MTH 30-78161 19th Century Continental Fruit Express Reefer – Your Source for Gaming Essentials* Trains

Description

The coming of the railroad changed the way America ate and drank. Before the iron horse connected every town of any importance to the outside world, most food was grown or produced locally. The arrival of cheap, fast, refrigerated transport in the form of the woodsided reefer with ice bunkers at each end enabled local brewers, diaries, meat processors, and other food businesses to become players on a national scale. This model typifies the all-wood reefer of the last quarter of the 19th century, with metal truss rods running under the car to counteract the wood underframes tendency to sag in the middle. With a few boards thrown across the rods to make a platform, many a hobo used the truss rods as a traveling bedroom hence the expression riding the rods. High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you

Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)

Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 30-78161
Road Name: Union Pacific Fruit Express (UPFE)

Scale/Era: O Modern
Model Type: Freight Cars

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11823305.

Trainz Product Id: 11823305