Here's another shot of Gary Walton's Great Dane Thermacube refrigerated trailer. The base kit is Walther's 48' Stoughton van, rear door from Walther's 45' van, A-Line floor, A-Line wheels, Lonestar Models tires, and Microscale Decals. Base kit for the reefer unit is a heavily modified A-Line old style Carrier. How-to article appeared in Model Railroading Magazine, July 2002. Appeared previously in Photo Gallery 73 & 74.

Prototype information: Transamerica Distribution Services, Great Dane built ThermaCube sandwich-wall van with a Carrier Thunderbird refrigeration unit. Purpose built in 1990 for rail use. Only six were built as test units before TDS was sold to Mark VII. As of 2002, only 4 remained in service.

Posted March 1, 2003