Refrigerator Cars
Title | Refrigerator Cars PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1941 |
Genre | Refrigerator cars |
ISBN |
Refrigerator Cars Ice Bunker Cars 1884-1979
Title | Refrigerator Cars Ice Bunker Cars 1884-1979 PDF eBook |
Author | Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, Inc. |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1994-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781933587028 |
Freight Cars of the '40s and '50s
Title | Freight Cars of the '40s and '50s PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Wison |
Publisher | Kalmbach Publishing, Co. |
Pages | 97 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 162700145X |
Jeff Wilson's latest release is a guide to railroad cars operated during one of the most popular eras to model. You can use the book's highly detailed historical information as inspiration for your layout. You'll find background on loads carried by freight cars, information on putting together a realistic freight car fleet, as well as prototype paint schemes and detailing.
Refrigeration Nation
Title | Refrigeration Nation PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Rees |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2013-12-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1421411075 |
How we keep food cold while the house stays warm. Only when the power goes off and food spoils do we truly appreciate how much we rely on refrigerators and freezers. In Refrigeration Nation, Jonathan Rees explores the innovative methods and gadgets that Americans have invented to keep perishable food cold—from cutting river and lake ice and shipping it to consumers for use in their iceboxes to the development of electrically powered equipment that ushered in a new age of convenience and health. As much a history of successful business practices as a history of technology, this book illustrates how refrigeration has changed the everyday lives of Americans and why it remains so important today. Beginning with the natural ice industry in 1806, Rees considers a variety of factors that drove the industry, including the point and product of consumption, issues of transportation, and technological advances. Rees also shows that how we obtain and preserve perishable food is related to our changing relationship with the natural world.
The Efficiency of a Short-type Refrigerator Car
Title | The Efficiency of a Short-type Refrigerator Car PDF eBook |
Author | Robert George Hill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
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Comparative Efficiency of Wire-basket Bunkers in Refrigerator Cars
Title | Comparative Efficiency of Wire-basket Bunkers in Refrigerator Cars PDF eBook |
Author | Robert George Hill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
Produce Traffic & Trains
Title | Produce Traffic & Trains PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Wilson |
Publisher | Kalmbach Publishing Co |
Pages | 115 |
Release | 2018-08-01 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1627005056 |
From the late 1800s to the 1960s, the railroad industry faced a unique challenge: What was the best way to ship fresh produce across the U.S. to prevent spoiling? Produce Traffic & Trains looks at the development of refrigerator cars and how their development led to wide-scale growing and shipping of produce. Covered topics include: The development of refrigerator cars, car fleets, and produce terminals. Harvesting, loading, shipping, and delivering fresh produce, and later frozen products. Running express trains, making ice and icing stations, and carrying out perishable operations.