Modeling Reviews Video: Athearn Trains HO scale sound-equipped reefer

Video: Athearn Trains HO scale sound-equipped reefer

By Faith Finfrock | October 1, 2013

| Last updated on November 7, 2022


We placed this sound-equipped HO scale freight car at different points in an HO scale freight train

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This HO scale refrigerator car from Athearn Trains models a Fruit Growers Express (FGE) prototype. The model also includes a SoundTraxx decoder that reproduces the sounds of the refrigeration unit. Follow along as associate editor Cody Grivno shows how the car’s placement in a train affects the clarity of the sound. Cody also reviewed the reefer in the November 2013 Model Railroader.
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