B&M (1893) 8000 Box, Ice Cars

Boston & Maine (1893) 8000 Series Box, Ice 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

No size data listed in any ORERs
Note these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series
ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1893 - 04 8000-8499 (none) 4-Wheel Box, Ice
1893 - 05 (same)
1893 - 06 (same)
1893 - 07 (same)
1893 - 08 (same)
1894 - 03 " 220 "
1894 - 04 (same)
1894 - 05 (same)
1894 - 06 (same)
1894 - 07 (same)
1894 - 08 (same)
1895 - 06 " 197 "
1895 - 07 (same)
1895 - 08 (same)
1896 - 06 " 141 "
1896 - 07 (same)
1896 - 08 " 136 "
1897 - 03 " 92 "
1897 - 04 " 86 "
1897 - 05 " 85 "
1897 - 06 " 86 "
1897 - 07 " 87 "
1897 - 08 " 86 "
1897 - 09 " 83 "
1897 - 10 (same)
1897 - 11 (same)
1898 - 05 " 78 "
1899 - 01 " 60 "
1899 - 04 " 57 "
1899 - 05 " 50 "
1899 - 06 " 47 "
1899 - 09 " 42 "
1899 - 11 (same)
1900 - 06 " 27 "
1901 - 03 8000-8251 11 "4-Wheel Box"
1901 - 04 " (illegible) "
1901 - 05 Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

Paint Schemes

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References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

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

The Central Mass (2nd edition) Sheridan Books/Marker Press B&MRRHS, 2008. ISBN 0-9662736-3-X or 978-9662736-3-2 (original edition publ.1975)
p92 8069 1900 p X S3& G G N none blocked into position for ?baggage/LCL/milk use?
Note pitch of roof, lateral roofwalk horizontal (not following pitch of roof).
Same page number in both editions of this book.
B&MRRHS Bulletin Issue included in "page" column
v XXXII #1 p20b 8069 ca 1900 X S3& G G N none (I believe) same photo as in The Central Mass (2nd edition) p92
This same picture of 8069 is also available here (at much higher resolution): Digital Commonwealth
If link doesn't work, search the Digital Commonwealth archive for "Boston maine railroad" and page thru.
Click on the picture to enlarge

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

This appears to be the last renumbering for these cars

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
01-Jul-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
21-Jul-2020 KG Akerboom "Photos" table - changed "vertical" text to PNG of "sideways" text; added "Markings" columns
05-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added 9/1899 ORER data
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