FGEX RS #39224

: FGEX 39224

This Fruit Growers Express (FGE) ice-bunker refrigerator car is found at Gunnison, Colorado.

According to the stencil on the body, this particular car from FGEX 39000 – 39899 series RS was built in 1949.


FGEX 39000 – 39899 series Refrigerator Cars
The Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for July 1974 shows the group with 247 cars of possible 900 in place, described as follows:

AAR Designation RS and description “Refrig., 80000 lbs. Cap. Journals, Loading Limited by AAR Rule 91”(Rule 91 specifies the weight limitations in interchange service).

The inside length of these cars is 33 feet 2 inches, inside width 8 feet 3 inches, inside height 7 feet 3 inches, outside length 44 feet 5 inches, extreme height 15 feet 1 inch and capacity 1987 cubic feet or 75,000 pounds.

The photo is taken on Sep. 6, 2017

* 2014 photo of FGEX 39650 from the same series preserved at Spencer, NC.;
* 1969 photo of FGEX 39709 from the same series at Wenatchee, WA;


このFruit Growers Express (FGE)の冷蔵車は、コロラド州Gunnisonの町で見つけた。1949年製、FGEX 39000 – 39899 series RSの内の１両。ORER特記事項にあるAAR Rule 91とは、相互乗り入れ時における重量（軸重）制限を規定する、Field Manual of the AAR Interchange Rulesの一条項である。