Uncataloged O Scale Premier 36' Woodsided Reefer Cars Announced

June 25, 2021 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced a pair of uncataloged Premier O Scale 36' Woodsided Reefer Cars for exclusive distribution by the Canadian Toy Train Association.

The cars will be available in two different car numbers and will begin arriving in November 2021.

Item No. 20-94536 Victoria Terminal Railway & Ferry Co. 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car
Car No. 317
Order Price: $65.00 (plus $12.00 shipping)
Email Mark Horne to order.

Item No. 20-94537 Victoria Terminal Railway & Ferry Co. 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car
Car No. 329
Order Price: $65.00 (plus $12.00 shipping)
Email Mark Horne to order.

Item No. 20-94562 Moosehead Beer 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car
Car No. 399
Order Price: $65.00 (plus $12.00 shipping)
Email Mark Horne to order.

Item No. 20-94563 Moosehead Beer 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car
Car No. 457
Order Price: $65.00 (plus $12.00 shipping)
Email Mark Horne to order.

ABOUT THE PREMIER 36’ WOODSIDED REEFER CAR

The coming of the railroad changed the way America ate and drank. Before the iron horse connected every town of any importance to the outside world, most food was grown or produced locally. The arrival of cheap, fast, refrigerated transport — in the form of the woodsided reefer with ice bunkers at each end — enabled local brewers, dairies, meat processors, and other food businesses to become players on a national scale.

Until 1934, shippers could advertise their wares on leased billboard reefers, each a hand-painted traveling work of art. That year, the Interstate Commerce Commission outlawed the flamboyant paint schemes because the cars often hauled shipments from other companies — whose freight bills thus unfairly paid to advertise the lessee’s products.

Order directly from:

Mark Horne of the Canadian Toy Train Association

Email mlhorne@shaw.ca

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing several limited-edition releases of the Premier 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car in four different, unique liveries. The cars will be available in two different car numbers and will begin arriving on M.T.H. Authorized Retailer shelves in November 2021.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.