B-70-36 Box Cars
A roster of the B-70-36 class box cars is provided as follows:
SP 659100-659111 DF-B loaders SSW 36014-36126 DF, DF-B, Car Pac loaders
These 40'-6" hi-cube box cars were built by Pacific Car & Foundry in 1966 and featured 5001 ft3 capacity, Hydra-Cushion underframes and 10'-6" Youngstown sliding doors. These cars came to be nicknamed "Ugly Ducklings" due their awkward apearance. They were intended for appliance service.
For info on earlier cars rebuilt from existing 50 ton cars to hi-cube, see SP 659000-659052 and SSW 36000-36013 pages.
Photo by: Jim Parker
SSW:
Tom Cobb |
Victoria, TX; 08/11/1984 |
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John Rodgers |
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Charles Lange |
Santa Barbara, CA; 12/11/1977 |
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Jim Parker |
Marion, OH; 05/1967 |