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Does one exist?
Does one exist?
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Spec Value Builder International Steel (1954 annual report says Concord, NH shops?)
(NOT the same as International Car Co, who mostly built cabooses)Lot # Car Numbers CIX: #101-106
B&M: #5400-5411Quantity CIX: 6
B&M: 12Build Date 1954 AAR class LP Lt Weight 48,000 (average) Description Steel Bulkhead flatcars with inward sloping floors for pulpwood loading Cubic Cap'y 23 cords (approx) Floor "Retractagrid" 11⅜" slope downward from side of car to centerline Bolster Symington pattern BO-5297 Trucks CSS side frames Journals 5½" x 10" (110,000 nominal capacity) Side Bearings Stucki roller #656-C Springs AAR D-2 with Miner snubber Wheels 33" one wear wrought steel Air Brake AB with 10" x 12" cylinder Center Sills Fabricated Coupler AAR type E bottom operated Coupler Yoke AAT[sic - AAR?] Commonwealth key yoke Draft Gear Miner A-22-XB Brake Beam AAR #3
ORER Size Data Description 1/1955 AAR Mechanical Designation LP Inside
DimensionsLength 45'-9" Width 9'-2" Height 8'-2" Outside
DimensionsLength 50' Width At Eaves or top of sides or platform 9'-4" Extreme Width 10' Height
from
RailTo Extreme Width 3'-4" To Eaves or top of sides or platform 12'-5" To Top of Running Board To Extreme Height 12'-9" Door - Side
openingWidth Height Capacity Cu Ft. Level Full Pounds 100000
ORER History ORER Date
(Year-Mo.)Car
Numbers# of
CarsDescription 1955 - 01 5400-5411 12 Pulpwood, Steel 1955 - 04 (same) 1955 - 07 (same) 1955 - 10 (same) 1956 - 01 (same) 1956 - 04 (same) 1956 - 07 (same) 1956 - 10 (same) 1957 - 01 (same) 1957 - 04 (same) 1957 - 07 (same) 1957 - 10 (same) 1958 - 01 (same) 1958 - 04 (same) 1958 - 07 (same) 1958 - 10 (same) 1959 - 01 (same) 1959 - 04 (same) 1959 - 07 (same) 1959 - 10 (same) 1960 - 01 (same) 1960 - 04 (same) 1960 - 07 Not listed
- Another series of cars (2nd I've found) that had no attrition.
- "V-floor" steel pulpwood racks
- Per Tim Gilbert
In 1954, the Champion International mill in Haverhill, MA began to receive pulpwood from a debarking operation in Bow, NH. For this service, the B&M purchased 12 bulkhead flats (BM #5400-5411) especially built for pulpwood loading by International Steel Co. At the same time, Champion acquired another 6 cars (CIX #101-106) of the exact same design.These cars were acquired for an specific purpose. When the need to serve that purpose ended around 1958, all eighteen cars were sold to the Maine Central and numbered in their #7669[7660]-7677 series. The CIX cars on October 13, 1958 and the B&M cars on February 18, 1960. The #5400s were the only bulhead flats that the B&M ever owned which were designed to carry pulpwood. The other bulhead flats that the B&M had were designed to carry gypsum board out of Newington, NH. These included the #5300-5309 series converted from #33500 flatcars in 1953 and the #5320-5339 series[built new as or] converted from the PS-5s purchased in 1957.
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 Location Notes 5400 4 1 4R 1954-11-30 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5401 4 1 4R 1954-11-30 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5402 4 1 4R 1954-11-30 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5403 4 1 5L 1954-12-01 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5404 4 1 5L 1954-12-01 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5405 4 1 5L 1954-12-01 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5406 4 1 5L 1954-12-03 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5407 4 1 5L 1954-12-03 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5408 4 1 5L 1954-12-03 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5409 4 1 5L 1954-12-08 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5410 4 1 5L 1954-12-08 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639) 5411 4 1 5L 1954-12-08 Built new Concord 5 2 8R 1960-02-09 Sold to MEC (SO 3639)
Page Car # Photo Date
yr-mo-dayVisible? Markings Paint
SchemeHerald Notes 
B&MRRHS Modelers Notes Issue No. included in "page" column No.90 p1 CIL 103 p B CIL sister to B&M cars No.90 p2 CIL 103 X X CIL sister to B&M cars 1954 B&M Annual report (available at B&MRRHS web site) 36 / inside rear cover 5405 ca 1954 X X Only known photo of one of the B&M cars, somewhat blurry?
Is that the "different" B&M herald applied to these cars, on bulkhead on car to its right?B&M RR Magazine Jan-Feb, 1955 (vol 23 No. 1) p8 CIL 103 1954? X X original CIL 2 (or 3?) CIL cars, article on both series
Per Tim Gilbert
Date Quantity New Numbers Description 1958 6 (CIX cars) MEC 7660-7677 Sold to MEC 1960 12 (B&M cars) MEC 7660-7677 Sold to MEC
Per B&MRRHS Modelers Notes #87 (Nov-Dec 2003) the "new" (at that time) Walthers #932-5780 cars are "very close"
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 30-May-2020 KG Akerboom Added B&M RR [Employees] Magazine photos 21-Jul-2020 KG Akerboom "Photos" table - changed "vertical" text to PNG of "sideways" text; added "Markings" columns 07- thru
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