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| − | Refrigerator cars, nicknamed reefers, are insulated box cars with cooling (and sometimes heating) devices used to transport perishable foods. They can easily be identified by their small doors and rooftop ice hatches. No evidence has emerged of DAR lettered reefers, but the DAR often hosted CPR reefers exporting fish and dairy products and importing meat and fruit. Refrigerator cars also played an important role in winter to [[Apple Trains|export Nova Scotia's apple crops]]. The insulated sides helped keep apple barrels from freezing in sub-zero temperatures, assisted in very cold weather with portable stoves or charcoal heaters. While refrigerated cars protected apples and ensured a better quality product, they also has less capacity (due to the thick walls and ice bunkers) and could only carry 200 barrels of apples as opposed to 300 barrels in a standard boxcar.<ref>Anne Hutton, ''Valley Gold'', Halifax: Petheric Press (1981) p. 83</ref> The railway also charged a higher rate for shipping in reefer cars. CP refrigerator cars were used to carry some North American export apple traffic, such shipments from the Annapolis Valley to processors in Upstate New York in the 1950s.<ref>Email from George Melvin, Maine, via [[:Category:Bill Linley|Bill Linley]](31 May 2020) noting that apples were shipped from the Annapolis Valley to processors in upstate NY in reefers of the Rutland Ogdensburg Line in the early 1950s.</ref> | + | =Refrigerator Cars= |
| + | [[File:Armstrong2501.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Refrigerator car [[ARL002500|No. 2500]] custom built to run on the DAR by [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|E. E. Armstrong]] of [[Falmouth]], NS, circa 1905.]] | ||
| + | Refrigerator cars, nicknamed reefers, are insulated box cars with cooling (and sometimes heating) devices used to transport perishable foods. They can easily be identified by their small doors and rooftop ice hatches. No evidence has emerged of DAR lettered reefers, but the DAR often hosted CPR reefers, such as [[DAR286510|CPR 286510]], often found exporting fish and dairy products and importing meat and fruit. Refrigerator cars also played an important role in winter to [[Apple Trains|export Nova Scotia's apple crops]]. The insulated sides helped keep apple barrels from freezing in sub-zero temperatures, assisted in very cold weather with portable stoves or charcoal heaters. While refrigerated cars protected apples and ensured a better quality product, they also has less capacity (due to the thick walls and ice bunkers) and could only carry 200 barrels of apples as opposed to 300 barrels in a standard boxcar.<ref>Anne Hutton, ''Valley Gold'', Halifax: Petheric Press (1981) p. 83</ref> The railway also charged a higher rate for shipping in reefer cars. CP refrigerator cars were used to carry some North American export apple traffic, such shipments from the Annapolis Valley to processors in Upstate New York in the 1950s.<ref>Email from George Melvin, Maine, via [[:Category:Bill Linley|Bill Linley]](31 May 2020) noting that apples were shipped from the Annapolis Valley to processors in upstate NY in reefers of the Rutland Ogdensburg Line in the early 1950s.</ref> | ||
| − | At least one apple exporter also owned his own refrigerator cars. [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|Edward E. Armstrong, a large apple grower]] in [[Falmouth]] built and | + | At least one apple exporter also owned his own refrigerator cars. [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|Edward E. Armstrong, a large apple grower]] in [[Falmouth]] had [[ARL002500|two cars built for his ownership, ARL Nos 2500 and 2501]] in 1905<ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=ms02AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA99&lpg=RA1-PA99&dq=E.+E.+Armstrong+apple+refrigerator+car&source=bl&ots=87_hGckPcO&sig=ACfU3U22GgCEjyNlaqC16zGCGk_J_aCo-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6-Ne-jOLpAhWll3IEHULVC9wQ6AEwDXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=E.%20E.%20Armstrong%20apple%20refrigerator%20car&f=false "Report of the Chief of the Fruit Division", Canadian Parliament (March 31, 1906) p.99]</ref> They were 37 foot refrigerated cars intended for fruit and dairy service built to Armstrong's order at the [[:Category:Rhodes, Curry & Co.|Rhodes, Curry & Co.]] in Amherst. Each had a 60,000 pound capacity and were painted light blue and lettered for the "Armstrong Refrigerator Line" on one end with a diamond shield and "Owned by E.E. Armstrong, Falmouth N.S." lettered on the other.<ref>''Amherst Daily News'', August 26, 1905, cited in Mike Parker, ''End of the Line The Dominion Atlantic Railway: A Trip Back in Time'', Lawrencetown NS: Pottersfield Press (2019), p. 196</ref> He built two more in 1906 and by 1913, Armstrong had five refrigerator cars. He sold them to the Intercolonial Railway in April 1913.<ref>[[Canadian_Railway_and_Marine_World_-_1913-04_-_E._E._Armstong_of_Falmouth_Sells_His_Refridgerator_Cars|"E. E. Armstrong of Falmouth Sells His Refridgerator Cars", ''Canadian Railway and Marine World'', April 1913]]</ref> |
