NONE OF THE IMAGES DISPLAYED HERE WERE TAKEN BY ME.
They were taken over many years. Some (Needles for example) appear to be in the 50's or earlier. Others are more recent, possibly in the 60's. The earlier images show how many people were involved in working the ice docks. In later years manual labor was replaced by icing machines which were faster AND cut labor costs and eventually freight rates. If available, the original captions are included. Some explain the functions taking place. Taken as a group they give a fairly complete explanation of the reefer icing process. One image makes a reference to 62 hour schedule for the movement Cal to Chicago. No easy task then.

These pictures come from two different sources, 1-Santa Fe Railroad photos and 2-Images taken by R. Delano during the depression area work he did for the OWI board. They are depicted here for the use of modelers and/or others who have an interest in such things. In addition to the actual reefers they contain much useful information about the actions involved and even a few shots with ice houses and ice plants in the background. They are not available for sale as far as I know. Similarly I know of no plans available for the different ice machines. In some cases I used photoshop to enlarge shots of the ice machines.