B&M Tropical Transport 1001 Leased Cars

Boston & Maine Tropical Transport 1001 Series Leased Cars

Index

Builder's Photo

Does one exist?

B&M Classification Card(s)

Does one exist?

Specifications From Classification Cards

?

ORER data and numbers

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1898 - 05 " "
1893 - 04 1001-1100 50 Box, Tropical Transportation Co.
1893 - 05 (same)
1893 - 06 (same)
1893 - 07 (same)
1893 - 08 (same)
1894 - 03 (same)
1894 - 04 (same)
1894 - 05 " " Refrigerator, Tropical Transport Co.
1894 - 06 (same)
1894 - 07 (same)
1894 - 08 (same)
1895 - 06 " 48 "
1895 - 07 (same)
1895 - 08 (same)
1896 - 06 " 22 Refrigerator, T.T. Co. or E.F.C.H.Co.
1896 - 07 " 14 "
1896 - 08 (same)
1897 - 03 Not listed

ORER Notes

5/1894 and later
There is a note after the "Leased cars" section.
This continues (as appropriate for cars still in service) until the end of each series:
T.T. Co. cars are equipped with air brakes, ice tanks, heaters and ventilators, and are suitable for any refrigerator, warm air, or ventilated fruit service;

6/1896 above note includes text

E.F.C.H.Co. 1001 to 1050 are combined heaters and refrigerators same as T.T. Co. cars.

Discussion, General Notes

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Date Quantity New Numbers Description
by 3/1897 all Renumbered to ? (or retired?)

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
03-Jan-2020 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
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