Rapido 196101A HO Scale R-40-28 Reefer: Pacific Fruit Express PFE - 1957 Scheme: Single Car #1 AX24 Bell mounted on long hood

Bell mounted on long hood

While first-generation rosters had often been a hodgepodge of manufacturers and models as railroads experimented with the new technology

Athearn Genesis G65827 HO Scale EMD GP50 Ex Santa Fe BNSF 3175

Oil-filled shocks with variable mounting positions

Rapido 196101A HO Scale R-40-28 Reefer: Pacific Fruit Express PFE - 1957 Scheme: Single Car #1 AX24 Bell mounted on long hoodRapido 196101A HO Scale R 40 28 Reefer: Pacific Fruit Express PFE 1957 Scheme Single Car #1 These reefers were built from January through August 1957, with a total of 1700 cars built in class R 40 27. They were placed into the PFE 10001 11700 numbering series and featured a 4 foot wide Youngstown sliding plug door, sliding toward the left, combined with a 2 foot wide hinged door to the right of it. This created a 6 foot wide opening when both were