MOL-5109102 Moloco 51091 NIRX (EL leased) Delivery 1962, PCF 50′ RBL Plt B 10-0 Offset Door, DF-B loaders

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MOL-510910251091-02MOLOCO HO Scale51091 NIRX (EL leased) Delivery 1962, PCF 50′ RBL Plt B 10-0 Offset Door, DF-B loadersNIRX 60004 (EL)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 wereused as per customer specifications, but these specifically had Moveable Bulkheads, or DF-B loaders.EL leased cars were assigned to a National Pool for General Foods. Leased from North American Car Company, reporting marks NIRX.Design features faithfully rendered in the assembled carOverhanging Stanray roof or Pullman-Standard roof with CORRECT Roofwalk and crossover platform types for each roadnamePerfect to prototype PCF versions of Stanray R3-4 riveted ends, with separate roofwalk end bracketUsual lettering differences per car number apply where they occurNEW car sides PCFsignature rivetted, with PCF style ladders, with specific prototype door stops, door gussets and sill designAccurate Moloco’s cushioned draft gear coupler boxesSpecific cushioning devices and associated underframe layout and details dependent on roadname, includinganother first for moloco, Delivery as well as Rebuild style underframesNEW MOLOCO 70t Roller Bearing trucks, Ride-Control, Barber or National style trucks matching protoype applicationsRubber airhoses the first in the industry by Moloco