CSX 50' REEFER #198979

MECHANICAL REEFER

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. Several different deliveries of the 50’ mechanical to many different railroads in the mid to late 1950s and 1960's.

MODEL FEATURES:

Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box
Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
Painted and printed for realistic decoration
Weighted for trouble free operation
33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
Window packaging for easy viewing plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
Replacement parts available
Minimum radius: 18"

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - SMALL PARTS! NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3.