O MASTER 40' WOOD REFRIGERATOR CAR - Pabst 


This highly detailed model is based on the  40' wood refrigerator cars built by Pullman for the Northern Refrigerator Car Co. in 1930. With its rooftop ice hatches, USRA-style fish belly underframe and vertical brake shaft, it is representative of the thousands of similar cars that were built during the "Billboard" era of American railroads. 

Available in 2-rail as well as 3-rail, these ready-to-run reefers have state-of-the-art detailing and construction. 

 

Features:

  • Highly detailed ABS body
  • Separately-applied ladders, grab irons and stirrups
  • Die-cast metal stirrups
  • Separately-applied door hinges, handles and latches
  • Opening doors
  • Separately-applied opening roof hatches, hinges and latches
  • Die-cast underframe
  • Separately applied brake system and vertical brake shaft
  • Separately-applied coupler lift bars
  • 40-ton Bettendorf-style, die-cast sprung trucks with metal wheels
  • Die-cast articulated couplers (3-Rail)
  • Minimum diameter curve: O-31 (3-Rail)
  • Minimum radius curve: 24" (2-Rail)

     

    2-rail versions feature body-mounted scale knuckle couplers and scale 33" wheelsets
All packages are shipped from the Atlas Model Railroad main warehouse located in Hillside NJ. Often shipping will occur same day if payment is received before 2:00 PM EST. However on some occasions please allow up to 3 business days for processing. Packages ship Monday - Friday at 3:00 PM EST. If an order is paid for after 2:00 PM EST on Friday, the shipment will not go out until the following Monday.