The DAR built and ran an [[Kentville Ice House|ice house in Kentville]], to provide blocks of ice for refrigerator cars.<ref>Jim Little "CPR Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Cars", CP Tracks, Summer 1999, page 11.</ref> Built sometime in the 1920s or 30s, it was located just behind the [[Kentville Station]]. | The DAR built and ran an [[Kentville Ice House|ice house in Kentville]], to provide blocks of ice for refrigerator cars.<ref>Jim Little "CPR Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Cars", CP Tracks, Summer 1999, page 11.</ref> Built sometime in the 1920s or 30s, it was located just behind the [[Kentville Station]]. | ||
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| − | File:Armstrong2501.jpg|Photograph of | + | File:Armstrong2501.jpg|Photograph of custom [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator car]] [[ARL002500|No. 2500]] made for [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|Edward E. Armstrong]] of [[Falmouth]], circa 1906. |
| + | File:Armstrong Reefer 2501.jpg|[[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|Refrigerator car]] [[ARL002500|No. 2501]], made for [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|Edward E. Armstrong]], circa November 1906. | ||
Image:1914 windsor 4.jpg|Detail of panorama of [[Windsor Railyard]] showing [[DAR000046|Baggage No. 46]], [[DAR000425|flat car No. 425]], box cars, and a [[Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator car]] on the [[Windsor Wharves]] in 1914. | Image:1914 windsor 4.jpg|Detail of panorama of [[Windsor Railyard]] showing [[DAR000046|Baggage No. 46]], [[DAR000425|flat car No. 425]], box cars, and a [[Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator car]] on the [[Windsor Wharves]] in 1914. | ||
| − | Image:1914 windsor 5.jpg|Detail of panorama of [[Windsor Railyard]] in 1914 showing van [[DAR435786]] and a [[Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator car]] in centre. | + | Image:1914 windsor 5.jpg|Detail of panorama of [[Windsor Railyard]] in 1914 showing van [[DAR435786]] and a [[Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator car]] in centre. |
| + | File:Kalkman38.jpg|[[Kingsport]] with box cars and a refrigerator car loading the [[Kingsport Fruit Company warehouse]] in foreground and the [[Kingsport Station]] on right circa 1920. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman076.jpg|[[:Category:Apple Warehouses|Apple Warehouses]] at [[Hillaton]] with [[DAR286510|CPR Refrigerator Car No. 286510]] on right, 1920s. | ||
Image:DAR No 503 - CPR No 8850.jpg|[[DAR0503|No 503]] leading the [[Flying Bluenose]], [[Train No. 123]] at the [[Kentville Station]] with a [[Refrigerator Cars|CPR refrigerator car]] in background, circa 1920s. | Image:DAR No 503 - CPR No 8850.jpg|[[DAR0503|No 503]] leading the [[Flying Bluenose]], [[Train No. 123]] at the [[Kentville Station]] with a [[Refrigerator Cars|CPR refrigerator car]] in background, circa 1920s. | ||
Image:DAR001097.JPG|[[DAR001097|Stock Car No. 1097]] and [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|reefer]] in train wreck, unknown date. | Image:DAR001097.JPG|[[DAR001097|Stock Car No. 1097]] and [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|reefer]] in train wreck, unknown date. | ||
Image:Kingsportfloatplane.jpg|The [[Kingsport Wharf]] with [[Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator car]] and visiting float plane beside the DAR freight shed and schooner ''F.B.G.'', circa July 1936. | Image:Kingsportfloatplane.jpg|The [[Kingsport Wharf]] with [[Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator car]] and visiting float plane beside the DAR freight shed and schooner ''F.B.G.'', circa July 1936. | ||
| − | File:McBride2p51C.jpg| | + | File:McBride2p51C.jpg|Eastbound mixed train on the [[Bear River Bridge]] with [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator cars]] from Digby and Yarmouth fish plants, circa winter 1937. |
| + | File:McBride2p51D.jpg|Eastbound mixed train on the [[Clementsport Bridge]] with [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator cars]] from Digby and Yarmouth fish plants, circa winter 1937. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman088.jpg|[[Digby Wharf]] with freight unloaded from [[SS Princess Helene]] with [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|CPR Refrigerator Car]] on left, CN Boxcar 409933 at centre and [[DAR069782|DAR boxcar 69782]] on right, winter late 1930s. | ||
