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Index

• Builder's Photo
• Classification Card(s) for series
• Specifications
• ORER data
• ORER Notes
• Discussion, General Notes
• Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data
• ICC Valuation 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

ORER Size Data - 1903-1914

Description	4/1903
Length	33'
Width
Height
Capacity (Pounds)	30 to 40000

ORER Size Data

Description			6/1910	2/1914	4/1914	11/1914	12/1914
M.C.B. / AAR Mechanical Designation						XM	XM
Inside Dimensions	Length		33'	33'	32'-6"	32'-6"	32'-6"
	Width				8'	8'	8'
	Height				6'-10"	6'-10"	6'-10"
Outside Dimensions	Length
	Width	At Eaves or [top of sides or] platform
		Extreme Width
	Height from Rail	To Extreme Width
		To Eaves or top of sides or platform
		To Top of Running Board
		To Extreme Height
Door - Side opening	Width						5'
	Height						6'
Capacity	Cu Ft. Level Full				1777	1777	1777
	Pounds		30 to 40000	40000	40000	40000	40000

Are these a continuation of 16000-19999, or new cars?

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
1900 - 07	19000-19999	9	8 Wheel box, 33'
1900 - 08	(same)
1900 - 09	"	27	Box, 33 feet.
1900 - 10	"	61	"
1900 - 11	18623-19999	1239	"
1900 - 12	"	1243	"
1901 - 01	"	1244	"
1901 - 02	"	1250	"
1901 - 03	"	1297	"
1901 - 04	"	1293	"
1901 - 05	"	1291	"
1901 - 06	"	1288	"
1901 - 07	(same)
1901 - 08	"	1287	"
1901 - 09	"	1285	"
1901 - 10	"	1283	"
1901 - 11	"	1281	"
1901 - 12	"	1280	"
1902 - 01	"	1275	"
1902 - 02	"	1276	"
1902 - 03	"	1277	"
1902 - 04	"	1274	"
1902 - 05	"	1272	"
1902 - 06	(same)
1902 - 07	"	1270	"
1902 - 08	"	1262	"
1902 - 09	"	1261	"
1902 - 10	"	1247	"
1902 - 11	"	1244	"
1902 - 12	(same)
1903 - 01	(same)
1903 - 02	(same)
1903 - 03	(same)
1903 - 04	18232-19499	1184	Box
1903 - 05	"	1181	"
1903 - 06	"	1189	"
1903 - 07	"	1176	"
1903 - 08	"	1174	"
1903 - 09	"	1170	"
1903 - 10	(same)
1903 - 11	"	1165	"
1903 - 12	"	1164	"
1904 - 01	"	1159	"
1904 - 02	"	1157	"
1904 - 03	"	1154	"
1904 - 04	"	1148	"
1904 - 05	"	1171	"
1904 - 06	"	1164	"
1904 - 07	"	1160	"
1904 - 08	"	1172	"
1904 - 09	"	1171	"
1904 - 10	"	1167	"
1904 - 11	"	1163	"
1904 - 12	"	1158	"
1905 - 01	"	1155	"
1905 - 02	"	1154	"
1905 - 03	"	1158	"
1905 - 04	"	1151	"
1905 - 05	"	1148	"
1905 - 06	"	1143	"
1905 - 07	"	1140	"
1905 - 08	"	1131	"
1905 - 09	"	1125	"
1905 - 10	"	1120	"
1905 - 11	"	1111?	"
1905 - 12	"	1107	"
1906 - 01	(same)
1906 - 02	"	1102	"
1906 - 03	"	1096	"
1906 - 04	"	1090	" ‡
1906 - 05	"	1083	" (incl. ‡)
1906 - 06	(same) (incl. ‡)
1906 - 07	"	1071	" (incl. ‡)
1906 - 08	(same) (incl. ‡)
1906 - 09	"	1058	" (incl. ‡)
1906 - 10	"	1050	" (incl. ‡)
1906 - 11	"	1040	" (incl. ‡)
