Swift refrigerator cars

Swift refrigerator cars

By Angela Cotey | September 19, 2017

| Last updated on August 8, 2025


A mix of older wood reefers and new steel cars mingle on the cleanout and ready tracks at Swift’s Sioux City (Iowa) plant in 1954. A lone car in the old yellow scheme stands out among a sea of cars in the red 1950 paint scheme.
George Berkstresser photo

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