These 70-ton Plate C cars were considered bunkerless refrigerator cars or insulated box cars and carried the mechanical designation of RBL or XLI, respectively. They were assigned to temperature sensitive commodities such as dried foods, canned goods, jar goods, drinks, packaged foods (rice, pasta, cereals), pet foods, nursery plants, seeds and xmas trees. PC&F (now known as PACCAR) had it’s beginnings making railroad logging cars. But the company has a varied history: they were involved in making the armour for Sherman tanks during WW2, OEM of heavy duty trucks (Kenworth c. 1945, Peterbilt c. 1958), and of course, specialized in refrigerator car manufacturing & repair, finally exiting the railroad OEM business in 1984. It continues today as a one of the largest class 8 truck manufacturers worldwide.

The Great Northern Railway which stretched from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes region merged into Burlington Northern in 1970. These 50-ft 70-ton Insulated Box Cars were built by Pacific Car & Foundry for Great Northern in October 1965 and were painted in the Glacier Green paint. They were equipped with 10-ft Superior Plug Doors. They were used in carrying temperature sensitive products such as food.

Model Features:

• Railroad specific options:  Youngstown, Superior, or Landis plug doors
• Hydra-Cushion or Keystone cushioning details
• proper ride height on realistic trucks with metal wheels
• body-mounted knuckled magnetic couplers
• realistic underframe details
• rivets along the side seams
• ultra-precise Wheels of Time tooling and authentic and attractive lettering and decoration