Northern Refrigerator Car Company #NRCC 6399

Northern Refrigerator Car Company

Bananas - green

Roadnumber NRCC 6399

These 40’ double-sheathed wood reefers with vertical brake wheel are brown with white sides and run on Bettendorf
trucks. The Northern Refrigerator Car Company was founded by the Cudahy brothers in Milwaukee, WI.
In 1928 the company was purchased by Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, but retained the NRCC
reporting mark on all 3,700 reefers. Refrigerator cars like these were used to transport bananas from the deep
south to more northern states.