PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION

Pacific Car and Foundry responded to the railroad’s migration from ice stored in bunkers as a primary cooling system to the diesel mechanical systems. The mechanical reefers could keep a more regular temperature, often times colder then what the ice bunker cars could at the time. Initially mechanical reefers were used primarily in frozen food service. This would soon change as mechanical refrigeration began to replace ice-based systems. Soon after, mechanical refrigeration units replaced the “armies” of personnel required to re-ice the cars several different deliveries of the PC&F 57’ mechanical to many different railroads in the mid to late 1960s. Many have been rebuilt and are still in service today.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Fully assembled and ready for your layout
• Weighted for optimum performance
• McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• All Road Names
• Razor sharp printing and painting
• Machined 33” metal wheels
• Minimum radius: 10”

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