Atlas O 3001574 - 40' Re-Built Wood Reefer Car "Fruit Growers Express"

• Road Name: Fruit Growers Express
• Road Number: 50089, 50098
• System: 3-Rail
• Product Line: Atlas O
• Scale: O Scale
• Estimated Release: 3Q2021

Two road numbers are available per road name.

Features:

• Simulated metal roof
• Raised hatch platforms with simulated hatch plugs
• Brake wheel and brake housing
• Underframe details
• Braking system
• Highly detailed ABS body
• Separately-applied ladders, grab irons and stirrups
• Separately-applied door hinges, handles and latches
• Opening doors
• Separately-applied opening roof hatches, hinges and latches
• Die-cast underframe
• 40-ton Bettendorf-style trucks
• Die-cast articulated couplers (3-Rail)
• Minimum diameter curve (3-Rail): O-31

Overview:

During their long life span, many of the prototype wood reefers were re-built and modernized at various stages of their service life. This new Atlas O version represents a car as it could be seen in the late 1930s and 1940s, after it was outfitted with several upgrades.