What type of boxcar is this?

[lajmdlr]

Does it have a high brake wheel? If so then a tall ladder is needed.

[glakedylan]

i think it is actually a snow plow? 

[nscaler711]

Its a locomotive in disguise.
  

[nkalanaga]

It used to be freight car red, with white lettering, and still was in the mid 70s.  I have a picture of one in Pasco in 76 or 77.

Also, it's a Plate B car, which could make modeling it interesting, as the Atlas car is a Plate C.

[cjm413]

It looks like a standard Evans, but with a full height ladder:

Built by PCF

[cjm413]

For the sake of this thread, that finished car still isn't true to the prototype.  For one thing, I believe the car in Tom's photo has a diagonal panel roof, not the x-panel of the Athearn car.  And I would still argue that the ends and sides are not correct.

Jason

The CSS cars were built by PCF and did have overhanging diagonal panel roof.  (Hint - note the distance between the visible seam caps is way too short for an X-panel roof)

Also, the Evans Blue Island reefer is a few feet longer than the CSS cars, had welded sides vs riveted sides, has 4/4 ends vs. R+3/4 ends, etc.

[nkalanaga]

Oh yes, the Evans Blue Island reefer is VERY different, but it's the closest N scale model available.  The only other 50 ft double plug door car I know of is the MT PS-1, which is even less accurate.  At least the Evans car has straight side sills, centered doors, and Dreadnaught ends.

Was the CSS car a stock PCF design, or unique to the CSS?  If it was a stock design, maybe Wheels of Time could be talked into making them, to go with their PCF flatcars and single door RBLs

[cjm413]

Oh yes, the Evans Blue Island reefer is VERY different, but it's the closest N scale model available.  The only other 50 ft double plug door car I know of is the MT PS-1, which is even less accurate.  At least the Evans car has straight side sills, centered doors, and Dreadnaught ends.

Was the CSS car a stock PCF design, or unique to the CSS?  If it was a stock design, maybe Wheels of Time could be talked into making them, to go with their PCF flatcars and single door RBLs

WP had some similar cars with 7'+8' doors:

http://www.wplives.com/archives/freight/boxcars/boxcars50ins/62018.html

The biggest obstacle would be the car sides, everything else could be obtained from other sources.