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Athearn HO scale sound-equipped refrigerator car
Athearn has actually produced two quite different groups of these models. One group (four car numbers each for Fruit Growers Express with the traditional yellow sides, FGE ivory with Solid Cold logo, and green Burlington Northern / Western Fruit Express) represent the cars as built, with the refrigeration unit behind grills. The other group (six car numbers each for BNSF like the model in the photo and for ARMN (white Union Pacific) replicate rebuilt cars with part of the sides near one end cut away and a refrigeration unit like those used on highway semitrailers right out in the open. The sounds for the two groups of cars are different; I haven’t yet found a place on the Internet where you can listen to both. The models also vary in side sill shapes and rivet patterns according to the paint schemes. The car numbers on the models with and without sound are the same.
Hey gals and guys, I purchased a couple of these cars a couple months back, really enjoy the strt up and shut down of the refrigeration units. I worked for a while around diesel refer units, and some around carrier units. These cars are pretty darn close to the actual units. So if you have not purchsed these yet, well get ya a couple, they are great.
Both the print article and its clone above both state “visit our website, www.ModelRailroader.com, to see (and hear) the demonstration,” but I have been unable to locate the video. Could somebody point me towards it? This is my first time to the website, so maybe I’m missing something obvious.
Nice photo of refrig but could not see it in actioin.
A nice review but no link to actually listening to this model. Somebody hit the oops button please.