B&M 1893 25025 Flat Cars

Boston & Maine 1893 25025 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 25025-26999 (none) 8-wheel platform, under 34'
1893 - 05 (same)
1893 - 06 (same)
1893 - 07 (same)
1893 - 08 (same)
1894 - 03 " 1646 "
1894 - 04 (same)
1894 - 05 (same)
1894 - 06 (same)
1894 - 07 (same)
1894 - 08 (same)
1895 - 06 " 1679 "
1895 - 07 (same)
1895 - 08 (same)
1896 - 06 25025-26949 1806 "
1896 - 07 (same)
1896 - 08 " 1709 "
1897 - 03 " 1529 "
1897 - 04 " 1520 "
1897 - 05 " 1504 "
1897 - 06 " 1475 "
1897 - 07 " 1481 "
1897 - 08 " 1475 "
1897 - 09 " 1442 "
1897 - 10 " 1428 "
1897 - 11 " 1414 "
1898 - 05 " 1357 "
1899 - 01 " 1224 "
1899 - 04 " 1212 "
1899 - 05 " 1196 "
1899 - 06 " 1177 "
1899 - 09 " 1154 "
1899 - 11 " 1118 "
1900 - 06 " 1127 "
1899 - 09 " 1154 "
1901 - 03 24000-26899 1386 Platform, 28 to 33'
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 " (illegible) "
1901 - 06 24000-26841 1307 Platform, 28 to 33'
26842-26899 58 Platform, 33'
Total 1365
1901 - 07 24000-26841 1292 Platform, 28 to 33'
26842-26899 58 Platform, 33'
1901 - 08 24000-26841 1271 Platform, 28 to 33'
26842-26899 58 Platform, 33'
1901 - 09 24000-26841 (illegible) Platform, 28 to 33'
26842-26899 (illegible) Platform, 33'
1901 - 10 24000-26841 1248? Platform, 28 to 33'
26842-26899 58 Platform, 33'
1901 - 11 24000-26841 (illegible) Platform, 28 to 33'
26842-26899 (illegible) Platform, 33'
1903 - 03 24000-26841 1086 Platform, 28 to 33'
26842-26899 58 Platform, 33'
Total 1139
1903 - 05 25000-26841 (Old Series) … Flat, 28 to 33'; 30 to 40000 lbs capy
25000-25499 413 Flat, 28 to 31', 30 to 40000 lbs capacity
25500-25999 483 Flat, 32', 30 to 40000 lbs capacity
26600-26899 235 Flat, 33', 30 to 40000 lbs capacity
Total 1131
"new" series - see pages for those series. Below continues ONLY the "old" series
1903 - 06 25000-26841 (Old Series) … Flat, 28 to 33'; 30 to 40000 lbs capy
1903 - 07 (same)
1903 - 08 (same)
In "Old Series" table (i.e. being renumbered)
1903 - 09 25000-26841 … 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

6/1901 - Split off of 26842-26899 - I am not sure if this difference already existed (i.e. these are existing cars that are now being treated separately), or if cars were actually renumbered, or if this is a new series of cars.
These were re-combined with the originals, and re-split in 5/1903.
5/1903 - this appears to be a renumbering to split into 3 distinct series of cars (28-31'; 32'; and 33')
Each of the new series will be tracked separately.
6/1903 - not sure what happened to any remaining cars in number range 24000-24999 (I am assuming, if any were left, they got renumbered into one of the new series)
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)

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 s2.tif
Coll 242 B29 F4 s3.tif
... s2.tif 26044 ca 1880?? X p S1& R R N None loaded with "Portland Co" boiler for "Pepperell Mf'g Co, Biddeford, ME."
... s2.tif 253[2?]7 ca 1880?? X p S1& R R N None loaded with "Portland Co" boiler for "Pepperell Mf'g Co, Biddeford, ME."
... s3.tif 26528 ca 1880?? X p S1& R R N None loaded with "Portland Co" boiler for "Pepperell Mf'g Co, Biddeford, ME."

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Date Quantity New Numbers Description
5/1903 All 25000-25499 Split into 3 distinct series based on length
[see above]
25500-25999
26600-26899

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
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