EFSJ Metro-Cammell Meat Refrigerator
A refrigerated wagon consists of an enclosed vehicle built to transport perishable cargo at a specific temperature. It differs from simply insulated wagons (such as Fepasa's ICR) or even ventilated wagons (the popular “fruit bowls” from EFSJ and CP) due to its ability to transport a frozen water and salt solution called “brine” along with the load.
The loads, in the case of the meat packing plant in question, were loaded already refrigerated and the defrosting saline solution caused a downward flow of cold air, helping to delay the temperature gain of the load and allowing it to be transported within the necessary parameters to its destination.
Each moment and each railway has different regulations, but as a rule fruit, insulated and refrigerated trains ran with great priority over most other trains, in order to make their transfer as short as possible. The motivation for this type of wagon to have a different paint job, so that they could be identified by dispatchers and maneuverers in a simple and agile way, avoiding errors when forming trains.
Frigo Metro Cammel in painting possible with the set of decals that comes with it.
The wagon in question belonged to the São Paulo Railway, having been ordered from Metro Cammel Carriage Wagon & Finance Co. Ltd. through representatives Fox & Mayo in 1929. The order consisted of 20 (?) units, series WR/1 numbered 15001 to 15020.
Documentation from the EFSJ workshop department indicates that the wagons entered circulation in 1930, and also had diamond-type bogies, star wheels with solid bearings, vacuum brakes and hook and chain couplings, a standard in force on the São Paulo broad gauge at that time.
Later, probably with the RFFSA in 1957, the wagons underwent remarkings and were classified as ID, numbering 850 to 868, which was changed once again to 1420 to 1438. Just like the numbering, the wagon also underwent updates during its life. useful, having received “Twinberrow” riveted sheet metal bogies, these with 33” wheels, “Westinghouse” automatic compressed air brakes and Alliance contour automatic couplings.
It is in this last phase that most of the known records of this wagon are concentrated, so it was chosen by Marumbi Modelismo to be represented by the model we make available.
Frigo Metro Cammel in painting possible with the set of decals that comes with it.
A suggestion for a train to assemble with the Frigos Metro Cammel EFSJ from Marumbi Modelismo is 5 to 7 units and is the train that went to Barretos/SP. You can assemble just the Frigos plus a tinplate wagon (future Marumbi launch) or add 7 or 8 fruit bowls to them from the CP that exist on the market (Mascarini or Taison) and EFSJ that were trailered in Bebedouro/SP. It is still possible to have a CP brake (Mascarini or Taison). This train was called “DF” Direto Fruteiro/Frigorifico, starting its journey with an RSC3 (Frateschi) and covering the entire Paulista network exchanging traction between the most varied locomotives available at the time. (V8 and Vandeca Frateschi, various electrics from Mascarini, etc...)
Frigo and Flandres EFSJ and CP (at that time RFFSA and Fepasa) in Barretos, in Aug/76. Photos Guido Motta, collection of Rafael Correa.
At the EFSJ in the Pari (SP) yard, some of the fruit trees were unloaded, with the final destination of the rest of the train being Mooca, with this last leg generally being done by an EFSJ Lambretta (GE 70t). meat and orange juice (isolated) to Santos, where he loaded the imported sheets needed to manufacture cans. Other possible flows are the Nestlé plants that were located in Araras and Araraquara, following a similar operational procedure.
