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Index

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

?

ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data - 1903-1910

Description	4/1903	5/1906
Length	28 - 32'	27'-11½"
Width		7'-8½"
Height		4'
Capacity (Pounds)	60000	60000

ORER Size Data - 1910-1934

Description			6/1910	2/1911	8-9/1911	2/1914	11/1914
M.C.B. Designation							GB
Inside Dimensions	Length		27'-11½"	27'-11½"	27'-11½"	28'	28'
	Width		7'-8½"	7'-8"	7'-8"	7'-10"	7'-10"
	Height				4'	4'	4'
Outside Dimensions	Length		30-32'	30-32'	30-32'
	Width	At Eaves or top of sides or platform	7'-8½"	7'-8½"	7'-8½"
		Extreme Width
	Height from Rail	To Extreme Width
		To Eaves or top of sides or platform
		To Top of Platform or Running Board	4'	4'	4'	4'	4'
		To Extreme Height
Door - Side opening	Width
	Height
Capacity	Cu Ft. Level Full			857	857	857	857
	Pounds		60000	60000	60000	60000	60000

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
Split off from 6174-7999 (was "Gondola, Flat Bottom")
1902 - 04	6260-7999	960	Gondola, Flat Bottom, 60000 lbs capacity
1902 - 05	"	1060	"
1902 - 06	"	1156	"
1902 - 07	"	1207	"
1902 - 08	(same)
1902 - 09	"	1189	"
1902 - 10	"	1201	"
1902 - 11	(same)
1902 - 12	"	1219	"
1903 - 01	"	1218	"
1903 - 02	(same)
1903 - 03	"	1217	"
1903 - 04	"	"	Coal, Flat Bottom Gondola, Pratt Patent
1903 - 05	(same)
1903 - 06	(same)
1903 - 07	(same)
1903 - 08	(same)
1903 - 09	(same)
1903 - 10	(same)
1903 - 11	(same)
1903 - 12	(same)
1904 - 01	(same)
1904 - 02	(same)
1904 - 03	"	1216	"
1904 - 04	"	1215	"
1904 - 05	"	1214	"
1904 - 06	"	1213	"
1904 - 07	(same)
1904 - 08	"	1208	"
1904 - 09	"	1206	"
1904 - 10	"	1200	"
1904 - 11	"	1203	"
1904 - 12	"	1201	"
1905 - 01	(same)
1905 - 02	"	1197	"
1905 - 03	"	1195	"
1905 - 04	"	1194	"
1905 - 05	"	1191	"
1905 - 06	(same)
1905 - 07	"	1189	"
1905 - 08	(same)
1905 - 09	"	1231	"
1905 - 10	"	1354	"
1905 - 11	"	1353	"
1905 - 12	(same)
1906 - 01	(same)
1906 - 02	"	1379	"
1906 - 03	"	1380	"
1906 - 04	(same)
Single series of cars was split up into different individual series 6260-6799 continues on this page, 6800-7999 continues here
1906 - 05	6260-6799	521	"
1906 - 06	(same)
1906 - 07	(same)
1906 - 08	(same)
1906 - 09	"	513	"
1906 - 10	"	512	"
1906 - 11	(same)
1906 - 12	(same)
1907 - 01	"	515	"
1907 - 02	(same)
1907 - 03	"	512	"
1907 - 04	"	511	"
1907 - 05	"	512	"
1907 - 06	(same)
1907 - 07	(same)
1907 - 08	"	507	"
1907 - 09	(same)
1907 - 10	(same)
1907 - 11	"	512	"
1907 - 12	"	509	"
1908 - 01	(same)
1908 - 02	(same)
1908 - 03	(same)
1908 - 04	(same)
1908 - 05	"	497	"
1908 - 06	(same)
1908 - 07	(same)
1908 - 08	"	496	"
1908 - 09	(same)
1908 - 10	(same)
1908 - 11	(same)
1908 - 12	"	495	"
1909 - 01	"	494	"
1909 - 02	(same)
1909 - 03	(same)
1909 - 04	(same)
1909 - 05	(same)
1909 - 06	(same)
1909 - 07	(same)
1909 - 08	"	492	"
1909 - 08	(same)
1909 - 09	(same)
1909 - 10	(same)
1909 - 11	(same)
1909 - 12	(same)
1910 - 01	(same)
1910 - 02	"	490	"
1910 - 03	(same)
1910 - 04	(same)
1910 - 05	(same)
1910 - 06	"	489	Flat Bottom Gondola, Pratt Patent
1910 - 07	"	487	"
1910 - 08	(same)
1910 - 09	(same)
1910 - 10	(same)
1910 - 11	(same)
1910 - 12	"	484	"
1911 - 01	(same)
1911 - 02	(same)
1911 - 03	(same)
1911 - 04	(same)
1911 - 05	(same)
1911 - 06	(same)
1911 - 07	"	483	"
1911 - 08	(same)
