Let's see Beer Rolling Stock Cars

Norton the Iroquois cars are sweet.  I have the second one by Weaver but have never seen the first.  How about some info on that one.

@coach joe posted:

Norton the Iroquois cars are sweet.  I have the second one by Weaver but have never seen the first.  How about some info on that one.

Stockyard express ran a special MTH run of 36 foot reefer in this scheme 20-94558

One of my few beer-related cars:

Someone took a lot of effort to two-rail this one, notice the very neatly done milling:

Somewhere I have a matching wood-sided reefer.

Here is part of my collection of beer cars.  

Baltimore American Beer by MTH sits  at the brewery siding.  Mr. Bo, allowing another brand of Baltimore beer to be brewed at his brewery, keeps an eye on on things!

Oktober Fest by MTH on the team track as crews unload cases of brew for the annual Patsburg Oktober Fest.

My dad's favorite brew was Bud.  This is a K line car.  The Bud trucks are by Corgi.

Robin Hood Beer by MTH.  Kegs being unloaded on the team track.

My latest beer car acquisition ... National Beer by Atlas O ... purchased from Mr. Muffins as a pre order.  

More Bud being unloaded onto a Annhueser - Bush beer wagon with a Clydesdale providing the one horse power.  The beer wagon was a York find.  

Both of these Bud cars are by K line.  

here's my contribution.

@trumpettrain posted:

Oktober Fest by MTH on the team track as crews unload cases of brew for the annual Patsburg Oktober Fest.

My dad's favorite brew was Bud.  This is a K line car.  The Bud trucks are by Corgi.

Robin Hood Beer by MTH.  Kegs being unloaded on the team track.

My latest beer car acquisition ... National Beer by Atlas O ... purchased from Mr. Muffins as a pre order.  

More Bud being unloaded onto a Annhueser - Bush beer wagon with a Clydesdale providing the one horse power.  The beer wagon was a York find.  

Both of these Bud cars are by K line.  

Fantastic scenes sir.    You have some great material that you have amassed Patrick.  Really nice.

Two new ones added this week

Here is our latest Desert Division offering.  A-1 Beer was produced by the Arizona Brewing Company, the only locally owned company in the state.  It was sold in the '60's to a national brewery, but the neon signs with this logo, hung in bar windows and outdoor signs all around the state for two decades.

@bluelinec4 posted:

Two new ones added this week

Papa was big Schaefer fan; grew up in Brooklyn after coming from the old country and then moved to Hudson, before finally settling up here in Utica when he married Nana.

- Mario

@bluelinec4 posted:

Two new ones added this week

Very nice acquisitions Blue.   However you can have all of my Schaefer's beer.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Fantastic scenes sir.    You have some great material that you have amassed Patrick.  Really nice.

Thank you very much Dallas!

Mario, my folks retired to Athens, just across the river from Hudson.  I've logged lots of miles walking the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.

Ben, I'm not as eager as Dallas to give all my Schaefer, ice cold 7oz nips went down very easy.  Where did you get that reefer?

@coach joe posted:

Ben, I'm not as eager as Dallas to give all my Schaefer, ice cold 7oz nips went down very easy.  Where did you get that reefer?

Hey Joe, I agree ,that is one nice boxcar.  ( just goofing around about the Schaefers.........I don't even have a problem with chocolate covered rum drops. )

Gotta love the Clydesdales!!!

@coach joe posted:

Mario, my folks retired to Athens, just across the river from Hudson.  I've logged lots of miles walking the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.

Ben, I'm not as eager as Dallas to give all my Schaefer, ice cold 7oz nips went down very easy.  Where did you get that reefer?

It’s an atlas o plug door.  Got it from Beth at public delivery track.  Not sure if she has any more.  I saw western depot still has them

Thanks Ben.  Happy Easter!

Paul, you just have to love Clydesdales!  Happy Easter to you too.

@coach joe posted:

Thanks Ben.  Happy Easter!

Paul, you just have to love Clydesdales!  Happy Easter to you too.

Somewhere there is a picture of me in my (much) younger days at the ‘64-‘65 World’s Fair petting a Clydesdale at the Budweiser pavilion… they are enormous!!!

And a Happy Easter to you and your family, Joe.

@Apples55 posted:

Somewhere there is a picture of me in my (much) younger days at the ‘64-‘65 World’s Fair petting a Clydesdale at the Budweiser pavilion… they are enormous!!!

And a Happy Easter to you and your family, Joe.

Pardon the glare.  SeaWorld Orlando.  My son was just under 3 years old.  His twin sister got scared by just how big that horse was so she missed the photo op.  That horse was just standing there oblivious to everything that was going onuntil the photog sad "Smile".  All of a sudden that massive  head swung over my shoulder right on cue.

Someday… it’ll be UC for me!

And you do need a place to bring all the reefers

My one and only Atlas Ballantine Beer reefer:

@bluelinec4 posted:

And you do need a place to bring all the reefers

Outstanding!

Mine are mostly Milwaukee themed since I grew up in WI.  I love the new Atlas O PBR Reefer - the colors really stand out in person.  I used to have a Condo “Up North” in Michigan near Short’s.

@Eric E posted:

Mine are mostly Milwaukee themed since I grew up in WI.  I love the new Atlas O PBR Reefer - the colors really stand out in person.  I used to have a Condo “Up North” in Michigan near Short’s.

