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40' Wood Reefer
Undecorated
#518 00 000 Undecorated 40' Reefer
  Actual color may vary from photo
  $12.40 retail ea - ZSM $9.92
Burlington Refrigerator Express Co.
#518 00 031 BREX
#518 00 032 Released October 2011
  $24.90 retail ea - ZSM $19.92
#518 00 031

#74606
#518 00 032

#74647
These 40’ wood sheathed reefer cars with flush doors and vertical brakewheels bear the black, red and white logos and are lettered in black on the sides and white on the ends. They were built in 1945, serviced in May 1963, and run on Bettendorf trucks. World War II steel shortages forced the use of wood sides on otherwise all-steel cars. These Burlington Refrigerator Express cars are stenciled in the post-1958 block gothic lettering.
American Refrigerator Transit Co.
#518 00 041 ART
#518 00 042 Released October 2011
  $27.60 retail ea - ZSM $22.08
#518 00 041

#22787
#518 00 042

#22789
This 40’ wood sheathed reefer bears the red, white and blue ART shield logo; the red, white and blue Wabash ‘Follow the Flag’ logo; and the red and white Missouri Pacific buzz saw logo. It has an unknown built date but was serviced in June 1950 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. The American Refrigerator Transit Company was a St. Louis, MO-based private refrigerator car line established in 1881 by the Missouri Pacific and Wabash railroads. It is now a subsidiary of the UP Corp.
Mandan Creamery & Produce Co.
#518 00 050 Mandan C. & P. Co.
  Road #2000 Released November 2011
  $27.30 retail ea - ZSM $21.84
The car was built by Pressed Steel Car Co. in November 1927, serviced in April 1934, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. The Mandan Creamery & Produce Company of Mandan, ND, also leased NAC cars under its own MCPX reporting marks. MCPX 2000 was assigned to Mandan for a brief period beginning in April 1934. Billboard car side advertising was extensively used by meat packers, breweries and producers of food products from the 1920s thru 1938.
Swift Refrigerator Lines
#518 00 061 Swift
#518 00 062 Released November 2011
  $28.30 retail ea - ZSM $22.64
#518 00 061

#5820
#518 00 062

#5839
These reefers were built in December 1936, serviced in 1950, and run on Bettendorf trucks. Though actually owned by General American Transportation Company, they were leased to Swift Refrigerator Lines. The reefer was not the invention of the railroads or meatpackers, but the result of inventive minds such as Gustavus Swift in the late 1800s. Swift is credited with the development of the first practical Ice-cooled reefer which allowed his company to ship dressed meats to all parts of the country and even abroad, which ushered in the “era of cheap beef.”
Canadian National
#518 00 061 Canadian National
#518 00 062 Released February 2012
  $20.85 retail ea - ZSM $16.68
#518 00 071

