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Refrigerator Car Types
AAR Classifications of Refrigerator Car Types
Note: Class B refrigerator cars are those designed for passenger service; insulated boxcars are designated Class L.
Class | Description |
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RA | Brine-tank ice bunkers |
RAM | Brine-tank ice bunkers with beef rails |
RAMH | Brine-tank with beef rails and heaters |
RB | No ice bunkers — heavy insulation |
RBL | No ice bunkers and loading devices |
RBH | No ice bunkers — gas heaters |
RBLH | No ice bunkers — loading devices and heaters |
RCD | Solid carbon-dioxide refrigerator |
RLO | Special car type — permanently enclosed (covered hopper type) |
RP | Mechanical refrigerator |
RPB | Mechanical refrigerator with electro-mechanical axle drive |
RPL | Mechanical refrigerator with loading devices |
RPM | Mechanical refrigerator with beef rails |
RS | Bunker refrigerator — common ice bunker car |
RSB | Bunker refrigerator — air fans and loading devices |
RSM | Bunker refrigerator with beef rails |
RSMH | Bunker refrigerator with beef rails and heaters |
RSTC | Bunker refrigerator — electric air fans |
RSTM | Bunker refrigerator — electric air fans and beef rails |
Notes
References
[WIKI1] Wikipedia contributors. “Refrigerator car”. Wikipedia. April 13, 2018. Accessed April 17, 2018.
[WIKI2] Wikipedia contributors. “Pacific Fruit Express”. Wikipedia. April 8, 2018. Accessed April 17, 2018.
Working
Arved Grass: Tag: Refrigerator Car — http://arvedgrass.com/tag/refrigerator-car/
Intermountain Railway: N Scale Reefers — http://www.intermountain-railway.com/n/nreefers.htm