Jesse, you will shortly be getting a ton of resources on Santa Fe and PFE from the learned members of this group. But Job 1 for you (since you are seeking accuracy) is to decide on a timeframe for your Railroad. PFE or Santa Fe reefers in the 1920s are very different than those in the 1970s.?
Once you make that decision it will be much easier to shift thru the information you will be receiving.?
Finally, many of the books that will be recommended can be pricey and hard to find. Once you know what you are seeking consider a visit to the railroad library of the Pacific Railway Society in San Dimas. They have an amazing collection and Dave the curator is extremely helpful. Check online for hours.?
Bruce Hendrick
President, Corona Model Railroad Society?
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On Dec 18, 2019, at 5:41 PM, Jesse Hosmer <
metrolink630@...> wrote:
hello my name is jesse and I am working on re designing my layout to represent Anaheim and the city of orange in Southern California so while doing research on the area i found out that both Pacific fruit express and Santa Fe both served the areas when it came to refrigerator cars. ?So my layout is small like I think. 10x10. So Other than having packing houses what other buildings do I need to have on the layout? ? When it comes to Santa Fe is there something out that discribes types of Santa Fe cars and how to model them? ?And when it comes to the Santa Fe and the PFE with operations for model railroading is there documents says how I should run them?
