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ScaleTrains S 40-foot wood refrigerator car

By Cody Grivno | September 30, 2025

The model is based on an American Car & Foundry prototype

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ScaleTrains S 40-foot wood refrigerator car

Scale: S (1:64)

Price: $59.99

Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 4901 Old Tasso Road NE Cleveland, TN 37312; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com

Color photo of S scale wood refrigerator car painted orange, brown, and black with black and white graphics on white background

ScaleTrains S 40-foot wood refrigerator car features:

  • Detailed brake system
  • Equipped with American Flyer-compatible wheels and operating couplers
  • Fish-belly underframe
  • Freestanding vertical brake staff
  • Injection-molded plastic body
  • Metal handrails and grab irons
  • Metal wheelsets
  • Minimum radius, 20”
  • Positionable roof hatches
  • Scale code 110 wheels and Kadee-compatible scale couplers included
  • Sprung, die-cast metal solid-bearing trucks

Release date: Available now

Road names: Santa Fe Refrigerator Department (six road numbers), American Refrigerator Transit Co., Bangor & Aroostook, Fruit Growers Express (six numbers), Union Refrigerator Dispatch with Milwaukee Road herald, and Western Refrigerator Line with Green Bay & Western herald. Three numbers per paint scheme unless noted; also available painted orange and yellow but unlettered.

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