Roundhouse 1448 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Western Fruit Express WFMX 143 Steam Loco 4-8-4 testing the soil

testing the soil

packing up to 15 or more vehicles onto a single flatcar

Chassis Mounted Steering Servo

antenna and ground plate

Roundhouse 1448 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Western Fruit Express WFMX 143 Steam Loco 4-8-4 testing the soilRoundhouse 1448 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Western Fruit Express WFMX 143 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