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Boston & Maine 15375 Series Box Cars

Index

• Builder's Photo
• Classification Card(s) for series
• Specifications
• ORER data
• ORER Notes
• Discussion, General Notes
• Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data
• Paint Schemes
• References
• Photographs
• Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions
• Modeling
• Revision History of this page

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

Per the data listed in "Descriptive Inventory of Cars Belonging to the Fitchburg Railroad June 30, 1900"
The following FRR cars were renumbered into this B&M Series starting in 1900 (Renumbering of all FRR cars was complete as of 8-1905)
Approx 225 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 501 Series Box cars
Approx 2 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 3001 series Hay (Box) cars
Approx 155 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 4001 series Green Grain (Box) cars
Approx 19 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 9001 Series Box cars
Approx 58 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 9201 Series Box cars

From the counts of FRR cars, it appears some other B&M cars may have also been renumbered into this series?

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
Starts as 2 series
1900 - 09	15375-15988	…	Box, 28'
	15989-15999	…	Box, 30'
1900 - 10	15375-15988	1	Box, 28'
	15989-15999	…	Box, 30'
Combined into 1
1900 - 11	15375-15999	624	Box, 28 and 30'
1900 - 12	"	625	"
1901 - 01	(same)
1901 - 02	(same)
1901 - 03	(same)
1901 - 04	(same)
1901 - 05	(same)
1901 - 06	(same)
1901 - 07	(same)
1901 - 08	(same)
1901 - 09	(same)
1901 - 10	(same)
1901 - 11	(same)
1901 - 12	(same)
1902 - 01	(same)
1902 - 02	(same)
1902 - 03	(same)
1902 - 04	(same)
1902 - 05	(same)
1902 - 06	(same)
1902 - 07	(same)
1902 - 08	(same)
1902 - 09	(same)
1902 - 10	(same)
1902 - 11	(same)
1902 - 12	(same)
1903 - 01	(same)
1903 - 02	(same)
1903 - 03	(same)
1903 - 04	Combined with (part of) 16000 series into (2nd) 15375 series

ORER Notes

This series NEVER gets "*" indicating "Air Brakes" (1902-04 thru 1903-04)

Discussion, General Notes

• B&MRRHS 1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Book No. 1 (Reprint of B&M lettering diagrams)

  Note the "Book page number" below refers to the page number in the B&MRRHS book.
  As the B&MRRHS book's pages are NOT numbered, "1" is the first page with an actual diagram! (NOT the title pages or index pages)
  "U" = upper diagram on that page, "L" = lower diagram

  The "Diagram number" refers to the circled number (lower right corner) in each diagram (the original page number)

  Book page #	10 - U
  B&M Diagram #	18
  Diagram Date	1907
  Color on Diagram	Brown
  Notes on Diagram
  Datum	1900 Index	1907 Index
  Class of car	Box Car	Box Car
  Length	28'-32'	28'-32'
  Capacity	20,000-40,000	30,000-40,000
  Car Numbers	15375-17925	15375-17899
  Page [original]	18	18

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

Vol	Page	Car Number(s)	First Date	Last Date	Builder	$ / Car	Notes
1	34	15671	1901-09	-	?	$450	Bought Detrot[sic?] Rolling Stock Co., ex- B&L 8242
1	34	15554	1901-09	-	?	$450	Bought Detrot[sic?] Rolling Stock Co., ex- B&L 8293

Paint Schemes

References or other data

• Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Page	Car #	Photo Date yr-mo-day		Visible?				Markings				Paint Scheme	Herald	Notes
Maine Historical Society Title = Train station and waterfront, Bangor flood, 1902
	15882	1902-03-20		p	p	p		S1&	R	R	N	?	none	No lateral running boards. Pipe bracing at brake wheel.
	17328	1902-03-20		p	p	p		S1&	B?	B?	N	?	none	No lateral running boards. old "Block" style lettering Note additional "B&M" and car number on door.

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Date	Quantity	New Numbers	Description
5/1903	All	Moved to 15375-17899 (2nd)	Box, 28-32'

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page

Date	Who	Description
08-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
27-Jan-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from "1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Diagrams" book
07-Apr-2021	KG Akerboom	Added Maine Historical Society photo
04-Jul-2021	KG Akerboom	Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows)
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
25-Feb-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed link to scanned data (car books)
05-Mar-2023	KG Akerboom	Updated ORER data with (almost) complete data
27-May-2023	KG Akerboom	Back-filled 1900 data
27-Jul-2025	KG Akerboom	Added back-link to FRR car series
29-Jul-2025	KG Akerboom	Fix typos in lease data