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Boston & Maine Freight Cars - Summary

A complete (?) listing of B&M RR (and predecessor railroads) freight equipment.
Based on Official Railway Equipment Register data, and other sources.

NOTE: It is best to view this with the web browser window as WIDE as possible!

Index

Some General Notes

This was developed using "Official Railway Equipment Registers" ("ORER").
MUCH more info in the ORERs can be found here - including lists of ones I (and the B&MRRHS) have
If you know of other sources for freight car info (annual reports or ?) I would really appreciate it if you could let me know what/where/how to access this data.

Several issues noted while working with the ORERs:

Subsidiaries and Predecessors

Boxcars

NOTE: For cars in 1893 range 13600-19999, see table just below this one
NOTE: various "Box, *" (Refrigerator, Ice, Milk, etc.) cars are listed in the "Reefer" section, not here
1885-1893 "Random small groups of cars" number series (most/all have gaps in car numbers)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
27-686
10/1887: to 27-5120
4/1890: to 27-686
B&M Box, Short (Later "Ice, 4-wheel") 84? 6/1885 10/1893
18-199
7/1892: to 12-126
B&M Box, Long 40 6/1885 2/1894
278-399 B&M Box, Long 54? 6/1885 4/1894
409-771
7/1892: to 409-811
B&M Box, Long 106? 6/1885 5/1894
901-1130 B&M Box, Long 82? 6/1885 4/1894
1206-1479
10/1887: to 1206-1524
7/1889: to 1206-1525
5/1884: to 1357-1769
B&M Box, Long 107? 6/1885 5/1894
1640-1679
10/1887: to 1640-5373
3/1889: to 1640-5970
10/1890: to 1640-6227
9/1891: to 1640-6338
7/1892: to 1640-11961
3/1893: to 1640-11933
B&M Box, Long 2188? 6/1885 5/1894
12-1803
6/1885: to 12-5363
7/1889: to 12-5970
B&M Hay 43? 6/1885 3/1890
190-515
10/1887: to 190-5380
7/1892: to 515-9836
B&M Charcoal 3? 6/1885 10/1893
117-6740 B&M Machinery 51? 7/1892 10/1893 32' & 40'
2156-5355
5/1893: to 2156-2163
B&M Carriage 9? 7/1892 10/1893
13000-13499
12/1892: to 13000-13399
4/1903: to 13133-13399
3/1914: to 13133-13499
12/1920: to 13165-13400
B&M 8-wheel Box, Through Line 500? 3/1892 11/1924 33'-5" 6'-10"
1893 Renumbering
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
12000-12199
4/1903: to 12000-12009
1/1909: to 12000-12099
4/1914: to 12000-12068
12/1914: to 12000-12038
4/1920: to 12027-12038
4/1923: to 12003-12038
B&M 8-wheel Box, Machinery, 40 feet 9? 4/1893 10/1925 40 7'-1"
12200-12399
6/1902: to 12200-12299
4/1903: to 12200-12259
11/1908-7/1909: To 12000-12099
B&M 8-wheel Box, Machinery, under 40 feet 51? 4/1893 6/1909 28-34 ?
12400-12599
9/1900: to 12400-12549
7/1901: to 12400-12499
3/1903: to 12400-12409
11/1908-3/1909: To 12000-12099
B&M 8-wheel Box, Carriage 86? 4/1893 2/1909 28-40 ?
13600-15999
10/1900: to 13600-14499
1/1901: to 13600-14470
4/1903: to 13600-14499
2/1901-12/1906: to 41100 series?
B&M 8-wheel Box, 34 feet 1052? 4/1893 12/1906 34 ?
16000-17999
12/1893: to 16000-18999
12/1895: to 16000-19999
7/1900: Split into 2 series
   (16000 and 19000)
B&M 8-wheel Box, under 34' 2727? 4/1893 6/1900 28-33 ?
9/1900 Series eliminated/reconfigured by 11/1900
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
46500-46599 B&M Box, 34', Ventilated 9/1900 10/1900 34'
46600-46694 B&M Box, 34', Ice 9/1900 10/1900 34'
46695-47300 B&M Box, 34' 9/1900 10/1900 34'
47301-47425 B&M Box, 34', Hay 9/1900 10/1900 34'
48112-48211 B&M Box, 35'
[10/1900 added "40000 lbs cap'y"]
9/1900 10/1900 35'
48212-48800
[merged in 10/1900, see below]
B&M Box, 35' 9/1900 9/1900 35'
48801-48999
[merged in 10/1900, see below]
B&M Box, 35' 9/1900 9/1900 35'
48212-48999
[above 2 series merged for 10/1900]
B&M Box, 35', 60000 lbs cap'y 10/1900 10/1900 35'
51000-51099 B&M Furniture, 40' 9/1900 10/1900 40'
11/1900 Renumbering thru to 1918
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last ListedInside
Length
Inside
Height
2900-2999
10/1911: moved to passenger equipment
4/1912: to 2949-2999
9/1914: moved to back to freight equipment
5/1916: Back to Passenger, combined
  with Baggage & Horse cars
B&M Express Freight 51? 2/1901 [in freight]
4/1916
34-36 8'-0"
11900-11999 B&M Boxcar, 40', Furniture 100 7/1899 (FRR)
11/1900 (B&M)
11/1925 40' 8'-9"
12550-12599
7/1901: to 12500-12599
4/1903: to 12450-12599
9/1908: to 12485-12599
B&M Boxcar, Carriage, End Doors 114? 9/1900 11/1925 35-36' 7'-4" - 8'
14500-14699 B&M Boxcar, 34 feet, 60000 capy 200? 10/1900 8/1906 34' ?
15375-15999
4/1903: to 15375 (2nd)
B&M Boxcar, 28 and 30' 625? 9/1900 4/1903 28 and 30' ?
16000-18999
11/1900: to 16000-18622
4/1903: to 15375 (2nd); 18232
B&M Box, 28 - 33' 2500? 7/1900 3/1906 28-33 ?
15375-17899 (2nd)
3/1906: to 15375-18231
B&M Boxcar, 28 - 32' 2076? 4/1903 4/1914 28 - 32' 7'-2"
19000-19999
11/1900: to 18623-19999
4/1903: 18232-19499
6/1907: to 18232-19999
B&M Boxcar, 33' 1297? 7/1900 2/1916 33' 6'-10"
40000-40124
7/1901: to 40000-40199
4/1903: to 40000-40124
B&M Boxcar, Hay 125 11/1900 7/1910 34'-35' ?
40200-40279
7/1901: to 40200-40299
B&M Boxcar, Ventilated
(?were EFCHCo.?)
80? 11/1900 8/1908 34' ?
40500-40528
7/1901: to 40500-40599
4/1903: to 40500-40528
B&M Boxcar, Eastman Heater
(?were EFCHCo.?)
29? 11/1900 11/1905 34' or 35' ?
41000-41099 B&M Boxcar, 35' 40000 capy 100? 11/1900 2/1912 35' 6'-10"
41100-42563
7/1901: to 41100-42599
4/1903: to 41100-42999
B&M Boxcar, 34' 40000 capy 1500? 11/1900 3/1920 34' 6'-10"
44000-44199
5/1902: to 44000-45999
4/1903: to 44000-44399
B&M Boxcar, 34' 60000 capy 200? 11/1900 12/1925 34' 6'-10"
46000-49999
6/1902: to 46000-46999
B&M Boxcar, 35' 60000 capy 860? 11/1900 11/1925 35' (34'6") 7'-2"
48000-48999
4/1903: to 48000-49999
10/1905: to 47000-49999
B&M Boxcar, 36' 60000 capy 3006? 6/1902 5/1935 36' 8'
51100-51227
4/1903: to 51100-51999
3/1906: to 51100-51227
B&M Boxcar, 40' 80000 capy 128? 9/1900 8/1908 40' 7'-7"
12300-12399 (1st)
4/1903: to 12390-12399
2/1906: to 12380-12399
11/1908-4/1909: to 12000-12099
B&M Boxcar, Special 15? 5/1902
?From 12200 series above?
3/1909
34 ?
11000-11127
2/1914: to 11000-11125
B&M Boxcar, Grain 125? 4/1906 4/1928 40' 7'-7"
60000-61999
1/1907: to 60000-62999
8/1907: to 60000-69999
3/1908: to 60000-64679
B&M Boxcar, Grain 4609? 3/1906 5/1935 36' 8'
12423-12484
11/1908: to (2nd) 12300-12484
6/1910: to 12100-12484
8/1910: to 12300-12484
2/1914: to 12300-12472
4/1914: to 12300-12484
B&M Automobile (mixed WUF, SUF) 160 9/1908 10/1947 36' 8'
Steel Underframe, wood/composite body: 1908-1930
Series Road Description # Built First ListedLast Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
64680-69999
3/1909: to 64680-65687
B&M Boxcar, Grain, SUF 1008 3/1908 4/1948 36' 8'
65688-69999
12/1919: to 65688-68287
B&M Boxcar, Grain, SUF 2600 3/1909 7/1948 36' 8'
12100-12299 B&M Automobile, SUF 200 listed 8/1910
filled 11/1910
10/1947 36' 8'
64680 (second) B&M Boxcar
(P&LE 33596 rebuild)
1 10/1943 7/1948 36' 8'
46800 B&M Boxcar Renumbered from VV 128
(only seen in 1955 classification card index p3, possibly retired before renumbering?)
46801-46839 B&M Boxcar Renumbered from VV 138-212
46840 B&M Boxcar Renumbered from SC 506 (per 1942 classification card for SC 580 series, back of previous page)
46842-46981 B&M Boxcar Renumbered from SC 540-789
68300-68319 B&M SUF Boxcar Renumbered from VV 213-232
68320-68399 B&M SUF Boxcar Renumbered from SC 790-869
70000-71499 B&M USRA 40' Single Sheath
(original allotment)
150012/1918 8/1919 40'-6" 8'-6"
70000-70499 B&M USRA 40' Double Sheath
(actually received)
500 9/1919 7/1955 40'-6" 9'-0"
71000-71953 B&M 1924 ARA 40' Single Sheath 954 1/1930 7/1960
(r/b 10/1966)
40'-6" 8'-7"
71975-71995 MTC 1924 ARA 40' Single Sheath 21 1/1930 1/1960
(r/b 10/1966)
40'-6" 8'-7"
72000-72999 B&M 1924 ARA 40' Single Sheath 1000 1/1930 7/1960
(r/b 10/1966)
40'-6" 8'-7"
All Steel: Pre-McGinnis (1929-1956)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
69999
10/1956: to 68999
B&M Boxcar
(B&O 384192 rebuild)
1 7/1943 10/1963 40'-6" 10'-0"
71954-71974 B&M 1924 ARA 40' All Steel 21 1/1930 1/1960
(r/b 7/1966)
40'-6" 8'-7"
71996-71999 MTC 1924 ARA 40' All Steel 4 1/1930 4/1959
(r/b 7/1966)
40'-6" 8'-7"
73000-73199 B&M 1937 AAR 40' All Steel 200 4/1942 4/1976 40'-5" 10'-0"
74000-74499 B&M 40' PS-1 (7' door) 500 10/1947 10/1962 40'-6" 10'-6"
75000-75749 B&M 40' PS-1 (7' door) 750 7/1951 4/1971 40'-6" 10'-5"
All Steel: McGinnis (1956) - Guilford (1983)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
68999 B&M Boxcar Renumber of B&M 69999 (see)
1000-1174 B&M 40' PS-1 (7' door) 175 1/1961 4/1976 Sale/Lease back of 74000 cars
(ones without roof hatches)
2000-2707 B&M 40' PS-1 (7' door) 703? 4/1970 7/1980 Re-lease of 75000 cars
67000-67039 B&M 40' PS-1 (7' door) 40 7/1957 1/1981 Modified 74000 cars
w/4 roof hatches
67040-67067 B&M 1937 AAR 40' All Steel 28 10/1964 1/1981 Modified 73000 cars
w/4 roof hatches
69700-69999 B&M Boxcar 300 10/1956 10/1966 Rebuilds/Lease back of
71000-71953/72000-72999 cars
70000-70987 (2nd)B&M Boxcar 1000 10/1955 10/1966 Rebuilds/Lease back of
71000-71953/72000-72999 cars
70988-70999 B&M Boxcar 12 7/1956 7/1966 Rebuilds/Lease back of
71954-71974/71995-71999 cars
76000-76538 B&M 40' PS-1 (8' door) 539 4/1957 7/1989 40'-6" 10'-5"
76016-76531 (w/gaps) B&M 40' PS-1 (conversion) 15 7/1971 7/1989 40'-6" 10'-5"
77000-77999 B&M 50' PS-1 (9' door) 1000 7/1956 7/1989 50'-6" 10'-5"
"What might have been" - boxcar orders that never were delivered (at least not to the B&M)
Per Ed Hawkins research (in Pullman-Standard order info):

