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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
• 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 - 1903-1907

Description	4/1903
Length	35'
Width
Height
Capacity (Pounds)	40000

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 3 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 8801 series "Heater" cars

I am unsure where the other cars came from.

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
Possibly ex Fitchburg RR 8801-8830?
1900 - 11	40500-40528	29	Box, E[astman] Heater, 34', 40000 lbs capy.
1900 - 12	(same)
1901 - 01	(same)
1901 - 02	(same)
1901 - 03	(same)
1901 - 04	(same)
1901 - 05	(same)
1901 - 06	"	28	"
1901 - 07	40500-40599	"	"
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	40500-40528	"	Box, Eastman Heater
1903 - 05	(same)
1903 - 06	(same)
1903 - 07	(same)
1903 - 08	(same)
1903 - 09	(same)
1903 - 10	(same)
1903 - 11	(same)
1903 - 12	(same)
1904 - 01	(same)
1904 - 02	(same)
1904 - 03	(same)
1904 - 04	(same)
1904 - 05	"	27	"
1904 - 06	(same)
1904 - 07	(same)
1904 - 08	(same)
1904 - 09	(same)
1904 - 10	(same)
1904 - 11	(same)
1904 - 12	(same)
1905 - 01	"	24	"
1905 - 02	"	4	"
1905 - 03	"	3	"
1905 - 04	(same)
1905 - 05	(same)
1905 - 06	"	2	"
1905 - 07	"	1	"
1905 - 08	(same)
1905 - 09	(same)
1905 - 10	(same)
1905 - 11	(same)
1905 - 12	Not listed

ORER Notes

Has "*" indicating "Air Brakes" (1902-04 thru 1905-11)

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 #	8 - U
  B&M Diagram #	14
  Diagram Date	1900
  Color on Diagram	Brown
  Notes on Diagram	Destroyed
  Datum	1900 Index	1907 Index
  Class of car	Box Car Eastman Heater	n/a
  Length	34'	n/a
  Capacity	40,000	n/a
  Car Numbers	40500-40528	n/a
  Page [original]	14	n/a

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	29	40500-40528	1891-11	1891-12	Fitchburg RR	$1030

Paint Schemes

References or other data

• Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page

Date	Who	Description
08-Dec-2019	KG Akerboom	Initial release
30-Mar-2020	KG Akerboom	Fixed 3/1905 data
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
10-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added E. Neubauer ORER data (car counts only, 15 issues)
17-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added Car Book Data
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
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)
03-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