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TRAIN CARS (MODELS)
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TRAIN CARS (MODELS).
Atlas Master Line O 8536-1 Dubuque Packing 40' steel refrigerator car already assembled is based on the ones built in 1954 and EC in 1932. This model is based on the Pacific Fruit Express R-40-10 class reefer which was built in 1936 & 1937. This reefer was a very successful design for PFE and the 4,700 cars that were built constituted one of the largest orders ever for refrigerator cars.
