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Ann Arbor Railroad - Refrigeration Cars

Ann Arbor Railroad Refrigation Cars
Vegetable - Produce

Year

Car Number

Dimenisons

Weight

Capacity

Number of

Length

Width

Height

1895

600 to 625

32.9

8

7

83600

60000

25

1917

622
626 to 669

34

8
7.10

7

 

60000

1
10

9000 to 9049
9300 to 9349

40 0 5/8
32.8

8.4
8

7.7 3/4
6.7

 

80000
60000

50
49

1925

9000 to 9049

40.04

8.4

12.3

 

80000

48

1930

9000 to 9049

40.4

9.2

12.3

 

80000

16

1931

9000 to 9049

40.4

9.2

12.3

 

80000

15

1938

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

Dimenisons are feet.inches

 1895

 

Ann Arbor box cars made into vegetable cars with refrigerator doors:
4939, 4040, 4079, 4084, 4142, 4158, 4173, 4175, 4178, 4210, 4211, 4235, 4265, 42??, 4298, 4302, 4305, 4340, 4345, 4324, 4389, 4397, 4404, 4410, 4418, 4441, 4443, 4451, 4452, 4462, 4497, 4501, 4514, 4518, 4528, 4539, 4543, 4577, 4585, 4597 ( 40 cars )

 1925 to
1931

 

All the cars were wood, with ice boxes.  Crushed ice 7700 pounds, chunk ice 6700 pounds, cubic feet of ice 178.

Some of the refrigeration cars ended life in storage service for the car ferries or M of W service.
M of W 3000 - DT&I ran it over the hump in Flat Rock, Mich. and they then rebuilt it - to repair the damage.  It then was given the the steam Historical group at Lake City, Mich. - Cadillac and Lake City Railroad.

Height measurement 1895 to 1917 of the car body, after 1917 from rail.

Painting stencil C-1789.jpg July 5, 1926
Source: The Official Equipment Register

Web page by Henry F. Burger Nov. 14, 2005