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Index

• Builder's Photo
• Classification Card(s) for series
• Specifications
• ORER data
• ORER Notes
• Discussion, General Notes
• 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

Dimensions	4/1903
Length	34'
Width
Height
Capacity	60000

ORER Size Data - 1910-1915

Description			6/1910	2/1914	3/1914	11/1914
M.C.B. Designation						GB
Inside Dimensions	Length			32'	32'-4"	32'-4"
	Width				8'-10"	8'-10"
	Height				1'-10"	1'-10"
Outside Dimensions	Length		34'	34'	34'	34'
	Width	At Eaves or top of sides or platform	8' to 8'-9"	8' to 8'-9"	9'-1"	9'-1"
		Extreme Width
	Height from Rail	To Extreme Width
		To Eaves or top of sides or platform
		To Top of Running Board
		To Extreme Height
Door - Side opening	Width
	Height
Capacity	Cu Ft. Level Full				524	524
	Pounds		60000	60000	60000	60000

Per the data listed in "Descriptive Inventory of Cars Belonging to the Fitchburg Railroad June 30, 1900"
The following FRR cars were renumbered into this B&M Series starting in 1900 (Renumbering of all FRR cars was complete as of 8-1905)
Approx 147 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 7801 series "Coal, Drop Sideboards" cars
Approx 197 cars renumbered to this series from Fitchburg RR 14101 series Coal cars

I don't know where the rest of the cars in this series came from (Existing or new B&M cars)

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
Starts with 3 individual series
1900 - 09	9550-9600	…	Sideboard Coal, 34'
	9601-9700	…
	9701-9900	…
That were immediately combined into 1
1900 - 10	9550-9900	…	Sideboard Coal, 34', 60000 lbs capacity
1900 - 11	9550-9899	350	"
1900 - 12	(same)
1901 - 01	(same)
1901 - 02	(same)
1901 - 03	(same)
1901 - 04	(same)
1901 - 05	(same)
1901 - 06	(same)
1901 - 07	(same)
1901 - 08	(same)
1901 - 09	(same)
1901 - 10	(same)
1901 - 11	(same)
1901 - 12	(same)
1902 - 01	"	349	"
1902 - 02	(same)
1902 - 03	"	348	"
1902 - 04	(same)
1902 - 05	(same)
1902 - 06	(same)
1902 - 07	(same)
1902 - 08	"	349	"
1902 - 09	"	348	"
1902 - 10	(same)
1902 - 11	"	349	"
1902 - 12	(same)
1903 - 01	"	347	"
1903 - 02	(same)
1903 - 03	"	345	"
1903 - 04	"	"	Coal, Drop Sideboard
1903 - 05	"	344	"
1903 - 06	(same)
1903 - 07	"	343	"
1903 - 08	(same)
1903 - 09	(same)
1903 - 10	(same)
1903 - 11	"	342	"
1903 - 12	"	341	"
1904 - 01	(same)
1904 - 02	(same)
1904 - 03	(same)
1904 - 04	(same)
1904 - 05	"	338	"
1904 - 06	(same)
1904 - 07	(same)
1904 - 08	(same)
1904 - 09	"	339	"
1904 - 10	(same)
1904 - 11	(same)
1904 - 12	(same)
1905 - 01	(same)
1905 - 02	(same)
1905 - 03	(same)
1905 - 04	(same)
1905 - 05	(same)
1905 - 06	"	338	"
1905 - 07	"	337	"
1905 - 08	(same)
1905 - 09	"	336	"
1905 - 10	(same)
1905 - 11	(same)
1905 - 12	"	335	"
1906 - 01	(same)
1906 - 02	"	334	"
1906 - 03	(same)
1906 - 04	(same)
1906 - 05	"	333	"
1906 - 06	(same)
1906 - 07	(same)
1906 - 08	"	333	"
1906 - 09	"	332	"
1906 - 10	(same)
1906 - 11	(same)
1906 - 12	"	331	"
1907 - 01	(same)
1907 - 02	"	328	"
1907 - 03	"	331	"
1907 - 04	"	330	"
1907 - 05	(same)
1907 - 06	(same)
1907 - 07	(same)
1907 - 08	"	329	"
1907 - 09	"	328	"
1907 - 10	(same)
1907 - 11	"	325	"
1907 - 12	"	324	"
1908 - 01	(same)
1908 - 02	(same)
1908 - 03	"	323	"
1908 - 04	(same)
1908 - 05	"	321	"
1908 - 06	(same)
1908 - 07	"	320	"
1908 - 08	(same)
1908 - 09	(same)
1908 - 10	"	319	"
1908 - 11	"	318	"
1908 - 12	"	319	"
1909 - 01	(same)
1909 - 02	"	317	"
1909 - 03	"	315	"
1909 - 04	(same)
1909 - 05	(same)
1909 - 06	(same)
1909 - 07	"	314	"
1909 - 08	"	315	"
1909 - 09	"	314	"
1909 - 10	"	313	"
1909 - 11	(same)
1909 - 12	"	311	"
1910 - 01	"	310	"
1910 - 02	(same)
1910 - 03	(same)
1910 - 04	(same)
1910 - 05	(same)
1910 - 06	"	(illegible)(30x)	"
1910 - 07	"	308	"
1910 - 08	(same)
1910 - 09	(same)
1910 - 10	"	309	"
1910 - 11	(same)
1910 - 12	"	307	"
1911 - 01	(same)
1911 - 02	"	306	"
1911 - 03	(same)
1911 - 04	(same)
1911 - 05	(same)
1911 - 06	(same)
1911 - 07	(same)
1911 - 08	"	305	"
1911 - 09	"	304	"
1911 - 10	(same)
1911 - 11	(same)
1911 - 12	"	303	"
1912 - 01	"	303	"
1912 - 02	"	302	"
1912 - 03	(same)
1912 - 04	"	301	"
1912 - 05	(same)
1912 - 06	"	300	"
1912 - 07	(same)
1912 - 08	"	299	"
1912 - 09	"	(illegible)	"
1912 - 10	"	295	"
1912 - 11	"	296	"
1912 - 12	"	294	"
1913 - 01	"	(illegible)	"
1913 - 02	"	291	"
1913 - 03	"	290	"
1913 - 04	"	286	"
1913 - 05	"	283	"
1913 - 06	"	280	"
1913 - 07	"	265	"
1913 - 08	"	261	"
1913 - 09	"	288	"
1913 - 10	"	250	"
1913 - 11	"	243	"
1913 - 12	"	239	"
1914 - 01	"	235	"
1914 - 02	"	227	"
1914 - 03	"	224	"
1914 - 04	"	223	"
1914 - 05	"	222	"
1914 - 06	"	206	"
1914 - 07	"	138	"
1914 - 08	"	89	"
1914 - 09	"	68	"
1914 - 10	"	70	"
1914 - 11	(same)
1914 - 12	"	69	"
1915 - 01	"	62	"
1915 - 02	"	59	"
1915 - 03	(same)
1915 - 04	(same)
1915 - 05	"	52	"
1915 - 06	"	46	"
1915 - 07	(same)
1915 - 08	Not listed

