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"Super-Giant" Reefers
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Steve Vallee
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I found this item on page 114 in the April, 1954 issue of RAILROAD MAGAZINE: Frozen Foods are becoming so popular in American diet that the Pacific Fruit Express is adding 200 "super-giant" reefers to its railroad-car fleet which are especially designed for the transportation of frozen foods. The PFE is owned jointly by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. In PFE territory the carloadings of frozen foods have nearly doubled in five years. Does anyone know the car numbers of these "super-giant" reefers? Steve Vallee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Steve Vallee wrote:
Frozen Foods are becoming so popular in American diet that the Pacific Fruit Express is adding 200 "super-giant" reefers to its railroad-car fleet which are especially designed for the transportation of frozen foods. The PFE is owned jointly by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. In PFE territory the carloadings of frozen foods have nearly doubled in five years.PFE used this term for all its heavily insulated 52-foot cars, starting with R-70-2 in 1934. The 200-car group referred to are the R-70-9 mechanical cars, PFE 300138 to 300337. The history and photos, of course, are all in the PFE book. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@... Publishers of books on railroad history |
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Steve Vallee
Tony...
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Many thanks for the info. Steve Vallee --- On Tue, 10/30/12, Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> wrote:
From: Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> Subject: Re: [STMFC] "Super-Giant" Reefers To: STMFC@... Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 1:23 PM Steve Vallee wrote: Frozen Foods are becoming so popular in American diet that the Pacific Fruit Express is adding 200 "super-giant" reefers to its railroad-car fleet which are especially designed for the transportation of frozen foods. The PFE is owned jointly by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. In PFE territory the carloadings of frozen foods have nearly doubled in five years. Does anyone know the car numbers of these "super-giant" reefers? PFE used this term for all its heavily insulated 52-foot cars, starting with R-70-2 in 1934. The 200-car group referred to are the R-70-9 mechanical cars, PFE 300138 to 300337. The history and photos, of course, are all in the PFE book. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@... Publishers of books on railroad history [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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These cars are essentially modeled by the ancient Athearn 50 ft riveted side reefers,
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although there are technical errors (mainly roof and ends). If you're willing to turn them into "flat kits" they can be greatly improved, as far as accuracy goes. Tim O'Connor ----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Thompson" <thompson@...> Frozen Foods are becoming so popular in American diet that the Pacific Fruit Express is adding 200 "super-giant" reefers to its railroad-car fleet which are especially designed for the transportation of frozen foods. The PFE is owned jointly by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. In PFE territory the carloadings of frozen foods have nearly doubled in five years.PFE used this term for all its heavily insulated 52-foot cars, starting with R-70-2 in 1934. The 200-car group referred to are the R-70-9 mechanical cars, PFE 300138 to 300337. The history and photos, of course, are all in the PFE book. Tony Thompson |
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