Iced A/C passenger cars

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According to John White's "The American Railroad Passenger Car" an ice 
system used 500 lbs. of ice/hour per car. 4,500 lbs. of ice were needed 
every 360 miles or 9 hours. The loading the 300 lb blocks of ice were 
labor intensive and a costly storage expense. While an ice system cost 
far less than a mechanical one, the day to day operation was 5 times 
greater than mechanical systems. By 1945 very few cars were entering 
service with ice systems, and existing ice cooled cares were being 
rapidly converted to mechanical systems.

     WJPowers


On 5/24/2017 1:05 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Were there provisions/processes for servicing cars from other 
> railroads that might travel N&W rails?  (I know that the Southern had 
> some ice and brine A/C cars, for example)  I don't know how long an 
> ice 'charge' would generally last in cars with such systems.
>
> Thanks again,
> Brent
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> Dr. J. Brent Greer
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> N&W did not use the ice system for any of its own cars.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
>
> On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 7:08 AM, NW Mailing List 
> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> How late did N&W have ice and/or brine A/C type passenger cars in 
> operation?  What kind/class of cars and how many?  How long did the 
> ice supply in such cars last before needing to be refilled? How and 
> where were these re-icings done?
>
> Thanks for sharing your knowledge,
> Brent
>
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> Dr. J. Brent Greer
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