Perishable progress

Perishable progress

By Brian Schmidt | June 21, 2021

| Last updated on August 8, 2025


Railroad freight car in profile

Perishable progress

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rebuilt older wood refrigerator cars with steel sides instead of buying new cars. The Rr-49 class, pictured, introduced sliding plug doors in 1950. Santa Fe photo

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