MTH premier 36' wood reefers...current, old and new....

Altoona 36 lager and Curve beer have been done several times.  I probably have some in stock.

Same for Fikes dairy.

Bunny bread is nice, but a bakery wouldnt have refrigerator cars.   Maybe on a covered hopper.

beth

I’m anxious to see the next Falstaff car !!!!

I’d Really like to see the car done with the Falstaff symbol but with Lemp written out instead of Falstaff or some variation.  Whatever can be documented - verified prototypical.

Did Pearl or Lone Star have their own refrigerator cars ???? Are the prototypical????

Wow, forgot all about the Pearl Beer car. Definitely a 2022 (21?) pre-order.

Also, looking forward to the new Falstaff livery.  **burp**

Answers to some questions....

1. The next Falstaff car...I cant remember if it has  "Lemp" on it ior night right now.  There is at least one "Falstaff-Lemp"  car that ive found  but its not very attractive.  There are at least 3 Falstaff cars that I can find pix of.   The next car may be a hybrid of 2 other cars.....I try to keep everything as prototypical as I can, but i also have to take a few liberties here and there  to keep the car from being unattractive and unappealing to the general public.

2. Pearl Brewery had their own railroad , The Texas Transportation Company".   It was one of the last electric (overhead wire) common carrier freight shortlines.  Tracks into the plant, and then street running down to the SP interchange in San Antonio.    I believe their last 2 electric engines are in a museum. (I think the old brewer may have been made into a museum. not sure)  I can find pix of Pearl's Frig cars from the 1960's/70's.  They were 50' bunkerless reefers. with a white /blue  Pearl Country Club Beer lettering.     No pix of any earlier cars, but they obviously shipped beer in reefers for a long time.    I used the emblem/lettering from a 1940's Pearl Brewing truck, to estimate a Pearl Frig car of similar vintage.

3. I found a picture of from about 1910 or so of a Lone Star Brewing Co. building with RR tracks with Lone star Brewing  Co. Frig Cars .  The Lone Star car we are doing are taken from that picture.

Obviously, a lot of frig cars out there are blatantly not prototypical.   I at least try to keep everything prototypical looking....accurate reporting marks and dimensional data, etc.

thx

beth

I think the Texas Transportation Company served both the Pearl and gthe Lone Star breweries in San Antonio.

@jim sutter posted:

Beth, beside myself, who made a Fikes Dairy car?

Jim....Are u living in New Hampshire now?

The fikes car...all I know of is the Weaver one....which I guess was a special run for u....

beth marshall

No Beth, my wife and I live in Homer City PA.

Beth, nice work/research on these, they look great.