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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
• 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

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ORER data and numbers

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
in "Freight Equipment" table of B&M RR listing
1913 - 07	0300-0499	24	Cinder
1913 - 08	"	26	"
1913 - 09	"	35	"
1913 - 10	"	98	"
1913 - 11	"	111	"
1913 - 12	"	114	"
1914 - 01	"	125	"
1914 - 02	"	151	"
1914 - 03	"	164	"
1914 - 04	"	166	"
1914 - 05	(same)
1914 - 06	0300-0599	179	"
1914 - 07	0300-0699	268	"
1914 - 08	"	362	"
1914 - 09	0300-0799	383	"
Moved to "Miscellaneous Equipment" table
1914 - 10	"	394	"
1914 - 11	"	398	"
1914 - 12	"	401	"
1915 - 01	"	407	"
1915 - 02	0200-0799	415	"
1915 - 03	"	439	"
1915 - 04	"	444	"
1915 - 05	"	453	"
1915 - 06	"	457	"
1915 - 07	"	454	"
1915 - 08	"	499	"
1915 - 09	"	498	"
1915 - 10	"	497	"
1915 - 11	"	507	"
1915 - 12	"	504	"
1916 - 01	(same)
1916 - 02	"	501	"
1916 - 03	"	498	"
1916 - 04	"	516	"
1916 - 05	"	517	"
1916 - 06	"	515	"
1916 - 07	"	509	"
1916 - 08	"	503	"
1916 - 09	(same)
1916 - 10	"	501	"
1916 - 11	(same)
1916 - 12	"	500	"
1917 - 01	"	493	"
1917 - 02	"	490	"
1917 - 03	"	487	Cinder (Note 4)
1917 - 04	"	492	"
1917 - 05	"	490	"
1917 - 06	"	487	"
1917 - 07	(same)
1917 - 08	"	484	"
1917 - 09	"	481	"
1917 - 10	"	481	"
1917 - 11	"	478	"
1917 - 12	"	475	"
1918 - 01	"	471	"
1918 - 02	"	470	"
1918 - 03	"	468	"
1918 - 04	"	467	"
1918 - 05	"	466	"
1918 - 06	"	465	"
1918 - 07	(same)
1918 - 08	"	464	"
1918 - 09	(same)
1918 - 10	"	463	"
1918 - 11	"	462	"
1918 - 12	"	461	"
1919 - 01	"	459	"
1919 - 02	(same)
1919 - 03	(same)
1919 - 04	"	457	"
1919 - 05	"	456	"
1919 - 06	(same)
1919 - 07	(same)
1919 - 08	"	455	"
1919 - 09	(same)
1919 - 10	(same)
1919 - 11	(same)
1919 - 12	"	454	"
1920 - 01	(same)
1920 - 02	"	432	"
1920 - 03	(same)
1920 - 04	"	452	"
1920 - 05	"	450	"
1920 - 06	"	445	"
1920 - 07	(same)
1920 - 08	0200-0727	440	"
1920 - 09	"	432	"
1920 - 10	"	?	"
1920 - 11	"	424	"
1920 - 12	"	433	"
1921 - 01	0200-0739	432	"
1921 - 02	"	430	"
1921 - 03	"	422	"
1921 - 04	"	415	"
1921 - 05	"	404	"
1921 - 06	0200-0839	397	"
1921 - 07	0200-0843	401	"
1921 - 08	0200-0863	413	"
1921 - 09	"	434	"
1921 - 10	"	430	"
1921 - 11	"	?	"
1921 - 12	0200-0864	414	"
1922 - 01	"	393	"
1922 - 02	0201-0864	384	"
1922 - 03	"	390	"
1922 - 04	"	389	"
1922 - 05	"	399	"
1922 - 06	"	398	"
1922 - 07	"	397	"
1922 - 08	"	392	"
1922 - 09	"	388	"
1922 - 10	0201-0865	386	"
1922 - 11	"	399	"
1922 - 12	"	403	Cinder ["Note 4" removed]
1923 - 01	"	398	"
1923 - 02	"	392	"
1923 - 03	(same)
1923 - 04	(same)
