Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2200

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2203

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

American Refrigerator Transit Co (ART)

Road Number:

26883

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2226

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)

Road Number:

7004

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2220

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Prototype Year/Era:

1950

Road Name:

Bangor & Aroostook (BAR)

Model Introduced:

1983

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

The main photo shows Bill's version for which he painted the grab irons and the ladders to match their underlying body color, as is correct for the prototype. The other enhancement he made was that he replaced the grab irons with the ones Bill Lane produced. Photo #2 shows the American Models original model. Photo #3 shows the original unbuilt kit version, and Photo #4 shows the kit box' end.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2216

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Burlington Northern/WFEX

Road Number:

76120

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2223

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Prototype Year/Era:

1958

Road Name:

Burlington Refrigerator Express (RBBX)

Road Number:

79227

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2232

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Burlington Refrigerator Line (BREX)

Road Number:

76250

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

This car was part of the 2017 Fall S Fest, produced for the State-Line S Gaugers.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2208

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Canadian National Railways (CNR)

Road Number:

290174

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

To complete the model to match the prototype, it would need need 8-rung ladders and charcoal heater.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2218

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

Road Number:

35428

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

To complete the model to match the prototype, it would need 8-rung ladders and charcoal heater.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2224

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

Road Number:

285600

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2209

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (DTI)

Road Number:

19088

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2206

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Dubuque Packing (URTX)

Road Number:

35428

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2204

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Fruit Growers Express (RBNX)

Road Number:

82151

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Model Online Article:

visit site

Notes:

The main photo is of the older kit version that Holt built. The newer, ready-to-run version, is shown in Photo #2. These prototype insulated box cars ran from the 1920s through the 1970s, and carried fresh fruit, mostly from Florida, up the east coast to many cities.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2205

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Fruit Growers Express (RBNX)

Road Number:

82151

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Model Online Article:

visit site

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2217

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Great Northern (GN)

Road Number:

13509

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Mathieson (NX)

Road Number:

6855

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

This was a special run for the NASG's 2024 Annual Member Car program.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2222

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Miller (MHLX)

Road Number:

80356

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2213

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Milwaukee Road (MILW)

Road Number:

10322

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2229

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Milwaukee Road (MILW)

Road Number:

10322

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2215

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

New York Central (NYC)

Road Number:

2503

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2227

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)

Road Number:

45083

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

The New York New Haven & Hartford picked up the last 100 cars from a BAR 1953 order for 40-foot boxcars. Common loads were Maine potatoes in winter and newsprint otherwise.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2221

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Northern Pacific (NP)

Road Number:

98446

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

The main photo shows American Models' ready-to-run version. Photo #2 shows Jack Troxell's kit version of this model, built, painted, and lettered. Photo #3 shows the original kit in the box, and Photo #4 shows the kit box' end.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2202

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Pacific Fruit Express (PFE)

Road Number:

69419, 78842

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Terry added grabirons to his model.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2219

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Pacific Great Eastern (PGE)

Road Number:

8006

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2211

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Road Number:

19818

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2228

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Reading (RDG)

Road Number:

213

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

American Models lists this as a Reading model, but "MRBX" is "Merchant Dispatch Transportation Co", owned by the NYC.

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2210

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch (SFRD)

Road Number:

6948, 6957

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2230

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Seaboard Air Line (SAL)

Road Number:

16642

Model Introduced:

2017

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2212

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Soo Line (SOO)

Road Number:

187780

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2225

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Prototype Year/Era:

1956

Road Name:

St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF)

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

2207

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Road Name:

Western Pacific (WP)

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Manufacturer:

S DeSignS

Category:

Refrigerator Car, Insulated

Prototype Year/Era:

1953

Road Name:

Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch (SFRD)

Road Number:

3307

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

These were produced by American Models on special commission by S DeSignS (100 produced, with AM having the rights to continue to sell this paint scheme after that). They have a different slogan on each side.