1911 - 09	(same)
1911 - 10	(same)
1911 - 11	(same)
1911 - 12	(same)
1912 - 01	(same)
1912 - 02	(same)
1912 - 03	(same)
1912 - 04	(same)
1912 - 05	(same)
1912 - 06	(same)
1912 - 07	(same)
1912 - 08	(same)
1912 - 09	(same)
1912 - 10	"	481?	"
1912 - 11	"	481	"
1912 - 12	(same)
1913 - 01	(same)
1913 - 02	(same)
1913 - 03	"	480	"
1913 - 04	(same)
1913 - 05	"	478	"
1913 - 06	(same)
1913 - 07	(same)
1913 - 08	"	477	"
1913 - 09	"	478	"
1913 - 10	(same)
1913 - 11	(same)
1913 - 12	"	477	"
1914 - 01	(same)
1914 - 02	(same)
1914 - 03	(same)
1914 - 04	(same)
1914 - 05	(same)
1914 - 06	"	476	"
1914 - 07	"	475	"
1914 - 08	"	474	"
1914 - 09	"	473	"
1914 - 10	(same)
1914 - 11	"	472	"
1914 - 12	(same)
1915 - 01	(same)
1915 - 02	"	471	"
1915 - 03	"	469	"
1915 - 04	"	468	"
1915 - 05	(same)
1915 - 06	(same)
1915 - 07	(same)
1915 - 08	(same)
1915 - 09	"	465	"
1915 - 10	(same)
1915 - 11	"	462	"
1915 - 12	(same)
1916 - 01	"	461	"
1916 - 02	"	458	"
1916 - 03	(same)
1916 - 04	"	456	"
1916 - 05	(same)
1916 - 06	"	455	"
1916 - 07	(same)
1916 - 08	"	454	"
1916 - 09	"	453	"
1916 - 10	(same)
1916 - 11	"	451	"
1916 - 12	"	451	"
1917 - 01	"	449	"
1917 - 02	(same)
1917 - 03	"	448	"
1917 - 04	"	447	"
1917 - 05	"	446	"
1917 - 06	(same)
1917 - 07	"	443	"
1917 - 08	(same)
1917 - 09	(same)
1917 - 10	(same)
1917 - 11	"	442	"
1917 - 12	"	441	"
1918 - 01	(same)
1918 - 02	(same)
1918 - 03	(same)
1918 - 04	"	439	"
1918 - 05	"	435	"
1918 - 06	"	432	"
1918 - 07	"	430	"
1918 - 08	(same)
1918 - 09	"	428	"
1918 - 10	"	427	"
1918 - 11	"	426	"
1918 - 12	"	423	"
1919 - 01	"	421	"
1919 - 02	"	422	"
1919 - 03	(same)
1919 - 04	"	421	"
1919 - 05	(same)
1919 - 06	"	420	"
1919 - 07	(same)
1919 - 08	"	419	"
1919 - 09	"	418	"
1919 - 10	"	416	"
1919 - 11	"	415	"
1919 - 12	"	410	"
1920 - 01	"	408	"
1920 - 02	"	404	"
1920 - 03	"	403	"
1920 - 04	"	401	"
1920 - 05	"	400	"
1920 - 06	"	395	"
1920 - 07	(same)
1920 - 08	"	385	"
1920 - 09	"	382	"
1920 - 10	"	378	"
1920 - 11	"	374	"
1920 - 12	"	368	"
1921 - 01	"	365	"
1921 - 02	"	362	"
1921 - 03	"	270	"
1921 - 04	"	261	"
1921 - 05	"	245	"
1921 - 06	"	229	"
1921 - 07	"	224	"
1921 - 08	"	214	"
1921 - 09	"	208	"
1921 - 10	(same)
1921 - 11	"	207	"
1921 - 12	"	179	"
1922 - 01	"	168	"
1922 - 02	"	165	"
1922 - 03	"	164	"
1922 - 04	"	161	"
1922 - 05	"	153	"
1922 - 06	"	151	"
1922 - 07	"	150	"
1922 - 08	"	149	"
1922 - 09	"	146	"
1922 - 10	(same)
1922 - 11	"	121	"
1922 - 12	"	117	"
1923 - 01	"	110	"
1923 - 02	(same)
1923 - 03	"	109	"
1923 - 04	(same)
1923 - 05	(same)
1923 - 06	(same)
1923 - 07	"	102	"
1923 - 08	"	100	"
1923 - 09	"	91	"
1923 - 10	(same)
1923 - 11	"	89	"
1923 - 12	(same)
1924 - 01	"	88	"
1924 - 02	"	81	"
1924 - 03	"	80	"
1924 - 04	(same)
1924 - 05	6262-6799	72	"
1924 - 06	6262-6796	55	"
1924 - 07	6308-6796	50	"
1924 - 08	(same)
1924 - 09	"	49	"
1924 - 10	"	48	"
1924 - 11	(same)
1924 - 12	6315-6796	46	"
1925 - 01	"	39	"
1925 - 02	6315-6795	32	"
1925 - 03	"	31	"
1925 - 04	"	28	"
1925 - 05	"	23	"
1925 - 06	6330-6795	20	"
1925 - 07	(same)
1925 - 08	"	16	"
1925 - 09	6330-6763	11	"
1925 - 10	"	11	"
1925 - 11	6330-6722	7	"
1925 - 12	"	5	"
1926 - 01	6330-	4	"
1926 - 02	(same)
1926 - 03	(same)
1926 - 04	(same)
1926 - 05	(same)
1926 - 06	(same)
1926 - 07	(same)
1926 - 08	(same)
1926 - 09	(same)
1926 - 10	(same)
1926 - 11	6669	1	"
1926 - 12	(same)
1927 - 01	Not listed