1923 - 05	"	391	"
1923 - 06	"	390	"
1923 - 07	"	385	"
1923 - 08	"	391	"
1923 - 09	0200-0865	375	"
1923 - 10	"	385	"
1923 - 11	"	389	"
1923 - 12	"	390	"
1924 - 01	"	395	"
1924 - 02	"	409	"
1924 - 03	"	411	"
1924 - 04	"	413	"
1924 - 05	"	361	"
1924 - 06	"	340	"
1924 - 07	"	334	"
1924 - 08	"	329	"
1924 - 09	"	326	"
1924 - 10	"	320	"
1924 - 11	"	321	"
1924 - 12	"	320	"
1925 - 01	"	313	"
1925 - 02	"	299	"
1925 - 03	"	292	"
1925 - 04	"	288	"
1925 - 05	"	284	"
1925 - 06	"	298	"
1925 - 07	0200-0895	282	"
1925 - 08	"	253	"
1925 - 09	0200-0905	241	"
1925 - 10	"	233	"
1925 - 11	"	214	"
1925 - 12	"	198	"
1926 - 01	"	203	"
1926 - 02	"	168	"
1926 - 03	(same)
1926 - 04	"	169	"
1926 - 05	0201-0905	"	"
1926 - 06	(same)
1926 - 07	(same)
1926 - 08	"	167	"
1926 - 09	(same)
1926 - 10	"	165	"
1926 - 11	"	193	"
1926 - 12	"	206	"
1927 - 01	"	213	"
1927 - 02	"	204	"
1927 - 03	0201-0799	152	"
1927 - 04	(same)
1927 - 05	"	145	"
1927 - 06	(same)
1927 - 07	(same)
1927 - 08	"	139	"
1927 - 09	"	136	"
1927 - 10	(same)
1927 - 11	"	133	"
1927 - 12	(same)
1928 - 01	"	131	"
1928 - 02	"	116	"
1928 - 03	(same)
1928 - 04	"	114	"
1928 - 05	"	112	"
1928 - 06	(same)
1928 - 07	"	110	"
1928 - 08	"	109	"
1928 - 09	(same)
1928 - 10	"	107	"
1928 - 11	"	100	"
1928 - 12	0202-0799	94	"
1929 - 01	"	93	"
1929 - 02	"	87	"
1929 - 03	"	82	"
1929 - 04	"	81	"
1929 - 05	(same)
1929 - 06	"	75	"
1929 - 07	"	70	"
1929 - 08	"	61	"
1929 - 09	0202-0795	56	"
1929 - 10	"	52	"
1929 - 11	(same)
1929 - 12	"	49	"
1930 - 01	"	45	"
1930 - 02	"	44	"
1930 - 03	"	42	"
1930 - 04	(same)
1930 - 05	0200-0795	44	"
1930 - 06	"	41	"
1930 - 07	(same)
1930 - 08	(same)
1930 - 09	(same)
1930 - 10	(same)
1930 - 11	(same)
1930 - 12	"	40	"
1931 - 01	(same)
1931 - 02	(same)
1931 - 03	(same)
1931 - 04	(same)
1931 - 05	(same)
1931 - 06	(same)
1931 - 07	(same)
1931 - 08	"	34	"
1931 - 09	(same)
1931 - 10	(same)
1931 - 11	(same)
1931 - 12	(same)
1932 - 01	(same)
1932 - 02	(same)
1932 - 03	(same)
1932 - 04	(same)
1932 - 05	(same)
1932 - 06	(same)
Switch to Bi-monthly
1932 - 07	(same)
1932 - 09	[no changes noted]
1932 - 11	[no changes noted]
1933 - 01	[no changes noted]
1933 - 03	[no changes noted]
1933 - 05	[no changes noted]
1933 - 07	"	31	"
1933 - 09	[no changes noted]
1933 - 11	[no changes noted]
1934 - 01	[no changes noted]
1934 - 03	[no changes noted]
1934 - 05	[no changes noted]
1934 - 07	(same)
1934 - 09	[no changes noted]
1934 - 11	[no changes noted]
1935 - 01	[no changes noted]
1935 - 03	[no changes noted]
1935 - 05	[no changes noted]
1935 - 07	"	44	"
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	Not listed (no "Misc. Equipment" section listed at all)