ORER Notes

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

Discussion, General Notes

• Are these are existing cars being renumbered into a contiguous series?
  Or new cars since 1897?
• From Eric Neubauer Laconia data, the following cars were built by Laconia:
  • 9865-9889 (60,000 lbs, 34' IL, 1900, WUF, Fitchburg, unknown order)
• B&MRRHS 1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Book No. 1 (Reprint of B&M lettering diagrams)

  Note the "Book page number" below refers to the page number in the B&MRRHS book.
  As the B&MRRHS book's pages are NOT numbered, "1" is the first page with an actual diagram! (NOT the title pages or index pages)
  "U" = upper diagram on that page, "L" = lower diagram

  The "Diagram number" refers to the circled number (lower right corner) in each diagram (the original page number)

  Book page #	22 - U
  B&M Diagram #	41
  Diagram Date	1907
  Color on Diagram	Brown
  Notes on Diagram
  Datum	1900 Index	1907 Index
  Class of car	Drop Side Car	Gondola Car Drop Sideboard
  Length	34'	34'
  Capacity	60,000	60,000
  Car Numbers	9550-9899	9550-9899
  Page [original]	39	41

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
Fitch	9550	F-9	139	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9555	F-9	140	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9558	F-9	141	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9560	F-9	151	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9570	F-9	152	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9572	F-9	153	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9575	F-9	142	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9577-9578	F-9	175	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9581	F-9	194	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9589	F-9	176	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9590	F-9	154	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9595	F-9	195	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9596	F-9	155	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9600	F-9	177	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9620	F-9	178	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9625-9628	F-9	179	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9633	F-9	180	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9636-9637	F-9	156	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9638	F-9	196	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9639	F-9	157	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9647	F-9	197	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9652	F-9	143	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9664	F-9	181	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9666	F-9	182	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9668	F-9	158	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9669	F-9	198	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9671	F-9	199	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9682	F-9	144	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9685	F-9	200	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9691	F-9	201	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9698	F-9	145	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9699	F-9	183	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9706	F-9	184	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9709-9710	F-9	202	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9713	F-9	185	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9716-9717	F-9	159	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9722	F-9	146	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9732	F-9	186	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9740	F-9	203	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9742	F-9	187	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9743	F-9	204	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9744	F-9	160	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9750-9751	F-9	205	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9754	F-9	188	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9755	F-9	206	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9757	F-9	207	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9758	F-9	161	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9763	F-9	162	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9766	F-9	163	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9769	F-9	189	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9771	F-9	190	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9778	F-9	147	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9779	F-9	208	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9782	F-9	209	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9784	F-9	191	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9792	F-9	210	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9794	F-9	164	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9798	F-9	192	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9805-9806	F-9	211	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9811	F-9	165	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9817	F-9	166	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9822	F-9	167	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9826	F-9	148	gon - dump sides & bottom	1892-1898	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9832	F-9	168	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9833-9834	F-9	193	gon - dump sides & bottom	1895	J&W	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9835	F-9	169	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9845	F-9	170	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9851	F-9	171	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9862	F-9	172	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9865-9866	F-9	212	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9868	F-9	213	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9871-9873	F-9	214	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9877-9879	F-9	215	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9885	F-9	216	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9887	F-9	173	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9889	F-9	217	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Laconia	60	wood	wood
Fitch	9896	F-9	174	gon - dump sides & bottom	1900	Fitchburg	60	wood	wood

Paint Schemes

References or other data

• Magazine/Book article(s)

Photographs

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page

Date	Who	Description
25-Dec-2019	KG Akerboom	Initial release
04-Apr-2020	KG Akerboom	Re-did references/photos section
05-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Moved ORER notes into separate section
14-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 4 more ORERs (1911,1919,1921,1931)
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
28-Jan-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from "1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Diagrams" book
10-Apr-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from 47 more ORERs 1903 thru 1917
22-Jan-2022	KG Akerboom	Added ICC Valuation data
17-Oct-2022	KG Akerboom	Updated per [almost] complete ORER data
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
28-May-2023	KG Akerboom	Back-filled 1900 data
22-Jul-2023	KG Akerboom	Back-filled missing 1905 data
28-Jul-2025	KG Akerboom	Added back-link to FRR car series
29-Jul-2025	KG Akerboom	Fix typos in lease data