ORER Notes

• This series Has "*" indicating "Air Brakes" (1902-04 thru 1909-06)

Discussion, General Notes

• The 1893 patent supplies more details about how the sides work
  Patent PDF courtesy George Hoover, in the "EarlyRail@groups.io" mailing list (24-Jan-2022, in reply in thread = "Pratt Patent Gondola Cars"
• Per Tim Gilbert, the B&M started buying Pratt Patent "flat bottom coal cars" with the #6260-6799 series (540 cars) in 1899, with further purchases of the Pratt Patent cars in several series #6800-7480 in 1901-1902. These are NOT listed separately in the ORERs until 1903, so they are combined here with the original 6174-7999 cars. The individual Pratt car series were not split apart until 1907.
  Note: Tim referred to these as "Pratt Pattern" (the ORERs always used the ambiguous "Pat."). But in the B&M Acquisition books, they clearly state "Patent", so I am using that word in all the following
• Per Tim Gilbert

  B&Ms first use of Pratt Patent coal cars was an order from Laconia in 1898 for 540 - 28' [long] 857 cu. ft. cars in the #6260-6799 series. The Pratt [Patent] itself was an arrangement which allowed for the high sides to be folded down and out to ease unloading with a No. 2 coal shovel - sort of that era's equivalent to the modern rotary coupler. The top half of each of the four sections per side could be folded down independent of of the adjascent sections. The top half of the hinge was in three pieces. When folded down, the middle piece stayed erect indicating that it plus the bottom half of the hinge was one piece. The outside pieces were attached to the folded wood section. At each end, there were "half hinges" to support each section of the side. The ends of the car were fixed (i.e. the ends of the car did not fold). The hinge pin, itself, ran the full length of the car.

  The #6800-7680 [and I assume the #6260-6799] cars were displaced from coal service about the same time as the 34' footers cited above [the #21400-24987 and #39000-39999 series] Only their lack of adaptability did not auger well for being preserved for MOW service.

• From Eric Neubauer Laconia data, the following cars were built by Laconia:
  [also see ICC valuation data below]
  • 6500-6699 (60,000 lbs, 857 cu ft., 28'-0" IL, 1895, WUF, Pratt)
  • 6785-6799 (60,000 lbs, 857 cu ft., 28'-0" IL, 1896, WUF, Pratt)
  • 6260-6740 (60,000 lbs, 857 cu ft., 28'-0" IL, 1898, WUF, Pratt)
  • 6741-6784 (60,000 lbs, 857 cu ft., 28'-0" IL, 1899, WUF, Pratt)
• A link to a drawing of a NH Pratt Patent car is available at:
  "The Alphabet Route" web site (click on the "1903 Gondola Plan" link)

  I believe these are the same drawings as in the 1906 edition of the Car Builders' Dictionary (Available for free from Google Books - if you get the whole PDF, it is *PDF* page 313, *book* figures 463-466)

• From the 1903 "The Car Builder's Dictionary", (p101 of original), the following (text) description is available:

  A side dump car for carrying coal. The side planks are hinged on a shaft running the length of the car, and so arranged that the lower plank may be raised and the upper swung down, opening the whole side of the car.

