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51' Mechanical Reefer
Canadian National
No. 70963 -1999 Release
51' Mechanical Reefer
Lehigh Valley
No. 70977 -1999 Release
51' Mechanical Reefer
Miller
No. 6243 -1968 Release
No. 5464 -1969 Release
51' Mechanical Reefer
New York Central
No. 6242 -1968 Release
No. 5463 -1969 Release
51' Mechanical Reefer
Pacific Fruit Express
No. 6241 -1968 Release
No. 5462 -1969 Release
51' Mechanical Reefer
Pacific Fruit Express -Green
No. 70998 -2000 Release
51' Mechanical Reefer
Railway Express
No. 5467 -1970 Release
The Railway Express car is listed, beginning in 1971, as retailing for $2.50, fifty cents higher
than the standard 51' Mechanical Reefer releases. The 1972 catalog provides more detail standing the Railway Express
model rides on 4-wheel Passenger Trucks.
51' Mechanical Reefer
Safeway
No. 6240 -1968 Release
No. 5461 -1969 Release
51' Mechanical Reefer
Santa Fe
No. 6245 -1968 Release
No. 5466 -1969 Release
No. 70952 -1992 Release
The original Santa Fe Mechanical Reefer included reference to Santa Fe's Texas Chief.
Later releases of this car feature the darker orange color and large Santa Fe herald. I find the large Santa Fe herald
example first in Bachmann's 1983 catalog.
51' Mechanical Reefer
Swift's
No. 6244 -1968 Release
No. 5465 -1969 Release
51' Mechanical Reefer
Tropicana
No. 70997 -2000 Release
51' Mechanical Reefer
Union Pacific
No. 70951 -1999 Release
Bachmann's original stock number series for this car was 6240-6245. The 1968 catalog includes
six roadnames (Safeway, PFE, NYC, Miller, Swift's and Santa Fe). The retail in '68 is listed as $2. The catalog includes
an illustration of an Athearn HO-scale model lettered for NYC. Bachmann's stock numbering system changes with the 1969 catalog.
The group of road names stays the same with numbers becoming 5461-5466. Stock numbering changes in the early 1980s and the
51-foot Mechanical Reefer moves to 53-1009 numbering with a $3.50 retail.
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