#209300
#518 00 072

#209344
These 40’ wood-sheathed ice reefers are painted mineral red with green and white logo and white lettering. They were built in September 1937, rebuilt in October 1948, and run on Bettendorf trucks. French did not appear on Canadian National cars until the late 1960s and 1970s when cars received the CN ‘Wet Noodle’ logos.
Meat Packer Reefer Series
Beginning last May, Micro-Trains launched its newest series featuring prototypically accurate meat packer refrigerator car schemes never before done by Micro-Trains! This 12 month series will consist of 12 unique, colorful and interesting reefers, and will not include a locomotive or caboose. Our first release will be the Miller and Hart Packing Company’s ‘Berkshire Ham and Bacon’ reefer built by General America in 1925. Don’t miss out on this exciting series.
Berkshire (MPRS #1)
#518 00 080 Berkshire
  Road #MAHX2032 Released May 2012
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
Built new by General American in December of 1925. It was repainted by General American’s East Chicago shops in February of 1931. Billboard car side advertising was used extensively by meat packers, breweries and producers of food products, 1920’s thru 1938. This form of advertising came about when freight car leasing companies realized they could make more money by letting the companies leasing their cars paint billboard ads on the sides of the cars.
Chaswolff Packing Co. (MPRS #2)
#518 00 090 Chaswolff Packing Co.
  Road #N.A.D.X. 3149 Released June 2012
  $26.95 retail ea
This reefer with multi-colored Honey Brand logo, Hams Bacon Lard Produce, and a red and black logo. Side lettering is black and end lettering is white. The reefer was built in 1925 by Pressed Steel Car Company of Hegewisch, IL, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. This reefer is one of a group of 150 refrigerator cars constructed for the North American Car Company’s leasing company, North American Despatch. The cars from this series displayed many different billboard themes, advertising for the company leasing them from N.A.D.X.
Morrells Refrigerator Line (MPRS #3)
#518 00 100 Morrells Refrigerator Line
  Road #M.R.X. 5628 Released July 2012
  $26.95 retail ea
This 40’ wood sheathed ice reefer was built new in September of 1918. It is painted black with dark brown sides and adorned with a white heart promoting the “Iowa’s Pride” slogan and large white billboard lettering. ‘Morrell’ lettering is outlined in white with distinctive two-tone coloring. Billboard car side advertising was used extensively by meat packers, breweries and producers of food products from the mid-teens thru 1938.
St. Louis Independent Packing Co. (MPRS #4)
#518 00 110 St. Louis I. P. Co.
  Road #1496 Released August 2012
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
This is one of fifty cars from series 1400-1498 (even numbers only). Built by the American Car & Foundry Co. (lot #5693) in Chicago for the St. Louis Independent Packing Co. in July of 1910, it has a capacity of 1938 cubic feet and advertises the varieties of meat that it carried to market.
Kingan’s Reliable (MPRS #5)
#518 00 120 Kingan’s Reliable
  Road #237 Released September 2012
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
This 40’ wood-sheathed ice reefer with straight underframe is painted brown with gray sides and blue/yellow ‘checkerboard scheme.’ Lettering is blue and white with red vertical stripes. It was built by American Car & Foundry in the early 1900s and runs on Andrews trucks. The Kingan Refrigerator Line, owned and operated by Kingan & Company of Indianapolis, rostered almost 600 meat reefers.
Evansville Packing Co. (MPRS #6)
#518 00 130 Evansville
  Road #E.T.T.X 54 Released Oct 2012
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
This 40’ wood-sheathed ice reefer with straight underframe is painted brown with reefer orange sides and black and white logos. Lettering is in white. The car was built in 1910 and traveled the Midwest from 1910 and into the 1920s on Archbar trucks. Typical of late 19th century construction, the Evansville Packing Co. EPX 54 has the elaborate and colorful paint and hand lettering promoting “May Blossom” lard and “Battleship” hams and bacon.
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger (MPRS #7)
#518 00 140 Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
  Road #CBTCO 2025 Released Nov 2012
  $26.95 retail ea
Built by American Car & Foundry in May 1904 for the Cold Blast Transportation Company. C.B.T.Co. 2025 is a 36’ wood reefer with flat underframe. It was painted for the “Majestic Hams and Bacon” brand. Billboard era. Billboard car side advertising was used extensively by meat packers, breweries and producers of food products frmo the 1920s through 1938.
Bootes Hatcheries (MPRS #8)
#518 00 150 Bootes Hatcheries
  Road #QREX 90534 Released Dec 2012
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
This 40’ wood reefer is painted brown with yellow sides. Boote’s Hatcheries #QREX 90534 was built in 1927 by General American as part of the 100 car series, 90500 - 90599. It received its paint scheme in 1934 just before the ruling that outlawed billboard advertising on reefer cars.
Rath's Blackhawk (MPRS #10)
#518 00 160 Rath's Blackhawk
  Road #RPRX 208 Released February 2013
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
The Rath Packing Company of Waterloo, Iowa, leased most of it’s refrigerator cars from Mather from the 1920s through the 1950s. RPRX 208 was built in the 1920s and serviced in 1933. It is part of series 100-299.
Decker (MPRS #9)
#518 00 170 Decker
  Road #DMRX 2834 Released January 2013
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
Built by General American in October 1928 and repainted in East Chicago in December 1930 for Jacob E. Decker & Sons of Mason City, Iowa. This car has the billboard “DECKER” lettering on the roof. Billboard car side advertising was used extensively by meat packers, breweries and producers of food products from the 1920s through 1938.
Southern Star (MPRS #11)
#518 00 180 Southern Star
  Road #LPCX 207 Released March 2013
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
This wood sheathed ice reefer is one of 12 cars built by General American in July 1925 for Quaker City. It was then leased to the Louisville Provision Company (LPCX). The sides painted reefer yellow on the upper part, with black lettering and painted red with white lettering on the lower portion. It has a modern underframe and was painted for the “Southern Star” meat products.
Nuckolls Packing Co. (MPRS #12)
#518 00 190 Nuckolls Packing Co.
  Road #NPKX 100 Released April 2013
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
This meat reefer was built by the Pressed Steel Car Co. in Sept. 1925 for the NACC (North American Car Corporation), and leased to Nuckolls Packing Co. When new in September 1925, Nuckolls advertised “Pikes Peak” brand lard on its Left side and “Mission” brand ham and bacon on its Right side.
Brewery Reefer Series
Lemp Brewing Co. (BRS #1)
#518 00 210 Lemp Brewing Co.
  Road #1504 Released May 2013
  $26.95 retail ea - ZSM $21.56
John Adam Lemp arrived from Germany in 1838; he established his brewery in St. Louis. He was able to utilize natural caves for refrigeration. His son William J. Lemp took over the business and built the Lemp Brewery industrial complex which still stands in St. Louis today. In 1903 Lemp Brewing registerd the Falstaff trademark & logo. This first release of this series is painted dark green. The bold layered lettering spans the side of the car and is bordered in white. The colorful Lemp Brewing Co. logo is displayed on both ends.
Sold Out Reefers
Pacific Fruit Express
#518 00 011 PFE UP
#518 00 012 Released September 2011
  $26.50 retail ea

#12

#23
Union Refrigerator Transit Co.
#518 00 021 URTC 'Land O' Lakes'
#518 00 022 Released September 2011
  $24.10 retail ea

#10133

#10134
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