| | Introduction and Acknowledgements | v
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| | Section I -- The Company |
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| 1. | Company History | 3
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| 2. | Company Organization | 41
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| | Section II -- The Car Fleet |
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| 3. | PFE's Predecessors | 57
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| 4. | The Early Wood Cars | 69
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| 5. | PFE's Roaring Twenties | 87
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| 6. | New Directions | 109
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| 7. | Rebuilding the Fleet | 127
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| 8. | The Steel Ice Cars | 161
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| 9. | Mechanical Refrigerators | 193
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| 10. | Flat Cars and Trailers | 233
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| | Section III -- Operations |
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| 11. | Car Shops | 247
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| 12. | Natural Ice Plants | 275
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| 13. | Ice Manufacturing and Ice Transfer Plants | 291
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| 14. | Western Perishables | 341
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| 15. | PFE in Action | 377
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| | Appendix | 417
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| | System Map (foldout) | 432
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| | Bibliography | 451
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| | Index | 461
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