B&M 011 Covered Hopper Cars

Boston & Maine 011 Series Covered Hopper Cars

Index

Builder's Photo

Does one exist?

B&M Classification Card(s)

Does one exist?

Specifications From Classification Cards

Ex- WM 15000-16499 series "channel side" hoppers, converted to covered hoppers.

ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data
Description 4/69
AAR Mechanical Designation LO
Inside
Dimensions Length 30'-5"
Width 9'-6"
Height
Outside
Dimensions Length 32'-3"
Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 10'-2"
Extreme Width 10'-4"
Height
from
Rail To Extreme Width 2'-10"
To Eaves or top of sides or platform 10'-10"
To Top of Running Board
To Extreme Height 11'-8"
Door - Side
opening Width
Height
Capacity Cu Ft. Level Full 1835
Pounds 154000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1969 - 04 011-016 6 Covered Hopper
1969 - 07 (same)
1969 - 10 (same)
1970 - 01 (same)
1970 - 04 (same)
1970 - 07 (same)
1970 - 10 (same)
1971 - 01 (same)
1971 - 04 (same)
1971 - 07 (same)
1971 - 10 (same)
1972 - 01 (same)
1972 - 04 (same)
1972 - 07 (same)
1972 - 10 (same)
1973 - 01 (same)
1973 - 04 (same)
1973 - 07 (same)
1973 - 11 (same)
1974 - 01 (same)
1974 - 04 (same)
1974 - 07 (same)
1974 - 10 (same)
1975 - 01 (same)
1975 - 04 (same)
1975 - 07 (same)
1975 - 10 (same)
1976 - 01 (same)
1976 - 04 (same)
1976 - 07 (same)
1976 - 10 (same)
1977 - 01 (same)
1977 - 04 (same)
1977 - 07 (same)
1977 - 10 (same)
1978 - 01 (same)
1978 - 04 (same)
1978 - 07 (same)
1978 - 10 (same)
1979 - 01 (same)
1979 - 04 (same)
1979 - 07 (same)
1979 - 10 (same)
1980 - 01 (same)
1980 - 04 (same)
1980 - 07 (same)
1980 - 10 (same)
1981 - 01 (same)
1981 - 04 Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

per B&MRRHS Modeler's Notes #39
ex-15000 series cars
per B&MRRHS Modeler's Notes #37
Sand service
from Neubauer, Eric.Evans Products Company Freight Car Roster Notes
In the US Railway Equipment Co. records, lot 567 covers the 45 cars in this series, sold to the B&M
However, the next lot (568) is for 6 ex-WM cars, also sold to the B&M
Lot 568 could either be:

The 6 cars in B&M series 011-016 (i.e. 6 additional cars)
"Roofs" (covers) to equip 6 cars from lot 567 (15000-16467 series) with covers, and those cars so equipped were then renumbered to 011-016

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Warren, Bob. "U-channel 2-bay sand hopper" B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #65 (Mar-Apr 2000) pp1-2
Covers modeling these cars

Photographs

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

Rail Car Photos (as of 24-Aug-2020)
May require a login, May require a browser newer than Internet Explorer.
Several ways to get there, I "Search Photos" → "By Reporting Mark"
Scroll down and click the "Search" button to the right of the "BM" reporting marks
Then scroll down to find the photo. The "Page" column has the "Link" text listed
016 1977-05-01 Y X B BM G G N Y N N N N Black none
Classic Freight Cars - the Series - vol 5
p12 012 1974 I have not yet seen this photo. Listed in B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #48 (May-Jun 1997)

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

See models in the "15000 series" hopper cars page (but note they need scratch built covers)

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
31-Dec-2019 KG Akerboom Initial release
04-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Re-did references/photos section
25-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Updated per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes No 37
05-May-2020 KG Akerboom Moved ORER notes into separate section
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
20-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added more Eric Neubauer data
25-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added "Rail Car Photos" web site photos
28-Dec-2020 KG Akerboom Added photos listed in Modelers Notes