Express reefers from REA
The Railway Express Agency, or REA, was an outgrowth of a number of prior express compani…
• March 07, 2024
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The steel express cars of PFE
A previous post on this blog showed both prototype photos, and model examples, of the woo…
• February 22, 2024
PFE express refrigerators
I recently received an interesting comment from a long-time reader of this blog. The comm…
• January 29, 2024
Reconditioned PFE car, Part 2: model
From 1935 to 1941 or so, Pacific Fruit Express “reconditioned” (that is, minimally upgrad…
• January 02, 2024
The PFE reconditioned wood cars
In 1935, Pacific Fruit Express, lacking funds to entirely rebuild its many older cars, be…
• December 15, 2023
Route cards, Part 28: ice refrigeration
In roughly ten immediately previous posts in this series about route cards (or other card…
• November 06, 2023
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