Moloco - HO Scale - PCF 50 ft. RBL Plate B 10-0 Offset Door Box Car w/ LD Bulkheads - St. Louis South Western (SSW) aka Cotton Belt - Pine Bluff 1977 Repaints B-70-10-R - #57073 - Brown/Yellow/White (SKU 504-51053-03)
Available On: October 1, 2021
In 1959 Pacific Car & Foundry (PC&F) worked with Southern Pacific to design and develop a new series of cars, Insulated Boxcars or RBLs. They started with centered 9-foot doored cars in a Plate B clearance for the canned and food stuffs trade that was needed on a majority of SP and it's subsidiary SSW's service areas. As the design developed over 3 years, in late 1962 a 10-foot offset doored design was designed. Which is the subject of this model.
The entire upper body of the boxcar was riveted together from the bottom sill up, in the 6+5 R pattern. Whereas the underframe was fully welded. These were insulated, had proven 20-inch cushioned underframes, usually Hydra-Cushion cushioning devices. Many types and configurations and combinations of loaders were used as per customer specifications, but these specifically had Moveable Bulkheads, or DF-B loaders.
Design features faithfully rendered in the assembled car
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