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 Evergreen Freight Car Corporation was established to provide an adequate supply of freight cars specifically to carry forest products from northern California and Oregon. The demand to carry timber products was greater than the supply of available railroad cars for this specific purpose. Due to a shortage of available cars, box cars not specifically for the purpose for carrying lumber products were diverted, especially during the U.S. housing boom in the 1960s and 1970s. During 1966, R.J. Russell saw an opportunity to acquire box cars without having to do so in the name of Southern Pacific for accounting purposes. The wholly-owned company, Evergreen Freight Car Corp. (EFCX) was set up by Bankers Leasing Company which was the leasing arm of the Southern Pacific Railroad. These particular PC&F 70 ton Insulated box cars were equipped with Hydra-Cushion underframe, body side vents, and two 8-ft Landis plug doors. The unique door design is attributed to Robert Landis of Los Altos, CA in 1964. These Landis equipped cars were built in 1969-70 and carried numbers from 3200 to 3500. They lasted well into the late 90's before being repatriated to SP.

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