Santa Fe Railway Rolling Stock Reference Series, Vol. 2: Refrigerator Cars and Ice Bunker Cars, 1884-1979
by: Richard H. Hendrickson, C. Keith Jordan, others

Softcover. Highlands Ranch CO, Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Soft Cover. Spiral bound. 288 pages. Oblong 4to. B&w illustrations, photos throughout. Clean copy. Invaluable, handsome reference book on the refrigerator cars of the ATSF, from 1884 through 1971. Chapters cover 19th century cars, 20th century truss rod cars, USRA style cars, original ARA type design, USRA rebuilds (1935-50), ARA design rebuilds (1950-53), steel 40' cars (1935-53), 50' cars (1931-46), modernizing the fleet (1954-59), and ice cars (1908-71). With 9 appendices on lettering, rosters, slogan assignments by car, all-time reefer fleet totals, beer cars, diagrams, etc.