
Copyright © 2000 Anthony W. Thompson. All rights reserved. Table of Contents
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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