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A
bit of history regarding Tropicana. The origins
of the company go back to an Italian immigrant, Anthony
T. Rossi. In the 1940's, he sold gift boxes of fruit
to stores such as Macy's and Gimbels. The business
expaned to providing such hotels as the Waldorf-Astoria
with quality fruits and the name was changed to Fruit
Industries. The company continued to grow and the sale
of frozen orange juice concentrate provided the largest
profit margins. Through additional purchases and expansion
as well as marketing and processing
innovations (
his company developed
flash pasturization in 1954) ... it now became possible
to offer "fresh" orange juice taste from a pure not-from-concentrate
product. And Tropicana Pure Premium was born. To get
his product to market, the Tropican Juice Train was
created ... the original run being a weekly trip from
Florida to Kearny, NJ. By 1971 they were operating
two 65 car
trains per week. In today's world, the CSX Tropicana
Juice Trains have received numerous awards for their
fuel efficiency and dependability.
On another front, Tropicana (as the commpany was renamed).
went public in 1969. In 1978 Anthony T. Rossi sold
his shares to Beatrice Foods. In the 1980's the company
was acquired by The Seagram Co., Ltd. and in 1998 Tropicana
was acquired by PepsiCo.
Of note, with growth, Tropicana began "blending" their
orange juice with juices imported from Brazil. This
has lead to recent issues with reports of contamination
from chemical sprays used on Brazilian crops that have
been outlawed in the US. Only Florida's Natural brand
remains as the only company that sells 100% US juices.
Tropicana Reefers are now in stock. Limited extras are available of all #'s at this time. We will begin shipping on Wednesday, 12/26/12. |
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Scale 57' Mechanical Reefers |
Re-Issue
with new road #'s: 18819-13 through 18819-18
6 new Rd #'s |
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New
Paint Scheme, 18824-1 through 18824-6 6 Rd
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New
Paint Scheme, 18607-1 through 18607-6 6
Rd #'s |
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1970
Scheme, Tropicana White w/Large Lettering. 6
Rd #'s
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1972
Scheme, Tropicana White w/Large Lettering,
2 Figures, 6 Rd #'s
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1977
Scheme, Tropicana White w/Green Ends, 6 Rd
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1979
Scheme, Tropicana White w/Green Ends, 1 Figure,
6 Rd #'s
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1983
Scheme, Tropicana White w/Orange Ends, 2 Figures,
6 Rd #'s
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1985
Scheme, Tropicana White w/Red Ends, Beatrice
Foods slogan, 2 Figures, 6 Rd #'s
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1986
Scheme, Tropicana Orange Car, 1 Figure, 6
Rd #'s
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1990
Scheme, Tropicana Orange Car, 1 Figure, Green
Data 6 Rd #'s
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1991
Scheme, Tropicana Orange Car, 1 Figure, Green
Data, Leaf over "i", 6 Rd #'s
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1997
Scheme, Tropicana Orange Car, No Figure, Green
Data, Leaf over "i", 6 Rd #'s
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2002
Scheme, Tropicana, White Car, Straw in Orange,
12 Rd #'s
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2001
Scheme, Tropicana/CSXT, White Car, Straw in
Orange, 6 Rd #'s
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New
Paint Scheme, 18657-1 through 18657-6 6 Rd
#'s |
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New
Paint Scheme, 18823-1 through 18823-6 6 Rd
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