  Note the 1903 CDB has a picture (fig 30) of NYNH&H # 26450. (also same drawings - figs. 318-21)
  Note the above description NOT listed in 1895 CDB.

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)
NOTE: once cars get renumbered into "company service" (zero + number, or W/M/S numbers), the following actions are my "best guess" as to what happened to the car (due to gaps in records, and the re-use of numbers)

Car Number(s)	Vol	Part	Page	Date	Action	Location	New #	Notes
6262	1	2	3	1924-05-28	Destroyed
6277	1	2	3	1924-04-10	Destroyed
6317	1	1	2	1923-11-18	Destroyed
6325	1	2	3	1924-07-09	Destroyed
6345	1	2	4	1925-12-17	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
6417	1	2	4	1924-03-11	Destroyed
6456	1	3	9	1925-09-09	Destroyed
6467	1	2	4	1924-12-08	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
6473	1	2	4	1924-12-08	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
6516	1	2	4	1924-12-03	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
6536	1	3	4	1924-11-13	Destroyed	Concord
6543	1	3	7	1922-11-17	Destroyed
6569	1	1	2	1923-11-10	Destroyed
6576	1	2	4	1924-03-19	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "C"??
6587	1	1	2	1923-11-15	Destroyed
6632	1	1	2	1923-11-24	Destroyed
6640	1	1	2	1923-04-11	Renumber		ER 2	Car not in [shop yard?]. Moved to Meredith
	1	1	2	1928-07-23	Destroyed
6678	1	2	4	1924-03-19	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "C"??
6701	1	2	4	1924-11-24	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
6702	1	2	4	1924-12-04	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
6715	1	2	4	1924-12-17	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
6746	1	2	4	1924-11-26	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
6754	1	1	2	1923-11-12	Destroyed
6770	1	2	4	1924-12-18	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
6774	1	1	2	1923-11-11	Destroyed
6781	1	2	4	1924-03-11	Destroyed
6796	1	2	4	1924-12-05	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??

Car Disposition Records

Source(s)
Box	Folder	Folder name	Link Title	Approx. Start date	Approx. End date
1	3	Freight Car List Old	6006-7676 Coal (gondola)	1918?	1918-1921?

Data
Car Number	Date Built	Disposition Date	Disposition	New Car #
6260	1898-05	1923-12	to	0281
6264	1898-05	1921-07	to	0807
6289	1898-06	1921-04	to	0802
6307	1898-06	1923-09	to	0254
6318	1898-06	1921-06	to	0804
6319	1898-06	1922-09	to	0754
6321	1898-06	1923-12	to	0545
6340	1898-06	1923-06	to	0453
6350	1898-06	1922-03	to	0298
6367	1898-07	1921-06	to	0810
6369	1898-07	1921-05	to	0809
6373	1898-07	1921-07	to	0806
6377	1898-07	1921-06	to	0813
6379	1898-07	1922-10	to	0768
6416	1898-08	1922-10	to	0766
6421	1898-08	1922-09	to	0753
6431	1898-08	1924-04	to	0367
6442	1898-08	1923-07	to	0203
6449	1898-08	1919-03	to	6649
6500	1895-10	1922-03	to	0317
6506	1895-10	1920-10	to	0728
6509	1895-10	1922-03	to	0291
6513	1895-10	1922-03	to	0311
6541	1895-10	1923-12	to	0549
6549	1895-10	1922-10	to	0761
6566	1895-10	1924-01	to	0256
6567	1895-10	1922-03	to	0299
6624	1895-11	1923-12	to	0273
6628	1895-11	1922-03	to	0273
6641	1895-11	1923-12	to	0279
6675	1895-11	1925-06	to	0763
6683	1895-11	1921-07	to	0805
6685	1895-11	1923-12	to	0282
6728	1898-12	1921-06	to	0812
6739	1898-12	1922-09	to	0755
6749	1899-01	1923-06	to	0455
6772	1899-07	1923-12	to	0315
6773	1899-07	1925-07	to	0764
6776	1899-07	1922-10	to	0760
6789	1896	1923-11	to	0300
6792	1896	1923-09	to	0250

ICC Valuation Data (circa 1914)

