early 20th Cen B&O box cars


S hed <shed999@...>
 

Hi Everyone,

I am HO-scale modeler that is focusing on 1919 and I need help identifying some B&O box cars from that year.

I've noticed from my 1919 ORER that the B&O had several identical series of box cars but I have no clue what class cars they are since there doesn't seem to be a handy (and free) resource for me to reference. These series of box cars share the same dimensions and I'm not sure if they are the same class of car or not.

IL -> 36' 0"; IH -> 7' 7¼"; OL -> 36' 11¾"; OH -> 14' 0¾"; DOOR -> 5' 6"; CAPY -> 60,000 LB

In 1919 the B&O and its subsidiaries owned 27,517 box cars and these series of cars made up 55% of the box car fleet. Here are the series of cars (all of them are B&O lettered cars):
65000 to 72699: 1,333 cars (5% of the box car fleet)
75003 to 75998; 195 cars (1%)
77000 to 80385; 443 cars (2%)
81000 to 81009; 10 cars (0%)
81033 to 85997; 1,034 cars (4%)
86000 to 90499; 3,576 cars (13%)
90500 to 92699; 1,370 cars (5%)
93057 to 99999; 6,745 cars (25%)
185650 to 185999; 346 cars (1%; 80,000 LB CAPY)

The subsidiaries that I am including with this list is the B&OCT, Cincy Hamilton & Dayton and the Coal & Coke railroads.

Thanks. Steve Hedlund, Everett, WA

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