The car books were small bound books recording all car purchases only (for 1899-1917 books) and purchases/changes/dispositions (for the 1923-1960 books).
Larger scans are broken into 18-19 MB files for convenience.Scanned/transcribed by Ken Akerboom
Record of freight, passenger, and, sometimes, "Rail Motor Cars" (i.e. EMC and Budd RDC)
Proof-reading has been done on all index files. Errata from the first versions has been highlighted in yellow.Car Acquisition Books (1899-1917)
Purchases onlyPDF index (updated 17-Oct-2020)
Excel Index (updated 17-Oct-2020)
Volume 1 (1899 - 1909, approx)
Part 1 (pp 0 - 25)
Part 2 (pp 26 - 49)
Part 3 (pp 50 - 73)
Part 4 (pp 74 - 97)
Part 5 (pp 98 - 119)
Part 6 (pp 120 - 143)
Part 7 (pp 144 - 165)
Part 8 (pp 166 - 189)
Part 9 (pp 190 - 200)Volume 2 (1909-1917, approx)
Part 1 (pp 0 - 29)
Part 2 (pp 30 - 55)
Part 3 (pp 56 - 81)
Part 4 (pp 82 - 105)
Part 5 (pp 106 - 127)
[rest of pages were blank, and not scanned]Car Books (1923 - 1960)
Include purchases, re-numberings, disposalsCar Books index (Excel) (updated 25-Oct-2020)
Car Books Index (PDF) (updated 25-Oct-2020)
Vol 1 (1923 - 1929, approx.)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6Vol 2 (1929 - 1936, plus random 1944-1953 approx.)
Part 1
Part 2Vol 3 (1944 - 1954, approx.)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10Vol 4 (1954 - 1959, approx.)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9Vol 5 (1959 - 1960, approx.)
Part 1
Part 2
NOTE: Actual freight car pages are included in the appropriate series page(s) in the Freight Car Summary, the links here are for index pages and for buggies [AKA "cabooses"] that don't have a car series for them"1942" book (might be 1943...)
Index, page 1A
Index, page 1B
Index, page 2
Index, page ?2A? [page number cut off]
Index, page 3
p20 (Caboose, 4 wheel, no monitor)
p22 (Caboose, 8 wheel, 5 window narrow monitor)
p23 (Caboose, 8 wheel, 1921 Laconia, original monitor)
p24 (Caboose, 8 wheel, 4 window narrow monitor)
p25 (Caboose, 8 wheel, 1921 Laconia, wide monitor)
p26 (Caboose, all steel, 1932, PRR N5b design)
p27 (Caboose, 8 wheel, wide monitor)
p28 (Caboose, all steel, 1942, NH design)
p29 (Caboose, 8 wheel, rebuilt milk cars)1955 book
Note the "index" pages are a bit muddled, they may be out of order?Cover Page
Cover Page 2
Index, page "0" [not numbered]
Index, Page 1
Index, page 1, marked "Obsolete"
Index, page 1A
Index, page 1B
Index, page 2
Index, page 3
Index, passenger cars, page 0 [not numbered]
Index, passenger cars, page 1
p20 (Caboose, 4 wheel, no monitor)
p21 (Caboose, 4 wheel, with monitor)
p43 (GEX 2000-2007 well flats, similar to B&M 5000 series)
These records (on "Letter" size paper, mostly) record the fates for each individual car. I have yet to do a detailed analysis, but they appear to be initially created in the mid-1920s, and go until about 1960. Again, the scans for the larger classes were broken into parts to fit the 20 MB file size limit. Sometimes more than one list was created for a car series - the "letters" (e.g. "A", "B", etc.) are my "best guess" as to their order of creation.Organization: The original documents are in the B&MRRHS Archives, as item 2004.36.285. They are in 2 boxes (box 1 & 2 :-) and several folders, Each folder is numbered and "named" for the types of cars in the folder (sometimes incorrectly...)
