Unidentified PFE/WP Reefer
Unidentified PFE/WP Reefer
A post on the Facebook Dorothea Lange group.
Taken in 1937.
These cars were built to PFE blueprints and were operated and maintained by PFE.
PFE paid a fixed monthly
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Bob Chaparro
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#11499
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John Deere 60 Orchard Tractor
John Deere 60 Orchard Tractor
A post by Mike Broten on the Facebook John Deere Number One group.
He comments:
This was a unique machine designed for specific tasks within orchards and
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Bob Chaparro
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#11498
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Re: Model: PFE 46348 (R-40-20)
Dick Harley commented:
I guess "Prototype Accurate" is in the mind of the beholder.
See:
https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/PFEModels/PFE-Steel-Ice-Reefer-Models
The "lettering changes" are well
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Bob Chaparro
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#11497
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Track Diagram - Las Vegas, NM 1951
Track Diagram - Las Vegas, NM 1951
This is from Warbonnet Article "Las Vegas, New Mexico an Intermountain Santa Fe Terminal" by John Signor and labelled as such on a track diagram within the article
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Bob Chaparro
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#11496
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Orange Grove - Krotona Hill, Hollywood (1902)
Orange Grove - Krotona Hill, Hollywood (1902)
A post by David Eck.
Description:
View of Orange Orchard - Krotona Hill, Hollywood - 1902
Scenic view overlooking the orange groves on Krotona Hill,
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Bob Chaparro
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#11495
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Re: Honor Role ¨C Donations 2025 (Update
Add:
Mona Raymer
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Bob Chaparro
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#11494
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Model: PFE 46348 (R-40-20)
Model: PFE 46348 (R-40-20)
A post by Paul Harms on the Facebook Prototype Accurate Model Refrigerator/Insulated Cars group.
He comments:
This PFE R-40-20 started as an Intermountain kit. I changed
By
Bob Chaparro
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#11493
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Local Wholesale Dealer's Ad with Bear Brand - 1919
Local Wholesale Dealer's Ad with Bear Brand - 1919
A post by David Eck.
Description:
The ad on the left is for J.I. Lamb Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin and appeared in the La Crosse Tribune
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Bob Chaparro
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#11492
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Santa Fe FT #195 With Reefer Block
Santa Fe FT #195 With Reefer Block
A post by Don N Jane Hall on the Facebook Elmer K Hall's Rail Photographs group.
Description:
Early Elmer shot: Santa Fe FTs with #195 flying what appear to be
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Bob Chaparro
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#11491
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Re: SP GS 4456 With Reefer Block
Interesting that there is a mix of open and closed hatches. I would guess this WB move is empty reefers from Roseville for loading on the Coast Division from Santa Clara County south to Santa
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Ken Adams
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#11490
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Red Ball Store Sign - Circa 1920s
Red Ball Store Sign - Circa 1920s
A post by David Eck
He comments:
This sign would be hung by string (see photo, top) in retail markets and fruit dealers.
Marketing materials for Red Ball grade
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Bob Chaparro
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#11489
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SP GS 4456 With Reefer Block
SP GS 4456 With Reefer Block
A post by Taylor Rush on the Facebook From the Album group.
Description:
Southern Pacific GS-4 class "Northern/General Service/Golden State" number 4456. The
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Bob Chaparro
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#11488
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Southern Pacific PFE Advertisement
Southern Pacific PFE Advertisement
A post by Rexford Leong Jr. on the Facebook Southern Pacific Railroad group.
Undated but 1966 or later.
Bob Chaparro
Moderator
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Bob Chaparro
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#11487
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Question: Expanded Metal Panels On SFRD Reefer Roofs
Question: Expanded Metal Panels On SFRD Reefer Roofs
On the Groups.io Real Steam Era Freight Car Discussion group David Soderblom asked:
I don¡¯t personally recall seeing that some SFRD cars had
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Bob Chaparro
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#11486
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Irvine Valencia Packing House
Irvine Valencia Packing House
A post by David Eck.
Description:
Circa 1940
This photo is by Edward W. Cochems. Image is from the University of California Irvine Library.
Bob Chaparro
Moderator
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Bob Chaparro
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#11485
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Model: Cab Forward With PFE Reefer Block
Model: Cab Forward With PFE Reefer Block
A post by Brian Moore on the Facebook Southern Pacific Prototype Modelers group.
Description:
Westward X4185. SP Class AC-8 4185 at the west end of
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Bob Chaparro
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#11484
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Re: Check Out The Icing Platform
The orange machine to the right is an automatic icing machine, the one to
the left is a machine used to add salt to the ice bunkers.
[email protected]> wrote:
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mgjordan
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#11483
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Lemon Cull Gondola Trio
Lemon Cull Gondola Trio
Here are my three lemon cull gondolas parked in front of a scratch-built shallow relieve model of the Corona Citrus Association Packing House.
The packing house model is 140
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Bob Chaparro
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#11482
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Re: Check Out The Icing Platform
What is ProRail?
In the early 1980s, a group of model railroad owner-operators collected into small groups at NMRA regional and national conventions to discuss prototype operations on model railroad
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Bob Chaparro
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#11481
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Check Out The Icing Platform
Check Out The Icing Platform
A post by Doug Harding on Facebook.
He comments:
Today I ran on a very nice Union Pacific layout modeling the Council Bluffs and eastern Nebraska. HO scale, no scenery,
By
Bob Chaparro
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#11480
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