B&M 9900 Gondola Cars

Boston & Maine 9900 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 40000

ORER Size Data - 1910-
Description 8/1910 2/1914
M.C.B. Designation
Inside
Dimensions Length 32' 32'-4"
Width 8'-10"
Height 1'-11"
Outside
Dimensions Length 34' 34'
Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 8' to 8'-9"
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 547 (3/1914)
Pounds 40000 40000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1901 - 03 9901-9999 99 Sideboard Coal, 34', 40000 lbs capacity
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 " 98? "
1901 - 06 (same)
1901 - 07 (same)
1901 - 08 (same)
1901 - 09 " (illegible) "
1901 - 10 " 98? "
1901 - 11 " (illegible) "
1903 - 03 " 98 "
1903 - 05 9901-9999 98 Coal, Drop Sideboard
1903 - 06 (same)
1903 - 07 (same)
1903 - 08 (same)
1903 - 09 (same)
1903 - 10 (same)
1903 - 11 (same)
1904 - 07 " 96 "
1904 - 12 " 92 "
1905 - 01 (same)
1905 - 03 (same)
1905 - 04 (same)
1905 - 06 (same)
1906 - 08 " 91 "
1907 - 03 " 87 "
1907 - 04 (same)
1907 - 05 (same)
1907 - 06 (same)
1907 - 07 (same)
1907 - 08 " 88 "
1907 - 09 (same)
1907 - 10 (same)
1907 - 11 (same)
1907 - 12 (same)
1908 - 01 (same)
1908 - 02 (same)
1908 - 03 (same)
1908 - 04 (same)
1908 - 05 (same)
1908 - 08 (same)
1908 - 09 " 87 "
1908 - 10 (same)
1908 - 11 (same)
1908 - 12 " 86 "
1909 - 01 (same)
1909 - 02 9900-9999 " "
1909 - 04 (same)?
1909 - 05 " 85 "
1909 - 06 " 84 "
1909 - 07 (same)
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 " 83? "
1910 - 07 " 83 "
1910 - 08 (same)
1910 - 09 (same)
1910 - 11 " 82 "
1910 - 12 " 80 "
1911 - 02 (same)
1911 - 03 (same)
1911 - 04 (same)
1911 - 05 " 78 "
1911 - 08 " 75 "
1911 - 09 " 74 "
1911 - 10 " 72 "
1911 - 11 " 70 "
1911 - 12 " 69 "
1912 - 01 (same)
1912 - 02 (same)
1912 - 03 (same)
1912 - 04 (same)
1912 - 05 " 68 "
1912 - 06 " 67 "
1912 - 07 " (illegible) "
1912 - 08 " 66 "
1912 - 09 (same)
1912 - 10 " (illegible) "
1912 - 11 " 63 "
1912 - 12 " 63? "
1913 - 01 " 63 "
1913 - 02 (same)
1913 - 03 (same)
1913 - 04 " (illegible) "
1913 - 05 " (illegible) "
1913 - 06 " (illegible) "
1913 - 07 " 61 "
1913 - 10 " 29 "
1913 - 11 " 24 "
1913 - 12 " 22 "
1914 - 01 " 19 "
1914 - 02 " 16 "
1914 - 03 " 15 "
1914 - 04 (same)
1914 - 05 " 14 "
1914 - 06 " 12 "
1914 - 07 " 11 "
1914 - 09 " 3 "
1914 - 10 " 2 "
1914 - 11 Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

Are these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series?
Or new cars since 1897?
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 - L
B&M Diagram # 42
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 40,000 40,000
Car Numbers 9900-9999 9900-9999
Page [original] 40 42

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 9917 F-9 149 gon - dump sides & bottom 1898 Fitchburg 40 wood wood
Fitch 9969-9970 F-9 150 gon - dump sides & bottom 1898 Fitchburg 40 wood wood

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
26-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)
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