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Boston & Maine / Boston & Lowell / Boston, Concord & Montreal
(Quebec Ontario & New England Air Line) 4201 Series Line 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

?

ORER data and numbers

ORER Size Data - 1890-1893

Description	8/1886	4/1887
Length	33'	32'-6"
Width
Height
Capacity (Pounds)	30000	30000

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
In Boston & Lowell RR listing, "Southern Division" table
1885 - 06	4201-4240	…	Box, Q.O.&N.E. Air Line ‡
1885 - 07	(same)
1885 - 08	(same)
1885 - 09	(same)
1885 - 10	(same)
1885 - 11	(same)
1885 - 12	(same)
1886 - 01	(same)
1886 - 02	(same)
1886 - 03	(same)
1886 - 04	"	"	B&L, Box, Q.O.&N.E.A.L. (‡ removed)
1886 - 05	(same)
1886 - 06	(same)
1886 - 07	(same)
1886 - 08	(same)
1886 - 09	(same)
1886 - 10	"	40	"
1886 - 11	(same)
1886 - 12	(same)
1887 - 01	(same)
1887 - 02	(same)
1887 - 03	(same)
In Boston & Lowell RR listing, "Cars in Line Service" table
1887 - 04	"	"	Box, B&L, Q.O.&N.E.A.Line
1887 - 05	(same)
1887 - 06	(same)
1887 - 07	(same)
1887 - 08	(same)
1887 - 09	(same)
1887 - 10	(same)
1887 - 11	(same)
1887 - 12	(same)
1888 - 01	(same)
1888 - 02	(same)
1888 - 03	(same)
1888 - 04	(same)
1888 - 05	(same)
1888 - 06	(same)
1888 - 07	(same)
1888 - 08	(same)
1888 - 09	(same)
In "Cars in Line Service" table of "Boston & Maine RR - Lowell System" RR listing
1888 - 10	(same)
1888 - 11	(same)
1888 - 12	(same)
1889 - 01	(same)
1889 - 02	(same)
1889 - 03	(same)
1889 - 04	(same)
1889 - 05	(same)
1889 - 06	(same)
1889 - 07	(same)
1889 - 08	(same)
1889 - 09	(same)
1889 - 10	(same)
1889 - 11	(same)
1889 - 12	(same)
1890 - 01	(same)
1890 - 02	(same)
1890 - 03	(same)
In "Cars in Line Service" section of B&M RR listing
1890 - 04	(same)
1890 - 05	(same)
1890 - 06	(same)
1890 - 07	(same)
1890 - 08	(same)
1890 - 09	(same)
1890 - 10	(same)
1890 - 11	(same)
1890 - 12	(same)
1891 - 01	(same)
1891 - 02	(same)
1891 - 03	(same)
1891 - 04	(same)
1891 - 05	(same)
1891 - 06	(same)
1891 - 07	(same)
1891 - 08	(same)
1891 - 09	"	"	Box, B&M, Can.Pac.Desp.*
1891 - 10	(same)
1891 - 11	(same)
1891 - 12	(same)
1892 - 01	(same)
1892 - 02	"	39	Box, B&M, C.P.D.*
1892 - 03	(same)
1892 - 04	(same)
1892 - 05	(same)
1892 - 06	(same)
1892 - 07	4201-4240	…	Box, B&L, Q.O.&N.E.A.L.
	4201-4240	…	Box, B&L, C.P.D.
	4201-4240	39	Box, B&L, C.P.D.§
1892 - 08	4201-4240	6	Box, B&L, Q.O.&N.E.A.L.
	4201-4240	1	Box, B&L, C.P.D.
	4201-4240	28	Box, B&L, C.P.D.§
1892 - 09	(same) (all 3 rows)
1892 - 10	(same) (all 3 rows)
1892 - 11	4201-4240	2	Box, B&L, Q.O.&N.E.A.L.
	4201-4240	1	Box, B&L, C.P.D.
4201-4240	28	Box, B&L, C.P.D.§
Q.O.&N.E.A.L. line removed
1892 - 12	4201-4240	1	Box, B&M, C.P.D.
	4201-4240	14	Box, B&M, C.P.D.
"First" CPD line removed
1893 - 01	4201-4240	14	Box, B&M, C.P.D.
1893 - 02	(same)
1893 - 03	(same)
1893 - 04	(same)
1893 - 04	(same)
1893 - 05	"	9	"
1893 - 06	(same)
1893 - 07	(same)
1893 - 08	(same)
1893 - 09	(same)
1893 - 10	(same)
1893 - 11	"	2	B&M, C.P.D.
1893 - 12	(same)
1894 - 01	"	"	Box, B&M, N.&C.V. Line [sic?]
1894 - 02	(same)
1894 - 03	(same)
1894 - 04	(same)
1894 - 05	Not listed

ORER Notes

• ‡ - 1886

  Report Mileage to...

• * - 1891-09 thru 1892-06

  Formerly B.&L. Q.O.&N.E.A. Line, and B&L C.P.Despatec [sic]
  ("Despatec" corrected to "Despatch" 1891-10)

• § - 1892-07 thru 1892-10

  Formerly B.&L. Q.O.&N.E.A. Line, and B&L C.P.Despatch

Discussion, General Notes

• I am assuming these are the same cars, (as dimensions & car numbers match) even though the "Line" they are assigned to changed...

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
03-Jan-2020	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
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-Jul-2022	KG Akerboom	Updated per [almost] complete ORER data
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
24-Mar-2023	KG Akerboom	added 1885 ORER data
07-Feb-2025	KG Akerboom	Fixed typos
13-Feb-2025	KG Akerboom	Fixed Typos