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Owner: Southern Rail Leasing Incorporated
Old Name: Swift Refrigerator Line
Type: Reefer
User Notes:   On display at Illinois Railway Museum

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Swift #25041
Title:  Swift #25041
Description:  Built by General American Transportation Company in 1954. The following is from museum signage about this car: Swift Refrigerator Lines operated a fleet of refrigerator cars used to transport Swift Packing Company’s meat and meat products throughout the nation. Earlier refrigerator (reefer) cars used ice to maintain the inside temperature necessary for safe transport of perishables. Mechanical reefers such as SRLX 25041 instead carried a small diesel motor to power a refrigeration system, eliminating the need for enroute servicing other than for fuel. Most ice reefers and their associated facilities were retired by the early 1970s. SRLX 25041 was used nationwide meat transport from an Oklahoma packing plant. It was donated by General American Transportation (the successor of SRLX) in 1971, and is currently used for parts storage."
Photo Date:  7/17/2005  Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:52:29 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories:  RollingStock
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SRLX 25041
Title:  SRLX 25041
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/13/2008  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 7:11:42 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Jay Tester
Categories:  RollingStock
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SRLX 25041
Title:  SRLX 25041
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 10:37:46 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories:  RollingStock
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SRLX 25041
Title:  SRLX 25041
Description:  You can barely see the circular "Swift Premium" logo
Photo Date:  8/20/2011  Upload Date: 6/7/2012 11:56:31 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
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SRLX Swift Refrigerator Lines
Title:  SRLX Swift Refrigerator Lines
Description:  1954 Mechanical Refrigerator Car
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 12/28/2021 5:55:24 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Mauricio Burguete
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Station
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Reefer and Ice cars, Box cars and Tie Crane
Title:  Reefer and Ice cars, Box cars and Tie Crane
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Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 12/28/2021 5:55:42 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Mauricio Burguete
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Station
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Swift and Oscar Mayer Refrigerator cars
Title:  Swift and Oscar Mayer Refrigerator cars
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Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 12/28/2021 5:55:47 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Mauricio Burguete
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Station
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Box Cars and Reefer on the yard
Title:  Box Cars and Reefer on the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 12/29/2021 6:42:40 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Mauricio Burguete
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Track
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SRLX Swift Refrigerator Lines
Title:  SRLX Swift Refrigerator Lines
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 12/30/2021 10:49:41 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Mauricio Burguete
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Station
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
SRLX 25041
Title:  SRLX 25041
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/29/2012  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 12:40:00 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  BOB WICKES
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SRLX 25041
Title:  SRLX 25041
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 10/17/2021 2:28:56 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  94   Comments: 0
Swift 50ft Reefer 25041
Title:  Swift 50ft Reefer 25041
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/24/2022 10:59:31 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Wil Hata
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Views:  86   Comments: 0


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