I'm glad to see the car preserved. I had looked the cars over for another interested party, and they really were in nice shape. Kanab's weather is great for preserving this kind of stuff. They had been there since the 1970s. The cars had been used as cold storage for a grocery store they were connected to that is now for sale. The first owner of the store owned a heavy haul trucking company out of Lancaster, CA (I think) where he saw and acquired the reefers (and several other box cars and a mechanical reefer) for this venture. The other car was too heavy because of the nice cement/tile floor they had poured into it.
They are indeed ice reefers, complete with roof hatches and drains and all the other fun stuff that goes with them. I couldn't believe how complete they were. Both cars were missing one set of side doors, and it seems the remaining car was cannibalized to complete the now-restored car.
It was fun to climb around on the real deal that I had only seen models of before. (And don't worry, the realtor is a friend and I had his blessing to be on the property.)
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