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Boston & Maine 27000 Series Stock Cars

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 Size Data - 1903-1910

Dimensions	4/1903
Length	34 & 35'
Width
Height
Capacity	40000

Has "*" indicating "Air Brakes" (1902-04 thru 1909-06)

ORER Size Data

Description			6/1910	6/1911	3/1914	11/1914	12/1914
M.C.B. Designation						SM	SM
Inside Dimensions	Length			34'	34'	34'	34'
	Width			8'-3"	8'-4"	8'-4"	8'-4"
	Height			7'-6"	6'-10"	6'-10"	6'-10"
Outside Dimensions	Length		34 & 35'	34 & 35'	35'	35'	35'
	Width	At Eaves or top of sides or platform	8'-9"	8'-9"	8'-9"	8'-9"	8'-9"
		Extreme Width
	Height from Rail	To Extreme Width
		To Eaves or top of sides or platform
		To Top of Running Board
		To Extreme Height
Door - Side opening	Width						5'
	Height						7'
Capacity	Cu Ft. Level Full			2103	1936	1936	1936
	Pounds		40000	40000	40000	40000	40000

ORER History

ORER Date (Year-Mo.)	Car Numbers	# of Cars	Description
In "Freight Equipment" table of Boston & Maine RR listing
1900 - 11	27000-27049	23	Stock, 34', new series
1900 - 12	"	24	Stock, 34 and 35', 40000 lbs capacity, new series
1901 - 01	"	35	"
1901 - 02	"	58	"
1901 - 03	"	60	"
1901 - 04	(same)
1901 - 05	(same)
1901 - 06	"	48	"
1901 - 07	(same)
1901 - 08	(same)
1901 - 09	(same)
1901 - 10	(same)
1901 - 11	(same)
1901 - 12	"	"	Stock, 34 and 35', 40000 lbs capacity
1902 - 01	(same)
1902 - 02	(same)
1902 - 03	(same)
1902 - 04	(same)
1902 - 05	(same)
1902 - 06	(same)
1902 - 07	(same)
1902 - 08	(same)
1902 - 09	(same)
1902 - 10	(same)
1902 - 11	(same)
1902 - 12	(same)
1903 - 01	(same)
1903 - 02	(same)
1903 - 03	(same)
1903 - 04	"	"	Stock
1903 - 05	(same)
1903 - 06	(same)
1903 - 07	(same)
1903 - 08	(same)
1903 - 09	(same)
1903 - 10	(same)
1903 - 11	(same)
1903 - 12	(same)
1904 - 01	(same)
1904 - 02	(same)
1904 - 03	(same)
1904 - 04	"	47	"
1904 - 05	(same)
1904 - 06	(same)
1904 - 07	(same)
1904 - 08	(same)
1904 - 09	(same)
1904 - 10	(same)
1904 - 11	(same)
1904 - 12	(same)
1905 - 01	"	46	"
1905 - 02	(same)
1905 - 03	(same)
1905 - 04	(same)
1905 - 05	(same)
1905 - 06	(same)
1905 - 07	(same)
1905 - 08	(same)
1905 - 09	(same)
1905 - 10	(same)
1905 - 11	(same)
1905 - 12	(same)
1906 - 01	(same)
1906 - 02	(same)
1906 - 03	(same)
1906 - 04	(same)
1906 - 05	(same)
1906 - 06	(same)
1906 - 07	(same)
1906 - 08	(same)
1906 - 09	(same)
1906 - 10	(same)
1906 - 11	(same)
1906 - 12	(same)
1907 - 01	"	45	"
1907 - 02	(same)
1907 - 03	(same)
1907 - 04	(same)
1907 - 05	(same)
1907 - 06	"	46	"
1907 - 07	"	48	"
1907 - 08	(same)
1907 - 09	(same)
1907 - 10	(same)
1907 - 11	"	47	"
1907 - 12	(same)
1908 - 01	(same)
1908 - 02	(same)
1908 - 03	(same)
1908 - 04	(same)
1908 - 05	"	44	"
1908 - 06	(same)
1908 - 07	(same)
1908 - 08	(same)
1908 - 09	"	43	"
1908 - 10	(same)
1908 - 11	"	42	"
1908 - 12	(same)
1909 - 01	(same)
1909 - 02	(same)
1909 - 03	(same)
1909 - 04	(same)
1909 - 05	(same)
1909 - 06	(same)
1909 - 07	(same)
1909 - 08	(same)
1909 - 09	(same)
1909 - 10	(same)
1909 - 11	(same)
1909 - 12	(same)
1910 - 01	(same)
1910 - 02	(same)
1910 - 03	(same)
1910 - 04	(same)
