Boston & Maine (1893) 16000 Series Box Cars

Index

Builder's Photo
Classification Card(s) for series
Specifications
ORER data
ORER Notes
Discussion, General Notes
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 these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series
ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.) Car
Numbers # of
Cars Description
1893 - 04 16000-17999 (none) 8 Wheel box, under 34 feet
1893 - 05 (same)
1893 - 06 (same)
1893 - 07 (same)
1893 - 08 (same)
1893 - 09 (same)
1893 - 10 (same)
1893 - 11 " 1957 "
1893 - 12 16000-18999 " "
1894 - 01 " 2062 "
1894 - 02 (same)
1894 - 03 " 2173 "
1894 - 04 (same)
1894 - 05 (same)
1894 - 06 (same)
1894 - 07 (same)
1894 - 08 (same)
1894 - 09 (same)
1894 - 10 " 2271 "
1894 - 11 (same)
1894 - 12 (same)
1895 - 01 " 2263 "
1895 - 02 (same)
1895 - 03 (same)
1895 - 04 (same)
1895 - 05 (same)
1895 - 06 (same)
1895 - 07 (same)
1895 - 08 (same)
1895 - 09 (same)
1895 - 10 " 2228 "
1895 - 11 (same)
1895 - 12 16000-19999 " "
1896 - 01 " 2727 "
1896 - 02 (same)
1896 - 03 (same)
1896 - 04 " 2702 "
1896 - 05 " 2693 "
1896 - 06 (same)
1896 - 07 (same)
1896 - 08 " 2669 "
1896 - 09 " 2662 "
1896 - 10 " 2655 "
1896 - 11 " 2654 "
1896 - 12 " 2646 "
1897 - 01 " 2642 "
1897 - 02 " 2633 "
1897 - 03 " 2624 "
1897 - 04 " 2623 "
1897 - 05 " 2615 "
1897 - 06 " 2601 "
1897 - 07 " 2600 "
1897 - 08 (same)
1897 - 09 " 2584 "
1897 - 10 " 2574 "
1897 - 11 " 2570 "
1897 - 12 " 2563 "
1898 - 01 " 2554 "
1898 - 02 (same)
1898 - 03 " 2544 "
1898 - 04 " 2541 "
1898 - 05 " 2536 "
1898 - 06 " 2531 "
1898 - 07 " 2528 "
1898 - 08 " 2521 "
1898 - 09 (same)
1898 - 10 " 2509 "
1898 - 11 " 2505 "
1898 - 12 " 2499 "
1899 - 01 " 2491 "
1899 - 02 " 2484 "
1899 - 03 " 2481 "
1899 - 04 (same)
1899 - 05 " 2466 "
1899 - 06 " 2459 "
1899 - 07 " 2452 "
1899 - 08 " 2444 "
1899 - 09 (same)
1899 - 10 " 2414 "
1899 - 11 " 2404 "
1899 - 12 " 2401 "
1900 - 01 " 2398 "
1900 - 02 " 2451 "
1900 - 03 " 2444 "
1900 - 04 " 2455 "
1900 - 05 " 2474 "
1900 - 06 " 2463? "
Split into separate series - see "Renumberings" section below for continuation of data
1900 - 07 16000-18999 2463 8 Wheel box, under 34'
19000-19999 9 8 Wheel box, 33'

ORER History
ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
1893 - 04	16000-17999	(none)	8 Wheel box, under 34 feet
1893 - 05	(same)
1893 - 06	(same)
1893 - 07	(same)
1893 - 08	(same)
1893 - 09	(same)
1893 - 10	(same)
1893 - 11	"	1957	"
1893 - 12	16000-18999	"	"
1894 - 01	"	2062	"
1894 - 02	(same)
1894 - 03	"	2173	"
1894 - 04	(same)
1894 - 05	(same)
1894 - 06	(same)
1894 - 07	(same)
1894 - 08	(same)
1894 - 09	(same)
1894 - 10	"	2271	"
1894 - 11	(same)
1894 - 12	(same)
1895 - 01	"	2263	"
1895 - 02	(same)
1895 - 03	(same)
1895 - 04	(same)
1895 - 05	(same)
1895 - 06	(same)
1895 - 07	(same)
1895 - 08	(same)
1895 - 09	(same)
1895 - 10	"	2228	"
1895 - 11	(same)
1895 - 12	16000-19999	"	"
1896 - 01	"	2727	"
1896 - 02	(same)
1896 - 03	(same)
1896 - 04	"	2702	"
1896 - 05	"	2693	"
1896 - 06	(same)
1896 - 07	(same)
1896 - 08	"	2669	"
1896 - 09	"	2662	"
1896 - 10	"	2655	"
1896 - 11	"	2654	"
1896 - 12	"	2646	"
1897 - 01	"	2642	"
1897 - 02	"	2633	"
1897 - 03	"	2624	"
1897 - 04	"	2623	"
1897 - 05	"	2615	"
1897 - 06	"	2601	"
1897 - 07	"	2600	"
1897 - 08	(same)
1897 - 09	"	2584	"
1897 - 10	"	2574	"
1897 - 11	"	2570	"
1897 - 12	"	2563	"
1898 - 01	"	2554	"
1898 - 02	(same)
1898 - 03	"	2544	"
1898 - 04	"	2541	"
1898 - 05	"	2536	"
1898 - 06	"	2531	"
1898 - 07	"	2528	"
1898 - 08	"	2521	"
1898 - 09	(same)
1898 - 10	"	2509	"
1898 - 11	"	2505	"
1898 - 12	"	2499	"
1899 - 01	"	2491	"
1899 - 02	"	2484	"
1899 - 03	"	2481	"
1899 - 04	(same)
1899 - 05	"	2466	"
1899 - 06	"	2459	"
1899 - 07	"	2452	"
1899 - 08	"	2444	"
1899 - 09	(same)
1899 - 10	"	2414	"
1899 - 11	"	2404	"
1899 - 12	"	2401	"
1900 - 01	"	2398	"
1900 - 02	"	2451	"
1900 - 03	"	2444	"
1900 - 04	"	2455	"
1900 - 05	"	2474	"
1900 - 06	"	2463?	"
Split into separate series - see "Renumberings" section below for continuation of data
1900 - 07	16000-18999	2463	8 Wheel box, under 34'
19000-19999	9	8 Wheel box, 33'

