Pacific Fruit Express (Second Edition)

	Introduction and Acknowledgements	v
	Section I -- The Company
1.	Company History	3
2.	Company Organization	41
	Section II -- The Car Fleet
3.	PFE's Predecessors	57
4.	The Early Wood Cars	69
5.	PFE's Roaring Twenties	87
6.	New Directions	109
7.	Rebuilding the Fleet	127
8.	The Steel Ice Cars	161
9.	Mechanical Refrigerators	193
10.	Flat Cars and Trailers	233
	Section III -- Operations
11.	Car Shops	247
12.	Natural Ice Plants	275
13.	Ice Manufacturing and Ice Transfer Plants	291
14.	Western Perishables	341
15.	PFE in Action	377
	Appendix	417
	System Map (foldout)	432
	Bibliography	451
	Index	461

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