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Standard Steel Car Co Photo, negative 638 - DK Retterer Collection, used with permission - of C&O original. (click on image to see full resolution available)
NOTE: I believe there were several variations of these cars (trucks, appliances, etc. and many/all may have been modified with Wine door locks, etc. by the C&O before the B&M bought them), so don't take details of this photo as "gospel" for all cars on the B&M until further research is done.
While NOT a builder's photo, below is a good photo of a car in B&M service. Unknown photographer, Ted Culotta collection, via Dave Parker.
For more info on the classification cards and "webitizing" them, see this web pageFrom 1942 class book.
Text in lower right reads "PORTLAND TERMINAL RD CARS 1600-1799 ARE LIKE THESE. ALL WERE OF THE C&O SERIES 59000-59999"
Click on image to see original scan at full resolution (or right-click → "Save Picture As" to download black and white image, to view it at full resolution)
1952 Class book adds following notes:
Lot #54
AAR Class "HM"
Gen. Arrgt: C+O 139-11-130
Spec Value Builder Standard Steel Lot # 54
[or 55 - see 1942, 1955 classification index p1-A]Car Numbers 7000-7099 Quantity 100 Build Date 1914 [C&O 59000-59999] Acquisition Date 1934 AAR class HM Lt Weight 35,800 lbs. (average) Cubic Cap'y 2,015 Cu. Ft. level full
10" heap: 2,251Ends Plain Body Bolster Built-up steel Doors OHCB Steel Doors Fixtures Wine Trucks CSS Side frames ("T" and "U" sections) Wheels Commonwealth Steel Co. 33" Wrought Iron
also Cast steelAir Brake Westinghouse KD, 10" x 12" cylinder, K2 triple valve Springs Conical coil Journals 5½" x 10" (100,000 lbs nominal capacity) Truck Side Bearings Pocket & Shoe, 48" centers Body Side Bearings Malleable Iron Center Sills 15" 33 lb channel Center plate AAR [ARA?]Contour Coupler AAR 5" x 7" shank, 6½ Butt (no centering device) UnCoupler Rigging AAR Draft Gear Miner A-18
Some cars are equipped with following draft gears:
- Miner A-22 x [8 or B?]
- Miner A-79 x [8 or B or 13?]
- National M-17
- Waugh-Gould 200
- Sessions type "K"Brake Beam AAR #2+ Brake Beam Safety Support 3" x 3" x 5/16" "L"s [angle iron] Hand Brake Plain Hand Brake Step O.H. Steel Plain
ORER Size Data Description 3/1935 7/1935 MCB/AAR Mechanical Designation HM HM Inside
DimensionsLength 30' 30' Width 9'-5" 9'-5" Height Outside
DimensionsLength 31'-3" Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 10' Extreme Width Height
from
RailTo Extreme Width To Eaves or top of sides or platform 11' To Top of Running Board To Extreme Height 11'-10" Door - Side
openingWidth Height Capacity Cu Ft. Level Full 2015 2015 Pounds 100000 100000
ORER History ORER Date
(Year-Mo.)Car
Numbers# of
