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Image:Early refrigerator car design circa 1870.jpg|{{Early refrigerator car design circa 1870.jpg/credit}}<br />An early refrigerator car design, ''circa'' 1870. Hatches in the roof provided access to the ice tanks at each end of the car. | Image:Early refrigerator car design circa 1870.jpg|{{Early refrigerator car design circa 1870.jpg/credit}}<br />An early refrigerator car design, ''circa'' 1870. Hatches in the roof provided access to the ice tanks at each end of the car. | ||
Image:Central Pacific Fruit Train.jpg|{{Central Pacific Fruit Train.jpg/credit}}<br />A special fast fruit leaving Central Pacific Railroad passenger station, June 24, 1886. This train was chartered by W. R. Strong & Co. and Edwin T. Earl, fruit packers and shippers, Sacramento. | Image:Tiffany ad 1879 CBD.jpg|{{Tiffany ad 1879 CBD.jpg/credit}}An advertisement taken from the 1st edition (1879) of the Car-Builders Dictionary for the Tiffany Refrigerator Car Company, a pioneer in the design of refrigerated railroad cars. | ||
Image:Central Pacific Fruit Train.jpg|{{Central Pacific Fruit Train.jpg/credit}}<br />A special fast fruit train leaving Central Pacific Railroad passenger station, June 24, 1886. This train was chartered by W. R. Strong & Co. and Edwin T. Earl, fruit packers and shippers, Sacramento. | |||
Image:Illinois Central Railroad 14713.jpg|{{Illinois Central Railroad 14713.jpg/credit}}<br />Illinois Central Railroad #14713, a ventilated fruit car dating from 1893. | |||
Image:Union Refrigerator Line 6699.jpg|{{Union Refrigerator Line 6699.jpg/credit}}Union Refrigerator Line refrigerator car #6699, used to transport milk, cheese, and eggs. | |||
Image:Swift Refrigerator Line car circa 1899.jpg|{{Swift Refrigerator Line car circa 1899.jpg/credit}}<br />A builder's photo of one of the first refrigerator cars to come out of the [[Detroit]] plant of the [[American Car and Foundry Company]] (ACF), built in 1899 for the [[Swift Refrigerator Line]]. | Image:Swift Refrigerator Line car circa 1899.jpg|{{Swift Refrigerator Line car circa 1899.jpg/credit}}<br />A builder's photo of one of the first refrigerator cars to come out of the [[Detroit]] plant of the [[American Car and Foundry Company]] (ACF), built in 1899 for the [[Swift Refrigerator Line]]. | ||
Image:Interior of ice bunker reefer.jpg|{{Interior of ice bunker reefer.jpg/credit}}<br />An interior view of a typical ice-bunker reefer. | |||
Image:Top icing reefer.jpg|{{Top icing a reefer.jpg/credit}}Top icing a reefer. | |||
Image:Topping off FGE reefer with ice.jpg|{{Topping off FGE reefer with ice.jpg/credit}}<br />Workmen fill up an FGE reefer's top-mounted bunkers with crushed ice. | |||
Image:Swift Brands Sioux City, Iowa meat packing plant.jpg|{{Swift Brands Sioux City, Iowa meat packing plant.jpg/credit}}<br />A view of the Swift Brands [[Sioux City, Iowa]] meat packing plant, ''circa'' 1917. All but one of the refrigerator cars in the photo bear the markings of the Swift Refrigerator Line. | Image:Swift Brands Sioux City, Iowa meat packing plant.jpg|{{Swift Brands Sioux City, Iowa meat packing plant.jpg/credit}}<br />A view of the Swift Brands [[Sioux City, Iowa]] meat packing plant, ''circa'' 1917. All but one of the refrigerator cars in the photo bear the markings of the Swift Refrigerator Line. | ||
Image:PFE 722.jpg|{{PFE 722.jpg/credit}}<br />Pacific Fruit Express #722, an ice-cooled, express-style refrigerator car designed to carry milk in tin-plated steel cans and other highly perishable cargo at the head end of passenger train consists. | |||
Image:Crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand ca 1930.jpg|{{Crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand ca 1930.jpg/credit}}<br />A crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand of [[Orange, California|El Modena, California]], ''circa'' 1930 depicts a trainload of Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) ventilated refrigerator cars passing near San Francisco Bay. | Image:Crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand ca 1930.jpg|{{Crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand ca 1930.jpg/credit}}<br />A crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand of [[Orange, California|El Modena, California]], ''circa'' 1930 depicts a trainload of Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) ventilated refrigerator cars passing near San Francisco Bay. | ||
Image:Swift reefer East Orange NJ late 1930s.jpg|{{Swift reefer East Orange NJ late 1930s.jpg/credit}}<br />A Swift refrigerator car has reached the end-of-the-line at [[East Orange, New Jersey]]. The car has been repainted and was photographed in mid- or late-1937, after the use of "billboard" advertising on [[freight car]]s had been banned by the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]], and such cars could no longer be accepted for interchange between roads. | Image:Swift reefer East Orange NJ late 1930s.jpg|{{Swift reefer East Orange NJ late 1930s.jpg/credit}}<br />A Swift refrigerator car has reached the end-of-the-line at [[East Orange, New Jersey]]. The car has been repainted and was photographed in mid- or late-1937, after the use of "billboard" advertising on [[freight car]]s had been banned by the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]], and such cars could no longer be accepted for interchange between roads. | ||
