Refrigerator Cars — Entidade

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Fruit Growers' Western branch

Fruit Growers Express (FGE) was a very large refrigerator car owner, serving most railroad in the Southeast and beyond, including, for example the Pennsylvania. Also included in the “family,” as they

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modeling the SP: 2026

Fruit Growers Express (FGE) was a very large refrigerator car owner, serving most railroad in the Southeast and beyond, including, for example the Pennsylvania. Also included in the “family,” as they

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Crop seasons on my layout

As I have mentioned numerous times in this blog, operating sessions on my layout are always treated as being on the same day on which we operate, but in 1953. Among other things, this means that the p

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Reworking a PFE car kit, Conclusion

This is the concluding post in my description of modifying the appearance of an otherwise stock Red Caboose kit for a reconditioned PFE reefer, Class R-30-9. I began with the prototype background of t

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modeling the SP: May 2026

This is the concluding post in my description of modifying the appearance of an otherwise stock Red Caboose kit for a reconditioned PFE reefer, Class R-30-9. I began with the prototype background of t

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Reworking a PFE car kit, Part 2

As I mentioned in a recent post, I have had occasional suggestions about this blog, that I write about PFE car models more often. I’ve now begun one such description, making changes to a Red Caboose k

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Reworking a PFE car kit

In response to a recent question I was asked (“Why don’t you write more about PFE cars?”), I will describe recent work on a Red Caboose HO scale kit for a PFE reconditioned reefer, kit RC-4121-3, for

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Seasonality in reefer usage

On my layout, I have chosen to model all of 1953, in that each operating session is on the current month and day, but in 1953. So an April 13 session this year would be modeled as April 13, 1953, and