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Published: 2009-04-17 00:29:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 515; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 19
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The brakeman from a Kansas City Terminal switch job steps down to fend off raging baggage carts after a hot summer rain in 1967 Kansas City. Look closely at the REA box that the ALCo switcher is tugging along and you will see that it used to have windows. This was a WW II troop sleeper re-purposed as a refrigerator car (note the roof hatches and insulated plug door) for inter-city delivery service.Related content
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Aww, I wish it was still a troop sleeper.
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That reefer reminds me of the old troop car on display in Griffith.
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The REA car use to be a troup car the coved windows are a give away.
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Yep... and when this pix was taken it was a reefer.
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hi Chief !
very good photo, i like the colors and the man on the right
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