American Refrigerator Transit Company
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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:
* estimated.
Source: The Great Yellow Fleet, p. 16.
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
-based private refrigerator car
Refrigerator car
A refrigerator car is a refrigerated boxcar , a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars , neither of which are fitted with cooling apparatus...
line established in 1881 by the Missouri Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , also known as the MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers, including the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway , Texas and Pacific...
and Wabash
Wabash Railroad
The Wabash Railroad was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. It served a large area, including trackage in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri and Ontario. Its primary connections included Chicago, Illinois, Kansas City, Missouri, Detroit,...
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 |
Source: The Great Yellow Fleet, p. 16.