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Great Yellow Fleet

By Brian Schmidt | October 6, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025

Yellow ice-cooled refrigerator car with silver roof and brown ends

Many older Western Fruit Express wood cars were rebuilt in the late 1940s. No. 72316 received steel sides with straight sills, a diagonal-panel roof, and improved 3/3 Dreadnaught ends. Jeff Wilson collection

Great Yellow Fleet

Many older Western Fruit Express wood cars were rebuilt in the late 1940s. No. 72316 received steel sides with straight sills, a diagonal-panel roof, and improved 3/3 Dreadnaught ends. Jeff Wilson collection

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