[PRR-talk] [PRR-FAX] Re: General Reefer Train Question

[Frederick Ripley]

Ted asked:
 >
 > What was the typical consist for reefer trains on the Pennsy?  
Trains like
 > NW-86 and NW-88 had different blocks of cars but what was the  
consist of
 > each block? Were these blocks typically of the same road like  
ATSF, PFE,
 > FGE or was it a general collection of different roads?


Bruce says:

.... so for eastward travel, I would expect mixed blocks of PFE, SFPR  
and FGE/WFE/BRE for each
destination. After all, Philly needed lettuce AND cantaloupes AND  
apples.





I'd be interested to expand that question as to how meat reefers were  
typically mixed in trains, like NW-86 and  88,
that were predominantly reefers.  In the '50's, for instance, what  
would have been the approximate ratio between
fruit and meat?  I'm thinking significantly more fruit- maybe 4 to  
1.  Whether or not the two were mixed up or separate in a consist
probably depended on how much classification had been done for the  
final destination of cars (i.e., whether the blocking reflected more
how the PRR had received the cars, or how they were going to be  
delivered).

Fred R.
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