Plug Door Boxcar

Boxcar doors and different commodities?

The ‘reefers’ have plug type doors. Expecting they are of a more ‘airtight’ type of door.
Noticed boxcars with plug type and slider type in combination, what type of commodity would these serve?
Old Man Dirt might be referring to the ‘double slider’ type doors. I want to know the differing types of commodities regarding the ‘plug’ type doors versus the ’slider’ type.

I’ve seen Boxcars with Plug type doors, single doors and double doors. Mechanical Reefer type boxcars are usually only loaded with perishable goods, when empty they are sent “home” deadhead. 40,50 & 60 foot box cars will carry almost any type of goods, from freight to grain, the 100 foot boxcars usually carry lighter goods such as autoparts or cars. I personnally have never seen a boxcar with both types of doors, so I don’t know what would be the purpose of it.

Athearn Canadian Pacific “Newsprint Service” Plug Door Box Car, Kadee Couplers $6.90

Roundhouse Burlington Northern Single Plug Door Hi-Cube Box Car, Kadee Couplers $5.90

Train-Miniature #3201 HO Green Bay & Western (GBW) 40′ Plug Door Boxcar # 2817 $5.24

HO Scale NEW HAVEN 50′ Plug Door Boxcar Road # NH 35688 $6.99

N-Scale Bachmann “Lehigh Valley” 40′ Plug-Door Box Car $2.95

N-Scale Bachmann “Union Pacific Railroad” 40′ Plug-Door Box Car $3.95

N-Scale Bachmann “Penn Central” 51′ Steel Plug-Door Box car $3.95

N – Western Maryland 50′ plug Door Box Car BAC-71087 $12.59

Roundhouse HO Scale 50′ Plug Door Box Car 1273 Santa Fe Sealed OB $10.49

N scale MICRO TRAINS 50′ Plug door boxcar / SOUTHERN road #522626 / New $17.99

N scale MICRO TRAINS 50 foot Plug door boxcar / FRISCO / New $18.99

N scale MICRO TRAINS 50′ Plug door boxcar/ PITTSBURGH & LAKE ERIE (P &LE) /New $18.99

N scale MICRO TRAINS 50′ Plug door boxcar / BANGOR & AROOSTOOK road #501 / New $17.99

N scale MICRO TRAINS 50′ Plug door boxcar/ SANTA FE SHOCK CONTROL /New $18.99

HO 50′ Plug Door Box Car Pennsylvania $5.32

HO Roundhouse 51′ Rivet Side Plug Door Boxcar CP RAIL #CP80179″Circus Roof” $14.99

N Scale 40′ Standard Box Car, Plug Door – CP – MTL $21.35

Walthers # 672 50′ Plug-Door Boxcar UP # 499233 HO MIB $13.95

Kadee Micro-Trains 36010 Tropicana 50′ Double Plug Door Boxcar $5.50

50′ Plug Door Boxcar B&O blue/yellow Bachman 18015 $16.95

EVERGREEN 50 FT PLUG DOOR BOXCAR ATHEARN KIT # 5272 $11.99

Tyco – NH / NEW HAVEN 50′ PLUG DOOR BOXCAR – HO SCALE / HO GAUGE 35688 $13.93

BOSTON & MAINE 52′ DOUBLE PLUG DOOR BOX CAR ATLAS N SCALE RAPIDO COUPLERS 31011 $9.22

EVANS EVANS 52′ DOUBLE PLUG DOOR BOX CAR ATLAS N SCALE RAPIDO COUPLERS 31061 $9.22

Bachmann HO Scale Train 50′ Plug-Door Box Car Frisco 18025 $7.51

Bachmann HO Scale Train 50′ Plug-Door Box Car Santa Fe 18002 $7.01

HO Branchline Blueprint Series KIT Pennsylvania 50′ Plug Door Boxcar # 21237 PRR $10.19

Athearn # 91395 Florida East Coast 50′ Double Plug Door Box Car #5036 w/Box NIB $19.99