In a letter from the B&M dated 20-Dec-1956, the B&M requested that the lot 8323 [the 76000 series - 40'-6" IL, 8' doors] order be increased by 1000 cars.
On 27-Dec-1956 P-S created a contractual document to formalize the order for 1,000 - 40' PS-1s with 8' doors to be duplicates of lot 8323.
However, instead of being an add-on order that P-S often did for small quantities, a new lot number 8399 was assigned.

A B&M letter dated 15-Feb-1957 requested a modification to the order of 1,000 - 40'-6" PS-1 box cars:

  1. To reduce the lot 8399 order to 750 cars.
  2. To change the remaining quantity of 250 cars to 50'-6" PS-1s with 16' door openings having combination sliding and plug doors.
P-S was hesitant to accept this change due technical reasons of strength across the 16' door opening, as no PS-1 box cars had ever been built with greater than 15' openings.
B&M decided to reduce the quantity of the 50' cars with 16' doors to just 50 cars with the balance of 200 cars to have 9' single doors (basically copies of the lot 8288 cars [77000 series] built in 1956).
On 3-Mar-1957 P-S assigned lot 8404 for a new order for 200 PS-1s with 9' doors. The other 50 cars remained pending but was given a temporary lot number 8404-A.
In April 1957, P-S met with George Glacy of the B&M. The discussion was about funding, as P-S had become aware of the railroad's financial situation. B&M continued efforts to develop the necessary funds.
On May 1 the pending temporary lot 8404-A cars with 16' doors was canceled with the 50 cars being joined with the 200 cars in lot 8404 with 9' doors to become 250 cars with 9' doors.
So Ed supposes that 1-May-1957 was the final order date of the lot 8404 cars that were planned to be built.

The lot 8399 cars ended up being sold by P-S to the UP (525 cars) and L&N (225 cars) in lots 8399-A, 8399-B.

The lot 8404 cars - The order was never fully accepted by P-S and assigned as lot 8404 to the "XYZ Railway."
Eventually the B&M realized it could not pay for the cars, which were later sold to L&N as lot 8404-A, with modifications.

4000-4499 B&M Boxcar (r/n of 74000 series cars) 64 4/1961 10/1963 40'-6" 10'-6"
20-27 B&M Boxcar (bagged cement) (from 77000) 8 4/1962 7/1989 50'-6" 10'-5"
30-37 B&M Boxcar (nitre Cake) (from 76000?) 8 1/1963 7/1966 40'-6" 10'-5"
40-42 B&M Boxcar (nitre Cake) (from 77000) 3 7/1963 7/1966 50'-6" 10'-5"
50-55 B&M Boxcar (from 77000) 6 1/1970 7/1978 50'-6" 10'-5"
700-718 B&M Boxcar (from 77000) 19 1/1968 1/1994 50'-6" 10'-5"
800-883 B&M Boxcar 84 1/1969 4/1997 50'-6" 10'-6"
900-999 B&M Boxcar 100 10/1968 4/1997 50'-6" 10'-6"
1900-1914 B&M Boxcar 15 7/1964 10/1980 43'-4" 6'-10"
1915-1934 B&M Boxcar (Insulated?) 20 7/1964 10/1980 49'-11" 6'-10"
3000-3049 B&M Boxcar 50 4/1974 10/1990 50'-6" 10'-7"
3100-3149 B&M Boxcar 50 4/1974 10/1990 50'-6" 10'-7"
78000-78599 B&M Boxcar 600 11/1973 4/1997 50'-6" 10'-7"
Guilford Era
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
40-49 (2nd) B&M Boxcar (food products) (from ?) 10 7/1978 10/1990 50'-6" 10'-5"
720-723 B&M Boxcar (wood flour) (from ?) 4 10/1979 4/1985 50'-6" 10'-5"
3200-3349 B&M Boxcar 150 1/1980 after 1/2012†50'-6" 11'-1"
3300-3349 B&M Boxcar (from 3200-3349) 50 7/1981 after 1/2012†50'-6" 11'-1"
3350-3399 B&M Boxcar 50 1/1980 after 1/2012†50'-6" 11'-1"
4000-4009 (2nd)
7/1980: to 4000-4041
B&M Boxcar (packaged flour) (from 77000?) 42 10/1979 7/1989 50'-6" 10'-5"
4500-4505
1/1980: to 4500-4507
B&M Boxcar (spent grain) (from 77000?) 8 10/1979 7/1989 50'-6" 10'-5"
4510-4515
10/1980: to 4510-4518
B&M Boxcar (wood flour) (from 77000?) 9 1/1980 7/1989 50'-6" 10'-5"
70000-70049 (3rd)B&M Boxcar (ex D&RGW, double-door) 50 10/1979 10/1990 50'-6" 10'-6"
79000-79099 B&M Boxcar 100 7/1979 after 1/2012†50'-6" 11'-1"
80000-80024 B&M Boxcar (newsprint) 25 1/1980 7/2000 50'-6" 10'-11"
4520 B&M Boxcar (from 77000?) 1 7/1980 7/1985 50'-6"? 10'-5"
4530-4535 B&M Boxcar (from 77000?) 6 7/1980 7/1984 50'-6" 10'-5"
4550-4557 B&M Boxcar (food products) (from 77000?) 8 7/1980 7/1989 50'-6" 10'-5"
300800-300999 B&M Boxcar (ex CRI&P) 200 7/1980 7/2010 50'-6" 11'-1" or ?14'-5"?
50500-50562 B&M Boxcar (ex CRI&P) 5 10/1980 10/1980 50'-6" 10'-5"
3500-3539 B&M Boxcar (from 3100s?) 40 1/1993 after 1/2012†50'-6" 10'-7"

Boxcars 13600-19999, from 1897 to 1907

It took a bit for me to figure this out (and I need to update it with ORER data for 1898-1900, and 1906, so it may not be exactly correct) but this is what I *think* happened:
11/1897 3/1901 (thru 11/1901) 5/1903 by 3/1907
"old" series (being retired) "New" series "old" series (being retired) "New" series
13600-15999Box, 34' 13600-14470 Box, 34', 40k 41100-42563 Box, 34', 40k 13600-14499 Box, 34', 40k 41100-42999 Box, 34', 40k 41100-42999 Box, 34', 40k
14500-14699 Box, 34', 60k 44000-44199 Box, 34', 60k 14500-14699 Box, 34', 60k 44000-44399 Box, 34', 60k 44000-44399 Box, 34', 60k
  15375-15999 Box, 28 and 30'   15375-17899 Box, 28-32' 15375-18231 Box, 28-32'
16000-19999Box, under 34'   16000-18622 Box, 28-33' 16000-18622 Box, 28-33'
18232-19499 Box, 33' 18232-19499 Box, 33'
18623-19999 Box, 33'  

Notes for "Boxcars 13600-19999, from 1897 to 1907" table:

Boxcars photos I can't put in a specific class
(or predecessor railroads I don't have web pages for yet...)

