Frigidaire, Detroit Diesel Engine, and Delco Div of General Motors are building new type mechanical refrigerating equipment for Fruit Growers Express Co; system consists of Frigidaire compressor, condenser, and cooling coils; Diesel electric unit is 34-hp Detroit Diesel engine driving Delco 20-kw, 60-cycle, 220-v, 3-phase, a-c generator; system is capable of sustaining temperatures within car at 0 F for weeks at a time with minimum of refrigerating cost. (see also Ice and Refrig v 121 n 5 Nov 1951 p 21-2; Refrig Eng v 59 n 10 Oct 1951 p 977)


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    Title :

    Economy in operation with mechanically cooled refrigerator cars


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 131 , n 18


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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