Uncataloged O Scale Premier Boar's Head 36' Woodsided Reefer Cars Announced

September 16, 2021 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an uncataloged Premier O Scale 36' Woodsided Reefer Car in unique Boar's Head livery for exclusive distribution by the Metropolitan Division of the TCA.

Each car is limited in production and available in two car numbers and only available directly from The METCA Store for just $79.99 (Plus Freight). The anticipated delivery is December 2021.

Item No. 20-94572 Boar's Head 36' Woodsided Reefer Car
Car No. 1905
Order Price: $79.99
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Item No. 20-94573 Boar's Head 36' Woodsided Reefer Car
Car No. 1933
Order Price: $79.99
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ABOUT THE PREMIER 36' WOODSIDED REEFER CAR

the coming of the railroad changed the way America ate and drank. Before the iron horse connected every town of any importance to the outside world, most food was grown or produced locally. The arrival of cheap, fast, refrigerated transport — in the form of the woodsided reefer with ice bunkers at each end — enabled local brewers, dairies, meat processors, and other food businesses to become players on a national scale.

Until 1934, shippers could advertise their wares on leased billboard reefers, each a hand-painted traveling work of art. That year, the Interstate Commerce Commission outlawed the flamboyant paint schemes because the cars often hauled shipments from other companies — whose freight bills thus unfairly paid to advertise the lessee’s products.

What doomed the billboard cars was the truth in labeling. Depending on shipping needs, billboard cars often carried loads for customers other than the company named on the car sides. A beer company requesting an empty reefer for loading, for example, might find a cheese maker’s delivered to its door. Shippers were not happy when their product was carried in a car bearing a large ad for someone else’s product — they complained that their freight bill had in part paid for another company’s advertising.

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Metropolitan Division of the TCA
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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.