Boxcars photos I can't put in a specific class
(or predecessor railroads I don't have web pages for yet...)
Date Car #(s) Photo Location Description
ca 1916 B&MRRHS Flickr wood box
ca 1910 B&MRRHS Flickr 2nd box to right of 48812
1920-06-16 B&MRRHS Flickr WUF box, truss rods, rectangular herald
1935-08-31 B&MRRHS Flickr box at left: SUF, wood body
Digital Commonwealth B&M "Hoosac Tunnel Route" boxcar, partially obscured
ca 1930 Digital Commonwealth B&M box car, Fox trucks, WUF? partial side view, number cut off, dimensions *almost" legible
Title="The one thing that troubles Atlantic Ave., freight cars have 99-year lease"
Hght to eaves = 12'-7", width eaves = 9'-7"
1902-11-22 Digital Commonwealth ?B&M "Hoosac Tunnel Route"? boxcar, about the middle of the cars (between the 3=2 C&O boxcar).
ca. 1900 Digital Commonwealth Is that a B&M box car?
or use: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qf85nq649
Digital Commonwealth Is that a B&M box car?
or use: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xp68kk659
Digital Commonwealth Eastern RR 4 (and maybe 8) wheeled box cars
Digital Commonwealth ?Eastern RR 8 wheel box, [also listed in misc.]
7064 Digital Commonwealth B&M RR 4 wheel box (could be ex B&L - note "paint out" of "Maine" area) [also listed in misc.]
1980-03 Jim Dufour Flickr Partial side view, perhaps 2000-2704 re-lease? - no roofwalk, "yellow dot", ACI, USRE logo
Houghton's RailImages 40' PS-1 at Hoosac Wharf (near Navy Yard)
National Park Service 2 all-wood box w/ Fox trucks, Spelled - 1 line
National Park Service one or more boxcars in background (left)
1922-06-07 National Park Service box behind engine - wood body w/ Mogul end, rect. herald
National Park Service Conn River??????
1964-08 XM 26421 ?76491? Fallen Flags 40' PS-1, paint similar to 76xxx series?, but reporting marks ?repainted.
XM 71055? Fallen Flags Possibly 77000 series?
1968 XM 00000 Fallen Flags 40' PS-1, paint similar to 76xxx series?
1983 New England RR Photo Archive 78000 series?
2018-07-17 New England RR Photo Archive 76000 series?
2004-02-08 New England RR Photo Archive 76000 series? (same car as previous line?)
1974-12-08 New England RR Photo Archive looks like 40' PS-1, but repainted. Superior door, no roofwalk, cut-down ladders, ACI
1974-10-01 76491? New England RR Photo Archive 76000 series?
1974-10-01 New England RR Photo Archive (partial roof of B&M box at left)
1973-10-25 New England RR Photo Archive 2 77000 series? box cars - note different paint schemes
1971-03-14 New England RR Photo Archive looks like 40' PS-1?
2010-04 New England RR Photo Archive White / Guilford box, ?79000 series? Possibly 2nd (PAR) box also (can't see if BM or MEC)
New England RR Photo Archive SUF box in MOW service. Wood end.
2005-01-11 New England RR Photo Archive I didn't know B&M had any [top down] R-2-x dreadnaught ends?
2002-08-09 New England RR Photo Archive 77000 series?
1983-03-30 New England RR Photo Archive 2 box cars - ?76xxx on left, ?77xxx on right?
1975-01-24 New England RR Photo Archive at least 4 PS-1 box cars, hard to tell specific series
2010-12-08 New England RR Photo Archive Caption = B&M woodside gon.
Looks more like a SUF box converted to work train service (note Andrews trucks)
1980-09 3rd 70000 series? New England RR Photo Archive Box behind engine, guessing series from paint scheme
2008-05-25 New England RR Photo Archive 3.5 boxcars, possibly one (or more) of the 3xxx series?
1985 New England RR Photo Archive repainted 40' PS-1?
1982-05-21 New England RR Photo Archive Possibly a 78000 series?
2007-03-18 New England RR Photo Archive 40' PS-1?
2007-03-18 New England RR Photo Archive 40' PS-1?
2007-02-19 New England RR Photo Archive 5 boxcars, possibly 3xxx series?
1983-09-10 New England RR Photo Archive possibly 3xxx series car?
1978 New England RR Photo Archive 40' PS-1, possibly 76000 series?
2003 New England RR Photo Archive PS-1, possibly 77000 series?
ca 1977 New England RR Photo Archive 3 box cars, unfortunately can't see enough to figure out what series.
2002-04-30 New England RR Photo Archive 2 PS-1 box cars at Charlestown Navy Yard
1985-07 New England RR Photo Archive 3000, 3100, or 78000 series?
1996-02-06 New England RR Photo Archive 40' PS-1 at Littleton
2001-06-23 New England RR Photo Archive ?50'? car - note Dreadnaught ends (so NOT a PS-1)
1964? New England RR Photo Archive Looks like a 50' PS-1 (77000 series?) on the right.
2000-11-23 New England RR Photo Archive Possibly 3200-3400 series box?
1980-09 New England RR Photo Archive
4-4-0.com B&M box (?WUF?)
12xxx or 17xxx? Florida Memory B&M wood sheath box
Historic Railroad Scenes 2021 Calendar for Franklin Co, MA - May partial view of B&M (?) boxcar at right
Per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #29 (Apr, 1993) NHRRH&TA's Shoreliner Vol 23, #2 has a photo of B&M Double-sheathed box cars.
Per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #41 (Jan-Feb, 1996) the book Moguls, Mountains, and Memories has a picture of an OB boxcar in work service on p79
B&M RR [Employees] Magazine July, 1929 (vol 6 No. 4), p6 64xxx boxcar partial side/B end (WUF, or 40 ton SUF?) - Possibly Mogul end?
B&M RR [Employees] Magazine April 1949 (vol 17 #4) p17 car at left - is that a B&M SUF, or (if B&M, far more likely) a USRA DS box?
Boxcars.us p10 or 11: Title = "BM, Berlin Mills 40' Single Door Boxcar, 6031 April 4th, 1971 Berlin New Hampshire"
looks like USRA double-sheathed box - ex B&M?
Boxcars.us p10 or 11: Title = "BM, Boston & Maine 50' Single Door Boxcar, 22, June, 2002"
(32xx? 33xx? other?)
ca 1925?B&MRRHS Facebook WUF box w/ Mogul end at left
(I believe this is a repeat photo, but I just can't make out the car #)
ca 1875 Salem State Archives Flickr collection several box cars, unknown railroads
1914-06 Salem State Archives Flickr collection 3 MEC, 3 B&M box cars (numbers not legible)
1879-01 ? RR 132 New England RR Photo Archive wreck on BC&M - is that a BC&M boxcar?
1933-07-22 Maine Memory Network 3 panel door (71000 series box car - need to move to that series)
ca 1876 2727 NYC&HRRR Blue line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1876 7919 NYC&HRRR Red line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1876 12312 NYC&HRRR Hoosac Tunnel line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1876 2624 NYC&HRRR White Line reefer more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1876 12401 NYC&HRRR Hoosac Tunnel line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1876 2597 NYC&HRRR Blue line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1871?14 MDT Blue line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1876 8052 NYC&HRRR Red line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1876 D16689 LS&MSRR Red line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1876 2514 NYC&HRRR White Line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
ca 1876 2431 NYC&HRRR White Line more info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fW24gKlhgGp0rq4R6gaOYNEVU6L3HsjbXpHtllBt6eQ/edit#gid=0
1960s? McGinnis painted box behind L&N (to left of Soo line)
1929-03-29 B&M Double-sheath SUF boxcar at left. Also at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/15044179592/
1980-10-02 Other boxcars (note I'm not talking about the main subject of the photo, but rather the 2 boxcars on either side.
2 B&M cars Caption="Epsom, NH, Al Bickford collection" Box and Gon with ?Lumber? loads - car numbers can't be read
1986-12 Herbert & Povall Pine Trees & Minutemen p27 (top) Not sure if 3000, or 3200/3300/3350 series car
"early 1900s" Nimke, R.W. The Rutland - 60 years of trying, Volume III: The Bellows Falls Sub p91 B&M 4xxxx series boxcar, with "circled Air Brake" logo
1955-02 Nimke, R.W. The Rutland - 60 years of trying, Volume III: The Bellows Falls Sub p114 If turn book sideways, lower-left picture. I believe this is a 75000 series box (non-mcGinnis paint, side sill matches)
? 11xxx Nimke, R.W. The Rutland - 60 years of trying, Volume III: The Bellows Falls Sub p204 Center picture. Note horse-drawn stagecoach. End view of car
1938 ? Nimke, R.W. The Rutland - 60 years of trying, Volume IV: B&R and Corkscrew Divisions p178 Middle picture. (very) partial view of wood exterior sheathed car - just "Rectangular" herald (no arrow), individual grabs instead of ladder
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume I: Greenfield-East Deerfield-Westminster p89 top unknown series B&M box behind engine - possibly 77000 series (repainted?)
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume I: Greenfield-East Deerfield-Westminster p180 top unknown series B&M wood body box behind CV box, partial end view only
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume I: Greenfield-East Deerfield-Westminster p183 top unknown series B&M wood body box about photo center (Spelled one line with &)
1955-02-11 75365? Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume II: Bellows Falls, Vermont East and West p42-43 5 photos of wrecked box - hard to tell if B&M car or not
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume II: Bellows Falls, Vermont East and West p76 bottom unknown series B&M wood body box, door open, full of bagged [something]
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume II: Bellows Falls, Vermont East and West p149 top Possible B&M cars in left, very hard to read lettering
1932-11-11 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume II: Bellows Falls, Vermont East and West p173 top unknown series B&M wood body box, right end of car side visible, herald S3&
1973-06-22HT&W 61 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume III: Claremont Branch... p51, top and bottom-left Stated as ex- B&M car (USRA double-sheath)
1980-04-25 3xxx? Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p9 X post box - right half of car & door, can't make out door details
2V COTS, U-1 "Dot"
1951-09-05 SUF? 0367?Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p32 bottom SUF box in work service
PS-1 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p45 top B end, can't tell which PS-1 series (has been repainted blue with "4 foot"? intertwined herald
1975-09-01 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p100 top 4 B&M Boxcars. A couple probably 77000 series (or derivatives), others 3xxx series?
1974-10-19 77000s? Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p146 bottom a couple (77000 series?) box cars on display (repainted w/ "4 foot?" herald.
pre-1927 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume VI: Wells River - North p27 Picture of Lyndon, vt shops in B&M era. Several wood body boxcars visible, but cannot read the car numbers
1979-03-17 PS-1 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume VI: Wells River - North p148 middle I believe this is one of the 40' PS-1 series, can't read car #
1930-08-08 SUF box Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume VII: StJ&LC (part I), MEC p180 top End /side, can't read car #, B&M style end sill
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IX: Concord-WRJ-Swanton-Other p3 bottom SUF box, fox trucks, can't read car #
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IX: Concord-WRJ-Swanton-Other p11 top WUF? box, hard to read anything
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IX: Concord-WRJ-Swanton-Other p16 top 2 (or 3?) WUF box cars, hard to read lettering, fox trucks
B&L 1761Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IX: Concord-WRJ-Swanton-Other p17 bottom excellent ends ("A"?) and left half of side+door
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IX: Concord-WRJ-Swanton-Other p17 top one (or more?) WUF box. One has unusual dark area on door (or maybe shadow?)
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IX: Concord-WRJ-Swanton-Other p18 bottom-left WUF box at left, "S3&" herald
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IX: Concord-WRJ-Swanton-Other p42 bottom SUF box, can't read car #
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p79 bottom just a smidge of a B&M boxcar at right of photo
1925-03 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p79 bottom-left (as viewed) Note metal roof, B&M reporting marks, "line" above
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p82 top B&M 4xxxx series box at right. S1&. Note small ?sliding door for ventilation? below "BOS"
Also appears to be several other B&M box cars in yard, but hard to read lettering
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p86 2nd from bottom 2 boxcars (end view) - one on ash pit track, one at left
1907-06-15? 13xxx? Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p94 bottom S1& reporting marks, "B&M / car# also painted on door. Unusual trucks?
1911-05-25 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p122 top-left B&M stlye end-sill SUF box on side (after accident). S1& style reporting marks
1980-02-18 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p136 middle-right possibly 78000 series B&M boxcar?
1980-05-26 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p36 bottom-right several possibly 78000 series B&M boxcars?
1940s? Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p170 top Wood box ?with Mogul end? (or is it some other RR?)
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p193 bottom possible ex-B&M "NH style" SUF box w/ steel end
1916 Deen, William N. Minuteman Railroad - Boston & Maine's Lexington Branch p141 End of SUF boxcar, hord to read reporting marks, may not be B&M
1978 2xxx? B&MRRHS Highliner #2 p11 top "A" end of (I think) one of the refurbished PS-1 boxcars, ladders cut down ?4' intertwined herald

