American Refrigerator Transit Company

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.

American Refrigerator Transit Company, 1900–1970:

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.

References

Green, Gene (2005) "Refrigerator Car Color Guide", Morning Sun Books, Scotch Plains, NJ. ISBN 1-58248-165-2.
White, John W. (1986). The Great Yellow Fleet. Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0-87095-091-6.
White, John H. Jr. (1993). The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-4404-5. OCLC 26130632.

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Major private refrigerator car lines of the United States

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