Image:PFE 45830.jpg|{{PFE 45830.jpg/credit}}<br />A steel refrigerator car (Pacific Fruit Express #458330) sits on a siding at Denver, Colorado in March 1970. The mechanical refrigeration unit is housed at the car's "A" end, behind the grill at the lower | Image:American Refrigerator Transit Co 1940.jpg|{{American Refrigerator Transit Co 1940.jpg/credit}}<br />A wood-sided refrigerator car of the American Refrigerator Transit Company specially-designated for dairy products, ''circa'' 1940. | ||
Image:REA Express refrigerator.jpg|{{REA Express refrigerator.jpg/credit}}<br />Railway Express Agency refrigerator car #6687, a converted WWII Troop Sleeper. | |||
Image:FM REA 65.jpg|{{FM REA 65.jpg/credit}}<br />An REA express reefer is positioned at the head end of Santa Fe train No.8, the ''Fast Mail'', in 1965. | |||
Image:PFE 45830.jpg|{{PFE 45830.jpg/credit}}<br />A steel refrigerator car (Pacific Fruit Express #458330) sits on a siding at Denver, Colorado in March 1970. The mechanical refrigeration unit is housed at the car's "A" end, behind the grill at the lower left. | |||
Image:Intermodal freight February 1995.jpg|{{Intermodal freight February 1995.jpg/credit}}<br />A westbound intermodal freight train passes through the Cajon Pass, MP 54, in February 1995. | |||
Image:CRYX 2038.jpg|{{CRYX 2038.jpg/credit}}<br />Cryo-Trans (CRYX) #2038 keeps its contents cool using liquified CO<sub>2</sub>. | |||
Image:TPIX 250.jpg|{{TPIX 250.jpg/credit}}<br />Tropicana refrigerated box car #250. | |||
Revision as of 10:57, 13 August 2013
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An early refrigerator car design, circa 1870. Hatches in the roof provided access to the ice tanks at each end of the car.
(PD) Photo: Tiffany Refrigerator Car CompanyAn advertisement taken from the 1st edition (1879) of the Car-Builders Dictionary for the Tiffany Refrigerator Car Company, a pioneer in the design of refrigerated railroad cars.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
A special fast fruit train leaving Central Pacific Railroad passenger station, June 24, 1886. This train was chartered by W. R. Strong & Co. and Edwin T. Earl, fruit packers and shippers, Sacramento.
(PD) Photo: Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society
Illinois Central Railroad #14713, a ventilated fruit car dating from 1893.
(PD) Photo: Smithsonian InstitutionUnion Refrigerator Line refrigerator car #6699, used to transport milk, cheese, and eggs.
(PD) Photo: Chicago Historical Society
A builder's photo of one of the first refrigerator cars to come out of the Detroit plant of the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF), built in 1899 for the Swift Refrigerator Line.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
An interior view of a typical ice-bunker reefer.
Template:Top icing a reefer.jpg/creditTop icing a reefer.
(PD) Photo: U.S. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information
Workmen fill up an FGE reefer's top-mounted bunkers with crushed ice.
(PD) Photo: Swift Brands
A view of the Swift Brands Sioux City, Iowa meat packing plant, circa 1917. All but one of the refrigerator cars in the photo bear the markings of the Swift Refrigerator Line.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
Pacific Fruit Express #722, an ice-cooled, express-style refrigerator car designed to carry milk in tin-plated steel cans and other highly perishable cargo at the head end of passenger train consists.
© Image: Orange Public Library
A crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand of El Modena, California, circa 1930 depicts a trainload of Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) ventilated refrigerator cars passing near San Francisco Bay.
(PD) Photo: William B. Barry
A Swift refrigerator car has reached the end-of-the-line at East Orange, New Jersey. The car has been repainted and was photographed in mid- or late-1937, after the use of "billboard" advertising on freight cars had been banned by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and such cars could no longer be accepted for interchange between roads.
(CC) Photo: Tom Stolte / TrainWeb.com
A wood-sided refrigerator car of the American Refrigerator Transit Company specially-designated for dairy products, circa 1940.
(CC) Photo: J.S. Sand / TrainWeb.com
Railway Express Agency refrigerator car #6687, a converted WWII Troop Sleeper.
(CC) Photo: J.S. Sand / TrainWeb.com
An REA express reefer is positioned at the head end of Santa Fe train No.8, the Fast Mail, in 1965.
© Photo: Otto Perry / Denver Public Library
A steel refrigerator car (Pacific Fruit Express #458330) sits on a siding at Denver, Colorado in March 1970. The mechanical refrigeration unit is housed at the car's "A" end, behind the grill at the lower left.
(CC) Photo: Tom Stolte / TrainWeb.com
A westbound intermodal freight train passes through the Cajon Pass, MP 54, in February 1995.
(CC) Photo: Darrell Sawyer / TrainWeb.com
Cryo-Trans (CRYX) #2038 keeps its contents cool using liquified CO2.
© Photo: Harvey Henkelmann
Tropicana refrigerated box car #250.