Gondolas

1885-1893 "Random small groups of cars" number series (most/all have gaps in car numbers)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
5557-5581 B&M Gondola, 8-wheel 408? 10/1887 5/1894 26'
6074-6089 B&M Coal, 8-wheel 100 10/1889 (listed)
4/1890 (count)
4/1893
1893 Renumbering
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
0600-02599
10/1896: to Misc. 01-02799
B&M 4 wheel coal and gravel dump 1927? 4/1893 9/1896
5000-6073
5/1901: to 5000-5599
4/1903: to 5000-5549
7/1905: to 5000-5949
4/1906: to 5000-5549
4/1914, split into 5 sub-groups
B&M Gondola, hopper bottom 549? 4/1893 (listed)
11/1893 (count)
12/1925 24'-31' 3' to 3'-10"
6074-7999 (1st)
7/1900: to 6174-7999
4/1902: to 6174-6259
B&M Gondola, flat bottom 729? 4/1893 (listed)
11/1893 (count)
10/1926 26'-28' 3'-9"
20000-20599
3/1895: to 20000-20199
12/1895: to 20000-20299
1/1901: to 20000-20284
2/1906: to ? (8850s?)
B&M 8-wheel Drop Sideboard 295? 4/1893 (listed)
11/1893 (count)
3/1906 28-32 ?
20600-20999
3/1895: to 20200-20999
12/1895: to 20300-20999
4/1903: to 20400-20999
B&M 8-wheel Platform, Sideboard (tight sides & ends)665? 4/1893 (listed)
11/1893 (count)
4/1915 28-32 2'-11"
21000-21999
By 1/1901: to 21000-21399
B&M 8-wheel Drop End Sideboard 700? 4/1893 (listed)
11/1893 (count)
5/1935 32'-34' 2'-6" to 3'
9/1900 Series eliminated/reconfigured by 11/1900
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
9137-9342
(to 8850-9549?)
B&M Sideboard Coal, 30' [2 cars in
10/1900 only]
9/1900 10/1900 30'
9343-9353
[merged in 10/1900, see below]
B&M Sideboard Coal, 32' 9/1900 9/1900 32'
9354-9485
[merged in 10/1900, see below]
B&M Sideboard Coal, 32' 9/1900 9/1900 32'
9486-9532
[merged in 10/1900, see below]
B&M Sideboard Coal, 32' 9/1900 9/1900 32'
9533-9549
[merged in 10/1900, see below]
B&M Sideboard Coal, 32' 9/1900 9/1900 32'
9343-9549
[Above 4 series merged in 1900-10]
11/1900: to ?8850-9549?
B&M Sideboard Coal, 32' 10/1900 10/1900 32'
11/1900 Renumbering thru to 1918
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last ListedInside
Length
Inside
Height
5974-6073
4/1903: to 5900-6073
9/1905: to 5950-6073
11/1907: to 6000-6073
B&M Coke (28-32') 66? 10/1900 2/1922 28'-30' 6'
6074-6173 (2nd)B&M Coke (34') 100 7/1900 2/1922 34' 6'
6260-7999
5/1906: to 6260-6799
B&M Gondola, flat bottom, Pratt Patent 60000 capy 1219? 4/1902 (as
separate
series)
12/1926 28' 4'
6800-7999
9/1910: to 6800-7680
B&M Gondola, flat bottom, Pratt Patent 60000 capy 860? 5/1906 (as
separate
series)
5/1936 30 4'
8850-9499
12/1900: to 8850-9549
2/1903: to 9040-9549
4/1903: to 9050-9499
B&M Sideboard Coal (28-32') 662? 9/1900 12/1914 28'-32' 2'
9550-9899 B&M Sideboard Coal (34') 350? 9/1900 7/1915 32'-4" 1'-10"
9901-9999
4/1903: to 9900-9999
B&M Sideboard Coal (34') 100? 9/1900 10/1914 32'-4" 1'-11"
21400-21999
2/1906: to 21400-22999
3/1906: to 21400-23999
7/1907: to 21400-24999
B&M Drop End Sideboard (35') 3555? 10/1900 5/1935 34' or 34'-4" 3'
8900-8999 B&M WUF Rodger Convertible gondola/hopper 100 6/1907 9/1929 34'
or 24'
4'-2"
9000-9039
4/1903: to 9000-9049
2/1914: to 9000-9039
B&M WUF Rodger Convertible gondola/hopper 40 2/1903 8/1929 32'-9"
or 26'
3'
5550-5949
11/1907: to 5550-5899
3/1914: to 5550-5650
B&M Gondola, hopper bottom 100 4/1906 10/1926 28'-9" 3'-10"
39000-39999 B&M Coal, Drop End Sideboard (35') 1000 9/1908 5/1935 34' or 34'-4" 3'
7681 B&M Gondola, Pratt Patent 1 9/1910 (as
separate series)
10/1922 34'-9" 4'
7682-7683
2/1912: Add 7686; 7690;
B&M Gondola, Pratt Patent 4 9/1918? 6/1924 26'-6" 4'
7691-7694
2/1912: Add 7684, 7687, 7689
B&M Gondola, Pratt Patent 7 9/1918? 10/1925 33'-9" 4'
01-0100
10/1914: To "Misc. Equipment" section
10/1928-6/1929: gradually expanded to 01-0160
7/1929: Back to 01-0100
B&M 8 wheel dumps 100[134]2/1911 5/1936 ? 20'-6" 2'
Steel Underframe, steel/composite body: Pre-McGinnis (1909-1956)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
80000-80999 B&M Coal, Drop Bottom 1000 6/1909 (listed)
2/1910 (count)
7/1941 40' 3'-10"
81000-81499 B&M Coal, Drop Bottom 500 2/1914 (listed)
3/1914 (count)
4/1940 40' 4'-4"
9100-9199 B&M SUF Hart Convertible gondola/hopper 100 2/1924 4/1955 39'-11" (Gondola)
30' (Hopper)
4'-4"
82000-82999 B&M USRA Gondola, Drop Bottom
(Composite)
(original allotment)
100012/1918 8/1919 41'-6" 4'-8"
90000-91499 B&M USRA Gondola, Drop Bottom
(Composite)
(actually received)
1500 9/1919 10/1954 41'-6" 4'-8"
92000-92749
4/1942: to 92000-93249
B&M Gondola, Drop Bottom 1250 11/1936 (listed)
7/1937 (count)
10/1980 41'-6" 4'-8"
5200-5205 B&M Gondola, Solid Bottom 6 7/1953 4/1955 Converted from 92000 series (see)
9200-9211 B&M Gondola, Solid Bottom 12 10/1952 1/1972 Converted from 92000 series (see)
9212-9561 B&M Gondola, Solid Bottom 350 10/1956 10/1966 Sale/Leaseback from 92000 series (see)
9600-9899 B&M Gondola, Solid Bottom 300 4/1957 1/1974 Sale/Leaseback from 92000 series (see)
All Steel: McGinnis (1956) - Guilford (1983)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
9000-9099 (2nd) B&M Gondola 100 10/1975 after 1/2012† 52'-6" 4'-6"
Guilford
14238
(Tim Gilbert uses 14233??)
B&M Gondola (ex D&H, ex EL) 1 10/1989 10/1991 52'-6" 4'-2"
TODO: For 5000 and 6074 (first) series - split into separate pages, one for each group, when they were split in ORERs?

Gondola photos I can't put in a specific class
(or predecessor railroads I don't have web pages for yet...)

Date Car #(s) Location Description
1921-09-07 B&MRRHS Flickr site wood gon at left, "spelled 1 line" ?drop end?
National Park Service Pratt Patent(?) gon at right
National Park Service wood gon in background (right)
National Park Service drop side? gons in train - B&M or other RR?
4-4-0.com B&M gons in background (left to right)
(upper) All-steel gon, possibly B&M 80000 series?
(upper) Pratt Patent gon?
(behind engine) ?wood gon?
(to right of engine) all-wood fixed side gon.
Contact web site owner if you want higher resolution scan
1915-06-25 New England RR Photo Archive gons in foreground, possibly others - need higher resolution
1899 B&M RR [Employees] Magazine Sept 1930 (vol 7 # 5) p15 2 B&M gons w/coal (hopper bottom gons?)
B&M RR [Employees] Magazine July, 1929 (vol 6 No. 4), p13, mid-left Hart convertible in "Hopper" configuration (which series?)
B&M RR [Employees] Magazine Fall 1938 (vol 10 no. 5) p37, top-right ca. 1925 - partial side view - wood side gon
White Mountain History Excursion on EB&L RR - all wood gon w/ stake pockets
1972-04 NERail Photo Archive Minuteman herald on gondola
1922-05-26 B&MRRHS Facebook I've no idea about the gon (also see flat listing below)
1890-1905? Digital Commonwealth B&L 8 wheel gon? under right-most "truss"
1865-1914 Digital Commonwealth Several 8-wheel gons, can't read the lettering
ca 1877 Salem State Archives Flickr collection Possible B&M gondola under coal pockets at left
ca 1930? Denver Public Library Otto Perry collection Partial view of all-steel gondola to left of engine, I am unsure if this is even a B&M car
1933-08-22 Denver Public Library Otto Perry collection Partial view of ?USRA? gondola to left of engine, I am unsure if this is even a B&M car
1930-10-13 Denver Public Library Otto Perry collection Partial view of all-steel gondola to left of engine.
I'm pretty sure it IS a B&M car, I just don't know what series (80000 or 81000, it is too early for 92000 series)
Build date is JUST obscured by uncoupler bar - it COULD be "4-[19]1x", which would be an 81000 series car
1924 Maine Memory Network 80000 or 81000 all-steel drop bottom gon at left (partial view)
1914-06-10 B&MRRHS Flickr site Drop side wood gons? Can't read lettering.
1912-1913 B&MRRHS Flickr site Can't read lettering - possible hopper-bottom gon?
1931-09-20 B&MRRHS Flickr site Possible 80000 or 81000 series gon at left edge?
2 B&M cars Caption="Epsom, NH, Al Bickford collection" Box and Gon with ?Lumber? loads - car numbers can't be read
1953-07 ? Nimke, R.W. The Rutland - 60 years of trying, Volume IV: B&R and Corkscrew Divisions p204 "Top Right" picture. unknown if 80000 or 81000 series gon, probably in MOW service.
early 1900s Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume I: Greenfield-East Deerfield-Westminster p37 top 1 or 2 B&M drop end wood gons? Construction of B&M Main thru Dole jct.
1911-10 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume I: Greenfield-East Deerfield-Westminster p137 top Wood Gondola xxx84, possibly Pratt Patent
Also Steel gondola, 80xxx or 81xxx(?) note vertical rib/stake on end
Both have "Spelled 1 line using &"
1982-12-15 M&B 44 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume III: Claremont Branch... p16 mid-right Wood(?) Gondola, possible ex- B&M?
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p104 top Several wood gons in (?) Ash service?
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume VIII: StJ&LC (part II), Spr. Term. p47 top partial view of B&M wood gondola (left of block suspended from crane)
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume VIII: StJ&LC (part II), Spr. Term. p81 top Possible ex-B&M wood gon being used as StJ&LC crane tender 466?
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IX: Concord-WRJ-Swanton-Other p26 2nd from top Possible end view of B&M wood gondola.
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume IX: Concord-WRJ-Swanton-Other p39 top 2 steel gons, possible one or both B&M, 2 different types? (80000 and 81000?)
1952 B&C 467?Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p47 top possible ex-B&M WUF gon, with sides mostly removed. Fox trucks
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p82 top Drop bottom gon lower right, fox trucks. Hard to read lettering, S1&
2 tracks to the left note "end number" on B&M ?5165?
1912-01-20 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p86 top 2 gons on ash track - one possibly Pratt Patent (does end have Pratt doors as well?????)
early 1900s Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p86 2nd from top 6 gons on ash track - three possibly Pratt Patent
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p86 2nd from bottom 2 (?) gons on ash pit track - lower one possibly Pratt Patent car with top of sides folded down?
1950s Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p86 bottom 2 gons on ash pit track - one (or both) possibly USRA cars, both rectangular heralds?
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p158 2nd from top several B&M wood gondolas, some with lumber loads
Possibly some wood B&M pulpwood cars?
1880s B&L, ?other?Deen, William N. Minuteman Railroad - Boston & Maine's Lexington Branch p73 top 3 B&L (?) 4 wheel coal cars, with some 8-wheel cars further right
1916 Deen, William N. Minuteman Railroad - Boston & Maine's Lexington Branch p84 Pratt Patent car?
ca. 1900 B&M ?8627? Deen, William N. Minuteman Railroad - Boston & Maine's Lexington Branch p187 bottom Pratt Patent car?
1925-07-[13 or 14] B&M ? B&M Employees magazine August, 1925 issue, p13 Wood "coal car" (standard, not drop side, not Pratt) gondola, "Spelled 1 line" "B&M"
1928-02-07 B&M ? B&M Employees magazine March, 1928 issue, p21 Looks like the corner of a B&M wood gondola peeking out of the left edge of the picture
1928-10? B&M ? B&M Employees magazine Nov, 1928 issue, p15 Looks like both pictures have a B&M steel (possibly 81000 series?) gondola included. Possibly converted to work service.