For more info on the ICC valuation data, see this web page

"Owning" RR	Car # / Range	Val Sheet #	Index on Page	Car Type	Built Date	Builder	Capy	Underframe	Body	Notes
B&M	6260-6266	BM-22	30	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6268-6299	BM-22	31	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6274	BM-21	78	Gon - Flat bottom	1889	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	6300	BM-22	32	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6302-6310	BM-22	33	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6311	BM-22	67	Gon - Flat bottom	1905	Concord	60	wood	wood
B&M	6312	BM-22	34	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6315-6321	BM-22	35	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6324-6327	BM-22	36	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6329-6331	BM-22	37	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6333-6345	BM-22	38	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6347	BM-22	39	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6349-6379	BM-22	40	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6382-6390	BM-22	41	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6393-6398	BM-22	42	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6400-6402	BM-22	43	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6404-6411	BM-22	44	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6413-6423	BM-22	45	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6425-6429	BM-22	46	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6431-6435	BM-22	47	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6437	BM-22	48	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6439-6444	BM-22	49	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6446	BM-22	50	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6448-6469	BM-22	51	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6471-6474	BM-22	52	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6476-6477	BM-22	53	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6479-6486	BM-22	54	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6489-6495	BM-22	55	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6497-6499	BM-22	56	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6500-6516	BM-22	3	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6518-6528	BM-22	4	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6530	BM-22	5	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6533-6534	BM-22	6	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6536-6537	BM-22	7	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6539-6545	BM-22	8	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6547-6551	BM-22	9	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6553-6556	BM-22	10	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6558-6572	BM-22	11	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6574-6596	BM-22	12	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6600-6604	BM-22	13	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6607-6609	BM-22	14	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6611	BM-22	15	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6613-6625	BM-22	16	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6627-6628	BM-22	17	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6630	BM-22	18	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6632-6642	BM-22	19	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6644-6648	BM-22	20	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6650-6651	BM-22	21	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6653-6665	BM-22	22	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6667-6670	BM-22	23	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6672-6683	BM-22	24	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6685-6690	BM-22	25	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6692-6696	BM-22	26	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6698-6699	BM-22	27	Gon - Flat bottom	1895	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6700-6704	BM-22	57	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6707-6731	BM-22	58	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6733	BM-22	59	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6734	BM-22	60	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6736-6740	BM-22	61	Gon - Flat bottom	1898	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6741	BM-22	62	Gon - Flat bottom	1899	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6743-6767	BM-22	63	Gon - Flat bottom	1899	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6769-6770	BM-22	64	Gon - Flat bottom	1899	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6772-6778	BM-22	65	Gon - Flat bottom	1899	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6780-6784	BM-22	66	Gon - Flat bottom	1899	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6785	BM-22	28	Gon - Flat bottom	1896	Laconia	60	wood	wood
B&M	6787-6799	BM-22	29	Gon - Flat bottom	1896	Laconia	60	wood	wood

Paint Schemes

References or other data

• Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Page	Car #	Photo Date yr-mo-day		Visible?				Markings				Paint Scheme	Herald	Notes
Digital Commonwealth If link no longer works, search on "Boston Maine Railroad" and page thru Title = "Boston to Manchester, NH, train"
	6820(?)	1903-03-31		p	p			S1&	R	R	N			arch bar trucks? Note gondola 7xxx (also Pratt Patent) partially visible to its left
4-4-0.com Picture of engine 1113 Contact web site owner if you want higher resolution scan
	6580				B?p									partal end view of wood gon, looks like part of brake platform?

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page

Date	Who	Description
25-Dec-2019	KG Akerboom	Initial release
19-Mar-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 19 more ORERs
04-Apr-2020	KG Akerboom	Re-did references/photos section
20-Apr-2020	KG Akerboom	Adding Digital Commonwealth web sites photos
05-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Moved ORER notes into separate section
14-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 4 more ORERs (1911,1919,1921,1931)
28-May-2020	KG Akerboom	updated 10/1919
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
10-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added E. Neubauer ORER data (car counts only, 15 issues)
12-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added E. Neubauer Laconia build data
15-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	"Pratt Pattern" to "Pratt Patent"
20-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added Car Book Data
17-Nov-2020	KG Akerboom	Added link to "Alphabet route" drawing of NH Pratt Patent car
18-Nov-2020	KG Akerboom	Added 1906 Car Builder's Dictionary reference for NH cars
09-Mar-2021	KG Akerboom	Added 440.com photo
10-Apr-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from 47 more ORERs 1903 thru 1917
04-Jul-2021	KG Akerboom	Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows)
06-Jul-2021	KG Akerboom	Added car disposition record data
22-Jan-2022	KG Akerboom	Added ICC Valuation data
26-Jan-2022	KG Akerboom	Added Pratt Patent PDF
11-Oct-2022	KG Akerboom	Updated 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)
22-Jul-2023	KG Akerboom	Back-filled missing 1905 data