CarsDescription Bi-monthly ORERs 1935 - 03 7000-7099 100 Hopper, Self Clearing 1935 - 05 (same) 1935 - 07 (same) 1935 - 09 [no changes noted] 1935 - 11 [no changes noted] 1936 - 01 [no changes noted] 1936 - 03 [no changes noted] 1936 - 05 [no changes noted] 1936 - 07 " 99 " 1936 - 09 [no changes noted] 1936 - 11 [no changes noted] 1937 - 01 [no changes noted] 1937 - 03 [no changes noted] 1937 - 05 [no changes noted] Switch to Quarterly 1937 - 07 (same) 1937 - 10 (same) 1938 - 01 (same) 1938 - 04 (same) 1938 - 07 (same) 1938 - 10 (same) 1939 - 01 (same) 1939 - 04 (same) 1939 - 07 (same) 1939 - 10 (same) 1940 - 01 (same) 1940 - 04 (same) 1940 - 07 (same) 1940 - 10 (same) 1941 - 01 (same) 1941 - 04 (same) 1941 - 07 (same) 1941 - 10 (same) 1942 - 01 (same) 1942 - 04 (same) 1942 - 07 (same) 1942 - 10 (same) 1943 - 01 (same) 1943 - 04 (same) 1943 - 07 (same) 1943 - 10 (same) 1944 - 01 (same) 1944 - 04 (same) 1944 - 07 (same) 1944 - 10 (same) 1945 - 01 " 98 " 1945 - 04 (same) 1945 - 07 (same) 1945 - 10 (same) 1946 - 01 (same) 1946 - 04 (same) 1946 - 07 (same) 1946 - 10 (same) 1947 - 01 (same) 1947 - 04 " 97 " 1947 - 07 (same) 1947 - 10 " 96 " 1948 - 01 " 95 " 1948 - 04 " 94 " 1948 - 07 " 91 " 1948 - 10 " 86 " 1949 - 01 " 79 " 1949 - 04 " 70 " 1949 - 07 " 69 " 1949 - 10 " 49 " 1950 - 01 " 43 " 1950 - 04 " 39 " 1950 - 07 " 35 " 1950 - 10 " 32 " 1951 - 01 " 27 " 1951 - 04 " 23 " 1951 - 07 " 20 " 1951 - 10 " 11 " 1952 - 01 (same) 1952 - 04 " 7 " 1952 - 07 " 6 " 1952 - 10 (same) 1953 - 01 7024-7086 3 " 1953 - 04 (same) 1953 - 07 (same) 1953 - 10 (same) 1954 - 01 (same) 1954 - 04 (same) 1954 - 07 (same) 1954 - 10 7024,7086 2 " 1955 - 01 Not listed
- Per Tim Gilbert
A lot of the coal was loaded and shipped in the general direction of a customer before the load had been sold. En route, the dealer/shipper could advise the carrier of a different routing to a point where the market was more profitable. This was known as "Diversion" - coal was just one of the many commodities affected. Grain and produce (fruit & vegetables) were others. For coal, the diversion could affect schooner barges as well as hoppers. Some of the tows arriving in Boston in April, 1923, for instance, originated around Vineyard Haven. The dealer sent the barge there from one of the "Bays", and a different tow could carry it to New Bedford, Boston, Portland, or wherever. On land, hoppers could similarly be shuffled. Large hoppers such as the B&M #8000s were less flexible than smaller two-bay ones for purposes of diversion. The dealer wanted to minimize the risk. Also, many small coal customers could not handle that much capacity. Thus grew the need, by 1934 with the purchase of 100 hoppers from the C&O for a two bay hopper on the B&M although the requirements were less than it would be on a coal producing road because of the B&M's shorter haul from tidewater inland.The B&M's first two bay hoppers, the #7000-7099 series, were built be the Standard Steel Car Co. in 1914 and represent an intermediate design between the 1890's steel monsters and the USRA hoppers of the 1920s. The price was right due to the C&O deeming much of their #59000 series expendable. The deal was the first of many B&M/MEC joint purchases which continued into the 1950s when Edward French retired as President of both railroads. Needing "diversion" cars, the Portland Terminal, a MEC subsidiary, purchased 200 of the ex-C&O hoppers, and numbered them into their #1600-1799 series. The last cars of the B&M #7000 series were retired in 1954.
- Per Tim Gilbert these are 2 bay hoppers, 7 rib (8 panel).