Flat Cars

1885-1893 "Random small groups of cars" number series (most/all have gaps in car numbers)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
1-399 B&M Platform, Short (Later "Coal, 4-wheel")95? 6/1885 10/1893
446-1200 B&M Platform, Short (Later "Coal, 4-wheel")353? 6/1885 4/1894
0-125 B&M Platform, Long, New Car 34? 6/1885 12/1893
127-300 B&M Platform, Long, New Car 106? 6/1885 5/1894
304-499 B&M Platform, Long, New Car 35? 6/1885 5/1894
514-699 B&M Platform, Long, New Car 56? 6/1885 1/1894
772-999 B&M Platform, Long, New Car 57? 6/1885 12/1893
1041-1399B&MPlatform, Long, New Car 203? 6/1885 4/1894
1689-1855B&MPlatform, Long, New Car 1842? 6/1885 5/1894
1904 B&M Low Flat 1 7/1892 10/1893
(to 26270?)
9843-9867B&MFlat, 6-wheel 3? 7/1892 4/1893
9922-9955B&MFlat, 4-wheel 1? 7/1892 4/1893
922 B&M Flat, Boiler 1? 12/1892 10/1893
(to 25833?)
1893 "Special" cars (also "random car numbers")
0153-0496 B&M Soapstone 10? 11/1893 4/1894
26270 B&M Low Flat 1? 11/1893 4/1894 32'
25833 B&M Boiler [flat] 1? 11/1893 4/1894 30'
22051 B&M Carriage [flat] 4? 11/1893 4/1894 (to 32000s?) 60'
1893 Renumbering
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
01-0599
10/1896: to Misc. 01-02799
B&M 4 wheel flat and sideboard 490? 4/1893 9/1896 ?
22000-23999
4/1903: to 22000-23851
B&M 8-wheel Platform, 34 feet 1887? 4/1893 1/1906 34'
25000-25024 B&M 8-wheel Platform (Stone) 8? 4/1893 5/1898
25025-26999
1/1896: to 25025-26949
9/1900: to 25025-26999
11/1900: to 25000-26899
12/1900: to 24000-26899
6/1901-3/1903: Split into 2 series:
   24000-26841
   26842-26899
4/1903: to 25000-26841 (old)
B&M 8-wheel Platform, under 34' 1869? 4/1893 2/1906 28'-33'
9/1900 Series eliminated/reconfigured by 11/1900
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
24573-24575 B&M Flat, Low, 33' 9/1900 10/1900 33'
24576-24773 B&M Flat, 32' 9/1900 10/1900 32'
24774-24922 B&M Flat, 30' 9/1900 10/1900 30'
24923-24999 B&M Flat, 28' 9/1900 10/1900 28'
39743-39842 B&M Flat, 35'
10/1900: added "60000 lbs cap'y"
9/1900 10/1900 35'
39843-39900 B&M Flat, 34', 60000 lbs cap'y 9/1900 10/1900 34'
39901-39999 B&M Flat, 34', 40000 lbs cap'y 9/1900 10/1900 34'
11/1900 Renumbering thru to 1918
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
26842-26899
5/1903:recombined w/25000s,
then split into 3 new series
B&M Platform, 33' 58? 6/1901 4/1903, 33'
30000-31999
Split 7/1901 (see next 2 entries)
B&M Flat, 34', 40000-50000 capy 1364? 11/1900 6/1901
[see below]
34'
30000-31499
3/1914: to 30000-31086
B&M Flat, 34' 40000 capy 1078? 7/1901 12/1925 34'
31500-31999
3/1914: to 31650-31999
B&M Flat, 34' 50000 capy 450? 7/1901 12/1922 34'
32000-32099 B&M Flat, Special 34-60' 47? 11/1900 3/1928 28'-60'
32100-32999
3/1901: to 32100-39999
4/1903: to 32100-33999
5/1911: to 32100-32999
3/1914: to 32100-32738
B&M Flat, 34' 60000 capy 628? 11/1900 10/1925 34'
33000-39999 (1st)
3/1901:to 32100 series
B&M Flat, 35' 60000 capy 100 11/1900 2/1901 35'
25000-25499 B&M Flat, 28-31'
3/1914 - some cv to Wood Racks (see Misc)
416? 4/1903 11/1925 28-31
25500-25999
4/1906: to 25500-26599
B&M Flat, 32' 489? 4/1903 7/1925 32
26600-26899 B&M Flat, 33' 237? 4/1903 9/1920 33
33000-33999 (2nd)
3/1914: to 33000-33499
B&M Flat (ex NYNH&H) 500 5/1911 (on B&M) 5/1935 35'-6"
32900-32999 B&M Flat 50 12/1914 11/1929 36'
Pre-McGinnis (1909-1956)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
5000-5007 B&M Flat, Well hole 8 10/1941 1/1973 32' (car)
14' (well)
5100-5103 B&M Flat, Depressed Center 4 10/1941 4/1982 37'-4" (car)
16'-2" (depressed center)
5300-5309 B&M Flat, Bulkhead
Converted from 33500 series
10 1/1955 (cv) 4/1959 36'-6"
33500-33799 B&M Flat, General Service 300 1/1924 7/1962 42'-1"
McGinnis (1956) - Guilford (1983)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
5010 B&M Flat, Well hole 8 4/1957 10/1978 44'-8" (car)
19'-4" (well)
5200-5209 B&M Flat, Piggyback 10 7/1958 10/1962 53'-6"
5320-5329
4/1959: to 5320-5339
B&M Flat, Bulkhead 20 4/1957 1/1994 48'-6"
34000-34089 B&M Flat 90 4/1957 4/1997 51' or 53'-6"
(or 54'-5")
5225-5264 B&M Flat, Piggyback (leased USRE, ex ?) 40 4/1960 7/1971 45'

I probably need a separate table here (like boxcars) for 22000-31999 (various series) as to how they were split up/recombined

Flatcar photos I can't put in a specific class
(or predecessor railroads I don't have web pages for yet...)

Date Car #(s) Location Description
ca 1910 B&MRRHS Flickr Are the flat cars in front of the box cars B&M?
1898 2xxxx B&MRRHS Flickr car# = 2xxxx, spelled 1 line, interesting trucks (wrap-around steel + pedestals)?
22000 series, 25025 series or (less likely) 25000 series?
1886-08-06 National Park Service wood B&M flat at left?
1984-05-26 BM 76? New England RR Photo Archive 33500 series flat converted to wreck train service, note partial boxcar body
1984-05-26 BM 77 New England RR Photo Archive 34000 series flat converted to wreck train service, w/ caboose body and cut-down boxcar body
1984-05-26 BM 2767New England RR Photo Archive 5320 series bulkhead flat converted to wreck train service (truck storage)
1979-08-22 New England RR Photo Archive Is this even a B&M flat? if so, 34000 series?
late 1800s? From a 25-Feb-2021 post on EarlyRail@groups.io - thread = "High Resolution Photos of 1888 Train Delivering Boilers"
Post has link to Google Drive with 3 files, from ?Maine Historical Society? (but as of Mar-2021, I cannot find these photos on the Maine Historical Soc. web site)
Dating: Wood flat cars w/ truss rods, link and pin couplers, stub switches, some wood frame w/ pedestal bearing trucks.
File names (I believe these look similar to Maine Historical Society cataloging)
- Coll 242 B29 F4 s1.tif - B&M [unknown #], B&M 22[1/4]31, other flats (B&M or not?)
- Coll 242 B29 F4 s2.tif - B&M 26044, B&M 253[2?]7, 4 unknown (see 3rd image) (note one with "folding" side stakes ?!?!)
- Coll 242 B29 F4 s3.tif - B&M 26528, B&M [unknown #], unknowns (note one with "folding" side stakes ?!?!)
1922-05-26 B&MRRHS Facebook Flat may be 33000 series? (also see gon listing above)
1968-10-19 B&MRRHS Facebook Is crane tender car an ex-33500 series flat?
ca 1870 Salem State Archives Flickr collection 4 flats w/side stakes and ?lumber? load
1914 Salem State Archives Flickr collection several flat cars - not sure if any are B&M
1874? New Hampshire Historical Society you have to scroll thru the various view - look for the one "State Block, Main St. Concord, NH" (about middle of the list)
2 flat cars - one is 6 wheeled. Unknown RRs
ca 1930s? Christmas trees arrive in Charlestown by rail Possible 33500 series, also unknown "early" flat (note Fox?? trucks) in foreground (possible 33000 series??)
1978-09-18 W1xx4 (1064?)Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p65 middle ex PS-4 flat? welded rail train - pulling welded rail. Partial side view
? ? Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume VI: Wells River - North p31 middle hard to read lettering, but possible Passumsic River RR flat(s)
1934 B&C 143 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p11 top-left Could be ex- B&M WUF flat? (built Laconia 1903)
1909-02-20 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p79 top possibly 2 B&M flats (can't see any detail)
1955? ? B&M RR magazine Nov-Dec, 1955 issue, p13 Not sure if flat car is B&M or not.

Stock Cars

1885-1893 "Random small groups of cars" number series (most/all have gaps in car numbers)
Series Road Description # Built First
Listed
Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
430-782 B&M Cattle 44? 6/1885 10/1893
4405 B&M Stock, Double-Deck 1? 7/1892 10/1893
1893 Renumbering
Series Road Description # Built First
Listed
Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
4000-4099
3/1901: to 27000s?
B&M Stock, 34' 48? 4/1893 2/1901 34'
4500-4599
4/1901: to 28000s?
B&M Stock, under 34' 46? 4/1893 3/1901 28'-33'
1901-1924 B&M Stock, 34' (Leased) 12? 1/1898 11/1999 34'
9/1900 Series eliminated/reconfigured by 11/1900
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
27976-27999 B&M Stock, 34' 9/1900 10/1900 34'
11/1900 Renumbering thru to 1918
Series Road Description # Built First
Listed
Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
27000-27049 B&M Stock, 34 and 35' 60? 11/1900 1/1925 34'-35' 6'-10"
27050-27099
4/1903: to 27050-27199
3/1914: to 27050-27125
B&M Stock, 35'-9" 76? 11/1900 11/1925 35'-1" 6'-10"
28000-28035
2/1916: to 28030
3/1917: to 28030,28998
B&M Stock, 28 to 33' 33? 11/1900 7/1920 28'-33' 6'-5"
28988-28999
4/1903: to 28900-28999
3/1914: to 28991-28998
B&M Stock, Double deck 12? 11/1900 3/1918 32'6 to 33'-2" 6'-2" to 6'-5"
29000-29024 B&M Stock
(see also hopper 29000 series)
13? 11/1914? 11/1921 34'-3" 6'-10"
Pre-McGinnis (1909-1956)
Series Road Description # Built First
Listed
Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
27200-27221
10/1923: to 27200-27239
B&M Stock
Converted 33000 series flat
40 8/1923 7/1945 35'-4" 8'
27500-27502
7/1945: to 27500-27514
4/1956: to boxcars
B&M Stock
Converted 72000 series box
15 4/1945 4/1956 40'-6" 8'-7"

Reefers, Milk and Ice cars

1885-1893 "Random small groups of cars" number series (most/all have gaps in car numbers)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
3619-7114B&MIce,4-wheel 217? 10/1887 12/1893
5894-11976B&MRefrigerator 19? 7/1889 10/1893
2154-2307B&MMilk 3? 7/1892 4/1893
9949 B&M Ice 0? 7/1892 3/1893
1893 Renumbering
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
8000-8499
11/1900: to 8000-8251
B&M Box, Ice 275? 4/1893 4/1901
12600-12999
4/1903: to 12600-12799
B&M 8-wheel Box, Refrigerator 177? 4/1893 9/1929 28'-34' (26'-7") 7'-7"
Post-1893 Renumbering thru to 1900 renumbering
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
2400-2499
2/1906: to 2400-2485
9/1900: To Passenger Car list
8/1908: to 1-1799, Combined
    w/ other car types
B&M Milk 70? 3/1894 [in freight]
8/1900
? ?
19900-19999
5/1907: to Box 18232-19999?
B&M Boxcar (Flush Doors, Ice Trade) 58 4/1903 5/1907 33' ?
40400-40799
10/1908: to 40200-40799
B&M Boxcar, Ice 575? 7/1906 5/1935 36' 7'-9"
40800-40841
7/1901: to 40800-40899
3/1914: to 40800-40877
B&M Boxcar, Ice 78? 11/1900 5/1935 34'-36' 6'-9"
12800-13049 B&M Boxcar, Refrigerator
(ex NYNH&H 22000-22500)
250 listed 8/1910
count 3/1911
10/1940 29'-3" 8'
More research needs to be done for this, but it appears (from car card data) that the 120xx series cars were converted to refrigerator, then milk service, and as they renumbered cars, they worked around the remaining boxcars in the 12000-12068 series
12003-12027
12/1934: To Pass Equip.-Milk 12003-12098?
5/1935: to 1800-1849?
B&M Box, Special 25 4/1923 11/1934 34'-4" 7'-1"
12050
12/1934: To Pass Equip.-Milk 12003-12098?
5/1935: to 1800-1849?
B&M Box, Refrigerator 1 12/1914 11/1934 35'-9" 7'-8"
12054 B&M Box, Refrigerator 1 12/1914 12/1922 35'-1" 8'-1"
12056-12059
7/1927: to 12056-12067
12/1934: To Pass Equip.-Milk 12003-12098?
5/1935: to 1800-1849?
B&M Box, Refrigerator 4 1/1922 11/1934 29'-3" (35'-9") 8' (7'-8")
12060-12064 B&M Box, Refrigerator 5 12/1914 7/1924 36' 8'-1"
12066,12067
7/1927: to 12056-12067 (see above)
B&M Box, Refrigerator, SUF 2 12/1914 6/1927 36' 8'-1"
12068-12075
8/1920: to 12068-12094
1/1922: to 12068-12098
12/1934: To Pass Equip.-Milk 12003-12098?
5/1935: to 1800-1849?
B&M Box, Milk 31? 9/1916 11/1934 29'-3" (35'-11") 8'
Pre-McGinnis (1909-1956)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
13100-13299 B&M Refrigerator - Bunker 200 10/1923 7/1951 33' 7'-7"
McGinnis (1956) - Guilford (1983)
100-149
10/1975: to 105-119
B&M Refrigerator, Insulated 50 10/1970 1/1993 52'-5" 10'-5"
150-159 B&M Refrigerator 10 10/1979 1/1988 50'-1" 9'-10"

Reefer photos I can't put in a specific class
(or predecessor railroads I don't have web pages for yet...)

Date Car #(s) Location Description
ca 1910 B&MRRHS Flickr Note light colored (yellow?) reefer to the left

Hoppers (including covered hoppers)

NOTE: "Gondola, Hopper bottom" cars are listed in gondola section
9/1900 Series eliminated/reconfigured by 11/1900
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last ListedInside
Length
29970-29999 B&M Ore 9/1900 10/1900
Open: 11/1900 Renumbering thru to 1918
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last ListedInside
Length
29000-29029
12/1900: to 29000-29999
4/1903: to 29000-29099
3/1914: to 29000-29024
B&M Ore
11/1914 - re-labeled "Stock", same numbers/dimensions?!?
29? 11/1900 1914? 33-34
5900-5999 B&M Seley hopper bottom gondola
(ex D&H)
100 11/1907 (listed)
12/1907 (has cars)
11/1929 32'
Open: Pre-McGinnis (1909-1956)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
7000-7099 B&M Hopper (2 bay, 7 rib)
(ex C&O)
100 3/1935 10/1954 30'
7100-7199 B&M Hopper (2 bay offset side) 100 4/1942 7/1967 33'
8000-8999 B&M 1929 ARA Hopper
(4 bay offset side)
1000 5/1929 10/1963 40'-5"
Covered: Pre-McGinnis (1946-1956)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
5500-5519 B&M Covered Hopper (2 bay) 20 4/1947 1/1981 29'-3"
5599
5/1958: to 0350 (per car books)
12/1959: to 5599 (per car books)
4/1969: to 010
B&M Covered Hopper (2 bay)
(ex KEPX)
1 7/1954 1/1968 26'-2"
010 B&M Covered Hopper
(ex 5599)
1 4/1969 1/1981 26'-2"
All types: McGinnis (1956) - Guilford (1983)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
7400-7415
4/1963: to 7400-7414
B&M 1929 ARA Hopper (ex-MP) 15 7/1962 1/1978 40'-5"
011-016 B&M Covered Hopper 6 4/1969 1/1981 30'-5"
5520-5545 B&M Covered Hopper (2 bay) 26 7/1956 1/2007 29'-3"
5550-5563 B&M Covered Hopper (2 bay)
(ex L&NE)
14 1/1961 10/1980 26'-3"
5600-5649 B&M Covered Hopper
(ex L&NE)
50 10/1961 10/1982 26'-3"
5650-5669 B&M Covered Hopper (ex CNJ/Reading?)20 7/1963 4/1966 26'-3" / 27'-5"
5680-5691 B&M Covered Hopper
(ex P&WV?)
12 10/1965 4/1973 28'-2"
5700-5719 B&M Covered Hopper 20 4/1966 10/1999 49'-6" / 50'-5" [?]
5720-5725 B&M Covered Hopper 6 4/1972 1/1983 50'-5"
5750-5754 B&M Covered Hopper 5 10/1967 4/1997 39'-8"
5800-5804 B&M Covered Hopper, Airslide
(ex GACX, Leased to B&M 1957-1975)
5 1/1975 1/1993 29'-6"
5810-5814 B&M Covered Hopper, Airslide
(ex GACX, Leased to B&M 1957-1975)
5 1/1975 1/1993 29'-6"
7000-7099 (2nd)B&M Hopper (ex B&LE)100 7/1967 4/1982 40'-8"
7200-7270 B&M Hopper (ex NYNH&H) 71 4/1962 4/1967 33'
7300-7328
4/1963: to 7300-7333
1/1964: to 7300-7322
B&M Hopper (ex ?unknown?) 32? 4/1962 1/1978 40'-8"
7500-7501 B&M Hopper, Wood Chip (ex ?unknown?)2 10/1963 4/1969 40'-2"
7502-7511
1/1964: to 7502-7519
B&M Hopper, Wood Chip 18 4/1963 7/1974 40'-8"
7600-7799 B&M Hopper (ex B&LE) 200 7/1968 4/1971 33'
10000-10299B&M Hopper 300 4/1957 1/2008 42'-10"
15000-16467
1/1967-7/1968: renumbered to 7275-7299
B&M Hopper (ex WM) 45 7/1966 4/1968 30'-5"
7275-7299
1/1967: to 7265-7299
7/1967: to 7260-7299
B&M Hopper (ex 15000-16467) 38 1/1967 1/1978 30'-5"
Guilford
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last ListedInside
Length
5400-5419 B&M Covered Hopper 20 4/1979 4/1997 54'-1"
5820-5829
10/1980: to 5820-5849
B&M Covered Hopper, Airslide
(ex GACX)
30 4/1979 1/1993 48'-11"
5900-5909
7/1978: to 5900-5917
B&M Covered Hopper 18 10/1977 1/1990 39'-9" or 43'-5"
5918 B&M Covered Hopper (conv/re#?) 1 10/1983 10/1989 39'-9"
11000-11019
1/1979: to 11000-11024
B&M Hopper 25 10/1978 1/1998 42'-10"
5200-5299 B&M Covered Hopper 100 1/1981 after 1/2012† 35'
1003-1168
1/1989: to 1003-1188 (w/gaps)
4/1989: to 1003-1200 (w/gaps)
7/1989: to 1001-1200 (w/gaps)
10/1989: to 1001-1200
B&M Hopper (ex D&H) 133 10/1988 1/2011 46'-10"
1279-1364
1/1989: to 1259-1364 (w/gaps)
7/1989: to 1243-1364 (w/gaps)
10/1989: to 1243-1364
4/1991: to 1237-1364 (w/gaps)
10/1994: to 1238-1364 (w/gaps)
4/2011: to 1174-1359
B&M Hopper (ex D&H) 75? 10/1988 4/2011 30'-9"
3401-3419
1/1997: to 3401-3449
B&M Covered Hopper
(ex D&H, ex EL)
39 10/1988 1/2000 49'-9"
3420
1/1997: combined into 3401-3449 above
B&M Covered Hopper 1 10/1988 (separately)
10/1996
49'-9"
3421-3450
1/1997: combined into 3401-3449 above
B&M Covered Hopper 23 10/1988 (separately)
10/1996
49'-9"
12111-12161
1/1989: to 12111-12183 (w/gaps)
7/1989: to 12109-12194 (w/gaps)
10/1989: to 12102-12194 (w/gaps)
1/1990: to 12102-12199 (w/gaps)
10/1991: to 12109-12194
10/2092: to 12101-12200 (w/gaps)
B&M Covered Hopper (ex D&H)71? 10/1988 1/1993 39'-1"
243; 300 B&M Hopper 2 4/1989 10/1992 34'-7" (Outside Length)
2750-2758 B&M Covered Hopper 5 4/1992 1/2007 37'-9" (Outside Length)
2900-2929 B&M Hopper (ex-?) 30 7/1994 1/1998 46'-4" (Outside Length)

