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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
• 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

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ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data

Description			1/1953
M.C.B. / AAR Mechanical Designation			XME
Inside Dimensions	Length		50'-6"
	Width		9'-2"
	Height		10'-6"
Outside Dimensions	Length		53'
	Width	At Eaves or top of sides or platform	9'-5"
		Extreme Width	10'-6"
	Height from Rail	To Extreme Width
		To Eaves or top of sides or platform	14'-5"
		To Top of Running Board	15'-1"
		To Extreme Height	15'-1"
Door - Side opening	Width		8'
	Height		9'-10"
Capacity	Cu Ft. Level Full		4872
	Pounds		100000

ORER History

These cars were listed under the general GAEX reporting marks, nothing specific to the B&M

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

• Leased in 1950 for (supposedly) 10 years. Unknown if the lease actually lasted that long. (Per B&MRRHS article - see below)

• GAEX (General American - Evans [Products] cars - GA 50' sliding door boxcars with Evans "DF" load restraints.
  In the ORERs, it is not obvious if any cars are leased to the B&M (there is no matching car series in the B&M listing, 1950-1953, and the 1/1953 GAEX listing does not specify any lessees).
  It does not appear that the B&M purchased the cars after the lease expired (assuming the B&M actually leased the cars for the full 10 years)
• Per B&M Annual reports to the ICC, It appears these cars show up in the "Installed during Year" - "Leased from others" - "Used Units" column for 1950

  IN 1951, 10 cars show up in the "Retired from service during year" - "Returned to Lessors" - "Not known to have been permanently withdrawn for sale or demolition" column
  I am speculating (as the numbers match, and there is no other obvious record of their return) they are the same cars, i.e. the lease was terminated after (nominally) 1 year.
  These cars MAY have been re-leased to the PRR - per Han Steenwijk post in https://groups.io/g/BM-RR/message/38850:

  In 1950 the PRR was reported to lease 100 cars, see, for instance Railway Age, May 27, 1950, pp. 51-52) (https://archive.org/details/sim_railway-age_1950-05-27_128_21/page/51/mode/1up).
  (Also note the name of Fairman R. Dick in that article, who was a director of the B&M at the time.)

  But a web page dedicated to the PRR’s GAEX cars (http://prr.railfan.net/freight/classpage.html?class=GAEX), and several other sources as well,
  state that the first batch of GAEX cars covered the 100000-100109 number series. Maybe the balance was made up by the 10 cars the B&M had returned early.

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)

Car Number(s)	Vol	Part	Page	Date	Action	Notes
GAEX 1952	3	6	10R	1950-06-20	Leased from	General American - Evans Co
GAEX 1953	3	6	10R	1950-06-16	Leased from	General American - Evans Co
GAEX 102000	3	7	5L	1950-12	Leased from	General American - Evans Co
GAEX 102001	3	7	5L	1950-12	Leased from	General American - Evans Co
GAEX 102002	3	7	5L	1950-12	Leased from	General American - Evans Co
GAEX 102003	3	7	5L	1950-12	Leased from	General American - Evans Co
GAEX 102004	3	7	5L	1950-12	Leased from	General American - Evans Co
GAEX 102005	3	7	5L	1950-12	Leased from	General American - Evans Co
GAEX 102006	3	7	5L	1950-12	Leased from	General American - Evans Co
GAEX 102007	3	7	5L	1950-12	Leased from	General American - Evans Co

Paint Schemes

References or other data

• Railmodel Journal March 1990, pp44-47 (general article on cars) and pp 48-52 (modeling the cars)
  And Sept 1990, p32 (Reprint of Boston & Maine Railroad Magazine Aug 1950 issue) (see next item)
• Boston & Maine Railroad Magazine Aug 1950 issue, p5
  The B&M magazine indicates the B&M leased 10 cars (for 10 years) about 1950. From the Railmodel Journal article, it seems the cars were numbered with GAEX reporting marks (various number series) and a small "Aluminum Finish" panel (maybe 12" x 30"?), about midway between the reporting marks and the door, on the cars side indicating the leasing RR.
• Wider, Patrick C. "General American GAEX/GARX Leased box Cars" Railway Prototype Cyclopedia #15 pp1-46. Table indicates GAEX 1953 (+ 9 other cars) leased to B&M circa June-July, 1950
• Hawkins, Ed. "Post war 50-ton 50-foot AAR Box Cars" Railmodel Journal Nov 1998, pp16-25 (general article, has info on GAEX cars these are part of
• Maine Central Railroad Magazine Jul 1950 issue, pp 5-6

Photographs

Renumberings/Conversions/Dispositions

Models

Revision History

File History for THIS page

Date	Who	Description
30-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Initial release
04-Jul-2021	KG Akerboom	Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows)
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
13-Feb-2024	KG Akerboom	Added article from Aug-1950 B&MRR magazine
13-Feb-2025	KG Akerboom	Fixed Typos
30-Sep-2025	KG Akerboom	Updated RMJ article info with page numbers
07-Oct-2025	KG Akerboom	Added 2nd RMJ article
15-Jan-2025	KG Akerboom	Added MEC RR Magazine article
17-Jan-2026	KG Akerboom	Added ICC Annual Report info