PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO: 

The railroads responded to the 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. 

MODEL  FEATURES:

 • Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
 • Fully assembled and ready-to-run
 • Precision machined metal wheels
 • Highly-detailed, injection molded body
 • Painted and printed for realistic decoration
 • Weighted for optimum performance
 • Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
 • Minimum radius: 15

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