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The American Refrigerator Transit Company (ART) was a

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-based private

refrigerator car A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a Refrigeration, refrigerated boxcar (U.S.), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple Thermal insulation, insulated b ...

line established in 1881 by the

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and Wabash railroads. It is now a subsidiary of the

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.Class I Railroad Annual Report R-1: Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Surface Transportation Board for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 2007
/ref> American Refrigerator Transit Company, 1900–1970: *estimated. Source: ''The Great Yellow Fleet'', p. 16.

References

* Green, Gene (2005) "Refrigerator Car Color Guide", Morning Sun Books, Scotch Plains, NJ. . * White, John W. (1986). ''The Great Yellow Fleet''.

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