O 40′ Steel Side Power Meter Car Milw.Rd.

Monitor your track power with this 40′ steel sided car and its
operating power meter. The back-lit meter will sense your AC track
voltage, providing a great way to determine track voltage, bad track
connections and dirty track sections.

The car body is based on MTH’s 40′ Steel Sided Reefer Car. Famed
railroad historian John H. White referred to reefers as “the
most conservative of all American freight cars,” as reefers
retained wood frames and sides long after other types of cars had
converted to steel construction. Steel-sided reefers like this Premier
model became common only after 1940, and many wood reefers ran well
into the 1960s. Mechanical reefers, with self-powered refrigeration
units in each car, became the norm in the second half of the 20th
century, and the practice of stopping a train to re-ice during shipment
gradually disappeared.

MTH Premier O Scale freight cars are the perfect complement to any
manufacturer’s scale proportioned O Gauge locomotives.
Whether you prefer to purchase cars separately or assemble a unit
train, MTH Premier Rolling Stock has the cars for you in a variety of
car types and paint schemes.

Virtually every sturdy car is offered in two car numbers which makes it
even easier than ever to combine them into a multi-car consist. Many of
MTH’s Premier Rolling Stock offerings can also operate on the
tightest O Gauge curves giving them even more added versatility to your
layout.