Will Whittaker Photo

The PFE's R-40-10 ushered in the era of steel refrigerator cars. 4,700 were built starting in 1936 and culmintaing with the last delivery in 1937. The information about these buildings is profiled in the table below (information gathered from Pacific Fruit Express, Second Edition, by Thompson, Church & Jones, from Signature Press)

Builder	Date	Series Start	Series End
SPE Co.	1936	40001	40700
PC&F	1936	40701	41200
GATC	1936-1937	41201	41700
P-S	1936	41701	42200
AC&F	1936-1937	42201	42700
PC&F	1936-1937	42701	43200
SSC	1937	43201	43700
AC&F	1936-1937	43701	44200
GATC	1936-1937	44201	44700