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Boston & Maine 011 Series Covered Hopper Cars

Index

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

Ex- WM 15000-16499 series "channel side" hoppers, converted to covered hoppers.

ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data

Description			4/69
AAR Mechanical Designation			LO
Inside Dimensions	Length		30'-5"
	Width		9'-6"
	Height
Outside Dimensions	Length		32'-3"
	Width	At Eaves or top of sides or platform	10'-2"
		Extreme Width	10'-4"
	Height from Rail	To Extreme Width	2'-10"
		To Eaves or top of sides or platform	10'-10"
		To Top of Running Board
		To Extreme Height	11'-8"
Door - Side opening	Width
	Height
Capacity	Cu Ft. Level Full		1835
	Pounds		154000

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
1969 - 04	011-015	5	Covered Hopper
1969 - 07	011-016	6	"
1969 - 10	(same)
1970 - 01	(same)
1970 - 04	(same)
1970 - 07	(same)
1970 - 10	(same)
1971 - 01	(same)
1971 - 04	(same)
1971 - 07	(same)
1971 - 10	(same)
1972 - 01	(same)
1972 - 04	(same)
1972 - 07	(same)
1972 - 10	(same)
1973 - 01	(same)
1973 - 04	(same)
1973 - 07	(same)
1973 - 11	(same)
1974 - 01	(same)
1974 - 04	(same)
1974 - 07	(same)
1974 - 10	(same)
1975 - 01	(same)
1975 - 04	(same)
1975 - 07	(same)
1975 - 10	(same)
1976 - 01	(same)
1976 - 04	(same)
1976 - 07	(same)
1976 - 10	(same)
1977 - 01	(same)
1977 - 04	(same)
1977 - 07	(same)
1977 - 10	(same)
1978 - 01	(same)
1978 - 04	(same)
1978 - 07	(same)
1978 - 10	(same)
1979 - 01	(same)
1979 - 04	(same)
1979 - 07	(same)
1979 - 10	(same)
1980 - 01	(same)
1980 - 04	(same)
1980 - 07	(same)
1980 - 10	(same)
1981 - 01	(same)
1981 - 04	Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

• per B&MRRHS Modeler's Notes #39
  ex-15000 series cars
• per B&MRRHS Modeler's Notes #37
  Sand service
• from Neubauer, Eric.Evans Products Company Freight Car Roster Notes

  In the US Railway Equipment Co. records, lot 567 covers the 45 cars in this series (15000-16467), sold to the B&M
  However, the next lot (568) is for 6 ex-WM cars, also sold to the B&M
  Lot 568 could either be:

  • The 6 cars in B&M series 011-016 (i.e. 6 additional cars)
  • "Roofs" (covers) to equip 6 cars from lot 567 (15000-16467 series) with covers, and those cars so equipped were then renumbered to 011-016

Paint Schemes

References or other data

• Warren, Bob. "U-channel 2-bay sand hopper" B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #65 (Mar-Apr 2000) pp1-2
  Covers modeling these cars

Photographs

Page	Car #	Photo Date yr-mo-day		Visible?				Markings									Paint Scheme	Herald	Notes
Rail Car Photos (as of 24-Aug-2020) May require a login, May require a browser newer than Internet Explorer. Several ways to get there, I "Search Photos" → "By Reporting Mark" Scroll down and click the "Search" button to the right of the "BM" reporting marks Then scroll down to find the photo. The "Page" column has the "Link" text listed
	016	1977-05-01	Y	X	B			BM	G	G	N	Y	N	N	N	N	Black	none
Classic Freight Cars - the Series - vol 5
p12	012	1974	I have not yet seen this photo. Listed in B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #48 (May-Jun 1997)

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

See models in the "15000 series" hopper cars page (but note they need scratch built covers)

Revision History

File History for THIS page

Date	Who	Description
31-Dec-2019	KG Akerboom	Initial release
04-Apr-2020	KG Akerboom	Re-did references/photos section
25-Apr-2020	KG Akerboom	Updated per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes No 37
05-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Moved ORER notes into separate section
21-Jul-2020	KG Akerboom	"Photos" table - changed "vertical" text to PNG of "sideways" text; added "Markings" columns
07- thru 16-Aug-2020	KG Akerboom	Added ORER data (History only, not dims or notes yet) for 63 more registers, courtesy of James Kinkaid
20-Aug-2020	KG Akerboom	Added more Eric Neubauer data
25-Aug-2020	KG Akerboom	Added "Rail Car Photos" web site photos
28-Dec-2020	KG Akerboom	Added photos listed in Modelers Notes
21-Oct-2022	KG Akerboom	Verified per [almost] complete ORER data
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully