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Uncataloged Premier O Scale NYO&W 36' Woodside Reefers Announced

June 27, 2023 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive and uncataloged Premier Line O Scale 36' Woodside Reefer in New York Ontario & Western livery for exclusive distribution by M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Jr Junction Train & Hobby. The reefers will be available in two car numbers in very limited quantities on a first-come, first-served basis, with an anticipated arrival date of November 2023.

Item No. 20-94714 New York Ontario & Western 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car
Car No. 1206
Early Order Price: $74.95 (Plus Freight)
Click HERE to order from Jr Junction Train & Hobby.

Item No. 20-94715 New York Ontario & Western 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car
Car No. 1217
Early Order Price: $74.95 (Plus Freight)
Click HERE to order from Jr Junction Train & Hobby.

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.

EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE THRU:

Jr Junction Train & Hobby
2716 Erie Boulevard East
Syracuse, NY 13224
315-451-6551
www.jrjunction.com
junction@twcny.rr.com

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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.


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Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.


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@Arthur posted:

Did the NYO&W actually have 36' milk reefers ?

I've only seen photos of 40' and longer of their milk reefers.

You are right, NYO&W had many more 40' and longer milk reefers.  There isn't a lot known about the 1200 series reefers except they were acquired from Union Refrigerator Line in 1923 and numbered 1200 to 1254.  Unlike the larger milk cars that had interior tanks, these reefers carried milk cans with ice spread on top of the cans.  They didn't last long in service because melting ice rotted out the floors.  Our O scale model is not exact but close to the prototype as MTH's tooling capability allows.  The book NYO&W Railway Milk Cans, Mixed Trains and Motor Cars by Robert Mohowski is an excellent source of information we used.

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