ORER Notes

Note 4 (3/1917 - 11/1922)

Numbers [see list below, only cars in this series shown in table] capacity raised to 60000 pounds.

Car No	First Listed	Last Listed
0297	6/1917	4/1921
0364	7/1917	4/1921
0479	3/1917	11/1922 (Note 4 removed entirely in 12/1922)
0642	7/1917	8/1920

Discussion, General Notes

• From the car disposition data, it appears many (most? all?) of these cars are retired gondola / "coal" cars re-purposed for carrying cinders.

Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data

Car Books (1923-06 thru 1936-10, then 1944-05 thru 1960-03)

NOTE: Many (if not all) cars in this series were renumbered from other series (typically gondolas). If there is record of that renumbering, any subsequent info from the cars books is in the original number series.
Also - if no "car type" is listed, I am ASSUMING they were cinder cars - which may (or may not) be true.

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	Vol	Part	Page	Date	Action	Location	Car Type	Notes
0300	1	4	1	1926-01-19	Destroyed
0300	3	4	7R	1948-06-10	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0301	3	1	5R	1945-09-14	Destroyed	E. Deerfield	Cinder
0302	3	1	5L	1945-08-08	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0303	3	2	2L	1946-10-31	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0304	3	1	5L	1945-08-08	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0305	3	1	10R	1946-07-31	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0306	3	1	4R	1945-07-07	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0307	3	3	3L	1947-05-24	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0308	3	2	4L	1946-11-09	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0309	3	1	6R	1945-11-14	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0310	3	1	10R	1946-07-31	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0311	3	1	5L	1945-08-07	Destroyed	E. Deerfield	Cinder
0314	3	2	6R	1946-12-07	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0315	3	1	1L	1944-12-22	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0316	3	1	4R	1945-07-27	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0317	2	2	2	1936-07-27	Destroyed
0317	3	1	5R	1945-08-08	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0318	3	2	2L	1946-10-31	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0319	3	1	3R	1945-06-21	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0320	3	5	9R	1949-06-10	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0321	3	1	4R	1945-07-27	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0323	3	3	3L	1947-05-24	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0324	3	2	6R	1946-12-07	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0325	3	1	5R	1945-08-08	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0326	1	3	10	1925-11-13	Destroyed
0326	3	1	6L	1945-09-21	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0327	4	5	9L	1956-10	Destroyed		Cinder	No longer in existance, auth #850
0328	4	5	9L	1956-10	Destroyed		Cinder	No longer in existance, auth #850
0329	3	1	10R	1946-07-31	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0331	2	1	8	1936-06-19	Destroyed
0333	3	1	5R	1945-08-08	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0334	3	2	9R	1947-01-30	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0335	3	2	9R	1947-01-30	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0336	3	1	10R	1946-07-31	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0337	1	5	4	1928-05-14	Destroyed
0337	3	5	9R	1949-06-10	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0338	3	8	11R	1952-12-24	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0339	3	1	1L	1944-12-22	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0340	3	2	6R	1946-12-07	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0341	3	1	10R	1946-07-31	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0342	3	3	6R	1947-08-11	Destroyed	Concord	Cinder
0342	2	2	5	1947-08-11	Destroyed
0343	3	1	5R	1945-08-18	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0344	1	3	3	1924-11-10	Destroyed	Concord
0344	3	1	6R	1945-11-14	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0345	3	5	9R	1949-06-23	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0346	3	2	9R	1947-01-30	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0347	3	2	2L	1946-09-30	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0349	3	1	10R	1946-07-31	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0350	1	4	1	1926-01-19	Destroyed
0350	3	2	2L	1946-09-30	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0351	1	3	6	1924-12-09	Destroyed
0351	3	3	6R	1947-08-06	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0352	3	2	2L	1946-10-12	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0355	1	3	6	1924-12-04	Destroyed
0357	3	5	2L	1948-11-24	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0362	3	1	10R	1946-07-31	Destroyed	Billerica	Cinder
0368	1	3	10	1925-11-11	Destroyed
0385	4	5	9L	1956-10	Destroyed		Cinder	No longer in existance, auth #850
0389	1	4	1	1926-01-19	Destroyed
0396	1	4	8	1927-03-02	Destroyed		cinder
0415	4	5	9L	1956-10	Destroyed		Cinder	No longer in existance, auth #850
0425	1	3	10	1925-11-12	Destroyed
0434	1	3	9	1925-05-04	Destroyed
0438	1	3	3	1924-11-10	Destroyed	Concord
0442	1	1	2	1923-09-19	Destroyed
0445	1	2	11	1924-12-17	Destroyed	Hooksett
0448	1	3	3	1924-11-11	Destroyed	Concord
0455	1	3	3	1924-11-10	Destroyed	Concord
0477	1	3	10	1925-11-11	Destroyed
0490	1	4	8	1927-03-02	Destroyed		cinder
0539	1	2	3	1924-12-22	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "S"??
0554	4	5	9L	1956-10	Destroyed		Cinder	No longer in existance, auth #850
0566	1	2	2	1924-12-04	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0569	1	2	2	1924-03-11	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "C"??
0579	2	1	4	1934-02-14	Destroyed
0581	2	2	1	1936-07-17	Destroyed
0588	1	2	2	1924-12-09	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0596	1	5	5	1928-06-15	Destroyed
0611	1	2	2	1924-12-09	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0624	1	3	8	1925-04-09	Destroyed
0647	1	3	9	1925-05-04	Destroyed
0648	1	5	7	1928-10-18	Destroyed
0658	1	4	1	1926-01-27	Destroyed
0665	3	1	2L	1945-03-26	Destroyed	Concord	Cinder
0679	1	2	2	1922-11-10	Destroyed
0696	1	3	8	1925-04-09	Destroyed
0705	1	4	3	1926-08-09	Destroyed
0714	1	2	2	1924-12-04	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0715	4	5	9L	1956-10	Destroyed		Cinder	No longer in existance, auth #850
0716	1	4	10	1927-11-17	Destroyed
0717	1	2	2	1925-01-12	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0720	1	2	2	1924-11-26	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0721	1	2	2	1924-03-11	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "C"??
0722	1	2	2	1924-12-08	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0723	1	4	3	1926-08-09	Destroyed
0724	1	4	10	1927-11-16	Destroyed
0725	1	2	2	1925-01-12	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0726	1	2	2	1924-03-11	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "C"??
0750	1	2	2	1924-11-24	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0752	1	2	2	1924-12-03	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0753	1	2	2	1924-03-05	Destroyed
0754	1	2	3	1924-12-05	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0755	1	2	3	1924-03-11	Destroyed
0756	1	2	3	1924-10-08	Destroyed
0779	2	1	2	1929-12-26	Destroyed	Plymouth		by ?J G Ayers?
0809	1	2	1	1924-12-05	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0812	1	2	1	1924-11-25	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "H"??
0820	1	2	1	1924-03-11	Destroyed			car number suffixed with "C"??
0849	1	4	10	1927-10-24	Destroyed

