PFE RS #2458

: El Paso, TX Sep. 10, 2015

This ex-PFE Dharma-san is found at Doniphan Dr, El Paso, TX. It seems used as private storage.

PFE #2458 was one of 2001–5000 series R-40-25 class ice-bunker reefers built between 1949 and 1950. These cars were the last PFE reefers built with swinging doors and the first with diagonal-panel roofs.
Mentioning the lost feet, #2600 from the same class appears at modeling the SP site seems riding on AAR U-section "Bettendorf" trucks.

PFE 2001–5000 Series Ice-bunker Reefers
The ORER for July 1974 shows the group with 154 cars in place, described as follows:
AAR Designation RS, Refrig., Ventilated.
The inside length of these cars is 33 feet 2 inch, inside width 8 feet 3 inches, inside height 7 feet 3 inches, outside length 44 feet 9 inches, extreme height 15 feet and capacity 1988 cubic feet or 80,000 pounds.

* 1971 photo of PFE #2188 at Lee A. Gautreaux’s Railgoat web site;
* photo of PFE #2600 at Tony Thompson's modeling the SP site;


: El Paso, TX Sep. 10, 2015


このPacific Fruit Express (reporting mark, PFE)の冷蔵車はテキサス州El Paso近郊の高速道路脇で見つけた。グラフィティに覆われているが、SPおよびUPのロゴマークがかろうじて遺っている。1949-50年製の40フィート車である。