NOT have them!)
As Kadee releases the B&M cars in small batches, I am not going to list them all here
Con-Cor also has a 40' (I think) PS-1 model (look on their web site under "HO - kits") of unknown accuracy for the B&M (none are decorated for the B&M). Make sure you look at the "regular" door ones, not the "insulated - plug door" ones. Still available as of Dec-2020
Per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #24 (Jan, 1992) Weaver had an O scale PS-1 available. Unknown accuracy for the B&M, unknown if any were painted for the B&M
Per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #38 (Jul, 1995) the McKean PS-1 kit might be better for these as it is closer to the "pre-1950 changes" design (no 6 "dimples" in the end, no crossbearer at center of door, side sill tabs different, 2 roof end panels "flat")
Note Walthers did a HO scale 40' PS-1 "early" design, which has correct ends, and probably most other details, except it has a 6' Superior door (not 7' as the B&M had).
Undec kit Part #910-2350, still visible on their web site as of Feb, 2021 (but listed "out of stock")
More modeling information can be found on James B. Van Bokkelen's web site:
B&M Roster Info
Details on this car series

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
10-Dec-2019 KG Akerboom Initial release
01-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Added references
04-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Re-did references/photos section
18-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Added more web sites: B&MRRHS Flickr, Fallen Flags, NMRA Archives, Earl Tuson. Also Scott Whitney (NMRO) CDs
05-May-2020 KG Akerboom Moved ORER notes into separate section
10-May-2020 KG Akerboom Added 1952 class cards
12-May-2020 KG Akerboom Updated class card table
30-May-2020 KG Akerboom Added B&M RR [Employees] Magazine photos
30-Jun-2020 KG Akerboom Added Builder's Photo
01-Jul-2020 KG Akerboom Added Pullman Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960 photos
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
19-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added more Eric Neubauer data
23-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added more Eric Neubauer data
29-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added "Canadian Freight Railcar Gallery" photos
19-Sep-2020 KG Akerboom Notes some cars reporting marks = "MTC" (per car books)
18-Oct-2020 KG Akerboom Added Car Book Data
03-Nov-2020 KG Akerboom Added groups.io.BM-RR photos
08-Nov-2020 KG Akerboom Added "NE Rails" photos
17-Nov-2020 KG Akerboom Standardized formatting of Classification Card(s) section
29-Nov-2020 KG Akerboom Updated Classification Card data table
19-Dec-2020 KG Akerboom Added JBVB web site links
22-Dec-2020 KG Akerboom Added Con-Cor model info
26-Dec-2020 KG Akerboom Fixed references (RMJ vs MRRing), updated detail info
09-Jan-2021 KG Akerboom Added B&M RR Employees' Magazine Dec, 1946 (vol 18 No. 12) aritcle
22-Jan-2021 KG Akerboom Added pullman-lib.smugmug.com builder's photo
20-Feb-2021 KG Akerboom Added Walther's model
02-Mar-2021 KG Akerboom Added Kadee "Pre-1950 PS1" flier
13-Mar-2021 KG Akerboom Added B&MRRHS Facebook photo
04-Jul-2021 KG Akerboom Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows)
20-Sep-2021 KG Akerboom Added 74471 photo from Facebook
24-Sep-2021 KG Akerboom Added 74350 photo from Facebook
16-Oct-2021 KG Akerboom Added remaining 7/1928 - 10/1947 ORERs
29-Jan-2022 KG Akerboom Added "Rail Goat" web site photos