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Boston & Maine RR Early (1885-1893) 1206 "Random Numbered" Box Cars

Index

• Builder's Photo
• 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?

ORER data and numbers

In the table below:

• A "Y" indicates the car(s) are listed (but no count supplied)
• A number indicates the count of those cars (if listed)
• A Bold number (or range) indicates the number range changed
• A blank cells mean the car(s) is not listed
• another car type indicates the car type changed in that issue of the ORER, and further info is to be found in that "other" car type page

ORER History

In "Freight Equipment" table of Boston & Maine RR listing Car description is "Box, Long"
ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	1206-1207	1350-1357	1360-1364	1366-1367	1369-1374	1376-1399	1401-1406	1475-1479
1885 - 06	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
1885 - 07	(same) (all 8 columns)
1885 - 08	(same) (all 8 columns)
1885 - 09	(same) (all 8 columns)
1885 - 10	(same) (all 8 columns)
1885 - 11	(same) (all 8 columns)
1885 - 12	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 01	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 02	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 03	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 04	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 05	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 06	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 07	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 08	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 09	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 10	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 11	(same) (all 8 columns)
1886 - 12	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 01	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 02	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 03	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 04	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 05	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 06	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 07	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 08	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 09	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 10	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1475-1524
1887 - 11	(same) (all 8 columns)
1887 - 12	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 01	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 02	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 03	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 04	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 05	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 06	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 07	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 08	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 09	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 10	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 11	(same) (all 8 columns)
1888 - 12	(same) (all 8 columns)
1889 - 01	(same) (all 8 columns)
1889 - 02	(same) (all 8 columns)
1889 - 03	(same) (all 8 columns)
1889 - 04	(same) (all 8 columns)
1889 - 05	(same) (all 8 columns)
1889 - 06	(same) (all 8 columns)

Car Nos.	1206	1350-1357	1360-1364	1366-1367	1369-1374	1376-1399	1401	1403-1406	1475-1499		1501-1525
1889 - 07	1	8	5	2	6	24	1	4	25		25
1889 - 08	(same) (all 10 columns)
1889 - 09	(same) (all 10 columns)
1889 - 10	(same) (all 10 columns)
1889 - 11	(same) (all 10 columns)
1889 - 12	(same) (all 10 columns)
1890 - 01	(same) (all 10 columns)
1890 - 02	(same) (all 10 columns)
1890 - 03	(same) (all 10 columns)
1890 - 04	1206,1207	1350-1399 (50)					1401-1406(6)		1475-1487(13)	1489-1499(11)	25
1890 - 05	2	1350-1354(5)	1356-1374(19)			24	6		13	11	25
1890 - 06	(same) (all 8 columns)
1890 - 07	(same) (all 8 columns)
1890 - 08	(same) (all 8 columns)
1890 - 09	(same) (all 8 columns)
1890 - 10	2	1350-1374(25)				24	6		1475-1499 (25)		25
1890 - 11	(same) (all 6 columns)
1890 - 12	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 01	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 02	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 03	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 04	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 05	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 06	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 07	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 08	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 09	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 10	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 11	(same) (all 6 columns)
1891 - 12	(same) (all 6 columns)
1892 - 01	(same) (all 6 columns)
1892 - 02	(same) (all 6 columns)
1892 - 03	(same) (all 6 columns)
1892 - 04	(same) (all 6 columns)
1892 - 05	(same) (all 6 columns)
1892 - 06	(same) (all 6 columns)

Car description changes to "Box"
Car Nos.	1207	1318	1350-1374		1376-1399	1401-1405	1475-1499	1501-1525
1892 - 07	1	1	24		24	5	24	24
1892 - 08	1	1	22		24	4	23	23
1892 - 09	(same) (all 7 columns)
1892 - 10	1	1	1350-1359(9)	1361-1374(13)	24	1402-1405 (4)	24	22
1892 - 11	(same) (all 8 columns)
1892 - 12	(same) (all 8 columns)
1893 - 01	(same) (all 8 columns)
1893 - 02	(same) (all 8 columns)
1893 - 03	(same) (all 8 columns)
1893 - 04	1	1	9	1361-1374(13)	24	1402-1405 (4)	24	22
1893 - 05	(same) (all 8 columns)
1893 - 06	(same) (all 8 columns)
1893 - 07	(same) (all 8 columns)
1893 - 08	(same) (all 8 columns)
1893 - 09	(same) (all 8 columns)
1893 - 10	(same) (all 8 columns)

In "Freight Equipment in old series" table of Boston & Maine RR listing
Car Nos.	1357-1521
1893 - 11	15
1893 - 12	(same)
1894 - 01	11
1894 - 02	(same)
1894 - 03	6
1894 - 04	(same)
1894 - 05	1357-1769 (5)
1894 - 06	Not listed (see note) possibly moved to new number series?

ORER Notes

[no symbol] (1894-06 to 1895-01)

NOTE: A number of cars in the old series marked "B&M" 174 to 12192 [and other railroads] are being renumbered to the above [new 1893 car series numbers] as fast as possible.

Discussion, General Notes

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
22-Apr-2023	KG Akerboom	Initial release
21-May-2023	KG Akerboom	Back-filled 1886-03 data that was missing
07-Jun-2023	KG Akerboom	Back-filled missing 1886-10 data