It’s Reefer Monday

Early Railking circa 1995

First photo,  3  IMRC  PFE Steel Reefers  R-40-10 in 3 different Logo Schemes

2nd Photo:  2 x  MTH  PFE, and one Lionel  PFE,  All 3 are  the R-40-23 steel configuration

Running all together

Reefers for this fine Monday:  Beer and milk ... what a combination!

Blatz Beer by K line.

Dairymen's Milk by Lionel

New Haven Safe Milk by Lionel

Postwar operating milk car by Lionel.

Thank you for including the 3662 in your post Patrick.  IMO it still stands up well with the scale offerings.

@Bill N posted:

Thank you for including the 3662 in your post Patrick.  IMO it still stands up well with the scale offerings.

You're welcome!  I agree, indeed the 3662 holds its own!!

Well I am somewhat short of "rail" refers this week so I thought I would post a vintage "road" refer, the old ICE truck that used to come around the neighborhood to sell blocks of Ice for your Ice box.

In a more traditional way, here is a Lionel #7507 75th Anniversary Refer made 1975-1977.

Best Wishes

Don

@PRRMP54 posted:

These Pentrate car sides were done as a reefer:

I have also seen them done as regular boxcars:

Note that the top car has not been varnished and retains its original colors.

I have an old Pentrate car somewhere; not sure if it is a box or reefer. Must locate.

It’s Reefer Monday!
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Lionel Milk Reefer 36621 and local farmers bringing their produce.

Hood Dairy group had two plants in Central New York. The Vernon Plant is a culture products plant (cheese products) and the Oneida Plant is a milk processing plant. Interesting enough, both were served by the NYO&W prior to its demise. Being in the industrial boiler business, my company serviced the boilers in both plants and also the Hood Plant in Binghamton, an old Crowley Plant. After the O&W's failure, the plants went to being served by trucks as the rails were scrapped. This old Hood Reefer still has some life left in it on my NYNH&H NYO&W layout.

K-Line

@chris a posted:

First photo,  3  IMRC  PFE Steel Reefers  R-40-10 in 3 different Logo Schemes

You have three of the four paint schemes that covered the time from 1936 to 1952 with one exception, the 1942 scheme.  From left is the 1936 scheme, 1946 scheme, and 1950 scheme.  Several manufacturers made cars in each of these schemes.  As far as I can tell, only Weaver made the 1942 scheme shown below on a wood car.  It is a little too dark.

The PFE was pretty good at repainting wood reefers every 4-6 years, and steel every 10 years, except during WWII.  After WWII they quickly repainted most of their cars, so technically for my late 40s era layout the only scheme I should have is the 1946 with maybe a few 1942 schemes on steel cars.  Maybe someday AtlasO will put the 1942 scheme on one of its steel reefers.

Well Bob some HO for you,  Armour from the 60s that was my dad's, diecast trucks and frame.

Good morning folks, happy Reefer Monday!

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Here is a Lionel Pacific Fruit Express reefer with a Dole Pineapple overlay.

That's an interesting Dole reefer looks really cool.

Just got these new reefers a special MTH run for our train club, will be a good addition to the fleet.

Well I admit, I normally do not have much to offer in the way of a Reefer, but the "Train - a- Palooza" show in Gravevine, Tx gave me an opportunity to acquire this one that I have admired in other posts and pictures.  So here is my "Dairymen's League" refer from Lionel.

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Best Wishes

Don

Just another old wood sided reefer still earning its keep on my layout

Lionel - from the 1991 Coastal Freight Special Service Station Set

One of the things I really miss about living in Brooklyn is being able to drive down to Coney Island and picking up some Nathan’s (there are other Nathan’s restaurants around, but the food NEVER tastes as good as from Coney Island). Best fries on earth!!!

First, from the good folks at NLOE a few years ago…

Two MTH cars from a special run done by TrainWorld…

And I guess if you’re getting a dog and fries, you need a cold brew!!!

PSA - enjoy your Nathan’s AFTER you ride the Cyclone!

@Apples55 posted:

One of the things I really miss about living in Brooklyn is being able to drive down to Coney Island and picking up some Nathan’s (there are other Nathan’s restaurants around, but the food NEVER tastes as good as from Coney Island). Best fries on earth!!!

Amen to that Paul! We lived in Marine Park till 2014. My wife and I would go down to Nathan’s in the Spring and Fall.  Get a couple of dogs and of course the fries. We would eat in their outdoor area and then walk up to the boardwalk. Isabel couldn’t get enough of that salt air. Before we got back to the car we would get the true frozen custard. The last time we were there we could only find one place that had it.
Thanks for the memories!

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

PSA - enjoy your Nathan’s AFTER you ride the Cyclone!

Yes, while my mind wanted to go; the body said no; about 10 years before we left. Now my mind rides it on the club layout 😎

All out of O scale Bob here is another of my Dads HO.

Mark Spadaro, your Costal Limited Set was one of the sharpest sets Lionel made. The colors they used on the engine and cars were great.

@jim sutter posted:

Mark Spadaro, your Costal Freight Special Set was one of the sharpest sets Lionel made. The colors they used on the engine and cars were great.

Agree completely, Jim.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

PSA - enjoy your Nathan’s AFTER you ride the Cyclone!

Mark;

Is that a considered medical opinion or a cautionary tale based on personal misfortune???

Very perceptive, Paul. There’s no teacher like experience!

Here's my reefers for this fine Monday!   This Bud is for you!

@trumpettrain posted:

Here's my reefers for this fine Monday!   This Bud is for you!

Patrick by chance where did you purchase that beer truck? Thanks Mark

It’s Reefer Monday Show Us Your Reefers.

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Spring is here Ice Cream is in.

K-Line

Here is a very rare one

Just another run of the mill reefer

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For this Monday I have a Boston & Maine Ice Block Reefer for passenger coach air conditioning.

Red Rose Ice Cream by MTH. A different unit # than Bob's.

Another goat logo car for Dave Ripp

Lionel

Here are my reefers for this fine Monday!   A Maryland summer tradition ... crabs and beer!  A B&O express reefer ( by MTH ) brings crabs from the Chesapeake Bay and another reefer( also by MTH )  brings Baltimore American beer.   Note the large crabs in the pot.

A large pot with large crabs requires being moved with a fork lift.  In actuality, I'm certain crabs were not shipped this way, however, I saw this pot of crabs at a train show and immediately I had to have it .. lol!   I would think, though, that back in the day the B&O would ship crabs from the Chesapeake Bay to inland destinations such as Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc., in express reefers as part of headend consists, on B&O passenger trains.  

A Miller Beer refer by Lionel on a siding.

@trumpettrain posted:

Here are my reefers for this fine Monday!   A Maryland summer tradition ... crabs and beer!  A B&O express reefer ( by MTH ) brings crabs from the Chesapeake Bay and another reefer( also by MTH )  brings Baltimore American beer.   Note the large crabs in the pot.

A large pot with large crabs requires being moved with a fork lift.  In actuality, I'm certain crabs were not shipped this way, however, I saw this pot of crabs at a train show and immediately I had to have it .. lol!   I would think, though, that back in the day the B&O would ship crabs from the Chesapeake Bay to inland destinations such as Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc., in express reefers on B&O passenger trains.  

Great pictures and story Patrick!

@Sitka posted:

Patrick by chance where did you purchase that beer truck? Thanks Mark

I purchased two of those Budweiser trucks from my local hobby shop ( they had a great sale at the time ) in the mid 2000s.  Since my first time to York in 2010, I've seen those same Bud trucks for sale many times.  They are made by Corgi.  If you're interested in obtaining one, you might check on line auction sites.