Hopper photos I can't put in a specific class
(or predecessor railroads I don't have web pages for yet...)

Date Car #(s) Location Description
1939-07-30 70x7 B&MRRHS Flickr hopper, with rect herald
1970-11-22 New England RR Photo Archive covered hopper (possibly 5700 series?)
1971-11-09 New England RR Photo Archive 3 (or 4?) bay hopper used for wood chips, Large intertwined BM herald
ca 1985 New England RR Photo Archive Possibly 10000 series?
1982-03-19 New England RR Photo Archive Possibly PS-2 design?
NMRO CD → Photos → Color-SJW → Rolling-Stock → bmhopper.jpg - ex-10000 series? (16 rib)
NMRO CD → Photos → Color-SJW → Rolling-Stock → bmhopper-2.jpg - ex-B&LE 2-bay (7600) series?, or ex-NH cars (note 2 rung sill step)?
8 (or 9? - is center rib "hidden" in shadows?) rib offset side
1912-1913 B&MRRHS Flickr site Can't read lettering - possible Seley hopper (59xx) at right?
1935-02-06 82x Nimke, R.W. The Rutland - 60 years of trying, Volume VI (part 2): The O&LC Div p23 (2nd from bottom) possibly B&M 8000 series hopper (could be B&O or other?)
Only left end of side visible (just "B &" and "82" visible of reporting marks)
1981-10-02 11xxx? Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p57 bottom Ballast train with several "yellow?" (not black) hoppers
1981-10-02 11xxx? Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p59 top Same(?) Ballast train with several "yellow?" (not black) hoppers
1912-03 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p82 bottomPossible (6-10?) 5900 series Seley hoppers, can't read lettering

Tank Cars

NOTE: As it looks like these car numbers are in various flat/platform car series, I am speculating they tanks mounted on flat car bodies.
1885-1893 "Random small groups of cars" number series (most/all have gaps in car numbers)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed
1061-11299 B&M Oil Tank 11? 6/1885 10/1893
1893 "Special" cars (also "random car numbers")
25167-26356
Cars part of 1893 "25025-26999" series flats above
B&M Tank 3? 11/1893 4/1894
9/1900 Series eliminated/reconfigured by 11/1900
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed
24569-24572 B&M Oil Tank
[for FRR 10001-10020?]
9/1900 10/1900

Miscellaneous

1885-1893 "Random small groups of cars" number series (most/all have gaps in car numbers)
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
1407-12399
5/1894: to 01-02799?
B&M Coal Dumps 1275? 6/1885 4/1894
1927-5079
7/1892: to 1407-12399 series
B&M Gravel, 4-wheel 80? 10/1887 6/1892
5374-5377
7/1889: to WN&R 5375 series?
B&M Wood, 8-wheel 4? 10/1887 6/1889
66-11462 B&M Bark 12? 7/1892 10/1893
1893 "Special" cars (also "random car numbers")
25043-25633
Cars part of 1893 "25025-26999" series flats above
B&M Bark 28? 11/1893 4/1894
25552-26500
Cars part of 1893 "25025-26999" series flats above
B&M Wood Racks 10? 11/1893 4/1894
Post-1893 Renumbering thru to 1900 renumbering
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
02600-02799
10/1896: to 01-02799
B&M 4 wheel Log Truck 166? 12/1895 9/1896
01-02799
2/1911: To 0101-02799
7/1913: To 02600-02689
10/1914: To 02600-02699
   To "Misc. Equipment" section
B&M 4 wheel Coal & Log Truck2325? 11/1896 5/1925
26950-26999
By 3/1901: to 26900-26999
B&M 8-wheel Charcoal
4/1911, changed to "Sawdust"
11? 12/1895 12/1921 28'-34'
11/1900 Renumbering thru to 1918
29100-29499
3/1914: to 29100-29399
B&M Wood Rack 284? 6/1912 1/1928 34'
0300-0499
6/1914: To 0300-0599
7/1914: To 0300-0699
9/1914: To 0300-0799
10/1914: To "Misc. Equipment" section
6/1921: To 0200-0839
8/1921: To 0200-0863
12/1921: To 0200-0864
10/1922: To 0201-0865
7/1925: To 0200-0895
9/1925: To 0200-0905
3/1927: To 0201-0799
B&M Cinder 517? 7/1913 5/1936
25007-25498 B&M Wood Rack 35? 3/1914 9/1920 30'
Pre-McGinnis (1909-1956)
29000-29044
10/1929: To 29000-29099
B&M Pulpwood Rack 100 8/1929(cv) 7/1949 39'-5"
5400-5411 B&M Bulkhead wood rack - V floor12 1/1955 4/1960 45'-9"
Guilford
Autoracks B&M Bi/Tri-level Auto Racks 48? ca. 1981? ca. 1994? 89'-4"

Miscellaneous car photos I can't put in a specific class
(or predecessor railroads I don't have web pages for yet...)

Date Car #(s) Location Description
Digital Commonwealth ? RR 4 wheel dump
Digital Commonwealth 4 wheel dump cars (also listed in box cars)
Per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #41 (Jan-Feb, 1996) the book Moguls, Mountains, and Memories has a picture of a B&M pulpwood flat on p10.
1973-05-01 New England RR Photo Archive Hand crane on "flat" (perhaps ex-SUF Boxcar frame?)
ca 1875 B&P 475 Boston Athenaeum not B&M, but a decent picture of a 4 wheel dump car
1973-10-17 W3586 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume V: Bellows Falls to Wells River p46 bottom-right Scale test car in use
1956-08 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p175 Top 4 wheel logging truck - but is it ex- B&M?
Several other pictures of similar 4 wheel log truck in this book (p180 top and bottom, p200 - several, etc.)

Leased cars

NOTE: These are the leased cars when leased cars were a separate category/table from "normal" freight equipment
1893 Renumbering
Series Leased From Description # Built First Listed Last ListedInside
Length
Inside
Height
1 Old Orchard Junc RR Flat 1 6/1885 3/1891 28'
1-300
1/1894: to 1 - 1000
6/1896: to 1 - 50
Eastman Heater Box
8/1895-5/1896: Box & Ref.
291(?) 6/1885 11/1905 28'-30'
50001-50100
7/1892: to 50001-50200
8/1892: to 50001-50250
10/1894: to 50001-50500
7/1896: to 50001-50100
8/1901: to 50001-50199
12/1905: to 50001-50499
3/1917: to 50001-50100
   plus 50101-50499
Eastman Heater Box
8/1895: Heater
500(?) 10/1890 8/1921 28'-34'
1001-1100 Tr.Tr.Co. Box
5/1894: to Refr.
50(?) 7/1892 10/1896 34'
1-14
7/1892: to 1-8 (9-14 see next line)
C. Linehan Sand, 4 wheel
7/1892: Dump, 4 wheel
8? 10/1891 3/1895
9-14
(from 1-14 - see line above)
C. Linehan Sand, 4 wheel 6? 7/1892 3/1895
Eastman Heater renumbering - June/July 1896 (See E.F.C.H. Co. listing as well)
Note Tropical Transport Co. cars are also being renumbered to EFCH Co. car series at the same time
Series Leased From Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Inside
Length
Inside
Height
499 E.C. Co. Heater & Refr.
12/1896: to Ven Heater
1 6/1896 1/1901
900-1000
12/1896: to 901-1000
4/1902: to 900-999
1/1915 - 5/1915: Not listed
11/1920: 951-999
E.C. Co. Refrigerator 52? 6/1896 2/1921 26'-6" 6'-6"
50101-50200 (1st)
7/1892: to 50001-50200 (see above)
Eastman Heater Heater 100? 11/1891 6/1892 30'
50101-50200 (2nd)
1/1901: to 50101-50199
8/1901: to 50001-50199 (see above)
E.F.C.H. Co. Heater 100 7/1896 7/1901 32'
50201-50250
11/1900: to 50200-50250
12/1905: to 50001-50499 (see above)
E.F.C.H. Co. Ventilated Heater 50 7/1896 11/1905 34'
50251-50500 (from 50001-50500)
2/1901: to 50251-50499
5/1902: to 50251-50999
9/1904: to 50251-50499
12/1905: to 50001-50499 (see above)
E.F.C.H. Co. Heater 250 7/1896 11/1905 32'
50500-50999
2/2905: to 50500-50701
1/1911: to 50500-50501
E.F.C.H. Co. Heater 500 9/1904 1/1920 32' or 34' 7'-1½'
50702-50999
9/1907: to 50702-50754
3/1917: to 50700-50754
E.F.C.H. Co. Heater 53? 2/1905 8/1921 32' 6'-1½' or 7'-1½'
1900-1902 Renumbering thru to ?
1-25 Laconia Car Co. Flat 25 2/1903 4/1909 34' - 50'
100-103 B&ADF Cooperage (box?) 4 6/1902 5/1908 44'-4"
Later leases (reporting marks NOT changed to B&M)
GAEX "DF" Boxcars GATC Box w/DF loading 10 mid-1950? 1960?
(or earlier)
50'-6" 10'-6"
RSRX 133-138 Revere SugarCovered Hoppers 6? 10/1958 ?
NYNH&H 17612-17724 NYNH&H Piggyback flats 10 5/1956 ? 40'
It would probably be useful to do a table here for how the Eastman Heater cars series were split/joined/split/joined/etc.