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

This series didn't last long enough to get dimensional data columns
It looks like 16000-17999 got split into 2 separate series in 1900-07, so I will stop tracking this series, and start new series from that point forward
"C&NW 1895-8-2 TO 1895-9-16 BOONE CONDUCTORS BOOK LEES HJ.pdf" - provided to me by Allen Stanley (unknown original source) (*PDF* p 14)
Also available at https://movingthefreight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cnw-lees-conductor-book-boone-8-2-to-9-16-1895.pdf

Car Initials Number (Loaded) Contents Date
BM 17300 S[crap?] Iron[?] 16-Aug-1895
BM 19948 Butter + E[?] 16-Aug-1895

Car Initials	Number (Loaded)	Contents	Date
BM	17300	S[crap?] Iron[?]	16-Aug-1895
BM	19948	Butter + E[?]	16-Aug-1895

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Page Car # Photo Date
yr-mo-day Visible? Markings Paint
Scheme Herald Notes

Historic New England
Direct link - if it doesn't work search on "Boston maine 14281"
Title="Boston & Maine railroad box car No. 14281, East Cambridge, Mass., c1900"
Also available at B&MRRHS Flickr
Also available at Historic New England web site, Boston & Albany collection (Additional Identification Numbers: IMLS Negative Barcode NP011678, B-Series negative 5694-B)
16108 p p S1&? R R N ? ? Note "Air Brake" in circle.
Box and Freight Cars of North America (as of 30-Aug-2020)
Select the "A-L" link → Select the "B-BM" link → B&M cars are on pp 10-11 (of 11 total)
Images on web are "thumbnails", you may have pay for higher resolution images
17382 X p S1& R R N ? B&M Title = "28' Single Door Boxcar, 17382 Kennebunkport Maine" Unsure if this series is correct for this image.
17554 X p S1& R R N ? B&M Title = "28' Single Door Boxcar, 17554 Holyoke, MA". Unsure if this series is correct.
Maine Historical Society (as of 30-Aug-2020)
Title = Old freight house, ca. 1900
17547 ca 1900 B ? R? R? ? ? Note: - 2 different siding types on end, "horizontal" lateral running board, "brace" piping at hand brake
18049 ca 1900 A ? R? R? ? ? no lateral running board?
Maine Historical Society
Title = Train at Scarborugh Beach Station, ca. 1900 [yes, note mis-spelled Scarborugh]
17925? ca 1900 p "Block" (pre-1898) lettering (dark car color, light lettering). Link and pin couplers
Historic New England web site, Boston & Albany collection
Additional Identification Numbers: IMLS Negative Barcode NP013306; B-Series negative 8666-B
17311? X S1& Reporting marks to left of door, plus car number below. Door marked "B&M"/ [I believe the car number]
Appears to be the "old" [slate w/ lighter lettering] paint scheme, "Blocky" font for text.
Historic New England web site, Boston & Albany collection
Additional Identification Numbers: IMLS Negative Barcode NP012066; B-Series negative 6084-B
17899 ca 1901-1910? X S1& R R none none Reporting marks to left of door, plus car number below.
Arch Bar trucks
Historic New England web site, Boston & Albany collection
Additional Identification Numbers: IMLS Negative Barcode NP011925; B-Series negative 5942-B
17434 ca 1895? X S1& B B none none Photo of a photograph. Left of 2 B&M boxcars. Reporting marks to left of door, plus car number below. Reporting marks ALSO on car door
Arch Bar trucks. Note "panel" painted on door. Looks like older "blocky" lettering
Note 2nd B&M Box 2 cars to the right (number illegible), but painted in similar manner

