Refrigerator PFE Colton Shops, 1957, PFE Class R-40-27
40’ Steel, Combination door (4’ plug, 2’hinged), Ice Refrigerator Car
80,000 lb. capacity
History: Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) #10591; Second to last class of Ice Refrigerator Cars (R-40-28, last class of ice cars also built in 1957). Donated by PFE to CSRM, 11/1978; Donated to by CSRM to PLA and moved to Niles Canyon 2008. Operational, Brightside, CA
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Photo by: Christopher Hauf – Used with permission