Any significance to SOO white boxcars, some having blue doors and some red

Blue doors were for potato loading.

Rusty

Rusty Traque posted:

Blue doors were for potato loading.

Rusty

Thanks for the quick response.  I can't get my eyes around the blue doors with a long consist with caboose and engine painted in red and white.  My thought was to paint the doors with Tamiya XF-7 which would be a close match.  If it ruins the realism of the boxcar, then it is a not starter.  Have to think this one out.  By the time I decide, they will be gone and that may work out the best.  Red doors in 6 pack would have been cool.

The blue doors were on Refrigerated or Insulated cars painted between 1955-1962, not regular Soo Line box car. 

Andrew

MTH recently produced a RailKing SOO LINE extended-vision caboose that looks great. 

Andrew

If you want a long string of Soo Line box cars with red doors, you will have to order sets of 4 from Menards.

The only prototype photo I could locate online for the Soo Line potato reefer:

The diagrams from Hi-Ball Graphics decal sets:

The Soo had 40 such spud cars, but they seemed to avoid the cameras pretty well.

Rusty

I also found the reference to the "Potato Cars"  I ordered both 6 packs from Mr. Muffin.  I found an extended vision caboose from Lionel that looks pretty sweet.  At this point I should have a nice set rolling.  I'm not a SOO Line person, but saw the engine in Mr. Muffins booth and liked it a lot.  I will check out the red door units on Menards.  Thanks all for your help.

Menards is all sold out of their SOO LINE box cars.

What is needed in O scale is the 7-Post 50' box car so that there can be accurate model of the SOO LINE 50' box cars.

Fox Valley Models makes this box car in HO scale and N scale. 

Andrew

I have the Atlas O version, No. 3003910. Looks nice running in a consist with the Lionel red door PS-1.