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The Union Refrigerator Transit Line (URT) was a
The Union Refrigerator Transit Line (URT) was a St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, whic ...
- and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee i ...
-based private refrigerator car
A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a refrigerated boxcar (U.S.), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars (c ...
line established in 1895 by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and once the largest producer of beer in the United States. Its namesake beer, Schlitz (), was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" and was adve ...
. In 1929, the General American Tank Car Corporation acquired the URT and placed its rolling stock into lease service. In the early 1970s the company, then operating as the General American Transportation Corporation
GATX Corporation is a railcar lessor that owns fleets in North America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, jointly with Rolls-Royce Limited, it owns one of the largest aircraft spare engine lease portfolios. It is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. ...
(GATX) liquidated its URT subsidiary along with its outdated wooden reefer fleet.
Union Refrigerator Transit Line, 1930–1970:
Source: ''The Great Yellow Fleet'', p. 17.
References
* White, John W. (1986). ''The Great Yellow Fleet''.Golden West Books
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, San Marino, CA
San Marino is a residential city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It was incorporated on April 25, 1913. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census the population was 13,147. The city is one of the wealthiest places in the n ...
. .
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Further reading
* Greedy, John A. (1997). "Milwaukee Road's Union Refrigerator Transit Lines 37000-Series Steel Ice Reefers." ''The Milwaukee Railroader'' 27 (2) 4–7. 1895 establishments in Wisconsin Refrigerator car lines of the United States {{US-rail-transport-stub