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A critical
issue that confronted the ever-expanding frozen food industry in the 1980s
was the availability of mechanical refrigerated railcars owned and/or
operated by the nation's railroads. The railroads have maintained a posture
of declining interest towards the replacement of, or adding to, their
refrigerated car fleets. A couple of reasons are cited for this attitude
on the part of the railroads. One such incentive is the severe economic
pressures of supporting a nationwide infrastructure to maintain in excess
of 800 moving parts in a typical mechanical railcar. A second reason is
the high cost of new equipment asset replacement. Consequently, the availability
of mechanically refrigerated boxcars have declined more than fifty percent
since the 80s and the numbers continue to dwindle. As a result, finding
an alternative to the mechanically refrigerated railcar became a top priority.
Cryo-Trans was established in late 1985. Since its inception, it has evolved
into a major 100-ton capacity refrigerated car source with its patented
CO2 railcar refrigeration technology. Today Cryo-Trans operates a fleet
in excess of 515 cryogenic railcars.
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Latest update: 03/15/2003.
Official website at http://www.cryo-trans.com/.
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