1910 - 05	(same)
1910 - 06	(same)
1910 - 07	(same)
1910 - 08	(same)
1910 - 09	(same)
1910 - 10	(same)
1910 - 11	(same)
1910 - 12	(same)
1911 - 01	(same)
1911 - 02	(same)
1911 - 03	"	41	"
1911 - 04	(same)
1911 - 05	(same)
1911 - 06	(same)
1911 - 07	(same)
1911 - 08	(same)
1911 - 09	"	40	"
1911 - 10	(same)
1911 - 11	"	39	"
1911 - 12	(same)
1912 - 01	(same)
1912 - 02	(same)
1912 - 03	(same)
1912 - 04	(same)
1912 - 05	"	38	"
1912 - 06	(same)
1912 - 07	(same)
1912 - 08	"	37	"
1912 - 09	(same)
1912 - 10	(same)
1912 - 11	(same)
1912 - 12	(same)
1913 - 01	"	36	"
1913 - 02	(same)
1913 - 03	(same)
1913 - 04	(same)
1913 - 05	(same)
1913 - 06	(same)
1913 - 07	(same)
1913 - 08	(same)
1913 - 09	(same)
1913 - 10	"	35	"
1913 - 11	(same)
1913 - 12	(same)
1914 - 01	(same)
1914 - 02	(same)
1914 - 03	"	37	"
1914 - 04	(same)
1914 - 05	(same)
1914 - 06	(same)
1914 - 07	(same)
1914 - 08	(same)
1914 - 09	(same)
1914 - 10	(same)
1914 - 11	"	36	"
1914 - 12	(same)
1915 - 01	(same)
1915 - 02	(same)
1915 - 03	(same)
1915 - 04	(same)
1915 - 05	(same)
1915 - 06	(same)
1915 - 07	(same)
1915 - 08	(same)
1915 - 09	(same)
1915 - 10	"	35	"
1915 - 11	(same)
1915 - 12	"	34	"
1916 - 01	(same)
1916 - 02	(same)
1916 - 03	"	29	"
1916 - 04	(same)
1916 - 05	(same)
1916 - 06	(same)
1916 - 07	(same)
1916 - 08	(same)
1916 - 09	(same)
1916 - 10	"	28	"
1916 - 11	(same)
1916 - 12	(same)
1917 - 01	(same)
1917 - 02	(same)
1917 - 03	"	29	"
1917 - 04	"	27	"
1917 - 05	"	26	"
1917 - 06	(same)
1917 - 07	(same)
1917 - 08	(same)
1917 - 09	"	24	"
1917 - 10	(same)
1917 - 11	(same)
1917 - 12	(same)
1918 - 01	"	23	"
1918 - 02	(same)
1918 - 03	(same)
1918 - 04	(same)
1918 - 05	(same)
1918 - 06	(same)
1918 - 07	"	22	"
1918 - 08	(same)
1918 - 09	(same)
1918 - 10	(same)
1918 - 11	(same)
1918 - 12	"	21	"
1919 - 01	"	20	"
1919 - 02	(same)
1919 - 03	(same)
1919 - 04	(same)
1919 - 05	"	19	"
1919 - 06	(same)
1919 - 07	(same)
1919 - 08	(same)
1919 - 09	(same)
1919 - 10	(same)
1919 - 11	(same)
1919 - 12	(same)
1920 - 01	(same)
1920 - 02	"	18	"
1920 - 03	(same)
1920 - 04	(same)
1920 - 05	(same)
1920 - 06	"	17	"
1920 - 07	(same)
1920 - 08	"	16	"
1920 - 09	(same)
1920 - 10	"	15	"
1920 - 11	(same)
1920 - 12	(same)
1921 - 01	(same)
1921 - 02	"	14	"
1921 - 03	(same)
1921 - 04	"	12	"
1921 - 05	27003-27049	10	"
1921 - 06	(same)
1921 - 07	"	9	"
1921 - 08	"	8	"
1921 - 09	(same)
1921 - 10	27012-27049	7	"
1921 - 11	(same)
1921 - 12	(same)
1922 - 01	"	6	"
1922 - 02	27014-27049	5	"
1922 - 03	(same)
1922 - 04	(same)
1922 - 05	(same)
1922 - 06	(same)
1922 - 07	(same)
1922 - 08	27014-27038	4	"
1922 - 09	(same)
1922 - 10	(same)
1922 - 11	(same)
1922 - 12	(same)
1923 - 01	"	3	"
1923 - 02	(same)
1923 - 03	(same)
1923 - 04	(same)
1923 - 05	(same)
1923 - 06	(same)
1923 - 07	(same)
1923 - 08	(same)
1923 - 09	(same)
1923 - 10	(same)
1923 - 11	(same)
1923 - 12	(same)
1924 - 01	(same)
1924 - 02	"	2	"
1924 - 03	(same)
1924 - 04	(same)
1924 - 05	27014, 27032	"	"
1924 - 06	27032	1	"
1924 - 07	(same)
1924 - 08	(same)
1924 - 09	(same)
1924 - 10	(same)
1924 - 11	(same)
1924 - 12	(same)
1925 - 01	(same)
1925 - 02	Not listed

