B&M 1893 22000 Flat Cars

Boston & Maine 1893 22000 Series Flat Cars

Index

Builder's Photo

Does one exist?

B&M Classification Card(s)

Does one exist?

Specifications From Classification Cards

?

ORER data and numbers

Note these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series
ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1893 - 04 22000-23999 (none) 8-wheel platform, 34'
1893 - 05 (same)
1893 - 06 (same)
1893 - 07 (same)
1893 - 08 (same)
1894 - 03 " 717? "
1894 - 04 (same)
1894 - 05 (same)
1894 - 06 (same)
1894 - 07 (same)
1894 - 08 (same)
1895 - 06 " 865? "
1895 - 07 " 865 "
1895 - 08 (same)
1896 - 06 " 1621? "
1896 - 07 (same)
1896 - 08 " 1625 "
1897 - 03 " 1634 "
1897 - 04 " 1633 "
1897 - 05 " 1689 "
1897 - 06 " 1636 "
1897 - 07 " 1639 "
1897 - 08 " 1636 "
1897 - 09 " 1631 "
1897 - 10 (same)
1897 - 11 (same)
1897 - 09 " 1775 "
1898 - 05 " 1703 "
1899 - 01 " 1780 "
1899 - 04 " 1774 "
1899 - 05 " 1779 "
1899 - 06 " 1783 "
1899 - 09 " 1775 "
1899 - 11 " 1785 "
1900 - 06 " 1826 "
1901 - 03 " … Platform, 34', 40000 to 60000 lbs capacity, old series
1901 - 04 (same)
1901 - 05 (same)
1901 - 06 (same)
1901 - 07 (same)
1901 - 08 (same)
1901 - 09 (same)
1901 - 10 (same)
1901 - 11 (same)
1903 - 03 (same)
In "Old Series" table (i.e. being renumbered)
1903 - 09 22000-23851 … Flat
1903 - 10 (same)
1903 - 11 (same)
1904 - 07 (same)
1904 - 12 (same)
1905 - 03 (same)
1905 - 04 (same)
1905 - 07 (same)
1907 - 03 Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

Renumbering: Note there are also "new" series:
25000-25499 (28-31')
25500-25599 (32')
26600-26899 (33')
30000-31499 (34', 40000 lbs)
31500-31999 (34', 50000)
32000-32099 (28-60', 40-100000) ("Special")
32100-33999 (34', 60000)

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

Car Number(s) Vol Page First
Date Last
Date Builder $ / Car Notes
22748, 22764 1 22 1900-07 - B&M, Lawrence $472
22078 1 22 1900-09 1900-10 B&M, Lawrence $474 34', into service 1900-10-06

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

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

25-Feb-2021 post on EarlyRail@groups.io
Thread title = "High Resolution Photos of 1888 Train Delivering Boilers"
Post has link to Google Drive with 3 files, from ?Maine Historical Society? (but as of Mar-2021, I cannot find these photos on the Maine Historical Soc. web site)
Dating: Wood flat cars w/ truss rods, link and pin couplers, stub switches, some wood frame w/ pedestal bearing trucks.
File name (I believe these look similar to Maine Historical Society cataloging):
Coll 242 B29 F4 s1.tif

ca 1880?? 22131 [or 22431?] X p S1& R R N None loaded with "Portland Co" boiler for "Pepperell Mf'g Co, Biddeford, ME."

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

I believe these cars were renumbered into the following series:

Date Quantity New Numbers Description
1901-1903 All 30000-31999 Flat, 34', 40000 and 50000 lbs capacity
32100-39999 Flat, 34', 60000 lbs capacity
32000-32099 (less likely) Flat, Special, 34' to 60', 60000 to 100000 lbs capacity

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
26-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
05-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added 9/1899 ORER data
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
17-Oct-2020 KG Akerboom Added Car Book Data
10-Mar-2021 KG Akerboom added EarlyRail@groups.io photo(s)
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)