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Neubauer, Eric.Evans Products Company Freight Car Roster Notes
Spec Value Builder Sieco (Atlanta) Work Order # 1212A Lot # 1226-02 Car Numbers 3000-3049 (lease) Quantity 50 Build Date Mar-Apr 1974
Dates match those in FCJ #3AAR class XL Lt Weight 58,500 Description Cubic Cap'y 5077 Cu. Ft. Roof 9 panels, overhanging eaves, "X" shaped ribs in the panels
Peaked (per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes No 37)Ends Inset Dreadnaught Sides Short side sill
14 ribs (per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes No 37)Doors Superior
?Youngstown (per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes No 37)?
Sieco Boxcar identifying features: Plate B Corner Post Riveted Side Plate No Hole Side Sill Reinforced, short Side Stake 12 regular + 2 "wide" ladder panel Sill Step Wide Rectangular Door 10' Superior ?or Youngstown? End "Inset" Dreadnaught.
Short x-hold supportRoof 9 oh X Cushion? none
ORER Size Data Description 4/1974 1/1975 4/1979 1/1983 5/1983 AAR Mechanical Designation XL XM XL XL XL Inside
DimensionsLength 50'-6" 50'-6" 50'-6" 50'-6" 50'-6" Width 9'-4" 9'-4" 9'-4" 9'-4" 9'-4" Height 10'-7" 10'-7" 10'-7" 10'-7" 10'-7" Outside
DimensionsLength 55'-7" 55'-7" 55'-7" 55'-7" 55'-7" Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' Extreme Width 10'-8" 10'-8" 10'-8" 10'-8" 10'-8" Height
from
RailTo Extreme Width 5'-6" 5'-6" 5'-6" 5'-6" 5'-6" To Eaves or top of sides or platform 14' 14' 14' 14' 14'-4" To Extreme Height 15' 15' 15' 15' 15' Door - Side
openingWidth 10' 10' 10' 10' 10' Height 9'-11" 9'-11" 9'-11" 9'-11" 9'-11" Capacity Cu Ft. Level Full 5077 5077 5077 4950 4950 Pounds 154000 154000 154000 154000 154000
ORER History ORER Date
(Year-Mo.)Car
Numbers# of
CarsDescription 1974 - 04 3000-3049 50 Box, Steel, DF Belts 1974 - 07 (same) 1974 - 10 " " Box, Steel, DF Belts, 50K 1975 - 01 (same) 1975 - 04 (same) 1975 - 07 (same) 1975 - 10 (same) 1976 - 01 (same) 1976 - 04 (same) 1976 - 07 (same) 1976 - 10 (same) 1977 - 01 (same) 1977 - 04 " 49 " 1977 - 07 (same) 1977 - 10 (same) 1978 - 01 (same) 1978 - 04 (same) 1978 - 07 (same) 1978 - 10 (same) 1979 - 01 (same) 1979 - 04 (same) 1979 - 07 (same) 1979 - 10 (same) 1980 - 01 (same) 1980 - 04 " 48 " 1980 - 07 " 49 " 1980 - 10 " 48 " 1981 - 01 (same) 1981 - 04 (same) 1981 - 07 (same) 1981 - 10 (same) 1982 - 01 (same) 1982 - 04 (same) 1982 - 07 (same) 1982 - 10 (same) 1983 - 01 (same) 1983 - 05 (same) 1983 - 07 (same) 1983 - 10 (same) 1984 - 01 (same) 1984 - 04 (same) 1984 - 07 (same) 1984 - 10 (same) 1985 - 01 (same) 1985 - 04 (same) 1985 - 07 (same) 1985 - 10 (same) 1986 - 01 (same) 1986 - 04 (same) 1986 - 07 (same) 1986 - 10 (same) 1987 - 01 (same) 1987 - 04 (same) 1987 - 07 (same) 1987 - 10 (same) 1988 - 01 (same) 1988 - 04 (same) 1988 - 07 (same) 1988 - 10 (same) 1989 - 01 " 47 " 1989 - 04 (same) 1989 - 07 (same) 1989 - 10 (same) 1990 - 01 (same) 1990 - 04 (same) 1990 - 07 (same) 1990 - 10 (same) 1991 - 01 Not listed
- Per March, 1974 B&MRRHS Bulletin "White Flags" column (p3)
Also per Don ClerkeBuilt by Southern Iron & Equipment Co. (Atlanta, GA) (this is a division of U.S. Railway Equipment Co.).
Leased for 15 years from U.S. Railway Equipment Co.
Total lease is 700 cars - this includes the 78000, 3000 and 3100 series.