ORER Notes

Discussion, General Notes

• I believe these are (partly, if not entirely) existing cars (4000 series, FRR cars) being renumbered into a new series
• B&MRRHS 1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Book No. 1 (Reprint of B&M lettering diagrams)

  Note the "Book page number" below refers to the page number in the B&MRRHS book.
  As the B&MRRHS book's pages are NOT numbered, "1" is the first page with an actual diagram! (NOT the title pages or index pages)
  "U" = upper diagram on that page, "L" = lower diagram

  The "Diagram number" refers to the circled number (lower right corner) in each diagram (the original page number)

  Book page #	16 - L
  B&M Diagram #	30
  Diagram Date	1907
  Color on Diagram	Brown
  Notes on Diagram
  Datum	1900 Index	1907 Index
  Class of car	Stock Car	Stock Car
  Length	34'	34'-35'
  Capacity	40,000	40,000
  Car Numbers	27000-27049	27000-27049
  Page [original]	30	30

Car Book and/or Car Disposition Data

Acquisition Books (1898 - 1917 only)

Volume number refers original book number
Page numbers refer to numbers on pages in original book, NOT to pages in PDF file(s)
Dates refer to first/last dates expenses were recorded in the acquisition book, NOT to car delivery dates

Car Number(s)	Vol	Page	First Date	Last Date	Builder	$ / Car	Notes
27018, 27032	1	143	1907-04	-	?	$350	Bought from Union Tank Line, theur #2 and #4

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	Location	New #	Notes
27029	1	1	8	1922-11-25	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	27000	BM-27	186	Stock - Single deck	1889	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	27001	BM-27	188	Stock - Single deck	1891	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	27002	BM-27	190	Stock - Single deck	pre-1888	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	27003	BM-27	191	Stock - Single deck	1892	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27007	BM-27	195	Stock - Single deck	pre-1887	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	27009	BM-27	189	Stock - Single deck	1891	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	27010	BM-27	192	Stock - Single deck	1892	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27011	BM-27	196	Stock - Single deck	1890	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	27012	BM-27	193	Stock - Single deck	1892	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27014	BM-27	194	Stock - Single deck	1892	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27016	BM-27	187	Stock - Single deck	1889	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	27017 [sic-1st?]	BM-27	197	Stock - Single deck	pre-1896	[N/A]	50	wood	wood
B&M	27017 [sic-2nd?]	BM-27	198	Stock - Single deck	1907	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	27019	BM-27	199	Stock - Single deck	1891	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27020	BM-27	200	Stock - Single deck	1891	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27021	BM-27	201	Stock - Single deck	1891	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27022	BM-27	202	Stock - Single deck	1891	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27023	BM-27	203	Stock - Single deck	1891	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27025	BM-27	204	Stock - Single deck	1892	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27026	BM-27	205	Stock - Single deck	1892	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27028-27031	BM-27	206	Stock - Single deck	1892	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27032	BM-27	208	Stock - Single deck	pre-1907	[N/A]	40	wood	wood
B&M	27034-27042	BM-27	207	Stock - Single deck	1892	Fitchburg	40	wood	wood
B&M	27046	BM-27	209	Stock - Single deck	1890	[N/A]	50	wood	wood
B&M	27048	BM-27	211	Stock - Single deck	1893	[N/A]	50	wood	wood
B&M	27049	BM-27	210	Stock - Single deck	1890	[N/A]	50	wood	wood

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
31-Dec-2019	KG Akerboom	Initial release
22-Mar-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 19 more ORERs
04-Apr-2020	KG Akerboom	Re-did references/photos section
05-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Moved ORER notes into separate section
15-May-2020	KG Akerboom	Added data from 4 more ORERs (1911,1919,1921,1931)
28-May-2020	KG Akerboom	updated 10/1919
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)
17-Oct-2020	KG Akerboom	Added Car Book Data
28-Jan-2021	KG Akerboom	Added info from "1900-1907 Freight Car Lettering Diagrams" book
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)
22-Jan-2022	KG Akerboom	Added ICC Valuation data
12-Aug-2022	KG Akerboom	Updated per [almost] complete ORER data
04-Jan-2023	KG Akerboom	Fixed headers and footers...hopefully
28-May-2023	KG Akerboom	Back-filled 1900 data