Western Fruit Express WHIX-70325

Western Fruit Express #WHIX-70325 Pacific Car & Foundry 1953 Refrigerator Car. Donated by Alaska Lumber & Pulp. Pacific Car and Foundry in Renton built this steel ice refrigerator car in 1953 as Western Fruit Express WHIX 70325. The Great Northern operated Western Fruit Express. The car remained in service after the creation of Burlington Northern and kept its original number. Alaska Lumber and Pulp Co. purchased this one for transporting food supplies by barge from Seattle to the sawmill in Sitka, Alaska. It became ALPC 2500. Alaska Lumber and Pulp donated the refrigerator car to the Northwest Railway Museum.