Western Fruit Express Cars:

 

Western Fruit Express was a refrigerator car leasing company jointly owned by the Great Northern Railway and Fruit Growers Express. They used a variety of reporting marks such as LLNX, MNX, RBWX, WFBX, WFCX, WFEX, WFMX, WHIX and WOBX.

After the BN merger of 1970 brought Burlington Refrigerator Express and Western Fruit Express under the same corporate umbrella, it appears that BN chose to continue with Western Fruit Express as their refrigerator car brand and remarked some former Burlington RBBX cars with Western Fruit Express RBWX reporting marks and later BN marks.

 

LLNX:

LLNX 2444-2464

33'-2"; 1851 ft3

xxxx; x/19**

LLNX 4500-4569

33'-2"; 1851 ft3

xxxx; x/19**

 

MNX:

MNX 2315-2464

33'-2"; 1851 ft3

CB&Q Havelock Shops; 1955

 

RBWX:

RBWX 60000-60232

40'-0"; 3270 ft3

FGE; xx/19xx; ex FGE 80000-82240

RBWX 60233-60237

40'-0"; 3270 ft3

xxxx; xx/19xx

RBWX 60238-60423

40'-0"; 3376 ft3

FGE; xx/1957; ex FGE xxxxx-xxxxx

RBWX 60424-60451

40'-0"; 3270 ft3

xxxx; xx/19xx

RBWX 60452-60520

40'-0"; 3270 ft3

xxxx; xx/19xx

RBWX 60521-60573

40'-0"; 3376 ft3

xxxx; xx/19xx

RBWX 63001-63099

60'-3"; 5590 ft3

xxxx; xx/19xx

RBWX 64000-64099

50'-0"; 4154 ft3

PC&F; 1955

RBWX 64100-64199

50'-0"; 4154 ft3

PC&F; 1957

RBWX 64200-64249

50'-0"; 4161 ft3

PC&F; 1960

RBWX 64250-64399

50'-0"; 4220 ft3

PC&F; 1960

RBWX 64400-64434

50'-1"; 4618 ft3

PC&F; 1962

RBWX 64435-64534

50'-1"; 4658 ft3

PC&F; 1963

RBWX 64535-64536

50'-1"; 4551 ft3

xxxx; xx/19xx

RBWX 64537-64561

49'-11"; 4831 ft3

PC&F; 1965

RBWX 79000-79299

50'-0"; 4373 ft3

ex RBBX 79000-79299

RBWX 79300-79549

50'-0"; 4520 ft3

ex RBBX 79300-79549

RBWX 79550-79589

50'-1"; 4660 ft3

ex RBBX 79550-79589

RBWX 79590-79749

50'-1"; 4585 ft3

ex RBBX 79590-79749

RBWX 79750-79799

50'-1"; 4675 ft3

ex RBBX 79750-79799

RBWX 79900-79924

50'-1"; 4375 ft3

ex RBBX 79900-79924

 

WFCX:

WFCX 5300-5399

53'-10"; 4192 ft3

ex BRCX 5300-5399

WFCX 8100-8199

44'-5"; 2858 ft3

FGE; 1961

WFCX 8200-8299

49'-9"; 3776 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 8300-8399

50'-0"; 4017 ft3

PC&F; 7/1964

WFCX 8400-8499

50'-0"; 4017 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 8500-8799

50'-0"; 4017 ft3

PC&F; 1966

WFCX 8800-8979

50'-0"; 4022 ft3

PC&F; 1967

WFCX 9000-9024

50'-0"; 4050 ft3

PC&F; 1969

WFCX 9025-9199

50'-10"; 4270 ft3

PC&F; 1969

WFCX 9200-9249

50'-0"; 4050 ft3

PC&F; 1970

WFCX 9250-9299

51'-0"; 4270 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 9300-9699

50'-0"; 4050 ft3

PC&F; 1971

WFCX 777000-777049

45'-7"; 3407 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780000-780023

50'-9"; 4120 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780024-780092

50'-9"; 4025 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780093-780097

50'-9"; 4251 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780098-780102

50'-9"; 4251 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780103-780197

50'-9"; 4025 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780198-780340

50'-9"; 4025 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780341-780345

50'-9"; 4251 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780346-780445

50'-9"; 4025 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780446-780542

50'-9"; 4025 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFCX 780543-780592

50'-10"; 4050 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

 

WFEX:

WFEX 704500-704670

33'-2"; 1988 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFEX 704671-704891

33'-2"; 1988 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFEX 704892-705318

33'-2"; 2023 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

WFEX 705319-705382

42'-6"; 2694 ft3

xxxx; 19xx

 

WFMX:

WFMX xxxxx-xxxxx

xx'-x"; xxxx ft3

xxxx; 19xx

 

WHIX:

WHIX xxxxx-xxxxx

xx'-x"; xxxx ft3

xxxx; 19xx

 

WOBX:

WOBX xxxxx-xxxxx

xx'-xx"; xxxx ft3

xxxx; 19xx

 

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