This series is *possibly* for paper loading
The STB (and ICC earlier) has records about car leases. For this car series, the following are available (copied from The STB web site)
- 7093 05-Jun-1973 - Lease - Cars BM 78000-78599, 3000-3049, and 3100-3149
Note description (Exhibit "A") says these have rigid underframe, 10' sliding doors, and nailable steel floorsOf note to modelers, the following statement (see Exhibit "B" at the end):
That each of said cars is plainly marked in stencil on both sides of each car with the wordsUNITED STATES RAILWAY LEASING COMPANY.in readily visible letters not less than three-quarters inches (¾") in height.
Lessor
Title to this Car subject to documents recorded under Section 20(c) of Interstate Commerce Act.- 7093-A 14-Nov-1988 - Notice of defaults on above lease
- 7093-B 20-Dec-1988 - Withdrawal of Notice of defaults on above lease
- 7617 15-Jul-1974 Security Agreement - same cars
- 16667 21-Dec-1989 "Security Agreement" - lists cars both covered and not covered by this agreement
Subject to security Agreement:
Cars not in this series (800, 900, 3100, 78000 series) omitted for brevity
Car numbers Car count BM 3000 1 BM 3002-3016 15 BM 3018-3049 32 NOT Subject to security Agreement:
[table omitted for brevity, does not apply to this series]- 16667B 30-Jan-1990 Amendment to 16667 above (no change in covered cars)
- 16667C 29-Aug-1990 "Security Agreement"
Only changes in B&M cars:
- BM 300818 added to "covered" section (was not listed either list before))
- BM 79050-79099 removed from BOTH lists
- 16667E 12-Feb-1991 amendment - no change in cars included
- 16667G 13-Jun-1991 - release of 292 railcars from the agreement
(no B&M cars released)- 16667H 30-Sep-1991 update in lists of equipment covered (or not) by the agreement
No changes in B&M cars:- 16667I 13-Nov-1991 update in lists of equipment covered (or not) by the agreement
No changes in B&M cars:- 16667J 13-Nov-1991 update in lists of equipment covered (or not) by the agreement
No changes in B&M cars:- 16667K 20-May-1992 update in lists of equipment covered (or not) by the agreement
No changes in B&M cars:- 16667L 21-Dec-1992 full release and termination of Security Agreement
- As delivered?
- blue sides/ends, unpainted (silver/galvanized) roof, black door.
Underframe below car sides (tabs/fishbelly) also blue, rest of underframe black
"Boston & Maine" in 3 lines on right end of car side, aligned as shown (vertical "lines" are ribs):NOTE: Possible "medium sized" (4'?) intertwined BM, rather than spelled out?
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Page Car # Photo Date
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SchemeHerald Notes 
Don Clerke inserts into B&MRRHS Bulletin i 7, photo 7 3021 X A X BM R R N Y 2V I N N intertwined BM Black door. (delivered with modern ladder configuration) B&MRRHS Modelers Notes Issue No. included in "page" column No 18 p2 3008 1985 X p BM G G N 2V N N N original original COTS (possibly ACI, pretty hard to tell) NMRO (Scott Whitney) CDs/DVDs (as of 18-Apr-2020)
I will have one line (sort of) telling the CD & folder path, then individual car listings will have filename in "page" columnPath: Photos → Color-SJW → Rolling-Stock BM3049.jpg 3049 Y X BM R R N Y 2V N N N blue intertwined BM COTS, ACI to left of door Freight Car Journal Vol 1 No 3 (March, 1984, ISSN 0742-9355)
Note caption on p4. Photo by J.R. Quinnp2 3042 X BM G G N Y 2V I N N blue intertwined BM
File History for THIS page Date Who Description 14-Dec-2019 KG Akerboom Initial release 17-Mar-2020 KG Akerboom Standardized Don Clerke "source" link 28-Mar-2020 KG Akerboom Added data from 19 more ORERs 01-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Added references 04-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Re-did references/photos section 18-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Added more web sites: B&MRRHS Flickr, Fallen Flags, NMRA Archives, Earl Tuson. Also Scott Whitney (NMRO) CDs 22-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Updated per B&MRRHS Modeler's Notes #39 25-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Updated per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes No 37 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-2020KG Akerboom Added ORER data (History only, not dims or notes yet) for 63 more registers, courtesy of James Kinkaid 03-Jan-2021 KG Akerboom Updated "as painted" paint scheme. 06-Nov-2022 KG Akerboom Updated per [almost] complete ORER data 04-Jan-2023 KG Akerboom Fixed headers and footers...hopefully 18-Jan-2025 KG Akerboom Added STB recordations 07-Feb-2025 KG Akerboom Fixed typos 10-Feb-2025 KG Akerboom Added Freight Car Journal #3 info
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