Custom Weathered 50′ Middletown & New Jersey Plug Door Box Car – MUST SEE $8.00

Accurail Norfolk & Western N&W 50′ Double Plug Door Box Car Kit $14.49

Burlington Plug Door Boxcar Craftsman Kit Ambroid H-4 HO Scale [MY18T54] $9.95

Lot of 2 Tyco HO Scale Burlington Northern Plug Door Box Cars #100024 $4.04

Lot of 3 HO Scale Burlington Northern Plug Door Box Cars #100024 $15.50

IHC Canadian Pacific 50′ Plug Door Box Car #80330 in Unused condition No Box. $7.99

HO Scale Burlington Northern High Cube Plug Door Box Car #316694 $1.30

Tyco HO Scale Rail Box Plug Door Box Car #RB OX 10000 $2.25

Milwaukee 50 ft Plug Door Box Car 2 Rail $24.95

ExactRail EP-80304 DT&I Greenville 60′ Double Plug Door Box Car Choose # $36.95

ExactRail EP-80308 NYC/Conrail Greenville 60′ Double Plug Door Box Car Choose # $36.95

Exactrail EN-50701-2 TTX Trinity 6275 Cubic Foot Plug Door Box Car – FBOX505269 $6.59

Exactrail EN-50701-7 TTX Trinity 6275 Cubic Foot Plug Door Box Car – FBOX504418 $6.13

Exactrail EN-50701-14 TTX Trinity 6275 Cubic Foot Plug Door Box Car – FBOX504480 $6.59

Exactrail EN-50701-16 TTX Trinity 6275 Cubic Foot Plug Door Box Car – FBOX504509 $6.32

Exactrail EN-50701-18 TTX Trinity 6275 Cubic Foot Plug Door Box Car – FBOX504526 $6.32

HO 50′ PLUG DOOR BOX CAR NYC BAC18020 NEW IN FACTORY BOX MINT $13.12

BEV-BEL 1981 HIA CONVENTION 50′ PLUG DOOR BOX CAR $11.99

ATHEARN (1335) 50′ PLUG DOOR BOX CAR – SOO LINE #177850 $11.99

HO Weathered UP/MP 50′ Plug-Door NMRA 60-Year Boxcar MP #266929 MWKD5 $19.99

HO Weathered BURLINGTON NORTHERN 50′ Plug-Door Boxcar BN #748884 MWKD5 $19.99

BACHMANN #43-1010-32 HO Scale 51′ Plug Door Boxcar “The Rock” $11.99

ACCURAIL HO 50′ PLUG DOOR BOXCAR (FRUIT GROWERS)# 292940,RARE $9.99

ACCURAIL HO 50′ PLUG DOOR BOXCAR (FRUIT GROWERS)# 300179,RARE $9.99

ACCURAIL HO 50′ PLUG DOOR BOXCAR (FRUIT GROWERS)# 493376,RARE $9.99

ROUNDHOUSE KIT 50 Ft. PLUG DOOR BOXCAR UNION PACIFIC $11.99

N Scale 50′ Plug Door Box Car Bordens $5.43

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – AT & SF- Red Version – # 339 A $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car- AT & SF- El Capitan – # 339 A – Version 1 – REDBOX $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – AT & SF- El Capitan – # 339 A – Version 1 $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – AT & SF- El Capitan – # 339 A – Version 3 $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – New Haven – # 339 B – Version 1 $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – New Haven – # 339 B – Version 2 $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – New Haven – # 339 B – Version 3 $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – New Haven – # 339 B – Version 4 $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – New Haven – # 339 B – Version 5 $8.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – Burlington Northern – # 339 E (Version 1) $8.95

HO DAIRYMEN’S LEAGUE 40′ PLUG DOOR REFRIGERATED BOXCAR GARX 907 LOT T $7.16

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – Burlington Northern – # 339 E (Version 2) $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – Burlington Northern – # 339 E (Version 3) $7.95

TYCO – 50′ Plug Door Box Car – Railbox – # 339 F $7.95

Athearn Stock # 74816 Union Pacific 50′ Youngstown Plug Door Boxcar #492956 $14.95

