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Note these may be existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series
ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.)
Car Numbers
# of Cars
Description
1893 - 04
6074-7999
(none)
Gondola, Flat Bottom
1893 - 05
(same)
1893 - 06
(same)
1893 - 07
(same)
1893 - 08
(same)
1894 - 03
"
100
"
1894 - 04
(same)
1894 - 05
(same)
1894 - 06
(same)
1894 - 07
(same)
1894 - 08
(same)
1895 - 06
(same)
1895 - 07
(same)
1895 - 08
(same)
1896 - 06
"
386
"
1896 - 07
(same)
1896 - 08
(same)
1897 - 03
"
385
"
1897 - 04
(same)
1897 - 05
(same)
1897 - 06
(same)
1897 - 07
(same)
1897 - 08
(same)
1897 - 09
(same)
1897 - 10
(same)
1897 - 11
(same)
1898 - 05
(same)
1899 - 01
"
636
"
1899 - 04
"
686
"
1899 - 05
(same)
1899 - 06
"
698
"
1899 - 09
(same)
1899 - 11
"
709
"
1900 - 06
"
729
"
6074-6173 now listed as "Coke" cars.
Unknown if existing cars were rebuilt, or renumbered out of the way for "new" coke cars.
1901 - 03
6174-7999
625?
" (see note below)
1901 - 04
"
(illegible)
"
1901 - 05
"
(illegible)
"
1901 - 06
"
710
"
1901 - 07
"
749
"
1901 - 08
"
(illegible)
"
1901 - 09
"
(illegible)
"
1901 - 10
"
(illegible)
"
1901 - 11
"
(illegible)
"
6260-7999 now listed as "Coal, Flat Bottom Gondola, Pratt Pat." cars.
Unknown if existing cars were already Pratt Pat. or if they were replaced/rebuilt
1903 - 03
6174-6259
85
Gondola, Flat Bottom, 50000 lbs capacity
1903 - 05
"
85
Coal, Flat Bottom Gondola
1903 - 06
(same)
1903 - 07
(same)
1903 - 08
(same)
1903 - 09
(same)
1903 - 10
(same)
1903 - 11
"
80
"
1904 - 07
(same)
1904 - 12
"
85
"
1905 - 01
(same)
1905 - 03
(same)
1905 - 04
(same)
1905 - 06
(same)
1906 - 08
"
78
"
1907 - 03
"
76
"
1907 - 04
"
75
"
1907 - 05
(illegible)
1907 - 06
"
73
"
1907 - 07
"
70
"
1907 - 08
"
83
"
1907 - 09
(same)
1907 - 10
(same)
1907 - 11
"
65
"
1907 - 12
"
63
"
1908 - 01
(same) [or 61?]
1908 - 02
"
60
"
1908 - 03
"
57
"
1908 - 04
(same)
1908 - 05
"
77
"
1908 - 08
(same)
1908 - 09
"
76
"
1908 - 10
"
76
"
1908 - 11
(same)
1908 - 12
(same)
1909 - 01
(same)(?)
1909 - 02
"
76
"
1909 - 04
(same)
1909 - 05
(same)(?)
1909 - 06
"
76
"
1909 - 07
(same)
1909 - 08
"
77
"
1909 - 08
(same)
1909 - 09
(same)
1909 - 10
(same)
1909 - 11
(same)
1910 - 01
(same)
1910 - 02
(same)
1910 - 03
(same)
1910 - 04
(same)
1910 - 05
(same)
1910 - 06
(same)
1910 - 07
(same)
1910 - 08
"
77
Flat Bottom Gondola
1910 - 09
(same)
1910 - 11
"
76
"
1910 - 12
(same)
1911 - 02
"
76
"
1911 - 03
(same)
1911 - 04
(same)
1911 - 05
"
74
"
1911 - 08
"
70
"
1911 - 09
"
69
"
1911 - 10
"
67
"
1911 - 11
(same)?
1911 - 12
"
66
"
1912 - 01
"
65?
"
1912 - 02
(illegible)
1912 - 03
"
66
"
1912 - 04
(same)
1912 - 05
(same)
1912 - 06
(same)
1912 - 07
"
64?
"
1912 - 08
"
64
"
1912 - 09
(same)?
1912 - 10
"
63?
"
1912 - 11
"
62
"
1912 - 12
"
61
"
1913 - 01
"
59
"
1913 - 02
(same)
1913 - 03
"
58
"
1913 - 04
(same)
1913 - 05
"
(illegible)
"
1913 - 06
"
58
"
1913 - 07
"
57
"
1913 - 10
(same)
1913 - 11
"
56
"
1913 - 12
"
54
"
1914 - 01
"
53
"
1914 - 02
(same)
1914 - 03
(same)
1914 - 04
(same)
1914 - 05
(same)
1914 - 06
(same)
1914 - 07
(same)
1914 - 09
"
49
"
1914 - 10
(same)
1914 - 11
(same)
1914 - 12
(same)
1915 - 01
(same)
1915 - 02
(same)
1915 - 03
"
48
"
1915 - 04
"
47
"
1915 - 05
(same)
1915 - 10
(same)
1915 - 11
"
45
"
1915 - 12
(same)
1916 - 01
(same)
1916 - 02
"
44
"
1916 - 03
(same)
1916 - 04
(same)
1916 - 05
"
43
"
1916 - 06
(same)
1916 - 07
(same)
1916 - 08
"
42
"
1916 - 09
(same)
1916 - 10
"
41
"
1916 - 11
"
39
"
1916 - 12
(same)
1917 - 01
"
36
"
1917 - 02
"
35
"
1917 - 03
"
32
"
1917 - 04
"
31
"
1917 - 05
"
30
"
1917 - 06
(same)
1917 - 10
"
29
"
1917 - 11
(same)
1919 - 10
6176-6259
22
"
1920 - 01
(same)
1921 - 05
6192-6253
10
"
1921 - 12
(same)
1922 - 08
"
9
"
1922 - 11
(same)
1923 - 02
"
8
"
1924 - 11
6192-6223
5
"
1925 - 05
"
4
"
1925 - 07
6192-6201
3
"
1925 - 10
(same)
1926 - 08
6199
1
"
1926 - 10
"
1
"
1927 - 06
Not listed
ORER Notes
Discussion, General Notes
3/1901 note: 6074-6173 still exist, but are now labeled "Coke, 34', 60000 lbs capacity"
I don't know if the old cars in this range were retired and these are new cars that replace them, or if the existing
6074-6173 series cars were just re-purposed (and the numbers remained the same). Note the long length (34') &
capacity would SUGGEST the coke cars are new cars, but I don't know.
In any case, as they are described differently, I am treating them as a separate series of cars (see the "Renumbering" section below)
Also, per Tim Gilbert, the B&M started buying Pratt Patent
"flat bottom coal cars" with the #6260-6799 series (540 cars) in 1899, with further purchases of the Pratt Patent cars in serveral
series #6800-7480 in 1901-1902. These are NOT listed separately in the ORERs until 1903, so they are combined here.
Note: Tim referred to these as "Pratt Pattern" (the ORERs always used the ambiguous "Pat.").
But in the B&M Acquisition books, they clearly state "Patent", so I am using that wording
Note also the B&MRRHS reprint of the 1900-1907 B&M freight car lettering books also clearly show "Patent" on the diagram
From Eric Neubauer Laconia data, the following cars were built by Laconia:
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 #
20 - L
B&M Diagram #
38
Diagram Date
1907
Color on Diagram
Brown
Notes on Diagram
Note "Pratt's Patent - Aug 22, 1893" lettering on the car side
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)
