B&M 2400 Reefer Cars

Boston & Maine 2400 Series Reefer 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
1894 - 03 2400-2499 2 Milk
1894 - 04 (same)
1894 - 05 (same)
1894 - 06 " 22 "
1894 - 07 (same)
1894 - 08 (same)
1895 - 06 " 29 "
1895 - 07 (same)
1895 - 08 (same)
1896 - 06 " 33 "
1896 - 07 (same)
1896 - 08 (same)
1897 - 03 " 36 "
1897 - 04 (same)
1897 - 05 (same)
1897 - 06 (same)
1897 - 07 (same)
1897 - 08 (same)
1897 - 09 (same)
1897 - 10 (same)
1897 - 11 (same)
1898 - 05 (same)
1899 - 01 " 37 "
1899 - 04 (same)
1899 - 05 (same)
1899 - 06 (same)
1899 - 09 (same)
1899 - 11 " 36 "
1900 - 06 " 37 "
Moved to passenger car roster
1901 - 03 " 46 "
1901 - 04 " 51 "
1901 - 05 " 50 "
1901 - 06 " 51 "
1901 - 07 " 52 "
1901 - 08 (same)
1901 - 09 (same)
1901 - 10 (same)
1901 - 11 (same)
1903 - 03 " 53? "
1903 - 05 " (illegible) "
1903 - 06 " (illegible) "
1903 - 07 " (illegible) "
1903 - 08 " 54? "
1903 - 09 " 53 "
1903 - 10 " 54 "
1903 - 11 (same)
1904 - 07 " 54 "
1904 - 12 " 59? "
1905 - 03 " (illegible) "
1905 - 04 " (illegible) "
1907 - 03 2400-2485 66 "
1907 - 04 (same)
1907 - 05 (same)
1907 - 06 " 70 "
1907 - 07 (same)
1907 - 08 " 69 "
1907 - 09 (same)
1907 - 10 (same)
1907 - 11 (same)
1907 - 12 " 69 "
1908 - 01 (same)
1908 - 02 (same)
1908 - 03 (same)
1908 - 04 (same)
1908 - 05 (same)
1908 - 08 Moved to series 1-1799 "Passenger, Parlor, Cafe, and Milk"
(2400-2485 = "St. John & Boston Line")

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

I'm assuming these cars were renumbered/reclassified somewhere, but I haven't figured out where yet.

Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data

Acquisition Books (1898 - 1917 only)

Volume number refers original book number
Page numbers refer to numbers on pages in original book, NOT to pages in PDF file(s)
Dates refer to first/last dates expenses were recorded in the acquisition book, NOT to car delivery dates

Car Number(s) Vol Page First
Date Last
Date Builder $ / Car Notes
2437 1 3 1899-03 1899-06 B&M, Lawrence $2458
2416 1 3 1899-07 1899-07 B&M, Lawrence $2649 [in service date?] 1899-09-02
2414 1 3 1900-04 1900-07 B&M, Salem $2557
2443-2444 1 35 1900-12 1901-05 B&M, Lawrence $2409
2452-2453 1 55 1902-05 1902-06 B&M, Concord $2788
2454-2455 1 59 1902-06 1902-10 B&M, Lawrence $2869
2445, 2449 1 68 1902-12 1903-09 B&M, E. Fitchburg $2756
2426 1 74 1903-10 1903-12 B&M, Salem $2731
2456-2457 1 77 1903-07 1903-09 B&M, Lawrence $2814
2427, 2459-2460 1 90 1905-01 1905-03 B&M, Concord $2581
2462-2464 1 96 1905-07 1905-12 Laconia Car Co. $2995
2466-2467 1 116 1906-04 1906-10 B&M, Lawrence $2390
2468-2469 1 124 1906-08 1907-01 B&M, Lawrence $2708
Change to 1-1799 series. I will add milk car data here,
but it really needs to be moved to passenger list (that does not yet exist)
~~2470~~1699 1 157 1907-07 1908-02 B&M, Lawrence $4109 [why is cost so high?]
2424 1 158 1907-08 - B&M, Concord $690 [why is cost so low?]
1628 1 170 1907-12 1908-01 B&M, Lawrence $416 [why is cost so low?]
1618-1627 1 190 1909-03 1910-03 Laconia Car Co. $4541
1653 2 91 1914-07 - B&M, Concord $1328 Converted from Reefer 12806
1661 2 91 1914-07 - B&M, Concord $1328 Converted from Reefer 12915
1628 2 91 1914-07 - B&M, Concord $1328 Converted from Reefer 12982
1667 2 91 1914-07 - B&M, Concord $1328 Converted from Reefer 13038
? 2 103 1915-08 1916-03 ? $523 Convert 4 mail cars to milk
? 2 103 1916-01 1916-07 ? $1697 Convert 2 postal cars to milk
? 2 114 1916-07 1917-02 ? $208 Convert 8 steel underframe cars cars to milk [box, or ex-passenger equipment?]

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
31-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
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
17-Oct-2020 KG Akerboom Added Car Book Data
10-Apr-2021 KG Akerboom Added info from 47 more ORERs 1903 thru 1917
04-Jul-2021 KG Akerboom Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows)