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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

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ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data - 1894

Description	4/1903
Length	34'
Width
Height
Capacity (Pounds)	40000

ORER Size Data

Description			6/1910	4/1914	11/1914	12/1914
M.C.B. Designation					XM	XM
Inside Dimensions	Length		34'	34'	34'	34'
	Width		8' to 9'-2"	8'	8'	8'
	Height			6'-10"	6'-10"	6'-10"
Outside Dimensions	Length		34'-9"	34'-9"	34'-9"	34'-9"
	Width	At Eaves or top of sides or platform	8'-9"	8'-9"	8'-9"	8'-9"
		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					7'
Capacity	Cu Ft. Level Full			1859	1859	1859
	Pounds		40000	40000	40000	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 2 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 501 Series Box cars
Approx 17 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 3001 series Hay (Box) cars
Approx 270 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 8001 Series Box cars
Approx 98 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 8301 Series Box cars
Approx 102 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 8401 Series Box cars
Approx 104 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 8525 Series Box cars
Approx 27 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 8901 Series Box cars
Approx 2 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 9201 Series Box cars

I am unsure where the rest of the cars came from (existing or new B&M cars)

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
1900 - 11	41100-42563	570	Box, 34', 40000 lbs capacity
1900 - 12	"	571	"
1901 - 01	"	602	"
1901 - 02	"	1422	"
1901 - 03	"	1421	"
1901 - 04	(same)
1901 - 05	"	1449	"
1901 - 06	"	1439	"
1901 - 07	41100-42599	"	"
1901 - 08	"	1450	"
1901 - 09	"	1457	"
1901 - 10	(same)
1901 - 11	"	1453	"
1901 - 12	"	1452	"
1902 - 01	"	1451	"
1902 - 02	"	1446	"
1902 - 03	"	1444	"
1902 - 04	"	1443	"
1902 - 05	(same)
1902 - 06	(same)
1902 - 07	(same)
1902 - 08	"	1438	"
1902 - 09	(same)
1902 - 10	(same)
1902 - 11	"	1434	"
1902 - 12	"	1432	"
1903 - 01	"	1431	"
1903 - 02	"	1432	"
1903 - 03	"	1415	"
1903 - 04	41100-42999	1414	Box
1903 - 05	"	1413	"
1903 - 06	"	1410	"
1903 - 07	"	1409	"
1903 - 08	"	1406	"
1903 - 09	"	1405	"
1903 - 10	"	1397	"
1903 - 11	"	1395	"
1903 - 12	"	1391	"
1904 - 01	"	1387	"
1904 - 02	(same)
1904 - 03	(same)
1904 - 04	"	1384	"
1904 - 05	(same)
1904 - 06	(same)
1904 - 07	"	1381	"
1904 - 08	"	1379	"
1904 - 09	(same)
1904 - 10	"	1373	"
1904 - 11	"	1370	"
1904 - 12	"	1373	"
1905 - 01	"	1374	"
1905 - 02	"	1373	"
1905 - 03	(same)
1905 - 04	"	1376	"
1905 - 05	"	1375	"
1905 - 06	"	1371	"
1905 - 07	(same)
1905 - 08	"	1376	"
1905 - 09	"	1372	"
1905 - 10	"	1366	"
1905 - 11	"	1363	"
1905 - 12	"	1360	"
1906 - 01	"		"
1906 - 02	"	1357	"
1906 - 03	"	1349	"
1906 - 04	"	1348	"
1906 - 05	"		"
1906 - 06	"		"
1906 - 07	"	1349	"
1906 - 08	"		"
1906 - 09	"	1352	"
1906 - 10	"	1346	"
1906 - 11	"	1338	"
1906 - 12	"	1336	"
1907 - 01	"	1332	"
1907 - 02	"	1328	"
1907 - 03	"	1325	"
1907 - 04	"	1313	"
1907 - 05	"	1315	"
1907 - 06	"	1307	"
1907 - 07	"	1299	"
1907 - 08	"	1295	"
1907 - 09	"	1261	"
1907 - 10	(same)
1907 - 11	"	1164	"
1907 - 12	"	1136	"
1908 - 01	"	1107	"
1908 - 02	"	1105	"
1908 - 03	"	1085	"
1908 - 04	"	1079	"
1908 - 05	"	1075	"
1908 - 06	"	1071	"
1908 - 07	"	1065	"
1908 - 08	"	1053	"
1908 - 09	"	1046	"
1908 - 10	"	1038	"
1908 - 11	(same)
1908 - 12	"	1048	"
1909 - 01	"	1042	"
1909 - 02	"	1038	"
1909 - 03	"	1030	"
1909 - 04	"	1012	"
1909 - 05	"	1006	"
1909 - 06	"	989	"
1909 - 07	"	968	"
1909 - 08	"	960	"
1909 - 09	"	936	"
1909 - 10	"	926	"
1909 - 11	"	903	"
1909 - 12	"	871	"
1910 - 01	"	842	"
1910 - 02	"	827	"
1910 - 03	"	814	"
1910 - 04	"	810	"
1910 - 05	(same)
1910 - 06	"	770	"
1910 - 07	"	761	"
1910 - 08	"	752	"
1910 - 09	"	727	"
1910 - 10	"	703	"
1910 - 11	"	673	"
1910 - 12	"	657	"
1911 - 01	"	650	"
1911 - 02	"	640	"
1911 - 03	"	626	"
1911 - 04	"	615	"
1911 - 05	"	608	"
1911 - 06	"	592	"
1911 - 07	"	566	"
1911 - 08	"	552	"
1911 - 09	"	523	"
1911 - 10	"	500	"
1911 - 11	"	472	"
1911 - 12	"	455	"
1912 - 01	"	453	"
1912 - 02	"	448	"
1912 - 03	"	441	"
1912 - 04	"	432	"
1912 - 05	"	424	"
1912 - 06	"	415	"
1912 - 07	"	406	"
1912 - 08	"	395	"
1912 - 09	"	376	"
1912 - 10	"	370	"
1912 - 11	"	357	"
1912 - 12	"	340	"
1913 - 01	"	331	"
1913 - 02	"	321	"
1913 - 03	"	313	"
1913 - 04	"	302	"
1913 - 05	"	287	"
1913 - 06	"	266	"
1913 - 07	"	247	"
1913 - 08	"	229	"
1913 - 09	"	221	"
1913 - 10	"	213	"
1913 - 11	"	201	"
1913 - 12	"	193	"
1914 - 01	"	183	"
1914 - 02	"	162	"
1914 - 03	41100-42479	153	"
1914 - 04	"	139	"
1914 - 05	"	135	"
1914 - 06	"	131	"
1914 - 07	"	119	"
1914 - 08	"	108	"
1914 - 09	"	105	"
1914 - 10	"	87	"
1914 - 11	"	84	"
1914 - 12	(same)
1915 - 01	"	75	"
1915 - 02	"	71	"
1915 - 03	"	69	"
1915 - 04	"	67	"
1915 - 05	"	63	"
1915 - 06	"	62	"
1915 - 07	"	58	"
1915 - 08	(same)
1915 - 09	"	43	"
1915 - 10	(same)
1915 - 11	(same)
1915 - 12	"	42	"
1916 - 01	"	41	"
1916 - 02	"	20	"
1916 - 03	"	18	"
1916 - 04	(same)
1916 - 05	"	16	"
1916 - 06	(same)
1916 - 07	"	15	"
1916 - 08	(same)
1916 - 09	(same)
1916 - 10	"	14	"
1916 - 11	"	13	"
1916 - 12	(same)
1917 - 01	(same)
1917 - 02	(same)
1917 - 03	"	12	"
1917 - 04	"	9	"
1917 - 05	(same)
1917 - 06	(same)
1917 - 07	"	8	"
1917 - 08	(same)
1917 - 09	(same)
1917 - 10	"	7	"
1917 - 11	(same)
1917 - 12	"	8	"
1918 - 01	"	6	"
1918 - 02	"	4	"
1918 - 03	(same)
1918 - 04	(same)
1918 - 05	(same)
1918 - 06	(same)
1918 - 07	(same)
1918 - 08	(same)
1918 - 09	(same)
1918 - 10	"	3	"
1918 - 11	(same)
1918 - 12	(same)
Note for the following, they listed the cars in 2 lines, but both lines are the SAME dimensions
1919 - 01	41189, 41235	2	"
	42174	1
1919 - 02	(same) (both rows)
1919 - 03	41189	1	"
	42174	1
1919 - 04	(same) (both rows)
1919 - 05	(same) (both rows)
1919 - 06	(same) (both rows)
1919 - 07	(same) (both rows)
1919 - 08	(same) (both rows)
1919 - 09	(same) (both rows)
1919 - 10	(same) (both rows)
1919 - 11	(same) (both rows)
1919 - 12	(same) (both rows)
1920 - 01	(same) (both rows)
1920 - 02	42174	1	"
1920 - 03	(same)
1920 - 04	Not listed

ORER Notes

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

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 #	13 - L
  B&M Diagram #	25
  Diagram Date	1907
  Color on Diagram	Brown
  Notes on Diagram
  Datum	1900 Index	1907 Index
  Class of car	Box Car	Box Car
  Length	34'	34'
  Capacity	40,000	40,000
  Car Numbers	41100-42563	41100-42999
  Page [original]	10	25

