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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

?

ORER data and numbers

Note (I think) these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous 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