Roundhouse HO 3059 50' Exterior Post Mechanical Refrigerator Car, Burlington RBBQ #79880

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 ”