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	41493	1901-09	-	?	$450	Bought Detrot[sic?] Rolling Stock Co., ex- B&L 8230
1	34	41632	1901-09	-	?	$450	Bought Detrot[sic?] Rolling Stock Co., ex- B&L 8262
1	34	41292	1901-09	-	?	$450	Bought Detrot[sic?] Rolling Stock Co., ex- B&L 8349

Car Disposition Records

Source(s)
ID	Box	Folder	Folder name	Link Title	Approx. Start date	Approx. End date
A	2	1	Boxcars 40000	40200-46755 Box	1918?	1919?

Data
Car Number	Disposition Source ID	Date Built	Disposition Date	Disposition	New Car #
41189	A	1892-05	1919-12	to	3538
41235	A	1888-06	1919-01	to	3593

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
Fitch	41100	F-4	25	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41102	F-4	26	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41107	F-4	27	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41112	F-4	28	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41117	F-4	29	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41145	F-4	30	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41147	F-4	31	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41152	F-4	32	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41157-41158	F-4	33	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41160	F-4	34	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41189	F-4	35	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41203	F-4	36	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41212	F-4	37	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41216	F-4	38	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41235-41237	F-4	39	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41239	F-4	40	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41252	F-4	41	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41274	F-4	42	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41276	F-4	43	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41324	F-4	44	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41327-41328	F-4	45	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41334	F-4	46	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41344	F-4	47	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41350	F-4	48	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41354	F-4	49	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41373-41374	F-4	50	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41389	F-4	51	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41409	F-4	52	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41411	F-4	53	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41422	F-4	54	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41425-41426	F-4	55	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41429	F-4	56	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41435	F-4	57	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41437	F-4	58	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41455	F-4	59	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41459-41460	F-4	60	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41462	F-4	61	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41469	F-4	62	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41484-41485	F-4	63	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41489	F-4	64	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41504	F-4	65	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41508	F-4	66	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41518	F-4	67	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41524	F-4	68	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41528	F-4	69	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41542	F-4	70	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41552	F-4	71	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41554	F-4	72	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41568	F-4	73	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41582	F-4	74	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41598	F-4	75	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41609	F-4	76	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41642	F-4	77	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41646	F-4	78	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41720	F-4	79	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41739	F-4	80	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41747	F-4	81	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41757	F-4	82	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41776	F-4	83	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41786	F-4	84	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41822	F-4	85	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41876	F-4	86	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41879-41880	F-4	87	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41901	F-4	88	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41919	F-4	89	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41924	F-4	90	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41939	F-4	91	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41943	F-4	92	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41945	F-4	93	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	41954	F-4	94	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42003	F-4	95	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42005	F-4	96	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42021	F-4	97	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42045	F-4	98	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42058	F-4	99	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42117	F-4	100	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42144	F-4	101	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42174	F-4	102	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42195	F-4	103	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42229	F-4	104	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42239	F-4	105	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42268	F-4	106	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42290	F-4	107	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42309	F-4	108	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42319-42320	F-4	109	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42337	F-4	110	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42342	F-4	111	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42347	F-4	112	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42382	F-4	113	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42427	F-4	114	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42459	F-4	115	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42470	F-4	116	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood
Fitch	42479	F-4	117	Box	1884-1899	various	40-50	wood	wood

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 Bulletin Issue included in "page" column
vIV #3 p26b	41832	1903-03-07		p				S1&	R	R	N			door and left half of car only. "Air brake" in circle possibly another 41xxx car is third in string
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume I: Greenfield-East Deerfield-Westminster Sharp Offset Printing, 1991. ISBN 0-914960-91-3
p103 top	41150			X				S1&	R	R	N			has "Air brake" in circle
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River Sharp Offset Printing, 1993. ISBN 0-914960-95-4
p34 top	41753?	1913		p		p		S1&	R	R	N			Quite a bit of sag in end of car (or Photo issue?)

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
16-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 4 more ORERs (1911,1919,1921,1931)
28-May-2020	KG Akerboom	updated 10/1919
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)
26-Oct-2021	KG Akerboom	Added car disposition record data
22-Jan-2022	KG Akerboom	Added ICC Valuation data
04-Dec-2022	KG Akerboom	Added photo(s)/car listings from Nimke, "Conn. River RRs: Vol I"
11-Dec-2022	KG Akerboom	Added photo(s)/car listings from Nimke, "Conn. River RRs: Vol V"
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
25-Feb-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed link to scanned data (car books)
04-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