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Boston & Maine RR Early (1885-1893) 901 "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.)	901-910	916-919	936-940	1046-1050	1071-1081	1083-1084	1086-1090	1093-1094	1097-1130
1885 - 06	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
1885 - 07	(same) (all 9 columns)
1885 - 08	(same) (all 9 columns)
1885 - 09	(same) (all 9 columns)
1885 - 10	(same) (all 9 columns)
1885 - 11	(same) (all 9 columns)
1885 - 12	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 01	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 02	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 03	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 04	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 05	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 06	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 07	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 08	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 09	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 10	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 11	(same) (all 9 columns)
1886 - 12	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 01	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 02	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 03	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 04	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 05	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 06	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 07	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 08	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 09	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 10	Y	916-920	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
1887 - 11	(same) (all 9 columns)
1887 - 12	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 01	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 02	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 03	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 04	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 05	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 06	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 07	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 08	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 09	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 10	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 11	(same) (all 9 columns)
1888 - 12	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 01	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 02	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 03	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 04	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 05	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 06	(same) (all 9 columns)

Car Nos.	901	903-910	916-920		936-940		1046-1050		1071-1084	1086-1090	1093-1094	1097-1130
1889 - 07	1	8	4		5		5		14	4	2	34
1889 - 08	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 09	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 10	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 11	(same) (all 9 columns)
1889 - 12	(same) (all 9 columns)
1890 - 01	(same) (all 9 columns)
1890 - 02	(same) (all 9 columns)
1890 - 03	(same) (all 9 columns)
1890 - 04	1	8	916-917	919-920	5		1046	1048-1050	1071-1130 (60)
1890 - 05	1	8	916-920(5)		5		1046	1048-1050	1071-1081 (11)		1083-1130 (48)
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	1	8	5		936-937	939-940	1046-1050		1071-1072	1074-1081(8)	48
1890 - 11	(same) (all 9 columns)
1890 - 12	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 01	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 02	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 03	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 04	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 05	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 06	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 07	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 08	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 09	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 10	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 11	(same) (all 9 columns)
1891 - 12	(same) (all 9 columns)
1892 - 01	(same) (all 9 columns)
1892 - 02	(same) (all 9 columns)
1892 - 03	(same) (all 9 columns)
1892 - 04	(same) (all 9 columns)
1892 - 05	(same) (all 9 columns)
1892 - 06	(same) (all 9 columns)

Car description changes to "Box" Cars in 1122-1130 now described as "Machinery" (see that web page)
Car Nos.	901	903-910	916-920	936-937	939-940	1046-1050	1071-1072	1074-1081	1083-1088	1090-1115	1117-1120
1892 - 07	1	8	3	2	2	5	2	8	5	25	4
1892 - 08	1	7	3	2	2	4	2	8	4	26	4
1892 - 09	(same) (all 11 columns)
1892 - 10	1	7	3	2	2	4	2	8	4	26	3
1892 - 11	(same) (all 11 columns)
1892 - 12	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 01	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 02	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 03	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 04	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 05	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 06	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 07	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 08	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 09	(same) (all 11 columns)
1893 - 10	(same) (all 11 columns)

In "Freight Equipment in old series" table of Boston & Maine RR listing
Car Nos.	907-1048	1102-1118
1893 - 11	3	2
1893 - 12	(same) (both columns)
1894 - 01	2	2
1894 - 02	2
1894 - 03	(same) (both columns)
1894 - 04	(same) (both columns)
1894 - 05	Not listed - possibly moved to "new" number series?

ORER Notes

‡ (1892-07 to 1892-11)

Applies to car number 922 (in 1892-12 car 922 is a "Flat, Boiler")

Vacant Numbers

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