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.

In 1988, Philip Anshutz's Rio Grande Industries bought the Southern Pacific after the line's ill-fated merge attempt with the Santa Fe. The Southern Pacific brand continued replacing Rio Grande. In the 1990s, the new speed lettering style was adopted as a tribute to the old Rio Grande speed lettering. Kevin Bunker came up with the design in late 1988 by painting a model EMD SD40T-2 locomotive and showing it to Philip. It was probably in the mid to late 1990s that the new logo design started to appear on these box cars. They were originally built by PC&F in August 1972 through March 1973. They were SP class B-70-66 and were equipped with DF-B loaders (moveable bulkheads), and Hydra-Cushion underframes.

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