Roundhouse 1454 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Merchants Despatch NYMX 1020 Toy Train Set Length: 159 mm

Length: 159 mm

Three different body styles

and reverse operation

Lightened metal clamping 12mm wheel hexes are now standard

Roundhouse 1454 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Merchants Despatch NYMX 1020 Toy Train Set Length: 159 mmRoundhouse 1454 HO Scale 50' Mechanical Reefer Merchants Despatch NYMX 1020 The railroads responded to the migration from ice stored in bunkers as a primary cooling system to the diesel mechanical systems. The mechanical reefers could keep a more regular temperature, often times colder then what the ice bunker cars could at the time. Initially mechanical reefers were used primarily in frozen food service. This would soon change as mechanical