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Refrigerator cars

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Refrigerator cars have insulation and a regfrigerator to keep the inside cold. They are used to ship things which will spoil if not kept cold. Products the might spoil are called "perishables.

 


~Refrigerator cars carrying produce from farms or orchards to processing plants or distribution centers.
~Tank cars carrying milk from dairy farms to local distributors.

Solid train of refrigerator cars carrying produce.
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Refrigerator cars (or, colloquially, reefers) - a refrigerated subtype of boxcar
Airplane parts cars
Flatcars (or flat) - for larger loads that don't load easily into a boxcar.

A freight train consist of refrigerator cars.
Reagan
[SL] Class 664 GM G26 C-C diesel. So called because Regan was the President of the USA at the time when they arrived.

Freight train consisting of refrigerator cars.
Relay
In electricity, an electrically-powered switch which, in turn, effects a change (activates other switches) in some other electrical circuit or circuits.

Head End Cars - Normally attached to the front of a passenger train, baggage, mail, railway post office, and express refrigerator cars are examples of head end cars.

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Reefer Block - A freight train consist of refrigerator cars.
Regional Railroad - A railroad which is smaller than a major railroad but larger than a short line railroad.

See also: Freight car, Truck, Car, Locomotive, Track