American Refrigerator Transit Company

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Detail on an American Refrigerator Transit car, 1943. American Refrigerator Transit Company 8d27616v.jpg
Detail on an American Refrigerator Transit car, 1943.

The American Refrigerator Transit Company (ART) was a St. Louis, Missouri-based private refrigerator car line established in 1881 by the Missouri Pacific and Wabash railroads. It is now a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Corporation. [1]

American Refrigerator Transit Company, 19001970:

 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 
  1,500   3,000*  12,500*  13,000*  11,457  9,670  6,158  

*estimated.

Source: The Great Yellow Fleet, p. 16.

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