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 Book Data Car Disposition Data Car
NumberVol Part Page Date Action Location New # Notes Date Built Disposition
DateDisposition 7000 3 4 8L 1948-06-29 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7001 3 7 5R 1951-03-12 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7002 3 5 2R 1948-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7003 3 5 7R 1949-05-11 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7004 3 4 8L 1948-06-29 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7005 3 5 5R 1949-03-26 Destroyed Concord 1935-05 [same] Retired 2 2 6 1949-03-26 Destroyed 1935-05 [same] Retired 7006 3 6 10R 1950-06-26 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7007 3 6 10R 1950-06-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7008 3 5 2R 1948-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7009 3 5 2R 1948-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7010 3 5 9R 1949-06-20 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7011 3 7 3L 1950-11-14 Renumber Billerica 0403 Company Coal 1935-05 [same as car book data] 3 8 6L 1952-04-01 Destroyed Billerica 7012 3 5 3L 1948-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7013 3 5 1L 1948-10-22 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7014 3 2 6R 1946-11-21 Destroyed on C&O 1935-05 1946-12 Retired 7015 3 5 1L 1948-10-22 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7016 3 6 5L 1949-11-23 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7017 3 7 3L 1950-11-14 Renumber Billerica 0400 Company Coal 1935-05 [same as car book data] 4 1 3L 1954-08-17 Destroyed Billerica 7018 3 6 5L 1949-11-23 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7019 3 6 3R 1949-10-27 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7020 3 7 2L 1950-09-22 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7021 3 8 3L 1951-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7022 3 8 3L 1951-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7023 3 5 1L 1948-10-22 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7024 4 1 3L 1954-08-17 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7025 3 7 5R 1951-03-12 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7026 3 7 2L 1950-09-07 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7027 3 6 3R 1949-10-27 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7028 3 8 3L 1951-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7029 3 3 10L 1947-10-10 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7030 3 5 7R 1949-05-11 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7031 3 6 1R 1949-08-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7032 3 6 10R 1950-06-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7033 3 5 2L 1948-11-24 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7034 3 4 6R 1948-05-21 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7035 3 6 1R 1949-08-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7036 3 5 1L 1948-10-09 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7037 3 4 6R 1948-05-21 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7038 3 6 1R 1949-08-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7039 3 8 3L 1951-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7040 3 6 3R 1949-09-30 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 1949-10 Retired 7041 3 6 5R 1949-12-23 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7042 3 4 9R 1948-07-16 Destroyed on PRR 1935-05 1948-08 Retired 7043 3 5 7R 1949-05-11 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 1949-08 Retired 7044 1935-05 1944-12 Retired 7045 3 4 8L 1948-06-29 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7046 3 4 11L 1948-09-22 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7047 3 7 3L 1950-11-14 Renumber Billerica 0401 Company Coal 1935-05 [same as car book data] 3 8 4L 1952-01-11 Destroyed Billerica 7048 3 8 10L 1952-08-29 Sold Marshall Railway Equipment Corp 1935-05 [same as car book data] 7049 3 5 2L 1948-11-24 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7050 3 6 1R 1949-08-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7051 3 5 3L 1948-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7052 3 6 10R 1950-06-26 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7053 3 6 5R 1949-12-23 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 1947-12 Retired 7054 3 7 1L 1950-08-01 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7055 3 6 5L 1949-11-23 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7056 3 6 1R 1949-08-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7057 3 5 7R 1949-05-11 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7058 3 8 4L 1952-01-11 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7059 3 8 5L 1952-02-06 Destroyed Concord 1935-05 [same] Retired 7060 3 4 10R 1948-08-16 Destroyed on PRR 1935-05 [same] Retired 7061 3 5 7R 1949-05-11 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7062 3 7 10L 1951-09-19 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7063 1935-05 1936-03 Retired 7064 3 6 3R 1949-09-30 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 1949-10 Retired 7065 3 10 1R 1954-04-20 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7066 3 6 5R 1949-12-23 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7067 3 7 3L 1950-11-14 Renumber Billerica 0402 Company Coal 1935-05 [same as car book data] 3 8 4L 1952-01-11 Destroyed Billerica 7068 3 8 10L 1952-08-29 Sold Marshall Railway Equipment Corp 1935-05 [same as car book data] 7069 3 6 1R 1949-08-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7070 3 8 10L 1952-08-29 Sold Marshall Railway Equipment Corp 1935-05 [same as car book data] 7071 3 7 5R 1951-03-12 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7072 3 6 10R 1950-06-26 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7073 3 6 6L 1949-12-23 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7074 3 4 6R 1948-05-21 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7075 3 4 11L 1948-09-22 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7076 3 6 3R 1949-10-28 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7077 3 8 3L 1951-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7078 3 5 4L 1949-01-27 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7079 3 7 10L 1951-09-19 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7080 3 3 6R 1947-08-07 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7081 3 6 1R 1949-08-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7082 3 5 8L 1949-05-11 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7083 3 5 8L 1949-05-11 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7084 3 7 8L 1951-04-30 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 1951-05 Retired 7085 3 7 10L 1951-09-19 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7086 4 1 3L 1954-08-17 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7087 3 4 6R 1948-05-21 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7088 3 7 10L 1951-09-19 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7089 3 6 3L 1949-09-07 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7090 3 6 2L 1949-08-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7091 3 7 8L 1951-04-30 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 1951-05 Retired 7092 3 7 1L 1950-08-01 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7093 3 6 10R 1950-06-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7094 3 7 8L 1951-04-30 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 1951-05 Retired 7095 3 7 2L 1950-09-22 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7096 3 5 3L 1948-12-04 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7097 3 4 8L 1948-06-29 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7098 3 6 2L 1949-08-16 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired 7099 3 7 1L 1950-08-01 Destroyed Billerica 1935-05 [same] Retired
All info in the individual cars (in the table above) is from ID "B", except for car 7063, which is from "A"
Source(s) (ID scope is for this web page only) ID Box Folder Folder name Link Title Approx.
