Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad Freight Cars - Summary

A complete (?) listing of B.C.&M. RR freight equipment.
Based on Official Railway Equipment Register data, and other sources.

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Index

Some General Notes
Boxcars
Flat Cars
Stock Cars
Reefers, Milk and Ice cars
Miscellaneous
"Line" cars
General Info
Notes/discussion/TODO about this web page
Revision History of this page

Some General Notes

As of 1885-06, the B.C.&M. cars are listed as the "White Mountains Division" in the "Boston & Lowell RR" listing
in 1885-06, there were just 4 car series, in the range 6000-6784
In 1886-04, the listing got a lot larger with (I believe) the "original" BC&M car numbers (range 1-813) in "random" numbering,
PLUS a "new" number scheme (range 6000-6774, slightly different than the 1885-06 set of series)
As of 1888-10, the B.C.&M. cars ("White Mountains Division") are listed on the "Boston & Maine RR Lowell System" listing
in 1889-07, the "White Mountains Division" table disappeared, all that remained is a note:
Cars marked BC&M, PV and StJ&LC are being re-marked and re-numbered to Boston & Lowell

The BC&M was removed from that note as of 1890-07 (other railroads remained in the note)

Boxcars

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed	Inside Length
1885-06 Series
BC&M 6610-6775	BC&M	Box		1885-06	1886-03
BC&M 6778-6784	BC&M	Hay		1885-06	1886-03
1886-04 "Random Number" cars
BC&M 1-200	BC&M	Box (random numbers)	11?	1886-04	1891-10	28'
BC&M 201-399	BC&M	Box (random numbers)	14?	1886-04	1891-04	28'
BC&M 401-800	BC&M	Box (random numbers)	23?	1886-04	1891-04	28',33'
BC&M 290	BC&M	Charcoal	1	1886-04	1889-10	32'
BC&M 584-667	BC&M	Hay (random numbers)	2	1886-04	1887-02
BC&M 800-813	BC&M	Box, Charcoal	9	1886-04	1891-04	32'
1886-04 "New Number" series
BC&M 6600-6660 1886-10 to: 6600-6670 1888-01 to: 6600-6710 1889-01 to: 6600-6728 1890-10 to: 6610-6779	B&L	Box	98?	1886-04	1891-10	28', 30'
BC&M 6745-6746 1887-02 to: 6745-6752 1887-04 to: 6745-6779 1887-08 to: 6745-6799	B&L	Box	29?	1886-04	1890-09 (to 6600 series)	32',33'
BC&M 6763-6774 1887-02 to: 6762-6777	B&L	Box	16?	1886-04	1887-03 (to 6745 series)	33'

Flat Cars

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed	Inside Length
1886-04 "Random Number" cars
BC&M 1-201	BC&M	Flat (random numbers)	31?	1886-04	1891-04	30',32'
BC&M 200-403	BC&M	Flat (random numbers)	34?	1886-04	1891-10	28',30',32'
BC&M 400-759	BC&M	Flat (random numbers)	26?	1886-04	1891-10	30',32'
1886-04 "New Number" series
BC&M 6000-6009 (2nd)	B&L	Flat	10	1886-04	1891-04	28',30',32'
BC&M 6020-6317 1886-10 to: 6019-6328 1890-10 to: 6026-6510	B&L	Flat	310?	1886-04	1891-10	30',32',33'
BC&M 6379-6397 1886-10 to: 6379-6434 1887-04 to: 6379-6466 1887-08 to: 6379-6499 1889-02 to: 6379-6503	B&L	Flat	93?	1886-04	1890-09 (to 6020 series)	30',32'

Stock Cars

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed	Inside Length
1886-04 "Random Number" cars
BC&M 95	BC&M	Stock	1	1886-04	1890-08	32'
1886-04 "New Number" series
BC&M 6010-6018	B&L	Stock	9	1886-04	1891-04	28'

Reefers, Milk and Ice cars

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed	Inside Length
1885-06 Series
BC&M 6776-6777	BC&M	Butter	2?	1885-06	1886-03
1886-04 "Random Number" cars
BC&M 562-639	BC&M	Butter (random numbers)	3	1887-04	1890-08	28',33'
1886-04 "New Number" series

Miscellaneous

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed	Inside Length
1885-06 Series
BC&M 6000-6599 (1st)	BC&M	Stake, Cattle and Bark		1885-06	1886-03
1886-04 "New Number" series
BC&M 6595-6599 1886-09 to: 6593-6599	B&L	Charcoal	7	1886-04	1890-10	32'
Later Series
BC&M 257-324	BC&M	Brak (random numbers)	4?	1891-05	1891-10	30'

"Line" cars

See main listing "Line" cars section

General Info

Notes/discussion/TODO about this web page

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date	Who	Description
24-Mar-2023	KG Akerboom	Initial version
09-Apr-2023	KG Akerboom	added 257 series bark cars

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