HO OSCAR MAYER 40′ WOOD PLUG DOOR REFRIGERATED BOXCAR URTX 5376 LOT C $7.36

Athearn – R F & P 50′ Plug Door Box Car + Wgt # 2574 $8.99

HO BURLINGTON NORTHERN FRUIT EXPRESS 40′ STEEL PLUG DOOR BOXCAR RBWX 64040 LOT C $10.16

HO SWIFT REFRIGERATOR LINE 40′ PLUG DOOR REFRIGERATED BOXCAR SRLX 4226 LOT T $7.16

VTG HO SCALE ATHEARN GRAIN ATSF 21889 PLUG DOOR BOX CAR MODEL RAILROAD RR EXCLNT $3.75

ROUNDHOUSE KIT 50′ HIGH CUBE PLUG DOOR BOX CAR C&O $11.99

Athearn Rock Island 50′ Plug Door Box Car HO Scale Model Train Car 1 Coupler $16.99

Micro-Trains NH 50′ Standard Boxcar Plug Door $16.96

HO AHM Model RR Train A.T.S.F. 67392 4 Door Plug Box Car Santa Fe all the way C7 $3.75

Bachmann Nscale 50′ Plug-door Box Car – Chessie $2.99

Bachmann Nscale 45′ Plug-door Box Car -Western Maryland $2.99

Details West – HO scale – #BC-503 Southern Pacific 50′ Double Plug Door Box Car $11.99

NEW IN BOX BACHMANN 51′ PLUG DOOR BOX CAR (CHESSIE) # 71049 $4.95

Atlas Evans Double Plug Door Box Car no 1758-1 MNS #565 NIB $9.95

HO SCALE CON-COR 40′ PS-1 PLUGDOOR BOXCAR “AMERICAN REFRIGERATOR” KIT $7.88

N Atlas 40′ Plug Door Box Car – Canadian Pacific Railroad #35531 NIB $10.00

N Atlas 40′ Plug Door Box Car – Rio Grande Railroad #61441 NIB $10.00

Ath HO RTR Union Pacific 40′Hi-Cube Plug Door Box Car. NIB #518115 Beautiful $10.00

Bachmann HO Scale Train 50′ Plug-Door Box Car Baltimore & Ohio 18012 $2.70

ATHEARN #92954 C.P.Rail Red Ex Soo “Red” 50′ Plug Door Box Car #18698 Weathered $24.99

HO 51′ plug door box car Milwaukee Road $6.98

ATLAS HO SCALE EVANS 53′ DOUBLE PLUG DOOR BOXCAR KEOKUK #5254 $19.95

Bachmann HO Scale Train 50′ Plug-Door Box Car CP Rail 18027 $4.24

ATLAS O 6503-1 EVANS PRODUCTS 53′ DOUBLE-PLUG DOOR BOX CAR $24.99

BACHMANN 50′ PLUG-DOOR BOX CAR CHESSIE SYSTEM B&O #11147 $10.00

Bachmann HO Silver 50′ Plug Door Box Car – Western MD $13.99

Popsicle 60′ Double Plug Door Boxcar $4.99

Bachmann HO Scale Train 50′ Plug-Door Box Car Western Maryland 18037 $0.01

Bachmann HO Scale Train Plug Door Box Car Western Maryland $3.25

ROUNDHOUSE HO 50 feet Plug door boxcar CP Canadian Pacific in box $11.69

Bachmann Trains Santa Fe 50′ Plug-Door Box Car $12.23 50′ plug-door box car includes blackened machined-metal wheels with RP25 contours. It is magnetically operated, body mounted E-Z Mate couplers. Non-magnetic, blackened brass axles with needlepoint bearings. Celcon trucks added weight for optimum tracking.Features include: •Blackened machined-metal wheels with RP25 contours•Magnetically operated, body mounted E-Z Mate couplers•Non-ma…

Walthers Trainline Walthers Trainline(R) 50′ Plug-Door Boxcar with Metal Wheels Ready to Run Soo Line $9.99 Trainline freight cars feature RP-25 metal wheels for superior performance on all kinds of Code 70 and larger HO Scale track. With their added weight and wheel tread matched to National Model Railroad Association standards, wheels on Trainline cars are perfect for every HO railroad. Other features include molded details that stand up to handling during operation, realistic paint schemes for good l…

Bachmann Trains Conrail 50′ Plug-Door Box Car-Ho Scale $12.58 This 50 foot box car comes with flush fitting, tight sealing plug doors and a roof that shelters its valuable freight from the outdoor elements. Silver Series rolling stock features: blackened metal wheels, body mounted couplers, and non-magnetic axles….