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Post by cera2254 on Nov 13, 2024 8:51:18 GMT -8
Does anyone know of a good resource for learning eras on PFE reefer paint schemes? I am modeling the Conrail former PRR that hosted a TP&W run through train to Columbus Ohio from their connection at Logansport, IN circa 1979, and I have read this train always had perishable food traffic on it. I’m trying to determine what PFE schemes would fit my era.
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Post by riogrande on Nov 13, 2024 9:13:40 GMT -8
Tony Thompsons book - Pacific Fruit Express by Anthony W Thompson. I couldn't find any info on what date range it covers if it covers up to the 1980's. There is some great photos on TrainOrders with some info. If you are not a subscriber you will only get thumbnail photos and the first page: www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,2669368,page=1 |
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Post by Baikal on Nov 13, 2024 9:16:58 GMT -8
Does anyone know of a good resource for learning eras on PFE reefer paint schemes? I am modeling the Conrail former PRR that hosted a TP&W run through train to Columbus Ohio from their connection at Logansport, IN circa 1979, and I have read this train always had perishable food traffic on it. I’m trying to determine what PFE schemes would fit my era.
Two places with well-researched data:
Dick provided info to Microscale for the updated decal sheets.
2. The Thompson / Church / Jones PFE book Pacific Fruit Express The World's Largest Refrigerated Car Company. Get the 2nd edition.
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Post by wagnersteve on Nov 15, 2024 9:49:02 GMT -8
Nov. 15, starting about 12:47 p.m., EST
I haven't bought a book specifically about PFE reefers. I did buy the Refrigerator Car Color Guide published by Morning Sun Books and have found a good deal of useful information on PFE as well as other reefers in it.
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Post by wagnersteve on Nov 17, 2024 16:24:46 GMT -8
Nov. 17, s tarting about 7:15 p.m., EST
In case anyone is interest, PFE and other reefers that brought fruit and vegetables from the West Coast and the Southwest to the Northeastern U.S. did not always head back west empty.
I'm very familiar with one instance of this. After World War II, the American Woolen Co. shut down its large woolen mill complex in Maynard, Massachusetts. Other businesses moved in. Dennison Mfg. Co., based in Framingham, MA after 1897, producing not just business stationery supplies but also various kinds of crepe paper products and other party goods for Halloween, Christmas and so on had a warehouse in the Mill. The firm actually preferred shipping items in reefers that had been carefully cleaned and dried out because doing so was less expensive than using boxcars. A cheaper rate was avaialble for that because the reefers otherwise wouldn't be earning any revenue on their westward journey. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) got its start in the Mill, eventually used most of it and two other facilities in Maynard, plus others elsewhere in Mass., in New Hampshire, Puerto Rico and Ireland. It was the largest private employer in the Bay State for some years before declining and going out of business. None of the companies now housed in the Mill gets rail service and the tracks to and through Maynard have been abandoned.
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Post by hudsonyard on Nov 22, 2024 18:36:00 GMT -8
Nov. 17, s tarting about 7:15 p.m., EST In case anyone is interest, PFE and other reefers that brought fruit and vegetables from the West Coast and the Southwest to the Northeastern U.S. did not always head back west empty. Quite common for an LHR freight agent to capture a empty westbound reefer in Warwick and bill it to be loaded with onions from upstate NY. |
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