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Modern refers?
Modern refers?
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Anonymous
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Modern refers?
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Anonymous
on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 1:58 AM
A few refer questions.
Are there any photos of modern refers? I checked the web , and came up with the wrong refer! Does any one know of Cryo Trans "I think that is right".... I seen these along a factory in Manassas, VA . What manufactures make modern refers?
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ericsp
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May 2015
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Posted by
ericsp
on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 3:00 AM
There are plenty of photographs of reefers out there. Try "refrigerated boxcar", "reefer"+"ARMN", "reefer"+"PCF", etc.
UP has the largest fleet, most were built by Pacific Car & Foundry (PCF, renamed to PACCAR, no longer build rail cars) and Fruit Growers Express. Trinity Rail Group is building UP's latest.
Cryo-Trans (it has a website) originally bought used RBLs (insulated boxcars) and planned to use carbon dioxide to keep the load cold. It was not logistically feasible (if I remember correctly), so the cars are being used a RBLs again. These are mainly PCF cars (1400 series) with some that look like RBLs that have been reported to have been built by CBQ (1000 series). They bought Arcticars, I have seen one being used as a RBL (1200, I think). They have also bought large mechanical reefers from Gunderson, if I remember correctly (3000 series), these may be converted Articars.
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
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ericsp
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Posted by
ericsp
on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:05 AM
Did you ever find any photographs of reefers?
http://www.cryotrans.com/
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
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