Features:

• NEW Metal couplers
• Accurate painting and lettering
• Separately-applied grab irons, ladders and stirrups
• Two different hatch styles - road name specific
• Truss rods appropriate per road name
• Separately-applied door hardware
• Opening hatches and doors
• Die-cast chassis
• Detailed braking system
• 40-ton Bettendorf-style trucks

Prototype Info

The 36' reefer is a highly detailed model of the car that was a mainstay in the meatpacking industry during the steam era. Based upon cars built by the General American Car Company for the Cudahy Packing Co. in 1925, the 36' wood reefer is representative of the thousands of cars that transported meat, dairy, beer and food products well into the 1960's.