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Boston & Maine 50500 Series Box Cars

Index

Builder's Photo

Does one exist?

B&M Classification Card(s)

Does one exist?

Specifications From Classification Cards

?
Spec Value
Doors From the one(!) photograph as B&M car: Appear to be "Pullman Standard" style (used on PS-1s, kind-of looks like a Superior door) with "crease" down the middle of each panel

ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data
Description 10/1980
AAR Mechanical Designation XP
Inside
Dimensions
Length 50'-6"
Width 9'-2"
Height 10'-5"
Outside
Dimensions
Length 54'-4"
Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 9'-4"
10'-6"
Extreme Width 10'-8"
Height
from
Rail
To Extreme Width 4'-5"
To Eaves or top of sides or platform 14'-5"
13'-7"
To Extreme Height 15'
Door - Side
opening
Width 15'
Height 9'-9"
Capacity Cu Ft. Level Full 4840
Pounds 110000

ORER History
ORER Date
(Year-Mo.)
Car
Numbers
# of
Cars
Description
1980 - 10 50500-50562 5 Box, Steel, Auto Parts
1981 - 01 Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

Paint Schemes

References or other data

Photographs

PageCar # Photo Date
yr-mo-day
Visible? MarkingsPaint
Scheme
Herald Notes
Boston & Maine Railway Corporation Group on Facebook
Direct link
You may need to join the group to see the photo?
50548 1980-10-02 Y X BM??GNN2VNNNRock Rock double (what looks like PS-1) doors, 2 different widths

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date Who Description
03-Jan-2020 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
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
19-Aug-2020 KG Akerboom Added Eric Neubauer data
20-Sep-2021 KG Akerboom Added Facebook photo
31-Oct-2022 KG Akerboom Verified per [almost] complete ORER data
04-Jan-2023 KG Akerboom Fixed headers and footers...hopefully

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