Western Fruit Express
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WFE car detail, taken in 2009.
Western Fruit Express (WFE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company formed by the Fruit Growers Express and the Great Northern Railway on July 18, 1923 in order to compete with the Pacific Fruit Express and Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch in the Western United States. The arrangement added 3,000 cars to the FGE's existing equipment pool. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF),[1] the Great Northern's successor. The success of the WFE led to the creation of the Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX) in May 1926.
Western Fruit Express Roster, 1930–1970:
1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 |
7,177 | 7,036 | 5,265 | 5,702 | 5,893 |
Source: The Great Yellow Fleet, p. 17.
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References[]
- White, John H. (1986). The Great Yellow Fleet. Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0-87095-091-6.
- White, John H. Jr. (1993). The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-4404-5. OCLC 26130632.
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Categories:
- Transport companies established in 1923
- Refrigerator car lines of the United States
- Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
- Burlington Northern Railroad
- BNSF Railway
- Joint ventures
- 1923 establishments in the United States
- United States rail transportation stubs