Based on cars built by the Burlington's Havelock Shops, similar refrigerated cars were in service on many railroads from the 1960s to the early 2000s. A must-have car for serving cold storage facilities and grocery wholesalers, the prototypes handled all kinds of temperature sensitive food products. Features of the 50' Exterior-Post Mechanical Reefer include:

Features:

• Fully assembled & ready to run
• Matches prototype dimensions
• Diagonal panel roof w/separately applied exhaust stack
• Detailed plug doors, refrigerator inlet & outlet grilles
• Late improved Dreadnaught ends
• See-through running board
• Highly detailed underbody w/fuel tanks & brake gear
• 70-ton roller bearing trucks
• Correct 33" turned metal wheelsets
• Proto MAX metal knuckle couplers