Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX) was a

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refrigerator car A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a refrigerated boxcar (U.S.), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars (co ...

leasing company that was formed on May 1, 1926 as a joint venture between the

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(CB&Q) and the

Fruit Growers Express Fruit Growers Express (FGE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company that began as a produce-hauling subsidiary of Armour and Company's private refrigerator car line. Armour controlled both the packing operations and the transport insulate ...

Company. The move helped the FGE expand its business into the

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, and added almost 2,700 ice bunker units to the existing car pool already under lease by the Burlington to the FGE and

Western Fruit Express Western Fruit Express (WFE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company formed by the Fruit Growers Express and the Great Northern Railway (U.S.), Great Northern Railway on July 18, 1923 in order to compete with the Pacific Fruit Express and ...

(WFE). Burlington Refrigerator Express Roster, 1930–1970: Source: ''The Great Yellow Fleet'', p. 16.

References

* White, John H. (1986). ''The Great Yellow Fleet''.

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External links

The Florida Railroad Company Inc. / The Fruit Growers Express Company
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