Definition: Refrigerated wagon (Reefer)

Category: Transport

Insulated wagon using a source of cooling. Such sources include:
- Natural ice, with or without the addition of salt
- Eutectic plates; dry ice, with or without sublimation control
- Liquefied gases, with or without evaporation control, other than a mechanical or "absorption" unit.
(Fourth version of the Transport Glossary).


Insulated wagon using a source of cold (natural ice, with or without the addition of salt; eutectic plates; dry ice, with or without sublimation control; liquefied gases, with or without evaporation control; etc.) other than a mechanical or "absorption" unit.
(Third version of the Transport Glossary). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED