Micro-Trains, N Scale, 99300823, 40' Double-Sheathed Wood Reefer, Fruit Growers Express (8-Pack)

N Scale

Fruit Growers Express 8-Pack

Road numbers 57052, 57178, 57513, 57737, 57945, 58155, 58453, 58723

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.