Who Invented Refrigerated Railroad Cars?
“A Mr. Wilder, in New York invented something to ship butter from one place to another, and he was the first person to cool a railroad car significantly to keep something fresh as it was transported. Oftentimes, the refrigeration in a railroad car can be attributed to the diesel engine being able to now cool it more than it once was able to be. Refrigerated railroad cars are very important, because they serve such a good design for us as we try to transport things very quickly from one part of the country to another. All of our meats go from the packing plants and the slaughterhouses to the places that they’re delivered for retail sale, but in addition to that, we have to think about all the fruits and vegetables that need to be kept cool on their route to another part of the country, because many of the things are grown seasonally and in different places.
