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Tropicana Juice Car Locos and rolling stock
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Prolific poster 1,717 posts musgrovejb Prolific poster 1,717 posts
musgrovejb
Are the Tropicana Juice reefers assigned only for unit-train use along the east coast or would they also be assigned in small numbers for industry delivery in other areas of the country? Are these loaded with juice or oranges? Designing an industrial bakery that produces frozen foods that require delivery of ingredients including fruits and juices.

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Motley Regular poster 194 posts
Motley

Yes the Tropicana reefers are

Yes the Tropicana reefers are exchanged between Florida, New Jersey, and California, The 3 large Tropicana's distribution facilities. An average of about 10 cars per day can be seen on many railroads across the country.

They are also used for local service as well. So you'll be fine with your fruits and juices industry.

Michael
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postman Regular poster 102 posts
postman

Cool

Cool!. I'm also designing an industrial switching layout. Have a food storage and distribution industry.
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Russ Bellinis Prolific poster 3,335 posts
Russ Bellinis

I used to work on tropicana reefers.

When they needed service in the City of Industry, California, I used to go take care of them.  The COI Tropicana warehouse siding only had room for a maximum of 3 cars at a time.  I think that the typical Union Pacific trains that I saw coming into the City of Industry yard would have only 3-6 Tropicana cars per train.
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