The Algoma Eastern Railway Alltime Roster

Part 1: Locomotives                                                Part 2: Freight Cars                                         Part 3: Passenger Cars

Most of the freight car information following is from the Official Railway Equipment Registers of 1915 (Nov. 1914), 1919 , 1920 (Nov. 1919), 1922 (Jan.), 1925 (Aug 1924), 1926 (Jul.), 1930 (Dec 1929 and Mar. 1930) and 1934 (Jul).  The effective dates are shown in brackets.  ORER information is courtesy of Dale Wilson. Little is known of either the builders or acquisition dats of most of the freight equipment.  To our knowledge, no drawings have ever appeared in any of the modeling magazines of any of this equipment.

Algoma Eastern Railway Freight Rolling Stock Roster Type MCB  Class Numbers Length Width Height Capacity Builder Date  Built Acquired Remarks Boxcar XM 301 - 350 34' 2" 8' 10" 12 80,000 lbs       #300 renumbered from #3411 - #3425 series between Dec.1914 - 1919.  Disposed of between Dec. 1919 and Jan. 1922. Boxcar XM 301 - 350 36' 8" 9' 1½" 13' 4" 80,000 lbs       #301 left in Nov. 1914.  Disposed of between Dec 1919 and Jan. 1922 Boxcar XM 3411 - 3425 34' 2" 8' 10" 12' 50,000 lbs       1 left in Nov 1914.  Renumbered to #300. Boxcar (Steel Frame) XM 351 - 375 36' 8" 9' 8" 12' 7½" 80,000 lbs CCF 1912   18 left in Jan. 1922. 18 left in Mar. 1930 to CPR. 4 left by Jul. 1934.  Flatcar, Wood, Permanent End Racks FM 601 - 648 40' 10' 4' 80,000 lbs       #601 - #607 by Nov. 1914,  48 cars by Nov. 1919.  36 left in Jan. 1922.  40 in Aug. 1924.  31 left in Mar. 1930 to CPR.  25 left by Jul. 1934 Flatcar Wooden, No End Racks FM 602, 614, 620,  622, 623, 626, 638, 641 40' 10' 4' 80,000 lbs       First shown separately from #601 - 648 in 1930 ORER (Dec. 1929).  8 cars in Mar. 1930 to CPR  #602, 622, 626 & 638 left in Jul. 1934. Flatcar, Wooden FM 701 - 756 40' 10'   80,000 lbs       2 in Nov. 1914.  39 in 1919.  38 left in Jan. 1922.  #728 left in Aug. 1924.  Disposed of between Jul. 1926 and Jan. 1930 Flatcar FM 801 40' 10"   80,000 lbs       Acquired between Dec. 1914 and Nov. 1919.  Disposed of between Dec.1919 and Jan. 1922. Flatcar, Steel Underframe, Permanent End Racks FM 901 - 924 40 8' 11" 4' 3" 80,000 lbs       24 in Nov. 1914.  22 left in Jan. 1922.  22 left in Jul. 1926.  18 left in Mar. 1930 to CPR  1 left by July 1934. Flatcar, Steel Underframe, No End Racks FM 908, 909, 910, 914, 924 40' 8' 11' 4' 3" 80,000 lbs       First shown separately from #901 - 924 in ORER in 1930 (Dec. 1929).  4 cars in Mar. 1930 to CPR  #914 & #924 left in Jul.1934.. Flatcar FM 1001 - 1100 40' 10'   80,000 lbs       42 left in Nov. 1914. All disposed by 1919. Flatcar FM 1106 - 1319 40' 10'   80,000 lbs       49 left in Nov. 1919,  #1208, 1221, 1223, 1225, 1263,  1268,1274, 1280, 1303, 1309 and 1319 left in Nov. 1919. Disposed of between Dec. 1919 and Jan. 1922 Flatcar FM 1804 - 1828 40' 10"   80,000 lbs       5 left in Nov. 1914, #1809 & #1828 left in Nov. 1919. Disposed of between Dec. 1919 and Jan. 1922 Flatcar FM 2037 34' 9' 5"   40,000 lbs       Disposed of by 1919. Gondola, Steel GA 2301 - 2370 38' 9" 9' 6" 8' 11" 100,000 lbs       70 in Nov 1914.  69 in Nov. 1919. 25 disposed of between Aug. 1924 and Jul. 1926. 44 in Jul. 1926. 44 in Mar. 1930 to CPR. GS Steel Drop Bottom Gondola GA 2801 - 2925 24' 4½" 9' 11" 9' 5" 100,000 lbs CCF 1916 New 125 left in Nov. 1919  125 left in Mar. 1930 to CPR. Gondola GD 5103,5104 40' 10' 1" 8' 10" 80,000 lbs       2 in Nov. 1914. 2 in Mar. 1930 to CPR. Ore, Wood HM 1601 - 1610 21' 4" 9' 9' 8" 100,000 lbs       10 in Nov. 1914.  7 in Jan. 1922.  2 in Aug. 1924.  Disposed of between Jul. 1926 and Dec. 1929. Ore, Steel HT 2201 -2217 22' 6" 8' 9' 9" 100,000 lbs       Renumbered from 4001 - 4021 between Dec. 1914 & 1919.  17 cars in Nov. 1919.  17 in Jan. 1922.  14 in Aug. 1924. 14 cars in Mar. 1930 to CPR  Ore, Steel HT 4001 - 4021 22' 6" 8'  9' 9" 100,000 lbs       17 in Nov. 1914.  Renumbered to 2201 - 2217   Caboose   There were at least 2 different series of wooden cabooses. Details unknown 1 in Nov. 1919. 8 in Jan. 1922.  8 in Mar. 1930 to CPR  Maintenance -of-Way   Misc.  Details unknown. 7 in Nov. 1919. 11 in Jan. 1922.  10 in Aug. 1924. 9 in Mar. 1930 to CPR

Part 1: Locomotives                                                                                                                           Part 3: Passenger Cars

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