Start dateApprox.
End dateA 1 3 Freight Car List Old 7000 series hoppers - "A" 1935-05 1936-1944 B 1 5 Coal Cars 7000 series hoppers - "B" 1936-1944 1954-08?
Page Car # Photo Date
yr-mo-dayVisible? Markings Paint
SchemeHerald Notes 
B&MRRHS Modelers Notes Issue No. included in "page" column No. 19 p1 7069 / ER2 1949-05-28 X A BM R R AB black rect Also photo of C&O 59317 (series the B&M bought them from) NERail Photo Archive
or http://photos.nerail.org/ → "By Railroad" → "Boston & Maine" →
Then scroll thru to find the photo "Portsmouth, NH".
or try: http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=2208117032 p B&M R R AB "T section" ?Bettendorf? trucks? B&MRRHS "Flickr" page
Above is direct link. Title="B&M No. 1382 (2-6-0) Class B-15 1382, Jul. 30, 1939"70x7 1939-07-30 p BM R R AB rect
Atlas also produced "undec" O scale models from 2004-2018, all listed as sold out as of Dec, 2020.
Scale Manufacturer Stock number Car number Paint scheme Notes HO Accurail 2571 7036 Black w/rectangular herald Accuracy unknown (model is USRA twin rib side). Still listed on their web site Dec 2020 HO Accurail 25711 7089 Black w/rectangular herald Accuracy unknown (model is USRA twin rib side). Listed as available on their web site Dec 2020 O Atlas Models 3005811 (3 rail) 7077 Black w/rectangular herald Unknown accuracy (model is 55 ton USRA design). Released Oct, 2016, listed as "sold out" on their web site as of Dec, 2020 O Atlas Models 3006811 (2 rail) 7077 Black w/rectangular herald Unknown accuracy (model is 55 ton USRA design). Released Oct, 2016, listed as "sold out" on their web site as of Dec, 2020
File History for THIS page Date Who Description 31-Dec-2019 KG Akerboom Initial release 28-Mar-2020 KG Akerboom Added data from 19 more ORERs 04-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Re-did references/photos section 22-Apr-2020 KG Akerboom Updated per B&MRRHS Modeler's Notes #39 01-May-2020 KG Akerboom Added data from 4 more ORER (1941, 1943, 1945, 1947) 05-May-2020 KG Akerboom Moved ORER notes into separate section 09-May-2020 KG Akerboom Added 1942 class cards 12-May-2020 KG Akerboom Updated class card table 18-Jun-2020 KG Akerboom Added C&O Builder's photo from DK Retterer Collection 21-Jul-2020 KG Akerboom "Photos" table - changed "vertical" text to PNG of "sideways" text; added "Markings" columns 07- thru
16-Aug-2020KG Akerboom Added ORER data (History only, not dims or notes yet) for 63 more registers, courtesy of James Kinkaid 26-Oct-2020 KG Akerboom Added Car Book Data 06-Nov-2020 KG Akerboom Added "NE Rails" photos 17-Nov-2020 KG Akerboom Standardized formatting of Classification Card(s) section 22-Nov-2020 KG Akerboom Updated 1942 Classification Card(s) 12-Dec-2020 KG Akerboom Added model info 16-Dec-2020 KG Akerboom Added Atlas O scale models 28-Dec-2020 KG Akerboom Added Modelers Notes article 22-Jan-2021 KG Akerboom Added "not a Builder's Photo" 06-Mar-2021 KG Akerboom Added B&MRRHS Flickr Photo 04-Jul-2021 KG Akerboom Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows) 06-Sep-2021 KG Akerboom Added car disposition record data 16-Oct-2021 KG Akerboom Added remaining 7/1928 - 10/1947 ORERs 30-Oct-2022 KG Akerboom Verified per [almost] complete ORER data. 04-Jan-2023 KG Akerboom Fixed headers and footers...hopefully 19-Feb-2023 KG Akerboom Updated 7077 picture source. 25-Feb-2023 KG Akerboom Fixed link to scanned data (car books)
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