Kris Union Pacific Refrigerator Cars

A refrigerator car, or reefer, is a refrigerated boxcar designed to carry perishable freight at a specific temperature. Note the ice hatches on the car roofs. Union Pacific variations noted are from the Kris Model Trains chapter of Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains.

Kris Union Pacific 54 yellow and silver refrigerator car

Union Pacific 54 refrigerator car; yellow; silver ends and roof; black lettering; large Union Pacific shield; automated rail way logo; sliding yellow plug doors; half ladders. Road number not in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Kris Union Pacific 4586 yellow and silver refrigerator car

Union Pacific 4586 refrigerator car; yellow; silver ends and roof; black lettering; large Union Pacific shield; automated rail way logo; sliding yellow plug doors; half ladders. Variation not in Greenberg's.

Kris Union Pacific 392885 refrigerator car with black lettering

Union Pacific 392885 refrigerator car; yellow; gray ends and roof; black lettering; small Union Pacific shield; stamped yellow plug doors; full ladders. Refrigerator car variation (K) in Greenberg's.

Kris Union Pacific 392885 refrigerator car with red lettering

Union Pacific 392885 refrigerator car; yellow; gray ends and roof; red lettering; small Union Pacific shield; stamped yellow plug doors; full ladders. Refrigerator car variation (L) in Greenberg's.

Kris Union Pacific 392885 refrigerator car with door hardware and ladders outlined in black

Union Pacific 392885 refrigerator car; yellow; gray ends and roof; black lettering; small Union Pacific shield; stamped yellow plug doors; full ladders. Variation not in Greenberg's. This car is like variation (K) above, except the door hardware and ladders are outlined in black.