Tropicana reefers

[soller]

Hello,

Do you think is plausible to have 2-3 Tropicana reefers being unloaded in a non Tropicana facility, a food warehouse?

 

[steemtrayn]

No.

[jrbernier]

  Normally an entire train run from Florida to New Jersey.  On you model railroad you can make the rules....

Jim

[ericsp]

Possible but not likely. A company would have to sell a lot of Tropicana products, which are perishable, to have that many cars at its distribution center. If you are looking for something smaller than Tropicana's NJ and OH distribution centers, a more plausible solution would be a smaller one like its City of Industry, CA distribution center.

[joe323]

When I was younger I worked breifly at an A&P super market warehouse in Edison NJ, not far from where The Tropicana train runs.  Thw warehouse had a dedicated siding, where boxcars would come in to be unloaded.  Never saw a trop reeefer but I could see with the numder of stores we serviced thatb a dedicated boxcar could be unloaded there

[jsanchez]

I remember back in the 80's seeing Some Tropicana reefers in mixed freights in the Tampa area, so it might have been possible that there were customers that got car load shipments at one time. I know smaller blocks of cars go to California on various trains. Mostly intermodal.