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
B&M	0300-0598	BM-57	2	Cinder	[N/A]	B&M converted	[N/A]	wood	[N/A]	coal car type, 285 cars
B&M	0305-0312	BM-56	1	Scrap	[N/A]	B&M converted	[N/A]	wood	wood	Gondola type, 8 cars
B&L	0599-0682	[BL10]	7	Cinder	[N/A]	B&M converted	60	wood	wood	45 cars
B&L	0609-0685	[BL10]	8	Cinder	[N/A]	B&M converted	40	wood	wood	34 cars

Technically the 0305-0312 should be on a separate page, but they are in this number series
Note also that there are 3 series of "cinder" cars that are in different number series / car types:

"Owning" RR	Car # / Range	Val Sheet #	Index on Page	Car Type	Built Date	Builder	Capy	Underframe	Body	Notes
B&M	3521-3563	BM-57	3	Cinder	[N/A]	B&M converted	[N/A]	wood	wood	coal car type, 3 cars
B&M	3523-3592	BM-57	4	Cinder	[N/A]	B&M converted	[N/A]	wood	wood	Box car type, 23 cars
B&M	3588-3591	BM-57	5	Cinder	[N/A]	B&M converted	[N/A]	wood	wood	Flat Car, 2 cars

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
12-Apr-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 19 more ORERs
05-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Moved ORER notes into separate section
07-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Reformatted "60,000 lb capacity" table
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)
28-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added Car Book Data
10-Apr-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from 47 more ORERs 1903 thru 1917
04-Jul-2021	KG Akerboom	Reorganized Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data (Car # to 1st column, 2nd/other changes to new rows)
21-Oct-2021	KG Akerboom	Added remaining 7/1928 - 10/1947 ORERs
15-Feb-2022	KG Akerboom	Added ICC Valuation data
09-Sep-2022	KG Akerboom	Updated per [almost] complete ORER data
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
25-Feb-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed link to scanned data (car books)
05-Mar-2023	KG Akerboom	Changed date of number series change to 1914-09