Box 1
Folder 1 - [passenger cars - not scanned]
Folder 2 - [passenger cars - not scanned]
Folder 3 - "Freight Car List (old)"
5000 series flats
5100 series flats
5572 coal (gondola)
5900 series Seley hoppers
6006-7676 Coal (gondola)
7000 series hoppers - "A"
7100 series hoppers - "A"
8000 series hoppers - "A"
8900 series "Hart" gondolas
9000 series "Hart" gondolas
9100 series "Hart" gondolas - "A"
10190 - 12758 Auto + Misc
12007-12758 "Converted to passenger but not renumbered"
12800-13049 + misc to 13400 (Reefer + misc)
13100 series Reefers - "A"
104000 Cabooses - "A"Folder 4 - "Caboose Cars"
103000-103509 - "A"
103000-103509 - "B"
104000-104998 - "B"
C1-C39 - "A"
C1-C49 - "B"Folder 5 - "Coal Cars" (i.e. gondolas and hoppers)
5500-5529 Covered_Hoppers - "A"
7000 series hoppers - "B"
7100 series hoppers - "B"
8000 series hoppers - "B" (Part 1)
8000 series hoppers - "B" (Part 2)
8000 series hoppers - "B" (Part 3)
8000 series hoppers - "C"
9200-9211 Gondolas - "A" (ex-92000 series)
12178-12394 Auto - "B"
21000 series Coal (gondola) - "A"
22000 series Coal (gondola) - "A" (Part 1)
22000 series Coal (gondola) - "A" (Part 2)
23000 series Coal (gondola) - "A" (Part 1)
23000 series Coal (gondola) - "A" (Part 2)
24000 series Coal (gondola) - "A" (Part 1)
24000 series Coal (gondola) - "A" (Part 2)
25397-25874 Flat - "A"
27200-27239 Stock - "A"
29000 series Pulpwood - "A"
29107 Hopper
30015-32994 Flat - "A""30015-32994 Flat - A" Includes:
- 30000 series flat cars (1892-1907)
- 31500 series flat cars (1891)
- 32000 series flat cars (1887-1905)
Folder 6 - "Flat Cars"
33000 series Flat - "A"
33500 series Flat - "A"
33500 series Flat - "B"
33500 series Flat - "C"
39000 series Coal (Gondola) - "A" (Part 1)
39000 series Coal (Gondola) - "A" (Part 2)Folder 7 - "Gondola Cars"
9100 series "Hart" gondolas - "B"
90000 series gondolas - "B" (Part 1)
90000 series gondolas - "B" (Part 2)
92000 series gondolas - "B" (Part 1)
92000 series gondolas - "B" (Part 2)
92000 series gondolas - "B" (Part 3)
92000 series gondolas - "C"
92000 series gondolas - "D"Folder 8 - "Pulpwood, Lumber, Refrigerator"
5200 series Lumber - "A"
13100 series Reefers - "B"
27200 - 27500 series Stock - "B"
29000 series Pulpwood - "B"
WH series Wheel - "A"Box 2
Folder 1 - "Boxcars - 40,000s"
Covers 40200 (ice), 40800 (ice), 41000, 41100, 44000, and 46000 series cars40200-46755 Box
46801-47501 Box
47502-48330 Box
48331-49234 Box
49236-49998 BoxFolder 2 - "Boxcars - 60,000s (built 1906-1910)"
Covers 60000, 64680, 68300 (ex-VV), 68320 (ex-SC) series box cars, also 69999 (ex-B&O) and (2nd) 64680 (ex-P&LE)60000-60682 - "A"
60685-61452 - "A"
61453-62215 - "A"
62218-63055 - "A"
63059-63849 - "A"
63851-64650 - "A"
64651-64999 - "A"
65000-65720 - "A"
65721-66460 - "A"
66461-67195 - "A"
67196-67924 - "A"
67925-68394 - "A"Folder 3 - "Boxcars - 60,000s (built 1908-1909)"
64680-67003 - "B"Folder 4 - "Boxcars - 70,000s (built 1919-1930-1942)"
70000 series - "A"
70000 series - "B"
71000-72020 - "A"
72021-72999 - "A"
73000 series - "A"Folder 5 - "Boxcars - 70,000s (built 1930)"
71000-71402 - "B"
71403-71808 - "B"
71809-72215 - "B"
72216-72616 - "B"
72617-72995 - "B"
71000 + 69999 - "C"Folder 6 - "Boxcars - 80,000s - 90,000s (built 1909-1919-1930-1942)"
[except they are all gondolas!]80000 series gondolas "A" - part 1
80000 series gondolas "A" - part 2
81000 series gondolas "A" - part 1
81000 series gondolas "A" - part 2
90000 series gondolas "A" - part 1
90000 series gondolas "A" - part 2
90000 series gondolas "A" - part 3
92000 series gondolas "A"
List of cars with MTC reporting marks (Excel file)
File History for THIS page Date Who Description 21-Dec-2022 KG Akerboom Initial release - moved over from old site
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