SFRD 7918 Refrigerator Car - Vici, OK
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N 36° 09.082 W 099° 17.798
14S E 473316 N 4000778
One of many refrigerated cars used to transport perishable commodities.
Waymark Code: WMXE7B
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2018
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The Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch, begun in 1884, was a subsidiary of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. Their cars were refrigerated with ice, and later dry ice, to maintain proper temperature for their perishable loads. In 1929, 43% of the California citrus crop was transported in these cars, which were nicknamed "reefers".
Between 1935 and 1950, Santa Fe rebuilt its refrigerated cars and this particular car, a Class Rr-39 was a rebuild. In 1971, the last ice-cooled reefer was retired.
This car, SFRD 7918 is located next to the M-K-T railroad depot in Vici.
A comprehensive history of refrigerator cars can be found at this Wikipedia website (
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