Produce Traffic & Trains

Informationen zum Autor Jeff Wilson has written more than 30 books about railroads and model railroading. He spent 10 years on the staff of Model Railroader magazine and for the past 10 years has been an associate editor in the books division of Kalmbach Media. In addition to books, Jeff has had dozens of articles published in magazines including Model Railroader, Trains, and FineScale Modeler. Klappentext rom the late 1800s to the 1960s, the railroad industry faced a unique challenge: What was the best way to ship fresh produce across the U.S. to prevent spoiling? Produce Traffic & Trains looks at the development of refrigerator cars and how their development led to wide-scale growing and shipping of produce. Covered topics include: The development of refrigerator cars, car fleets, and produce terminals. Harvesting, loading, shipping, and delivering fresh produce, and later frozen products. Running express trains, making ice and icing stations, and carrying out perishable operations.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Wilson
• Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing co
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781627005043
• ISBN: 978-1-62700-504-3
• No. of pages: 111
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 273 mm x 13 mm
• Subject: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Model-making