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[[Image:Icing PFE reefers at Oxnard produce packing plant--Spring 1964.jpg|thumb|350px|right|A string of refrigerator cars owned by '''Pacific Fruit Express''' is supplied with fresh ice in the Spring of [[1964]].]] |
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'''Pacific Fruit Express''' ('''PFE''') was a [[railroad]] [[refrigerator car]] leasing company that at one point was the largest refrigerator car operator in the world. The company was founded on [[December 7]], [[1906]] as a joint venture between the [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] and [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]] railroads. It began operation on [[October 1]], [[1907]], with a fleet of 6,600 refrigerator cars. |
'''Pacific Fruit Express''' ('''PFE''') was a [[railroad]] [[refrigerator car]] leasing company that at one point was the largest refrigerator car operator in the world. The company was founded on [[December 7]], [[1906]] as a joint venture between the [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] and [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]] railroads. It began operation on [[October 1]], [[1907]], with a fleet of 6,600 refrigerator cars. |
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[[Image:Pfe ad.jpg|thumb|150px|left|A promotional poster for the Union Pacific Railroad and '''Pacific Fruit Express'''.]] |
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[[Image:Hewes' Transcontinental Brand, El Modena.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand of El Modena, California ''circa'' [[1930]].]] |
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Revision as of 06:11, 7 October 2005
Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company that at one point was the largest refrigerator car operator in the world. The company was founded on December 7, 1906 as a joint venture between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. It began operation on October 1, 1907, with a fleet of 6,600 refrigerator cars.
Paint and markings
Modern cars owned by PFE typically carried both UP and SP heralds and either "Union Pacific Fruit Express" or "Southern Pacific Fruit Express". The AAR reporting marks were either UPFE for cars operated by Union Pacific or SPFE for cars operated by Southern Pacific.
References
- Sacramento History Online (2004), Timeline - Transportation, Agriculture. Retrieved May 18, 2005 — company startup details.
- Thompson, Anthony W. et al. (1992). Pacific Fruit Express. Signature Press, Wilton, CA. ISBN 1-930013-03-5.
- White, John W. (1986). The Great Yellow Fleet. Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0-87095-091-6.
External links
- Pacific Fruit Express Company #11207 — photo and short history of one of the last ice-type refrigerator cars built.
- Pacific Fruit Express Company #300010 — photo and short history of one of the first mechanical-type refrigerator cars built.
- Pacific Fruit Express photo gallery at the Union Pacific Railroad official website.
