B&M 1893 20600 Gondola Cars

Boston & Maine 1893 20600 Series Gondola Cars

Index

Builder's Photo

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B&M Classification Card(s)

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Specifications From Classification Cards

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ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data - 1903-1910
Dimensions 5/1903
Length 28-32'
Width
Height
Capacity 30 to 40000

ORER Size Data 1910-1915
Description 8/1910 2/1914 3/1914
M.C.B. Designation GB (11/1914)
Inside
Dimensions Length 27'-6"
Width 8'-2"
Height 2'-11"
Outside
Dimensions Length 28 to 32' 28 to 32' 28'
Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 9'-1" 9'-1" 8'-11"
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 605
Pounds 30 to 40000 40000 40000

Note these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series, plus (possibly) new builds (1896)
ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1893 - 04 20600-20999 (none) 8-wheel Platform, Sideboard (tight sides & ends)
1893 - 05 (same)
1893 - 06 (same)
1893 - 07 (same)
1893 - 08 (same)
1894 - 03 " 53 "
1894 - 04 (same)
1894 - 05 (same)
1894 - 06 (same)
1894 - 07 (same)
1894 - 08 (same)
1895 - 06 20200-20999 78 "
1895 - 07 (same)
1895 - 08 (same)
1896 - 06 20300-20999 406 "
1896 - 07 (same)
1896 - 08 " 449 "
1897 - 03 " 519 "
1897 - 04 " 524 "
1897 - 05 " 531 "
1897 - 06 " 526 "
1897 - 07 " 531 "
1897 - 08 " 526 "
1897 - 09 " 525 "
1897 - 10 (same)
1897 - 11 (same)
1898 - 05 " 524 "
1899 - 01 " 501 "
1899 - 04 " 497 "
1899 - 05 " 490 "
1899 - 06 " 487 "
1899 - 09 " 478 "
1899 - 11 " 461 "
1900 - 06 " 450 "
1901 - 03 " 468 Platform, Sideboard (tight sides & ends)
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 " (illegible) "
1901 - 06 " 663 "
1901 - 07 " 661 "
1901 - 08 " 660 "
1901 - 09 " (illegible) Sideboard Coal (tight sides & ends)
1901 - 10 " (illegible) "
1901 - 11 " (illegible) "
1903 - 03 " 578 "
1903 - 05 20400-20999 571 Coal,Sideboard (tight sides & ends)
1903 - 06 " 568 "
1903 - 07 " 562 "
1903 - 08 (same)
1903 - 09 " 542 "
1903 - 10 " 535 "
1903 - 11 " 529 "
1904 - 07 " 505 "
1904 - 12 " 491 "
1905 - 01 " 483 "
1905 - 03 " 479 "
1905 - 04 " 478 "
1905 - 06 (same)
1906 - 08 " 441 "
1907 - 03 " 392 "
1907 - 04 " 387 "
1907 - 05 " (illegible) "
1907 - 06 " 383 "
1907 - 07 " 378 "
1907 - 08 " 376 "
1907 - 09 " 366 "
1907 - 10 (same)
1907 - 11 " 336 "
1907 - 12 " 320 "
1908 - 01 " 315 "
1908 - 02 " (illegible) "
1908 - 03 " 309 "
1908 - 04 " 308 "
1908 - 05 " 309 "
1908 - 08 " 306 "
1908 - 09 " 305 "
1908 - 10 " 304 "
1908 - 11 " 302 "
1908 - 12 " 298 "
1909 - 01 " 296 "
1909 - 02 " 294 "
1909 - 04 " 290 "
1909 - 05 " 283? "
1909 - 06 " 279 "
1909 - 07 " 276 "
1909 - 08 " 274 "
1909 - 09 " 267 "
1909 - 10 " 260 "
1909 - 11 " 258 "
1910 - 01 " 253 "
1910 - 02 " 244 "
1910 - 03 " 242 "
1910 - 04 " 241 "
1910 - 05 (same)
1910 - 06 " (illegible) Coal (tight sides & ends)
1910 - 07 " 236 "
1910 - 08 " 235? "
1910 - 09 " 233 "
1910 - 11 " 2?8 (illegible) "
1910 - 12 " 227 "
1911 - 02 " 234 "
1911 - 03 " 223 "
1911 - 04 " 220 "
1911 - 05 " 218 "
1911 - 08 " 204 "
1911 - 09 " 200 "
1911 - 10 " 192 "
1911 - 11 " 187 "
1911 - 12 " 176 "
1912 - 01 " 172 "
1912 - 02 " 167 "
1912 - 03 " 165 "
1912 - 04 (same)
1912 - 05 " 163 "
1912 - 06 " 155 "
1912 - 07 " 154? "
1912 - 08 " 151 "
1912 - 09 " 148? "
1912 - 10 " (illegible) "
1912 - 11 " 131 "
1912 - 12 " 125 "
1913 - 01 " 122 "
1913 - 02 " 115 "
1913 - 03 " 105 "
1913 - 04 " 96? "
1913 - 05 " (illegible) "
1913 - 06 " 89 "
1913 - 07 " 87 "
1913 - 10 " 80 "
1913 - 11 " 79 "
1913 - 12 " 75 "
1914 - 01 " 73 "
1914 - 02 " 71 "
1914 - 03 (same)
1914 - 04 (same)
1914 - 05 " 64 "
1914 - 06 " 63 "
1914 - 07 " 56 "
1914 - 09 " 47 "
1914 - 10 (same)
1914 - 11 (same)
1914 - 12 " 48? "
1915 - 01 " 44 "
1915 - 02 " 38 "
1915 - 03 " 12 "
1915 - 04 " 3 "
1915 - 05 Not listed

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 # 23 - U
B&M Diagram # 43
Diagram Date 1907
Color on Diagram Brown
Notes on Diagram
Datum 1900 Index 1907 Index
Class of car Sideboard (Tight sides and ends) Gondola Car Sideboard Tight sides and ends
Length 28'-32' 28'-32'
Capacity 30,000-40,000
Car Numbers 20450-20999 20400-20999
Page [original] 41 43

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
B&M 20428 BM-23 26 Coal - Tight Sides & Ends 1880 [N/A] 40 wood wood
C&M 20430 CM-3 1 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20440 CM-3 2 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20442 CM-3 3 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20458 CM-3 4 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20466 CM-3 5 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20476 CM-3 6 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20494 CM-3 7 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20508 CM-3 8 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20517 CM-3 9 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20531 CM-3 10 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20541 CM-3 11 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20558 CM-3 12 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20562 CM-3 13 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20568 CM-3 14 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20581 CM-3 15 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20604 CM-3 16 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20615 CM-3 17 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20617-20618 CM-3 18 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20637 CM-3 19 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20641 CM-3 20 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20647 CM-3 21 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20654 CM-3 22 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20666 CM-3 23 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20688 CM-3 24 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20695 CM-3 25 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20704 CM-3 26 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20715 CM-3 27 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20729 CM-3 28 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20736-20737 CM-3 29 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20766 CM-3 30 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20772 CM-3 31 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20783 CM-3 32 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20803 CM-3 33 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20845 CM-3 34 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20885 CM-3 35 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20889 CM-3 36 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20895 CM-3 37 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20904 CM-3 38 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20925-20926 CM-3 39 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20942 CM-3 40 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20946 CM-3 41 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20970 CM-3 42 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood
C&M 20982-20983 CM-3 43 Coal 1879-1895 Laconia 40 wood wood

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