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Boston & Maine 5300 Series Flat Cars

Index

• Builder's Photo
• Classification Card(s) for series
• Specifications
• ORER data
• ORER Notes
• Discussion, General Notes
• Car Book and/or Car Disposition 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

Description			1/1955
AAR Mechanical Designation			FMS
Inside Dimensions	Length		36'-6"
	Width		10'
	Height		6'-6"
Outside Dimensions	Length		42'-2"
	Width	At Eaves or top of sides or platform	10'
		Extreme Width	10'-2"
	Height from Rail	To Extreme Width	3'-5"
		To Eaves or top of sides or platform	10'-3"
		To Top of Running Board
		To Extreme Height	10'-3"
Door - Side opening	Width
	Height
Capacity	Cu Ft. Level Full
	Pounds		110000

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
1955 - 01	5300-5309	10	Flat, Steel, Note C
1955 - 04	(same)
1955 - 07	(same)
1955 - 10	(same)
1956 - 01	(same)
1956 - 04	(same)
1956 - 07	(same)
1956 - 10	(same)
1957 - 01	(same)
1957 - 04	(same)
1957 - 07	(same) (now Note E)
1957 - 10	(same)
1958 - 01	"	9	"
1958 - 04	(same)
1958 - 07	"	7	"
1958 - 10	"	5	"
1959 - 01	5303	1	"
1959 - 04	(same)
1959 - 07	Not listed

ORER Notes

Note C (1/1955 - 4/1957)
Note E (7/1957 - 4/1959)
4/1957: series 5320-5329 added
4/1959 other series changed to 5320-5339

Cars in series 5300 to 5309 [and 5320 to 5329] are equipped with bulkheads for shipment of Gypsum board

Discussion, General Notes

• Converted from 33500 flat cars in 1954
• Conversions:

  Original Car No.	Converted car No.
  33543	5300
  33775	5301
  33615	5302
  33693	5303
  33762	5304
  33626	5305
  33515	5306
  33723	5307
  33532	5308
  33753	5309

• The B&M listed these cars in car books as "Gypsum" cars

Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data

Car Books (1923-06 thru 1936-10, then 1944-05 thru 1960-03)

Volume number refers original book number
Part number refers to PDF file part as posted on B&MRRHS site
Page numbers refer to pages in PDF file(s) (L/R = Left or Right side of that PDF page)

Car Number(s)	Vol	Part	Page	Date	Action	Location	New #	Notes
5300	4	7	6R	1957-08-25	Destroyed	on NYC
5301	4	9	2R	1958-12-15	Sold			to Nashua Iron & Metal Co. (SO 2967)
5302	4	9	2R	1958-12-15	Sold			to Nashua Iron & Metal Co. (SO 2967)
5303	5	1	9R	1959-11-05	Sold			to Mont. & Barre RR (SO 3488)
5304	4	9	2R	1958-12-15	Sold			to Nashua Iron & Metal Co. (SO 2967)
5305	4	9	2R	1958-12-15	Sold			to Nashua Iron & Metal Co. (SO 2967)
5306	4	8	5R	1958-05-22	Sold			to M. Schiavone & Son (SO 2534)
5309	4	8	5R	1958-05-22	Sold			to M. Schiavone & Son (SO 2534)

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
28-Dec-2019	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
18-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added Car Book Data
04-Jul-2021	KG Akerboom	Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows)
29-Sep-2022	KG Akerboom	Verified per [almost] complete ORER data
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
25-Feb-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed link to scanned data (car books)