Asking this because I don't have any woodside reefers yet.
How does a scale 37' woodside reefer compare size wise to an O27 reefer? I was wondering, because I have an operating O27 Lionel reefer and was wondering about creating an operating woodside reefer out of it.
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37 feet is 9 1/4 inches in O scale. I don't know the length of the 027 car. In my experience the 027 car will be a good bit too narrow even if the length works out.
By the way, what is the prototype for a 37 ft reefer? I have seen many references to 40 ft and 36 ft woodside reefers, but not a 37 ft car.
They can be 36 ft or 37 ft and most of them were built between 1890 and 1920, with a few built earlier and a few built later. 37 ft were more rare and were built for only a couple of companies, who's names escape me right now. I know that In reality I was thinking about anything in that size range.
They were in use for meat packing up until the 50's or so even though 40 ft reefers had become standard for other refrigerated products.
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