Roundhouse 1443 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Santa Fe SFRD 2068 Era_1997-2004 Battery Alarm

Battery Alarm

full fighting compartment interior

On October 2005

the ‘snapdragon’

Roundhouse 1443 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Santa Fe SFRD 2068 Era_1997-2004 Battery AlarmRoundhouse 1443 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Santa Fe SFRD 2068 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 refrigeration began