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HO RND 50' Exterior Post Mechanical Reefer, SPFE #450681

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Roundhouse - RND-3062
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ATHEARN ROUNDHOUSE 50ft EXTERIOR-POST 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.

ATHEARN ROUNDHOUSE 50ft EXTERIOR-POST MECHANICAL REEFER 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”

Product Specs

Coupler Style
McHenry Scale Knuckle
Era
1971-1990,1991-2009,2010-Present Day
Full Road Name
Pacific Fruit Express
Minimum Radius
15
Reporting Mark
SPFE
Scale
HO
Sub Brand
ROUNDHOUSE