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Does one exist?
Does one exist?
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Note: I believe these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series
ORER History ORER Date
(Year-Mo.)Car
Numbers# of
CarsDescription "New Series for B&M Cars" table of B&M RR listing 1893 - 04 01-0599 (none) 4 wheel flat and sideboard 1893 - 05 (same) 1893 - 06 (same) 1893 - 07 (same) 1893 - 08 (same) 1893 - 09 (same) 1893 - 10 (same) 1893 - 11 " 459 " 1893 - 12 (same) 1894 - 01 " 490 " 1894 - 02 (same) 1894 - 03 " 484 " 1894 - 04 (same) 1894 - 05 (same) Main "Freight Equipment" table replaces "New Series" table 1894 - 06 (same) 1894 - 07 (same) 1894 - 08 (same) 1894 - 09 (same) 1894 - 10 " 471 " 1894 - 11 (same) 1894 - 12 (same) 1895 - 01 " 459 " 1895 - 02 (same) 1895 - 03 (same) 1895 - 04 (same) 1895 - 05 (same) 1895 - 06 (same) 1895 - 07 (same) 1895 - 08 (same) 1895 - 09 (same) 1895 - 10 " 432 " 1895 - 11 " 418 " 1895 - 12 (same) 1896 - 01 " 412 " 1896 - 02 (same) 1896 - 03 (same) 1896 - 04 " 411 " 1896 - 05 " 415 " 1896 - 06 (same) 1896 - 07 (same) 1896 - 08 " 403 " 1896 - 09 " 400 " 1896 - 10 Combined with 4 wheel coal and gravel dump into series 1897 "Misc.." 01-02799 series
"Special Cars" note (1893-11 to 1894-04)
Soapstone - The following cars are are used for soapstone shipments: B&M Nos:
Car # Date first listed Date last listed 0153 1893-11 1894-04 0154 1893-11 1894-04 0155 1893-11 1894-04 0233 1893-11 1894-04 0236 1893-11 1894-04 0244 1894-01 1894-04 0244 1893-11 1894-04 0246 1893-11 1894-04 0487 1893-11 1894-04 0496 1893-11 1894-04
- No size data was ever listed
- 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 diagramThe "Diagram number" refers to the circled number (lower right corner) in each diagram (the original page number)
Book page # 30 - L B&M Diagram # 56 Diagram Date 1907 Color on Diagram Brown Notes on Diagram Datum 1900 Index 1907 Index Class of car Sideboard and flat car (4 wh) Sideboard and flat car (4 wh) Length 12'-14' 12'-14' Capacity 10,000-12,000 10,000-12,000 Car Numbers 01-0506 01-0499 Page [original] 49 56
As the "4 wheel" car series bounced around a bit, I am putting all the photos in the 1897 "Misc.." 01-02799 series
Date Quantity New Numbers Description 1896-1897 All 01-02799 Combined with 4 wheel coal and gravel dump into one series: "4 wheel coal and log trucks"
File History for THIS page Date Who Description 26-Dec-2019 KG Akerboom Initial release 04-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Re-did references/photos section 02-May-2020 KG Akerboom 01* photos moved to "Misc." series 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-2020KG Akerboom Added ORER data (History only, not dims or notes yet) for 63 more registers, courtesy of James Kinkaid 28-Jan-2021 KG Akerboom Added info from "1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Diagrams" book 10-Sep-2022 KG Akerboom Updated per [almost] complete ORER data 04-Jan-2023 KG Akerboom Fixed headers and footers...hopefully 02-May-2023 KG Akerboom Added 1893-1894 "Special Cars" notes
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