Saturday, October 13, 2007

Boston & Maine Freight Equipment

76079 Boston & Maine 40’ steel box car PS-1. Built March 1957 by Pullman-Std., purchased 1997 from Guilford

77843 Boston & Maine 50’ steel box car PS-1 (single door each side). Built July 1957 by Pullman-Std., purchased 1997 from Guilford

70466 Boston & Maine (ex-Norton 374) 40’ wood box car, double sheathed, USRA original. Built 1919

71870 Boston & Maine (ex-Norton 319) 40’ wood box car, outside braced, AAR type. Built 1930 by Std. Steel Car Co.

72480 Boston & Maine (ex-Norton 323) 40’ wood box car, outside braced, AAR type. Built 1930 by Std. Steel Car Co.

W-610 Boston & Maine 41’ drop-bottom steel gondola, built by Bethlehem Steel in January 1942, purchased 1997 from Guilford (originally 92000-series). Formerly B&M 92788, currently lettered Naugatuck Railroad, used in MofW service.


Boxcars listed as former “Norton Company” cars were used in interplant service by Norton Abrasives of Worcester, Mass., and were donated to CVRM/RMNE in 1979-80. They were acquired second-hand by Norton.