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Encyclopedia > Western Fruit Express
Western Fruit Express all-steel ventilator · refrigerator car #67899, bearing the logo of the Great Northern Railway, awaits its next assignment in July, 1951.
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Western Fruit Express all-steel ventilator · refrigerator car #67899, bearing the logo of the Great Northern Railway, awaits its next assignment in July, 1951.

Western Fruit Express (WFE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company formed by the Fruit Growers Express and the Great Northern Railway on July 18, 1923 in order to compete with the Pacific Fruit Express and Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch in the Western United States. The arrangement added 3,000 cars to the FGE's existing equipment pool. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... A refrigerator car (or reefer) is a refrigerated boxcar, a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. ... C&O #402021, an insulated boxcar, bears the colors and markings of the Fruit Growers Express Solid Gold line. ... A Great Northern train pauses for the photographer four miles west of Minot, North Dakota in 1914. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A string of refrigerator cars owned by Pacific Fruit Express is supplied with fresh ice in the Spring of 1964. ... An ice-cooled reefer of the Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch Bulk Fruit Express circa 1894. ... American West redirects here. ...


The success of the WFE led to the creation of the Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX) in May, 1926. Burlington Refrigerator Express #74637, an all-steel, ice-cooled refrigerator car. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...



Western Fruit Express Roster, 1930–1970:

  1930   1940   1950   1960   1970  
  7,177   7,036   5,265   5,702   5,893  

Source: The Great Yellow Fleet, p. 17.


References

  • White, John H. (1986). The Great Yellow Fleet. Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0-87095-091-6.
  • White, Jr., John H. (1993). The American Railroad Freight Car. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. ISBN 0-8018-5236-6.

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Major Private Refrigerator Car Lines of the United States
Armour Refrigerator Line · Burlington Refrigerator Express · Fruit Growers Express · General American Transportation Corporation · Hormel and Co. · Merchants Despatch · Pacific Fruit Express · Railway Express Agency · Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch · St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co. · Swift Refrigerator Line · Tropicana Products · Western Fruit Express · Western Refrigerator Line

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