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51Gustavus Franklin Swift — Infobox Person name=Gustavus Franklin Swift image size=120px birth date=birth date|1839|6|24|mf=y birth place=Sagamore, Massachusetts dead=dead death date=death date and age|1903|3|29|1839|6|24|mf=y death place=Lake Forest, IllinoisGustavus… …
52Philip Danforth Armour — Philip Danforth Armour, Sr. Armour circa 1880 Born May 16, 1832(1832 05 16) Stockbridge, New York Died …
53Pacific Fruit Express — reporting mark|PFE was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company that at one point was the largest refrigerator car operator in the world. The company was founded on December 7, 1906 as a joint venture between the Union Pacific and Southern… …
54List of railway vehicles — The is a list of all types of vehicle that can be used on a railway, either specifically for running on the rails, or for maintenance or up keep of a railway. FORCETOC General classes of railway vehicle* Locomotive * Multiple unit ** Electric… …
55Boxcar — For other uses, see Boxcar (disambiguation). A Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway boxcar on display at the Mid Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin. A boxcar (the North American term; other terms include goods van (UK),… …
56Freight train — or goods train is a series of freight cars hauled by a locomotive on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain. Trains may haul bulk, containers or specialized cars. Under the right circumstances,… …
57Fruit Growers Express — (FGE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company that began life as a produce hauling subsidiary of Armour and Company s private refrigerator car line. In 1919 the Federal Trade Commission ordered the company s sale for anti trust reasons.… …
58Swift, Gustavus Franklin — born June 24, 1839, West Sandwich, Mass., U.S. died March 29, 1903, Chicago, Ill. U.S. meatpacker. Swift started as a butcher s helper at age 14 and by 1859 was operating his own butcher shop. In 1872 he became the partner of a Boston meat… …
59Covered hopper — car originally built in the 1950s for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. After the 1967 SCL merger these cars were fitted with rotary couplers and used in Bone Valley phosphate service. A Covered Hopper is a railroad freight car. They are designed …
60truck — Synonyms and related words: DUKW, ESP, Pullman, Pullman car, answer, autotruck, baggage car, baked goods, balance of trade, bargain, barge, barter, big business, bloodmobile, boat, bookmobile, boxcar, bus, business, business dealings, buy and… …
