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Let's Chill: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/30/2012 - 8:08pm.
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March 1943. "San Bernardino, California. Cars being precooled at the ice plant. Air at a temperature of 20 degrees Fahrenheit is blown through the cars for 20 minutes in one direction, then in the other. Shippers specify the number of hours precooling required for their product." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
Ice plant at the end
Submitted by Pdxrailtransit on Tue, 01/01/2013 - 10:47pm.
This photo, taken in the Santa Fe "B Yard" in San Bernardino Yard in 1973, shows the facility at the very end of the "icer" era. San Bernardino was also the main point for servicing the mechanical refrigeration units which replaced the ice cooled reefers. Now, most railroad mechanical refrigerator cars have been retrofitted with the same style of refrigeration units used on trucks, and the most modern cars use cryogenic cooling.
Now you know my name
Submitted by Ice gang on Mon, 12/31/2012 - 12:09pm.
Brings back a lot of memories, we also iced passenger cars before air conditioning on the C.P.R. and this was in the 1950's on the Canadian prairies. aaahh memories!
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