Bettendorf vs Built-Up Underframes
This gallery of images is intended to show and explain the differences between the Bettendorf and Built-Up (or RR Design) underframes used on PFE wood ice reefers. These underframes originally had KC brake systems applied. Many were later changed to AB brakes.
The prototype photos of the stripped Bettendorf underframe with KC brakes were taken by Mel Johnson at the Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad Museum in Salinas, CA in 2012. For many more photos of a Bettendorf underframe with AB brakes, see:
https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/PFETrainPhotos/PFE-Wood-Ice-Reefers/PFE-R3016-74583-at-WRM/
The prototype photos of the partially dismantled WP reefer Built-Up underframe (built by AC&F) were taken by Brian Rutherford at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA in 2008. I do not yet have detail photos of a PFE class R-30-13 Built-Up underframe.
You can download the full-size version of these images by clicking the "down arrow" icon at the lower right.
Read MoreThe prototype photos of the stripped Bettendorf underframe with KC brakes were taken by Mel Johnson at the Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad Museum in Salinas, CA in 2012. For many more photos of a Bettendorf underframe with AB brakes, see:
https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/PFETrainPhotos/PFE-Wood-Ice-Reefers/PFE-R3016-74583-at-WRM/
The prototype photos of the partially dismantled WP reefer Built-Up underframe (built by AC&F) were taken by Brian Rutherford at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA in 2008. I do not yet have detail photos of a PFE class R-30-13 Built-Up underframe.
You can download the full-size version of these images by clicking the "down arrow" icon at the lower right.
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30-ton Bettendorf Underframes
PFE Wood Ice Reefer - Bettendorf Underframes
General comments and explanation of this underframe.
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