Pacific Fruit Express

Pacific Fruit Express (reporting mark PFE) was an American railroad refrigerator car leasing company headquartered in San Francisco.

[7] In 1923, the Western Pacific Railroad joined the venture by leasing its own new fleet of 2775 refrigerator cars to PFE.

They were painted in standard PFE colors with only WP heralds on the cars instead of the paired Union Pacific–Southern Pacific markings.

[9] Increasing competition from highway refrigeration led to decreasing profits and in March 1978, the company went out of business.

[citation needed] A PFE boxcar is on final display in Cody Park in North Platte, Nebraska behind Centennial 6922.

[14] A car in someone's backyard would be restored and eventually be on display at the Western Pacific Museum in Plumas County.