B&M 9550 Gondola Cars

Boston & Maine 9550 Series Gondola 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 34'
Width
Height
Capacity 60000

ORER Size Data - 1910-1915
Description 8/1910 2/1914 3/1914
M.C.B. Designation GB (11/1914)
Inside
Dimensions Length 32' 32'-4"
Width 8'-10"
Height 1'-10"
Outside
Dimensions Length 34' 34' 34'
Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 8' to 8'-9" 8' to 8'-9" 9'-1"
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 524
Pounds 60000 60000 60000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1901 - 03 9550-9899 350 Sideboard Coal, 34', 60000 lbs capacity
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 " 350 "
1901 - 06 (same)
1901 - 07 (same)
1901 - 08 (same)
1901 - 09 " (illegible) "
1901 - 10 " 350? "
1901 - 11 " (illegible) "
1903 - 03 " 345 "
1903 - 05 " 344 Coal, Drop Sideboard
1903 - 06 (same)
1903 - 07 " 343 "
1903 - 08 (same)
1903 - 09 (same)
1903 - 10 (same)
1903 - 11 " 342 "
1904 - 07 " 338 "
1904 - 12 " 339 "
1905 - 01 (same)
1905 - 03 " 339 "
1905 - 04 (same)
1905 - 06 " 338 "
1906 - 08 " 333 "
1907 - 03 " 331 "
1907 - 04 " 330 "
1907 - 05 " (illegible) "
1907 - 06 " 330 "
1907 - 07 (same)
1907 - 08 " 329 "
1907 - 09 " 328 "
1907 - 10 (same)
1907 - 11 " 325 "
1907 - 12 " 324 "
1908 - 01 (same)
1908 - 02 " 324 "
1908 - 03 " 323 "
1908 - 04 (same)
1908 - 05 " 321 "
1908 - 08 " 320 "
1908 - 09 (same)
1908 - 10 " 319 "
1908 - 11 " 318 "
1908 - 12 " 319? "
1909 - 01 " 319 "
1909 - 02 " 317 "
1909 - 04 " 315 "
1909 - 05 (same)
1909 - 06 (same)
1909 - 07 " 314 "
1909 - 08 " 315 "
1909 - 09 " 314 "
1909 - 10 " 313 "
1909 - 11 (same)
1910 - 01 " 310 "
1910 - 02 (same)
1910 - 03 (same)
1910 - 04 (same)
1910 - 05 (same)
1910 - 06 " (illegible) "
1910 - 07 " 308 "
1910 - 08 (same)
1910 - 09 (same)?
1910 - 11 " 309 "
1910 - 12 " 307 "
1911 - 02 " 306 "
1911 - 03 (same)
1911 - 04 (same)
1911 - 05 (same)
1911 - 08 " 305 "
1911 - 09 " 304 "
1911 - 10 (same)
1911 - 11 (same)
1911 - 12 " 303 "
1912 - 01 " 303? "
1912 - 02 " 302 "
1912 - 03 (same)
1912 - 04 " 301 "
1912 - 05 (same)
1912 - 06 " 300 "
1912 - 07 (same)
1912 - 08 " 299 "
1912 - 09 " (illegible) "
1912 - 10 " (illegible) "
1912 - 11 " 296 "
1912 - 12 " 294 "
1913 - 01 " (illegible) "
1913 - 02 " 291 "
1913 - 03 " 290 "
1913 - 04 " (illegible) "
1913 - 05 " (illegible) "
1913 - 06 " (illegible) "
1913 - 07 " 265 "
1913 - 10 " 250 "
1913 - 11 " 243 "
1913 - 12 " 239? "
1914 - 01 " 235 "
1914 - 02 " 227 "
1914 - 03 " 224 "
1914 - 04 " 223 "
1914 - 05 " 222 "
1914 - 06 " 206 "
1914 - 07 " 138 "
1914 - 09 " 68 "
1914 - 10 " 70 "
1914 - 11 (same)
1914 - 12 " 69 "
1915 - 01 " 62 "
1915 - 02 " 59 "
1915 - 03 (same)
1915 - 04 (same)
1915 - 05 " 52 "
1915 - 10 Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

Are these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series?
Or new cars since 1897?
From Eric Neubauer Laconia data, the following cars were built by Laconia:

9865-9889 (60,000 lbs, 34' IL, 1900, WUF, Fitchburg, unknown order)

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 # 22 - U
B&M Diagram # 41
Diagram Date 1907
Color on Diagram Brown
Notes on Diagram
Datum 1900 Index 1907 Index
Class of car Drop Side Car Gondola Car Drop Sideboard
Length 34' 34'
Capacity 60,000 60,000
Car Numbers 9550-9899 9550-9899
Page [original] 39 41

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
Fitch 9550 F-9 139 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9555 F-9 140 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9558 F-9 141 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9560 F-9 151 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9570 F-9 152 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9572 F-9 153 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9575 F-9 142 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9577-9578 F-9 175 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9581 F-9 194 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9589 F-9 176 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9590 F-9 154 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9595 F-9 195 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9596 F-9 155 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9600 F-9 177 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9620 F-9 178 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9625-9628 F-9 179 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9633 F-9 180 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9636-9637 F-9 156 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9638 F-9 196 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9639 F-9 157 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9647 F-9 197 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9652 F-9 143 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9664 F-9 181 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9666 F-9 182 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9668 F-9 158 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9669 F-9 198 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9671 F-9 199 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9682 F-9 144 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9685 F-9 200 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9691 F-9 201 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9698 F-9 145 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9699 F-9 183 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9706 F-9 184 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9709-9710 F-9 202 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9713 F-9 185 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9716-9717 F-9 159 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9722 F-9 146 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9732 F-9 186 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9740 F-9 203 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9742 F-9 187 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9743 F-9 204 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9744 F-9 160 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9750-9751 F-9 205 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9754 F-9 188 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9755 F-9 206 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9757 F-9 207 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9758 F-9 161 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9763 F-9 162 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9766 F-9 163 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9769 F-9 189 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9771 F-9 190 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9778 F-9 147 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9779 F-9 208 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9782 F-9 209 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9784 F-9 191 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9792 F-9 210 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9794 F-9 164 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9798 F-9 192 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9805-9806 F-9 211 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9811 F-9 165 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9817 F-9 166 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9822 F-9 167 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9826 F-9 148 gon - dump sides & bottom 1892-1898 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9832 F-9 168 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9833-9834 F-9 193 gon - dump sides & bottom 1895 J&W 60 wood wood
Fitch 9835 F-9 169 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9845 F-9 170 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9851 F-9 171 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9862 F-9 172 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9865-9866 F-9 212 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9868 F-9 213 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9871-9873 F-9 214 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9877-9879 F-9 215 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9885 F-9 216 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9887 F-9 173 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood
Fitch 9889 F-9 217 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Laconia 60 wood wood
Fitch 9896 F-9 174 gon - dump sides & bottom 1900 Fitchburg 60 wood wood

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Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
25-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
14-May-2020 KG Akerboom Added data from 4 more ORERs (1911,1919,1921,1931)
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)
12-Oct-2020 KG Akerboom Added E. Neubauer Laconia build data
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