Page	Car #	Photo Date yr-mo-day	Visible?	Markings	Notes

Historic New England Direct link - if it doesn't work search on "Boston maine 14281" Title="Boston & Maine railroad box car No. 14281, East Cambridge, Mass., c1900" Also available at B&MRRHS Flickr Also available at Historic New England web site, Boston & Albany collection (Additional Identification Numbers: IMLS Negative Barcode NP011678, B-Series negative 5694-B)
	16108		p	p	S1&?	R	R	N	?	?	Note "Air Brake" in circle.
Box and Freight Cars of North America (as of 30-Aug-2020) Select the "A-L" link → Select the "B-BM" link → B&M cars are on pp 10-11 (of 11 total) Images on web are "thumbnails", you may have pay for higher resolution images
	17382		X	p	S1&	R	R	N	?	B&M	Title = "28' Single Door Boxcar, 17382 Kennebunkport Maine" Unsure if this series is correct for this image.
	17554		X	p	S1&	R	R	N	?	B&M	Title = "28' Single Door Boxcar, 17554 Holyoke, MA". Unsure if this series is correct.
Maine Historical Society (as of 30-Aug-2020) Title = Old freight house, ca. 1900
	17547	ca 1900		B	?	R?	R?	?	?		Note: - 2 different siding types on end, "horizontal" lateral running board, "brace" piping at hand brake
	18049	ca 1900		A	?	R?	R?	?	?		no lateral running board?
Maine Historical Society Title = Train at Scarborugh Beach Station, ca. 1900 [yes, note mis-spelled Scarborugh]
	17925?	ca 1900	p								"Block" (pre-1898) lettering (dark car color, light lettering). Link and pin couplers
Historic New England web site, Boston & Albany collection Additional Identification Numbers: IMLS Negative Barcode NP013306; B-Series negative 8666-B
	17311?		X		S1&				Reporting marks to left of door, plus car number below. Door marked "B&M"/ [I believe the car number] Appears to be the "old" [slate w/ lighter lettering] paint scheme, "Blocky" font for text.
Historic New England web site, Boston & Albany collection Additional Identification Numbers: IMLS Negative Barcode NP012066; B-Series negative 6084-B
	17899	ca 1901-1910?	X		S1&	R	R	none		none	Reporting marks to left of door, plus car number below. Arch Bar trucks
Historic New England web site, Boston & Albany collection Additional Identification Numbers: IMLS Negative Barcode NP011925; B-Series negative 5942-B
	17434	ca 1895?	X		S1&	B	B	none		none	Photo of a photograph. Left of 2 B&M boxcars. Reporting marks to left of door, plus car number below. Reporting marks ALSO on car door Arch Bar trucks. Note "panel" painted on door. Looks like older "blocky" lettering Note 2nd B&M Box 2 cars to the right (number illegible), but painted in similar manner

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Date Quantity New Numbers Description
By 03/1901 all 16000-18622
18623-19999 I believe original series got split into 2 series

Date	Quantity	New Numbers	Description
By 03/1901	all	16000-18622 18623-19999	I believe original series got split into 2 series

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
07-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
05-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added 9/1899 ORER data
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
30-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added "Box and Freight Cars of North America" photos
07-Mar-2021 KG Akerboom Updated "Box and Freight Cars of North America" photos
07-Apr-2021 KG Akerboom Added Maine Historical Society photo
14-Jul-2022 KG Akerboom Updated per [almost] complete ORER data
04-Jan-2023 KG Akerboom Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
22-May-2023 KG Akerboom Back-filled 1897 data
27-May-2023 KG Akerboom Back-filled 1900 data
04-Jul-2023 KG Akerboom Added 17925? photo
07-Feb-2025 KG Akerboom Fixed typos
09-May-2025 KG Akerboom Added "C&NW 1895-8-2 TO 1895-9-16 BOONE CONDUCTORS BOOK LEES HJ.pdf" data
23-Jun-2026 KG Akerboom Added Historic New England photo of ?17311
26-Jun-2026 KG Akerboom Added additional Historic New England link to 14281/16108/17899/17434

File History for THIS page
Date	Who	Description
07-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
05-Aug-2020	KG Akerboom	Added 9/1899 ORER data
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
30-Aug-2020	KG Akerboom	Added "Box and Freight Cars of North America" photos
07-Mar-2021	KG Akerboom	Updated "Box and Freight Cars of North America" photos
07-Apr-2021	KG Akerboom	Added Maine Historical Society photo
14-Jul-2022	KG Akerboom	Updated per [almost] complete ORER data
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
22-May-2023	KG Akerboom	Back-filled 1897 data
27-May-2023	KG Akerboom	Back-filled 1900 data
04-Jul-2023	KG Akerboom	Added 17925? photo
07-Feb-2025	KG Akerboom	Fixed typos
09-May-2025	KG Akerboom	Added "C&NW 1895-8-2 TO 1895-9-16 BOONE CONDUCTORS BOOK LEES HJ.pdf" data
23-Jun-2026	KG Akerboom	Added Historic New England photo of ?17311
26-Jun-2026	KG Akerboom	Added additional Historic New England link to 14281/16108/17899/17434

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