Rapido 196005a pfe r-40-27, HO scale

Rapido Trains Inc HO 196005A PFE R-40-27 Reefer PFE '1966 Repaint' #1 - Single Car The Rapido Trains HO scale R-40-27 and -28s features: Accurately scaled from prototype blueprints and field measurements Separate wire grab irons Correct running boards and brake wheels Correct cooling fan housings Positionable roof hatches Rapido semi-scale metal couplers Free-rolling trucks with turned metal wheels Accurate paint and decoration Multiple accurate road numbers available for each paint scheme Prototype History: We're excited to announce the all-new, HO Scale Pacific Fruit Express R-40-27 and -28 Reefer, which is the first time that these cars have been offered as a plastic model. The reefers were built from January through August 1957, with a total of 1700 cars built in class R-40-27. They were placed into the PFE 10001-11700 numbering series and featured a 4-foot-wide Youngstown sliding plug-door, sliding toward the left, combined with a 2-foot-wide hinged door to the right of it. This created a 6-foot-wide opening when both were opened, or just a 2-foot-wide opening if the car needed to be inspected before unloading in order to retain the cool interior temperature. Soon the R-40-27 car’s plans were modified with a six-foot sliding plug-door, along with the established 2-foot-wide swinging door, creating the new class R-40-28 cars, of which there were 100 (PFE 11701-11800) constructed by in July 1957. Both the R40-27 and R-40-28 class cars were cooled with ice, and included overhead electric fans to circulate the cool air enroute. As it would turn out these would be the last ice-cooled refrigerator cars built by PFE. After these classes, all PFE reefers utilized mechanical cooling.