Micro-Trains, N Scale, 99305824, Weathered 40' Double-Sheathed Wood Reefer, Fruit Growers Express (8-Pack)
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N Scale
Fruit Growers Express 8-Pack Weathered
Road numbers 57055, 57257, 57651, 58045, 58388, 58691, 57897
Series: 55000-5899
Built: 1930's
Trucks: Bettendorf
Region: East
Era' 1970's-1980's
These Fruit Growers Express wood-side reefer cars were rebuilt in 1948 and had air circulating fans added, and rebuilt and repainted again in 1969. Fruit Growers Express was founded in 1920 as a produce-shipping subsidiary of Armour & Company, a large meat packing company based in Chicago. Primarily focused on the eastern United States, FGE quickly grew to be a main competitor to Pacific Fruit Express and other large refrigerator car companies. FGE is now owned by CSX Corporation.
