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It immediately recognized that there is a considerable range of
temperatures. On any given day, different cargoes might have
different needs for protective services.
The harvest season for each perishable fruit or vegetable dif-
fers by geographical location. An extensive table of these sea-
sons in Southern Pacific territory is included as an appendix
in the PFE book. Those choosing to model specific seasons or
months can use this information for operational planning.
Modelers may not necessarily be interested in what is sup-
posed to be inside their model freight cars, but if they are, pro-
duce certainly is one category of loads which can have quite
different requirements at different locations and seasons.
Finally, I should mention a point that I know has puzzled some
modelers. This is the question of why many packing box labels
seemed to have themes appealing to men, rather than to the
women who traditionally did the household shopping in that
era. The answer, of course, is that the housewives rarely saw
an entire packing box. Only the male (in those days) grocer’s
buyers saw the boxes, Figure 17.
In Part Two we will explore the modeling of a PFE fleet.
MRH-Sep 2013
