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Uncataloged Premier O Scale Swift & Company 40’ Steel Sided Reefer Cars AnnouncedDecember 21, 2021 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive Premier O Scale 40’ Steel Sided Reefer Car in two different Swift & Company paint schemes for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Berwyn's Toys & Trains of Berwyn, Illinois. Each reefer will be offered in two different car numbers and available in very limited quantities on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in April 2022. The cars are only available directly from Berwyn's Toys & Trains for just $69.99 (Plus Freight).
Item No. 20-94585 Swift Premium 40’ Steel Sided Reefer Car Item No. 20-94586 Swift Premium 40’ Steel Sided Reefer Car
Item No. 20-94587 Swift 40’ Steel Sided Reefer Car Item No. 20-94588 Swift 40’ Steel Sided Reefer Car In the 19th Century, ice for reefers was harvested from frozen ponds each winter and stored as well as possible in insulated icehouses. The advent of mechanical ice-making around 1900 greatly increased the capacity of the reefer fleet, which at its height consumed over one million tons of ice annually. Since loaded cars needed to be re-iced about once per day, icing stations were erected around the country on shipping routes that could be as long as coast-to-coast. Famed railroad historian John H. White referred to reefers as "the most conservative of all American freight cars," as reefers retained wood frames and sides long after other types of cars had converted to steel construction. Steel-sided reefers like this Premier model became common only after 1940, and many wood reefers ran well into the 1960s. Mechanical reefers, with self-powered refrigeration units in each car, became the norm in the second half of the 20th century, and the practice of stopping a train to re-ice during shipment gradually disappeared. ORDER DIRECTLY VIA EMAIL OR PHONE FROM: Berwyn's Toys & Trains |
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