B&M 26600 Flat Cars

Boston & Maine 26600 Series Flat 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 - 1903-1910
Dimensions 5/1903
Length 33'
Width
Height
Capacity 30000-40000

ORER Size Data - 1910-?
Description 8/1910 2/1914
M.C.B. Designation FM(11/1914)
Inside
Dimensions Length 33'
Width 8'-8"
Height
Outside
Dimensions Length 33' 33'
Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 8' to 8'-8" 8'-8"
Extreme Width
Height
from
Rail To Extreme Width
To Eaves or top of sides or platform
To Top of Running Board
To Extreme Height
Door - Side
opening Width
Height
Capacity Cu Ft. Level Full
Pounds 30-40000 40000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1903 - 05 26600-26899 235 Flat
1903 - 06 " 237 "
1903 - 07 " 235 "
1903 - 08 " 235? "
1903 - 09 " 232 "
1903 - 10 (same)
1903 - 11 " 228 "
1904 - 07 " 230 "
1904 - 12 " 222 "
1905 - 01 (same)
1905 - 03 " 220 "
1905 - 04 " 218 "
1905 - 06 " 217 "
1906 - 08 " 193 "
1907 - 03 " 177 "
1907 - 04 " 174 "
1907 - 05 " 174? "
1907 - 06 " 170 " ‡ note
1907 - 07 " 168 " (incl ‡ note)
1907 - 08 " 169 " (incl ‡ note)
1907 - 09 " 166 " (incl ‡ note)
1907 - 10 (same) (incl ‡ note)
1907 - 11 " 161 " (incl ‡ note)
1907 - 12 " 156 " (incl ‡ note?)
1908 - 01 " 153 " (incl ‡ note?)
1908 - 02 " 151 " (incl ‡ note)
1908 - 03 " 149 " (no ‡ note)
1908 - 04 " 148 "
1908 - 05 " 149 "
1908 - 08 " 145 "
1908 - 09 (same)
1908 - 10 " 141 "
1908 - 11 " 140 "
1908 - 12 (same)
1909 - 01 " 139 "
1909 - 02 " 136 "
1909 - 04 " 133? "
1909 - 05 " 133? "
1909 - 06 " 133 "
1909 - 07 " 131 "
1909 - 08 (same)
1909 - 09 " 128 "
1909 - 10 " 127 "
1909 - 11 " 124? "
1910 - 01 " 122 "
1910 - 02 " 121 "
1910 - 03 (same)
1910 - 04 (same)
1910 - 05 (same)
1910 - 06 " (illegible) "
1910 - 07 " 119? "
1910 - 08 " 114? "
1910 - 09 " 111 "
1910 - 11 " 109 "
1910 - 12 " 108 "
1911 - 02 " 102? "
1911 - 03 " 101 "
1911 - 04 " 100 "
1911 - 05 (same)
1911 - 08 " 98 "
1911 - 09 (same)
1911 - 10 " 97 "
1911 - 11 " (illegible) "
1911 - 12 " 93 "
1912 - 01 " 91? "
1912 - 02 " 89 "
1912 - 03 " 87 "
1912 - 04 (same)
1912 - 05 " 85? "
1912 - 06 " 86 "
1912 - 07 " 85? "
1912 - 08 " 83? "
1912 - 09 " 82? "
1912 - 10 " 80? "
1912 - 11 " 78 "
1912 - 12 " 75 "
1913 - 01 " 74 "
1913 - 02 " 73 "
1913 - 03 " 73? "
1913 - 04 " 71? "
1913 - 05 " 70? "
1913 - 06 " (illegible) "
1913 - 07 " 69 "
1913 - 10 " 66 "
1913 - 11 " 60 "
1913 - 12 " 60? "
1914 - 01 " 57 "
1914 - 02 " 56 "
1914 - 03 " 54 "
1914 - 04 (same)
1914 - 05 " 51 "
1914 - 06 (same)
1914 - 07 " 48 "
1914 - 09 (same)
1914 - 10 (same)
1914 - 11 " 47 "
1914 - 12 " (illegible) "
1915 - 01 " 44 "
1915 - 02 " 43 "
1915 - 03 " 42 "
1915 - 04 " 41 "
1915 - 05 " (illegible) "
1915 - 10 " 37 "
1915 - 11 (same)
1915 - 12 (same)
1916 - 01 (same)
1916 - 02 " 36 "
1916 - 03 " 35 "
1916 - 04 " 29 "
1916 - 05 " 27 "
1916 - 06 " 26 "
1916 - 07 " 23 "
1916 - 08 (same)
1916 - 09 (same)
1916 - 10 " 22 "
1916 - 11 " 21 "
1916 - 12 " 19 "
1917 - 01 (same)
1917 - 02 " 18 "
1917 - 03 " 16 "
1917 - 04 " 15 "
1917 - 05 " 13? "
1917 - 06 " 9 "
1917 - 10 " 7 "
1917 - 11 " 6 "
1919 - 10 26630-26830 4 "
1920 - 01 " 3 "
1921 - 05 Not listed

ORER Notes

‡ note

(6/1907 - 3/1908?)