1906 - 12	"	1025	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 01	"	1017	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 02	"	999	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 03	"	984	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 04	"	976	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 05	"	968	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 06	18232-19999	1005	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 07	"	993	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 08	"	980	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 09	"	934	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 10	(same) (incl. ‡)
1907 - 11	"	840	" (incl. ‡)
1907 - 12	"	806	" (incl. ‡)
1908 - 01	"	778	" (incl. ‡)
1908 - 02	"	764	" (incl. ‡)
1908 - 03	"	748	" (‡ note removed)
1908 - 04	"	734	"
1908 - 05	"	733	"
1908 - 06	"	729	"
1908 - 07	"	721	"
1908 - 08	"	700	"
1908 - 09	"	690	"
1908 - 10	"	676	"
1908 - 11	"	671	"
1908 - 12	"	654	"
1909 - 01	"	655	"
1909 - 02	"	648	"
1909 - 03	"	624	"
1909 - 04	"	612	"
1909 - 05	"	587	"
1909 - 06	"	573	"
1909 - 07	"	256[sic]	"
1909 - 08	"	539	"
1909 - 09	"	517	"
1909 - 10	"	493	"
1909 - 11	"	483	"
1909 - 12	"	459	"
1910 - 01	"	441	"
1910 - 02	"	429	"
1910 - 03	"	423	"
1910 - 04	"	416	"
1910 - 05	(same)
1910 - 06	"	394	"
1910 - 07	"	381	"
1910 - 08	"	372	"
1910 - 09	"	350	"
1910 - 10	"	332	"
1910 - 11	"	311	"
1910 - 12	"	303	"
1911 - 01	"	290	"
1911 - 02	"	2x6?	"
1911 - 03	"	276	"
1911 - 04	"	268	"
1911 - 05	"	256	"
1911 - 06	"	247	"
1911 - 07	"	229	"
1911 - 08	"	219	"
1911 - 09	"	208	"
1911 - 10	"	196	"
1911 - 11	"	172	"
1911 - 12	"	162	"
1912 - 01	"	159	"
1912 - 02	"	150	"
1912 - 03	"	142	"
1912 - 04	"	136	"
1912 - 05	"	134	"
1912 - 06	"	131	"
1912 - 07	"	126	"
1912 - 08	"	125	"
1912 - 09	"	118	"
1912 - 10	"	114	"
1912 - 11	"	107	"
1912 - 12	"	100	"
1913 - 01	"	94	"
1913 - 02	"	89	"
1913 - 03	"	82	"
1913 - 04	"	81	"
1913 - 05	"	74	"
1913 - 06	"	67	"
1913 - 07	"	63	"
1913 - 08	"	58	"
1913 - 09	"	55	"
1913 - 10	(same)
1913 - 11	"	52	"
1913 - 12	"	51	"
1914 - 01	"	46	"
1914 - 02	"	40	"
1914 - 03	"	37	"
1914 - 04	"	30	"
1914 - 05	"	28	"
1914 - 06	"	26	"
1914 - 07	"	24	"
1914 - 08	"	21	"
1914 - 09	"	18	"
1914 - 10	(same)
1914 - 11	(same)
1914 - 12	(same)
1915 - 01	"	16	"
1915 - 02	"	14	"
1915 - 03	"	13	"
1915 - 04	(same)
1915 - 05	"	9	"
1915 - 06	"	7	"
1915 - 07	"	6	"
1915 - 08	"	5	"
1915 - 09	"	4	"
1915 - 10	(same)
1915 - 11	(same)
1915 - 12	(same)
1916 - 01	"	3	"
1916 - 02	"	1	"
1916 - 03	Not listed

ORER Notes

This series NEVER gets "*" indicating "Air Brakes" (1902-04 thru 1909-06)

‡ (4/1906 - 2/1908))

A few cars in these series are of different lengths, but will be re-numbered when they go through the shops.

