Scale Trains HO Kit Classics 40′ Reefer Pacific Fruit Express “SP/UP”

Railroad Short Name: PFE

Ice reefers typically have 4 hatches on the roof at the ends of the car. Here, ice is loaded into bunkers, usually at specially built structures called icing platforms. Cool air circulates over the ice and throughout the car, keeping the contents cool. Initial cars were of all wood construction. By the early 1900s, reefer cars were typically built with wood bodies and steel ends and roofs. All steel cars started in 1936, and became the norm. In the 1950s, mechanical refrigeration was developed, spelling the end of ice reefers. While steel ice reefer numbers dwindled, they could still be seen into the early 1970s.

Easy to Assemble ScaleTrains

• Multiple road numbers
• Easy-to-assemble with small Phillips screwdriver and glue
• Finely cast stirrup steps; end ladders; grab irons; underbody and brake system
• Molded interior detail where appropriate
• Separately applied handbrake wheel
• One piece detailed molded trucks
• 33” Machined metal wheels
• Accurately profiled .110″ wide wheel tread
• Plastic semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers, Kadee compatible
• Body mounted coupler box will accept Kadee whisker couplers
• Weighted to Industry standards
• Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
• Packaging safely stores model when assembled
• Minimum radius 18”