A few cars in these series are of different lengths but will be renumbered when they go through the shops

Discussion, General Notes

I believe the cars in this series are a renumbering from the (1893) 25025-26999 series cars.
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 # 25 - L
B&M Diagram # 48
Diagram Date 1907
Color on Diagram Brown
Notes on Diagram
Datum 1900 Index 1907 Index
Class of car Flat Car Flat Car
Length 33' 33'
Capacity 20,000-40,000 30,000-40,000
Car Numbers 26500-26899 26600-26899
Page [original] 47 48

ICC Valuation Data (circa 1914)

For more info on the ICC valuation data, see this web page

"Owning"
RR Car # /
Range Val
Sheet # Index
on Page Car Type Built
Date Builder Capy Underframe Body Notes
C&PR RR 26600 C&PR-47 35 Flat 1881 Wason 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26601 C&PR-47 36 Flat pre-1886 [N/A] 50 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26621 C&PR-47 37 Flat pre-1896 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26624 C&PR-47 38 Flat 1889 Concord 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26630 C&PR-47 39 Flat pre-1886 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26631 C&PR-47 40 Flat 1885 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26635 C&PR-47 41 Flat 1898 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26636 C&PR-47 42 Flat 1902 Concord 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26643 C&PR-47 43 Flat 1885 Keith 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26650 C&PR-47 44 Flat 1881 Wason 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26651 C&PR-48 1 Flat 1881 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26652 C&PR-48 2 Flat pre-1890 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26653 C&PR-48 3 Flat pre-1890 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26678 C&PR-48 4 Flat 1873 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26704 C&PR-48 5 Flat pre-1894 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26709 C&PR-48 6 Flat pre-1887 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26714 C&PR-48 7 Flat pre-1896 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26718 C&PR-48 8 Flat pre-1896 [N/A] 32 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26719 C&PR-48 9 Flat 1883 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26725 C&PR-48 10 Flat 1896 Lawrence 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26730 C&PR-48 11 Flat pre-1892 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26738 C&PR-48 12 Flat pre-1900 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26739 C&PR-48 13 Flat 1881 Wason 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26744 C&PR-48 14 Flat pre-1890 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26754 C&PR-48 15 Flat 1891 Laconia 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26755 C&PR-48 16 Flat 1891 B&M RR 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26756 C&PR-49 1 Flat pre-1896 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26759 C&PR-49 2 Flat pre-1894 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26768 C&PR-49 3 Flat pre-1895 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26776 C&PR-49 4 Flat pre-1895 B&M RR 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26777 C&PR-49 5 Flat 1887 Lyndonville 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26779 C&PR-49 6 Flat 1886 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26782 C&PR-49 7 Flat 1871 Conn. RR 30 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26785 C&PR-49 8 Flat pre-1888 Conn. RR 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26788 C&PR-49 9 Flat pre-1882 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26800 C&PR-49 10 Flat pre-1887 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26806 C&PR-49 11 Flat 1883 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26813 C&PR-49 12 Flat pre-1896 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26818 C&PR-49 13 Flat pre-1887 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26823 C&PR-49 14 Flat pre-1887 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26824 C&PR-49 15 Flat pre-1895 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26830 C&PR-49 16 Flat pre-1888 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26835 C&PR-50 1 Flat pre-1887 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26847 C&PR-50 2 Flat 1882 Laconia 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26866 C&PR-50 3 Flat pre-1900 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26870 C&PR-50 4 Flat pre-1900 [N/A] 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26873 C&PR-50 5 Flat pre-1888 Laconia 40 wood [N/A]
C&PR RR 26893 C&PR-50 6 Flat 1888 B&M RR 40 wood [N/A]

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

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

I believe this can be found multiple places, one is Cardcow.com
postcard 26842 X S1& R R N "Fake" photo of 20-30' fish on flat car
"Sights on our travels through here"

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
28-Dec-2019 KG Akerboom Initial release
04-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Re-did references/photos section
05-May-2020 KG Akerboom Moved ORER notes into separate section
15-May-2020 KG Akerboom Added data from 4 more ORERs (1911,1919,1921,1931)
28-May-2020 KG Akerboom updated 10/1919
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)
28-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
22-Jan-2022 KG Akerboom Added ICC Valuation data