With the limited options for modern refrigerated cars, I started buying Weaver and Lionel mechanical reefers for perishable merchandise. I'm avoiding MTH reefers because the ruse would be revealed if they pass by MTH's "material handling cars."
I've acquired a few Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Fruit Express units. What I can't seem to figure out is if these cars only ran in transcontinental unit trains when they were active in the fleet. Were these cars also leased by small industries?