| + | File:DAR 1046.jpg|[[DAR1046|Engine 1046]] eastbound from Kentville with a decent freight. Note cars five and six are reefers (probably CNR) with hatches up. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:33, 25 February 2024
Refrigerator Cars
Refrigerator cars, nicknamed reefers, are insulated box cars with cooling (and sometimes heating) devices used to transport perishable foods. They can easily be identified by their small doors and rooftop ice hatches. No evidence has emerged of DAR lettered reefers, but the DAR often hosted CPR reefers, such as CPR 286510, often found exporting fish and dairy products and importing meat and fruit. Refrigerator cars also played an important role in winter to export Nova Scotia's apple crops. The insulated sides helped keep apple barrels from freezing in sub-zero temperatures, assisted in very cold weather with portable stoves or charcoal heaters. While refrigerated cars protected apples and ensured a better quality product, they also has less capacity (due to the thick walls and ice bunkers) and could only carry 200 barrels of apples as opposed to 300 barrels in a standard boxcar.[1] The railway also charged a higher rate for shipping in reefer cars. CP refrigerator cars were used to carry some North American export apple traffic, such shipments from the Annapolis Valley to processors in Upstate New York in the 1950s.[2]
At least one apple exporter also owned his own refrigerator cars. Edward E. Armstrong, a large apple grower in Falmouth had two cars built for his ownership, ARL Nos 2500 and 2501 in 1905[3] They were 37 foot refrigerated cars intended for fruit and dairy service built to Armstrong's order at the Rhodes, Curry & Co. in Amherst. Each had a 60,000 pound capacity and were painted light blue and lettered for the "Armstrong Refrigerator Line" on one end with a diamond shield and "Owned by E.E. Armstrong, Falmouth N.S." lettered on the other.[4] He built two more in 1906 and by 1913, Armstrong had five refrigerator cars. He sold them to the Intercolonial Railway in April 1913.[5]
The DAR built and ran an ice house in Kentville, to provide blocks of ice for refrigerator cars.[6] Built sometime in the 1920s or 30s, it was located just behind the Kentville Station.
Gallery
Photograph of custom refrigerator car No. 2500 made for Edward E. Armstrong of Falmouth, circa 1906.
Refrigerator car No. 2501, made for Edward E. Armstrong, circa November 1906.
Detail of panorama of Windsor Railyard showing Baggage No. 46, flat car No. 425, box cars, and a refrigerator car on the Windsor Wharves in 1914.
Detail of panorama of Windsor Railyard in 1914 showing van DAR435786 and a refrigerator car in centre.
Kingsport with box cars and a refrigerator car loading the Kingsport Fruit Company warehouse in foreground and the Kingsport Station on right circa 1920.
Apple Warehouses at Hillaton with CPR Refrigerator Car No. 286510 on right, 1920s.
No 503 leading the Flying Bluenose, Train No. 123 at the Kentville Station with a CPR refrigerator car in background, circa 1920s.
Stock Car No. 1097 and reefer in train wreck, unknown date.
The Kingsport Wharf with refrigerator car and visiting float plane beside the DAR freight shed and schooner F.B.G., circa July 1936.
Eastbound mixed train on the Bear River Bridge with refrigerator cars from Digby and Yarmouth fish plants, circa winter 1937.
Eastbound mixed train on the Clementsport Bridge with refrigerator cars from Digby and Yarmouth fish plants, circa winter 1937.
Digby Wharf with freight unloaded from SS Princess Helene with CPR Refrigerator Car on left, CN Boxcar 409933 at centre and DAR boxcar 69782 on right, winter late 1930s.
Engine 1046 eastbound from Kentville with a decent freight. Note cars five and six are reefers (probably CNR) with hatches up.
References
- ↑ Anne Hutton, Valley Gold, Halifax: Petheric Press (1981) p. 83
- ↑ Email from George Melvin, Maine, via Bill Linley(31 May 2020) noting that apples were shipped from the Annapolis Valley to processors in upstate NY in reefers of the Rutland Ogdensburg Line in the early 1950s.
- ↑ "Report of the Chief of the Fruit Division", Canadian Parliament (March 31, 1906) p.99
- ↑ Amherst Daily News, August 26, 1905, cited in Mike Parker, End of the Line The Dominion Atlantic Railway: A Trip Back in Time, Lawrencetown NS: Pottersfield Press (2019), p. 196
- ↑ "E. E. Armstrong of Falmouth Sells His Refridgerator Cars", Canadian Railway and Marine World, April 1913
- ↑ Jim Little "CPR Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Cars", CP Tracks, Summer 1999, page 11.
External Links
- http://www.nakina.net/cp/cp0.html - Earlier DAR/CPR boxcars and reefers
- http://www.nakina.net/cp/cp2.html - Later CPR boxcars and reefers