Really like the RED beercar Eric .   A nice bright spot in the lineup sir.

Everybody should have an Ugly Dog.

Bob

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

My one and only Atlas Ballantine Beer reefer:

Watch out Arnold, Ben will be coming for that one!

Hull’s had a 99-cent sixpack in the late1960s; very popular among college students.  No evidence they ever had reefers, but I didn’t let that stop me!

@CentralFan1976 posted:

Someday… it’ll be UC for me!

The suspense has been killing me!

if you haven’t seen this yet, @JR Junction Train & Hobby is doing a custom run of FX Matt’s Utica Club / Matt’s Premium Beverage Ventilator Despatch beer Reefer!  …and they are going to be GORGEOUS!

Check out the post here for details!

https://ogrforum.com/...tion-train-and-hobby

I am very proud to work with Phil and the team, helping with the research and working with Mr. FX Matt III himself over at FX Matt Brewing to get the licensing. This has been a great experience!

- Mario

@CentralFan1976 posted:

The suspense has been killing me!

if you haven’t seen this yet, @JR Junction Train & Hobby is doing a custom run of FX Matt’s Utica Club / Matt’s Premium Beverage Ventilator Despatch beer Reefer!  …and they are going to be GORGEOUS!

Check out the post here for details!

https://ogrforum.com/...tion-train-and-hobby

I am very proud to work with Phil and the team, helping with the research and working with Mr. FX Matt III himself over at FX Matt Brewing to get the licensing. This has been a great experience!

- Mario

You can read all about the research we did for these cars here: https://ogrforum.com/...8#175427630350896288

thank you all!

- Mario

@Bruce Clouette posted:

Hull’s had a 99-cent sixpack in the late1960s; very popular among college students.  No evidence they ever had reefers, but I didn’t let that stop me!

That is an incredibly well done reefer.  This should set a high bar for railroad modelers!   Thanks for sharing, Bruce.

My favorite beer cars were the reefers from Frank's Roundhouse, Kris Model trains and Williams.

@coach joe posted:

Norton the Iroquois cars are sweet.  I have the second one by Weaver but have never seen the first.  How about some info on that one.

FYI, Clyde at Stockyard Express is doing another run of the Iroquois cars (20-94681, 20-94682).  Artwork is not available (yet), but I assume they are the same as the prior run.

@Sitka posted:

Outstanding!

@bluelinec4 posted:

And you do need a place to bring all the reefers

Great looking brewery

FYI, Jeff at The Train Loft is doing another run of the Stroh's beer reefers.  Call or send him an email (jkonc52032@aol.com) and get your order in.

Here are a few Atlas-O beer reefers.

The 2 36’ Narragansett and the 36’ Springfield Breweries are special runs by B.F. Hobbies. The 40’ Narragansett is a special run by Norm’s O Scale.

I have this one of a kind U.C. Beer Tank car,  A few months ago I sent a young OGR Member name Dallas some Beer labels that I had for some years, Dallas and his wife have some adult drinks and take the labels off and then puts them on MTH tanker cars so I sent Dallas some never put on bottles labels. Went to get the mail and came across a box dropped off by the P.O. it was sent from Dallas, Had to open this box and was surprised what I pulled out a Great looking Tanker full of U.C. Beer. Back in the 90s the brewery came out with a few box cars that I had posted the brewery was suppose to make a tank car along with add on cars. They never went forward with project which was to bad. Have a family history that have retired from the brewery, after I retired I worked at the brewery for a few year so Thank You Dallas this car means a lot to me God Speed

@Sitka posted:

I have this one of a kind U.C. Beer Tank car,  A few months ago I sent a young OGR Member name Dallas some Beer labels that I had for some years, Dallas and his wife have some adult drinks and take the labels off and then puts them on MTH tanker cars so I sent Dallas some never put on bottles labels. Went to get the mail and came across a box dropped off by the P.O. it was sent from Dallas, Had to open this box and was surprised what I pulled out a Great looking Tanker full of U.C. Beer.

That’s a really neat tank car!  Thanks for sharing.  Here’s one of those reefers K-Line made years ago.  I purchased this for my father at a satellite brewery shop at Christmas, 1995 or 1996.

@Sitka posted:

I have this one of a kind U.C. Beer Tank car,  A few months ago I sent a young OGR Member name Dallas some Beer labels that I had for some years, Dallas and his wife have some adult drinks and take the labels off and then puts them on MTH tanker cars so I sent Dallas some never put on bottles labels. Went to get the mail and came across a box dropped off by the P.O. it was sent from Dallas, Had to open this box and was surprised what I pulled out a Great looking Tanker full of U.C. Beer. Back in the 90s the brewery came out with a few box cars that I had posted the brewery was suppose to make a tank car along with add on cars. They never went forward with project which was to bad. Have a family history that have retired from the brewery, after I retired I worked at the brewery for a few year so Thank You Dallas this car means a lot to me God Speed

Thanks for the kind words Mark.  Didn't know your family backround with the brewery .........made this even more special.

(judging from your good photos it looks like 4 weeks of drying time kept the paint from sticking to the Styrofoam packaging.  )

God speed sir......make it a great week.

A couple of Lionel special issue beer reefers. The first from Milwaukee Lionel Railroad Club, and the second a L.O.T.S. 2018 meet car.