Roundhouse 1444 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Santa Fe SFRD 2070 Era_1948 + part #5353X)

part #5353X)

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Roundhouse 1444 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Santa Fe SFRD 2070 Era_1948 + part #5353X)Roundhouse 1444 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Santa Fe SFRD 2070 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