B-70-1 Box Cars
A roster of the B-70-1 class box cars is provided as follows:
SP 672000-672599 (re #'d SP 675100-675399, 675525-675554, 670250-670470) SP 672700-672899 " " " " " " " " SSW 21000-21099
These 50'-1" insulated box cars were all built to the same basic design by PC&F in 1959-60 and featured 9'-0" Youngstown plug doors, Hydra-Cushion underframes, Car-Pac loaders and 4644 ft3 capacity. Many of these cars were renumbered as shown and some were later rebuilt as B-70-1R's.
Two cars of this class were rebuilt as repeater air cars as follows:
SP 672385 became: SP 261
SP 672429 became: SP 266
For more info, see Richard Percy's repeater air car page.

Photo from: Pacific Car & Foundry - Steve Peery Collection
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John Huey |
Colton, CA May 1981 |
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Pacific Car & Foundry |
Steve Peery Collection |
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Tom Cobb |
Longview, TX 3/27/1983 |