Description
Railroad car designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures
Technical
A refrigerator car is a refrigerated boxcar (US), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars, neither of which are fitted with cooling apparatus. Reefers can be ice-cooled, come equipped with any one of a variety of mechanical refrigeration systems, or use carbon dioxide or liquid nitrogen as a cooling agent. Milk cars may or may not include a cooling system, but are equipped with high-speed trucks and other modifications that allow them to travel with passenger trains.
Sensory Profile
Aroma ()
Wine Analogy
Like a poorly stored wine developing cork taint
Coffee Analogy
Similar to stale coffee beans losing volatile aromatics
Perfume Analogy
Like a fragrance breaking down in heat
Origin & History
Civilization
Chinese
Era
Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Region
Yangtze River Valley
Spread Path
Silk Road trade routes