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Tropicana Juice Train
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Tropicana refrigerated boxcar in the collection of the Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida. Attribution: Harvey Henkelman Visit Source Download PDF…
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The Car Builder’s Dictionary, 1906 edition
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An illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railroad cars, their parts, attachments, and details of construction with definitions and illustrations of typical British practice in car c…
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“Icing” A Refrigerator Car
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At left, a line of workmen move rectangular blocks of ice along an elevated platform, the foremost man with a set of plier-like ice-hooks. To the right, the roof of freight cars can be seen, connecte…
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Loading a Refrigerator Car
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Men unload baskets of spinach from a farm truck and load them into a refrigerator car. Visit Source Download PDF…
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Manufacturing Rail Cars
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Merchants Despatch Transportation Company (MTD) built and leased refrigerator freight cars. MTD, referred to as “the Carshops,” operated a manufacturing plant in Despatch, New York. The first rail…
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Pacific Fruit Express
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Man loading vegetables into a refrigerated rail car in Lake County, Florida. Visit Source Download PDF…
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Joel Tiffany Refrigerated Rail Cars
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US patent for Joel Tiffany's refrigerated rail car design. Also included is an advertisement for Tiffany's rail car company in the Railroad Gazette, dated 13 April, 1877. Visit Source 1 Visit So…
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Gustavus Franklin Swift – Rail Car Designs
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A biography of Gustavus Franklin Swift along with information about his rail car designs. Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 Visit Source 3 Download PDF…
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William Davis Patent
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US Patent detailing William Davis' design for a Refrigerated Rail Car. Visit Source Download PDF…
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J.B. Sutherland Patent
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US Patent detailing J.B. Sutherland's design for a Refrigerated Rail Car. Visit Source Download PDF…
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