Roundhouse 1454 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Merchants Despatch NYMX 1020 1RC Midget Operates On O-27 Track Unit

Operates On O-27 Track Unit

When the cars were given AB brakes in the early 1940's the interiors were revised to strengthen the crossridge stakes and remove the crossties and top chord stiffener

track weathering

Inner Diameter: 48mm (1

Roundhouse 1454 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Merchants Despatch NYMX 1020 1RC Midget Operates On O-27 Track UnitRoundhouse 1454 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Merchants Despatch NYMX 1020 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