Private company
Fruit Growers Express
Logo: CSX Transportation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
American refrigerator car line
Fruit Growers Express (FGE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company that began as a produce-hauling subsidiary of Armour and Company's private refrigerator car line. Armour controlled both the packing operations and the transport insulated railroad car line, and its customers had complained they were overcharged. In 1919 the Federal Trade Commission ordered the company's spinoff of Fruit Growers Express for antitrust reasons, which was accomplished by 1920.2 It is headquartered in Jacksonville.1 It is part of CSX Corporation.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrytransport1
- HeadquartersJacksonville1
- Websitewww.csx.com
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Fruit Growers Express (FGE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company that began as a produce-hauling subsidiary of Armour and Company's private refrigerator car line. Armour controlled both the packing operations and the transport insulated railroad car line, and its customers had complained they were overcharged. In 1919 the Federal Trade Commission ordered the company's spinoff of Fruit Growers Express for antitrust reasons, which was accomplished by 1920.2
Corporate structure
Fruit Growers Express is part of a group headed by CSX Corporation. 6 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- CSX Corporation Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Fruit Growers Express Jacksonville
- CSX Transportation Subsidiary ยท Jacksonville
- Dayton and Michigan Railroad Subsidiary
- UMAX Subsidiary
- High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad Subsidiary
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1920Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.csx.com1
- WikipediaFruit Growers Express
- WikidataQ5506366
Sources
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- 2WikipediaFruit Growers Express on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsFruit Growers Express logo by CSX Transportation, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsFruit Growers Express photo by Klaus Nahr from Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0