40' Early Reefer

American Refrigerator Transit  ART 17826

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Despite the rapid acceptance of steel for freight car construction, wood still offered superior insulating qualities to keep loads cold, so all-wood refrigerator cars cooled with ice could be found in service up to the early 1970s.

• Correct lower height brings realistic variety to steam- and diesel-era freight trains
• Wood reefer sides w/correct narrow doors, hinge and latch details
• Double-sheathed wood ends
• Wood roof w/platforms and ice hatches
• Fishbelly underframe
• Vertical handbrake staff
• Finely detailed AB brake gear
• Andrews trucks
• Correct RP-25 turned metal wheels
• Proto MAX™ metal knuckle couplers

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