MTH Iron City Beer car #2 ???

Mike,

Are you talking about the car that was released from the brewery?

Norm

I'm not sure. I got mine from a dealer in New Hampshire. I just don't remember when.

Check with Brady's trains in Greensburg Pa. or CT McCormic in Zelenople

There are at least 21 Iron City cars which includes at least 2 cabooses.  In addition there are the Duquesne Beer cars,Olde Frothingslosh cars,Ft. Pitt car and assorted others from Rolling Rock, Curve Beer,Dubois Budweiser,Straub,etc.  All in all, there are about  43 cars plus locomotives.  Most of these are MTH with a couple Weaver cars.  I don't think that I have missed any.

To the best of my knowledge Atlas has not done any of these local Pittsburgh brewery cars,which is good for me.  I would love to see an Old Shay,Silver Top,and Stoneys car and maybe one or two more that I have forgotten.  How about a Fyfe and Drum car?

It does not seem that MTH has any interest in doing any more local cars for us.

Norm

Mike:

According to my inventory records, I bought all three of those first 3 Iron City beer cars in 2001 which I believe was the year they were produced.  I bought the first one (#30-7830) directly from the brewery but the other two at York.

Bill 

Norm:

And how about some Tube City and Tech beer cars?

And here's one you missed: MTH made an "American Beer" reefer, a Pittsburgh Brewing Company brand that I don't remember ever drinking!  Does anyone know about that beer brand?

Bill 

Bill, America Beer was a light beer brewed by the Pittsburgh Brewing Co.

The Iron City car #30-7831 was produced in 2001.

  Thanks Bill and Steve that's the info I need.

Now I'm gonna pour myself a cold one.

Hi Jimmy:

Thanks for that info.  I didn’t know they made 2 different Light Beers.  When was it produced?  IC Light has been around a long time.

BTW, the picture you posted didn’t come up.

Bill

Bill, I have no idea why you can't see the can of beer. On my computer the picture is there. Also, from what I have read there was two American beers made by the Pittsburgh Brewing Co. A regular beer and a light beer. 

The right word, Jim, is "IS" not was

-walt

So its still a current product.  I'll have to try it the next time I'm up there.  Thanks, Walt.

Bill

How many American beer cars are there?  I have a red one. 

Norm

Norm:

This is the one I have and probably the one you have as its the only one listed on the MTH website for Pittsburgh Brewing Company’s American Beer: 30-7840 | .  As you said it is red but also with white doors and blue roof and ends so it’s red, white and blue, how appropriate! 

But they also list a Premier Reefer car labeled for American Pilsener Beer, a brewery in Baltimore.

Bill