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 - L
  B&M Diagram #	19
  Diagram Date	1907
  Color on Diagram	Brown
  Notes on Diagram
  Datum	1900 Index	1907 Index
  Class of car	Box Car	Box Car
  Length	33'	33'
  Capacity	40,000	30,000-40,000
  Car Numbers	18232-19499	18232-19499
  Page [original]	17	19

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	19039	1901-09	-	?	$450	Bought Detrot[sic?] Rolling Stock Co., ex- B&L 8338
1	183	19009	1908-09	-	B&M, E. Fitchburg (cv)	$190	converted from Boarding car #3165 [MOW]
1	183	18242	1908-09	-	B&M, E. Fitchburg (cv)	$226	converted from Boarding car #3160 [MOW]

ICC Valuation Data (circa 1914)

For more info on the ICC valuation data, see this web page

"Owning" RR	Car # / Range	Val Sheet #	Index on Page	Car Type	Built Date	Builder	Capy	Underframe	Body	Notes
C&PR RR	18236	C&PR-45	1	Box	pre-1890	[N/A]	30	wood	wood
C&PR RR	18274	C&PR-45	2	Box	pre-1890	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&PR RR	18320[?]	C&PR-45	3	Box	pre-1891	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&PR RR	18470	C&PR-45	4	Box	1882	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&PR RR	18531	C&PR-45	5	Box	1882	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&PR RR	18646	C&PR-45	6	Box	1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood
C&PR RR	18660	C&PR-45	7	Box	pre-1895	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&PR RR	18778	C&PR-45	8	Box	pre-1890	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&PR RR	18785	C&PR-45	9	Box	pre-1895	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&M	19014	CM-2	1	Box	pre-1887	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&M	19019	CM-2	2	Box	pre-1887	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&M	19153	CM-2	3	Box	pre-1887	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
C&M	19173	CM-2	4	Box	pre-1890	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
Fitch	19222	F-4	7	Box	1878-1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood
Fitch	19255	F-4	8	Box	1878-1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood
Fitch	19315	F-4	9	Box	1878-1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood
Fitch	19382	F-4	10	Box	1878-1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood
Fitch	19402	F-4	11	Box	1878-1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood
Fitch	19450	F-4	12	Box	1878-1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood
Fitch	19492	F-4	13	Box	1878-1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood
Fitch	19959	F-8	102	Box, Ice	1880-1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood
Fitch	19979	F-8	103	Box, Ice	1880-1881	Bradley	40	wood	wood

NOTE: Are last 2 cars part of "reefer-19900 series"?

Paint Schemes

References or other data

• Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Page	Car #	Photo Date yr-mo-day		Visible?				Markings				Paint Scheme	Herald	Notes
B&MRRHS Flickr (as of 20-Jan-2021) Above is direct link. Title="Wachusett Reservoir, Oakdale, Mass. Site of road crossing from West Boylston to Oakdale from the east Jul. 24, 1903"
	18864	1903-07-24		X	B	X		S1&?	R?	R?	?	?	none	Looks like image is foreshortened?
Nimke, R.W. The Rutland - 60 years of trying, Volume III: The Bellows Falls Sub Sharp Offset Printing, 1987. LoC Cat. No. 87-90488
p45	18762	?			B							?	?	Car involved in wreck, some underframe visible

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

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
15-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 4 more ORERs (1911,1919,1921,1931)
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
10-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added E. Neubauer ORER data (car counts only, 15 issues)
17-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added Car Book Data
20-Jan-2021	KG Akerboom	Added B&MRRHS Flickr image
27-Jan-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from "1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Diagrams" book
10-Apr-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from 47 more ORERs 1903 thru 1917
22-Jan-2022	KG Akerboom	Added ICC Valuation data
30-Nov-2022	KG Akerboom	Added photos from Nimke, "Rutland Vol III"
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