37' General American Meat Reefer
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General American Transportation built its line of wood-sheathed meat reefers between 1937 and 1941. Although they looked old-fashioned with wood siding and roofs, the cars rode on modern steel underframes, carried AB brakes, Equipco brake gear, and Barber S-1 trucks. More than 940 rolled out, making them one of the most common meat reefer designs of the era.
The cars carried AAR class “RSM” and served almost exclusively in meat service. Packing houses in the Midwest loaded them with fresh product, which moved in solid blocks to Chicago and then fanned out to regional dealers across North America, including Canada. For decades, these reefers turned up on the hottest freights, moving fast to keep meat fresh, and they stayed in service into the early 1970s.
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Rapido HO 37′ General American Meat Reefer Dugdale
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Rapido HO 37′ General American Meat Reefer Morris Rifkin & Son
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