Leased car photos I can't put in a specific class
(or predecessor railroads I don't have web pages for yet...)

Date Car #(s) Location Description
1897-01-13 Digital Commonwealth Eastman Improved Heater Car (railroad and car # not visible)
1898 922[xxx?] Historic New England Eastman car co reefer (car # cut off)
B&M RR [Employees] Magazine
May-Jun 1956 (vol 24 #3) cover, p3 - are those the B&M converted piggyback CARS (not the trailers), or are they from another RR?
Similar cars in Jan-Feb 1957 (vol 25 #1) p2 bottom
and Mar-Apr 1959 (v27 #2) p19

"Line" cars

NOTE: These are the "line" cars when "line" cars were a separate category from "normal" freight equipment
Also note that "Hoosac Tunnel Line" cars in Fitchburg RR list that were in the main "Freight equipment" table are NOT listed here.
Series Road Description # Built First Listed Last Listed Length Height
551-650 B&M Box, White Line 100? 6/1885 2/1889
900-999 B&M Box, Blue Line 100? 6/1885 2/1889
1100-1149 B&M Box, Red Line 50? 6/1885 2/1889
8900-8999 B&M Box, Blue Line 100? 6/1885 2/1889
9000-9099 B&M Box, Blue Line 100? 6/1885 2/1889
11100-11149 B&M Box, Blue Line 50? 6/1885 2/1889
11150-11199 B&M Box, Blue Line 50? 6/1885 2/1889
1-22 B&M Box, Hoosac Tunnel Line 22? 6/1885 9/1887
1500-1524 B&M Box, Canada Southern Line 25? 6/1885 12/1887
501-525 B&M
(Ex ERR)
Box, Hoosac Tunnel Line 25? 6/1885 9/1887 28'
700-729 B&M
(Ex ERR)
Box, Blue Line 30? 6/1885 9/1887 28'
1200-1234 B&M
(Ex ERR)
Box, Red Line 35? 6/1885 9/1887 28'
1601-1630 B&M
(Ex ERR)
Box, Canada Southern Line 30? 6/1885 9/1887 28'
6001-6030 B&M
(Ex ERR)
Box, White Line 30? 6/1885 9/1887 28'
4420-4465 B&M Box, Canadian Pacific Despatch 45? 10/1887 6/1889
More research needs to be done for the following 3 car series, as I am not sure if some of them are the same cars (or not)
3901-3980 B&L Box, Q.O.&N.E.A. Line 80 6/1885 9/1893 32'-6"
3879-3980 Concord Box, Canadian Pacific Despatch 57? 7/1890 9/1893 33'
3901-4145
9/1891: to 3981-4060
B&M 8-wheel Box, C.P. Desp. 80? 10/1887 12/1893 33'
12000-12199
9/1890: To StJ&LC listing
StJ&LC Box, Blue Line 200 6/1885 8/1890 34'
2001-2200
8/1885: to 2000-2201
StJ&LC Box, Nickle Plate Line 200? 6/1885 3/1886
500-599 B,B&G Box, Lackawanna Line 100? 6/1885 9/1887
601-620
2/1892: To 601-629
B,B&G Box, Hoosac Tunnel Line 20? 6/1885 12/1893
1201-1300
1/1887: to 1201-1238
B,B&G Box, West Shore Line 100? 6/1885 4/1896
800-899 BHT&W Box, West Shore Fast Freight 100 6/1885 4/1897 29'
950-999 BHT&W Box, Hoosac Tunnel Line 50? 6/1885 9/1885 30'
A1201-A1249
6/1889: to A1201-A1250
1/1892: to A1201-A1251
BHT&W Box, Great Western Despatch 50 6/1885 4/1896 29'
35000-35049BHT&W Box, Erie & North Shore Desp.50 6/1885 4/1896 29'
1890-1905 Cheshire Box, East & West Line 16 6/1885 11/1889 28'
01645-01770
1/1887: to 01671-01770
[1894-1896] to C&M plain boxcars
Concord Box, N&CV Line 100 6/1885 4/1896 33'
4101-4200
1/1887: to 4101-4135
Concord Box, Q.O.&N.E.A. Line 35 6/1885 3/1888 32'
4301-4335
11/1889: Add 4301-4500
9/1890: Add 43001-43157
8/1895: Only 43001-43157 remain
Concord Box, Canadian Pacific Despatch 35 10/1887 4/1897 33' 6'
1501-1600 Fitchburg Refr, Hoosac Tunnel Line 100? 6/1885 4/1896
1601-2000 Fitchburg Box, Hoosac Tunnel Line 400? 6/1885 3/1888
15001-16000
6/1889: to 15001-15200
Fitchburg Box, Hoosac Tunnel Line 200? 6/1885 4/1897
16001-17000
10/1885: to 16001-16499
1/1887: to 16001-17000
6/1889: to 16001-16200
Fitchburg Box, Hoosac Tunnel Line 1000? 6/1885 4/1896
16500-16561
6/1889: to 16501-16561
1/1892: to 16501-16560
Fitchburg Box, Hoosac Tunnel Line 62? 8/1885 4/1896
8001-8499
6/1889: to 8001-8100
Fitchburg Box, Lackawanna Line 100? 6/1885 8/1900
9001-9900
6/1889: to 9001-9200
Fitchburg Box, West Shore Line 200? 6/1885 1/1904 28' 6'
9901-10000 Fitchburg Refr, West Shore Line 100? 6/1885 3/1883
2601-2800
6/1889: to 2601-2700
Fitchburg ESFHCo, West Shore Line 100? 6/1885 12/1892 30'-5"
3701-3780
8/1887: to 3701-3900
7/1892: to 3701-3780
Passumpsic Box, Q.O.&N.E.A. Line 80? 6/1885 9/1892 33' 7'
801-930 T&B Box, Hoosac Tunnel Line 130? 6/1885 11/1885
11001-11099 T&B Box, Lackawanna Line 99? 2/1886 4/1896
1001-1111 and 1116-1125
6/1889: to 1001-1125
T&B Box, Erie & Pacific Despatch125? 6/1885 4/1894
4301-4325
7/1889 thru 8/1891: Not listed
9/1891: Only 4309 listed
WN&R Box, Q.O.&N.E.A. Line 25? 6/1885 9/1891
01001-01100
8/1887: to 01000-01100
C&C /
Northern (NH)
Box, N&CV Line 100 6/1885 2/1894 33'
01501-01620
4/1887: to 01501-01619
2/1892: to 01501-01620
B&L Box, N&CV Line 120? 6/1885 2/1894 33'
6000-6199
4/1887: to 6000-6299
B&L Box, G.E. Line 200 4/1886 12/1889 32'
8200-8399
6/1889; to 8201-8400
8/1892: to 8200-8399
B&L Box, G.E. Line 9/1886 10/1901 32'
01001-01620 B&M 8-wheel Box, N&CV Line 127? 12/1892 4/1894 33'
11000-11217 B&M 8-wheel Box, N&CV Line 215? 4/1893 9/1902 32' and 33'
4201-4240 B&L Box, Q.O.&N.E.A. Line
Also 8-wheel Box, C.P. Desp.
By 1/1894: listed as N&CV Line
40? 6/1885 4/1894 32'-6"
10000-10024
8/1892: to 10000-10144
10/1892: to 10000-10299
12/1895: to 10000-10334
4/1914: to 10000-10289
B&M 8-wheel Box, C.P. Desp. 330? 6/1889 1/1921 33' & 34' 6'-11"
13400-13499
4/1893: to 13400-13599
4/1903: to 13400-13499
B&M 8-wheel Box, C.S. Desp. 100? 11/1892 2/1914 34' ; 33' - 4½ 6' - 1½
227-246 WN&R Box, Blue Line 20 6/1885 4/1894
1500-1519 WN&R Box, Red Line 20 6/1885 4/1894
1601-1620 WN&R Box, White Line 20 6/1885 4/1894
1600-1699 Conn. River Box, Red Line 100 6/1885 12/1903 30' & 34'
250-299 Conn. River Box, Blue Line 50 6/1885 1/1895 30' & 34'
6700-6949
4/1891: to 6700-6830
8/1892: to 6700-6999
5/1899: to 6700-6949
Conn. River Box, Blue Line 300? 3/1891 2/1904 30' & 34'
9400-9599 Conn. River Box, Blue Line 200? 6/1885 1/1895 30' & 34'
9751-9800 Conn. River Box, White Line 50 6/1885 1/1904 30' & 34
4301-4335
11/1889: to 4301-4335 and 4301-4500
9/1890: to 4301-4335 and 43001-43157
10/1890: to 4301-4335 and 4302-4344 and 43001-43137
10/1893: to 43001-43035 (only)
Concord Box, C.P. Desp. 35 10/1887 4/1897 33' 6'

"Line" car photos I can't put in a specific class
(or predecessor railroads I don't have web pages for yet...)

Date Car #(s) Location Description
? ? ?? a whole slew of Great Eastern Line
ca 1896 EarlyRail groups.io NYC Blue line (scroll down to John Ott posting, message 45705)
xxS&D 18833 Boxcars.us [NOT B&M] p10 or 11: Title = "Blue Line 28' Single Door Boxcar, 18833 Holyoke, MA, 1883
ca. 1880 Maine Memory Network 3 Hoosac Tunnel line box, NONE Fitchburg RR!, 3 different paint schemes
Pacific Coast Airline Ry QO&NE Air line box car
A larger image is in https://groups.io/g/EarlyRail/topic/75442476#49701
ca 1881 Detroit Library blue? line box (C&NW x1395?)
Toronto Library possible "? line"
Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume I: Greenfield-East Deerfield-Westminster p1003 top (partial) White line car, unknown RR / car #
1907-06-15? 24842 Nimke, R.W. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections Volume X: Woodsville, the "Pemi", EB&L p94 bottom Blue line box. "light" colored body with darker lettering, roof, ends, hardware
Left of door "BLUE LINE", one line of text (maybe 16-20" high?)
right of door "24842" (or whatever car # is), one line
no other *visisble* markings

Misc. photos I can't put in any specific grouping above

1870-1914? Digital Commonwealth Distant view of yard south of Salem, MA station.
lots of interesting equipment (4 & 8 wheel, box, gon, wood racks, etc.), unfortunately none of the lettering is legible
1955-05-11 B&MRRHS Highliner Issue #1 p14 Flat car w/ containerized bulk flour - unknown if car is B&M or other. Note superstructure added to retain containers and extra ?crosspieces? on top of car and on freight house platform behind car

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Moved SUF boxcars down under "composite" section (64680, 65688, 12100)
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16-May-2020 KG Akerboom Repeated column headings on longer lists.
by 25-May-2020 KG Akerboom Historic Beverly images
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Railway Prototype Cyclopedia #5.
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27-May-2023 KG Akerboom Added 4 24xxx series that briefly appeared in 9-10/1900, determined the "190x" renumbering happened 9/1900
also misc other number changes from the 1900s
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