Let's see Beer Rolling Stock Cars

Here's a few more - Bing prewar

Schlitz (pre 1920)

Schlitz (post 1920 - censored due to prohibition)

Pabst

Budweiser

...and a few of the more recent Atlas offerings

I've really come to like the MTH 36 foot Woodside Beer Reefers. Well made and great looking cars with good detail.

Thought somebody might like Beer.

Oh those possessive beer cars!   (not car's!)

My last and most recent is a beer billboard  refer I had been asking MTH/Andy Eldeman to make for 15-years, at least it did make the light of day.

Eight of these twelve refers are beer.  Packed up just before stored them.

There are two more Miller ones (one red the other yellow) no pictures.

Plus have two beautiful  K-Line more modern Budweiser Billboard refers which could not be prototypical since they would have been out-lawed by the era they represent.

And then there is the Bush business car mixed in here right up front.

Ron

At the Altoona Brewing site

A few boxcars from RMT and MTH, hoppers in the background to left.  "Beer Can" water tower!

Nice Brewery Mike, Beer can Full ? Bet not!

Meant to add a note above on the Old German reefer. Had been looking for that one for a while as they are hard to locate these days. Great looking car.

Also the Queen City Brewing Company is a reference to a long defunct brewery in that once great railroad town, Cumberland, Maryland.

Here are some of my beer cars.   My Dad always enjoyed Bud so I keep plenty on hand on my layout ... Lol!  

Here's a small sampling from my collection.

Andy

Andy:

Nice cars!  Who made that Old Frothingslosh reefer as it's different than my 2 MTH Railking O-F reefers?

Bill T

@WftTrains posted:

Andy:

Nice cars!  Who made that Old Frothingslosh reefer as it's different than my 2 MTH Railking O-F reefers?

Bill T

Bill,

It is MTH Premier and was part of the 20-5609-1 Beer train set.

Andy

@Andy Hummell posted:

Bill,

It is MTH Premier and was part of the 20-5609-1 Beer train set.

Andy

OK, thanks,

Bill T

Well preparing for a show coming up May 22&23 at the NCTM I located the four car I referenced in my above post.

Now the two Budweiser cars are not as modern as thought, they are wood sided and in fact legal through Jan.1938.  And have a G-scale version of the "Budweiser" car.

And the other two MTH Miller cars.

Ron

After seeing the Zillertal Bahn Bier Wagen I just had to have my own.

Does anyone know if GUINNESS ever had an O gauge car made?

Weaver's PRR/Altoona 36 Lager Beer Reefer Car

Weaver PRR/Curve Beer Reefers

Weaver Iron Horse Stout Reefer

And some Atlas reefers:

Weaver also made a Falstaff reefer that I have never been able to get ahold of!

David

And... none of my visitors ever questioned that a real water tower would never be shaped like a can.

Question for those who are scale experts:  how many GALLONS would that "beer tower" hold IF my 12 oz. can were full scale and represented a full scale water tower?? I think you forget the volume of liquid refreshment (12 oz.) and convert the can dimensions to feet and inches, then convert back to gallons based on the number of gallons per cubic feet.

My abacus is not sophisticated enough to figure that.  So- I'll just have another beer.  Plus I have a hangover.

Beer Here!

K-line did a nice commemorative series for Yuengling. The tanker is actually a bank.

Somebody say NOON!

Sitka, great thread. I've got a bunch of beer reefers, some box cars, tankers, even some hoppers and the original Lionel Adolphus observation car.  they're packed right now but I'll break them out and drop photos here as I come across them.

I notice you've got quite a few Utica Club reefers.  As the late 80s early 90s, 25 cent beer of choice at the Athens Hotel, now Stewart House, I'd love to get my hands on one.

Thanks for the kind reply coach joe, Family worked at the brewery for years. Got the car's at the gift shop, they don't have them anymore to bad. The yellow car was a weaver I bought as a kid in the early 70's. They made some as a promo from what I understand. Father also had a N-gauge Reefer UC car.

God Speed! "Keep them Cold"

More beer car photos.   The Clydesdale drawn beer wagon is a York Orange Hall purchase.  The Bud car is by K line.

This car is by MTH

Beer Me!

Anybody remember the Hamm's Beer commercials with the bear? Seems to me my Dad would drink this brand.

Here is the Hamms bear !!....

https://vimeo.com/349210459

Custom Car - I use to work across the street from the Brewery

Last batch - all the other Beer cars I own have previously shown up on this thread

@Don Winslow posted:

Anybody remember the Hamm's Beer commercials with the bear? Seems to me my Dad would drink this brand.

Grew up on the Twin Cities area, and I remember lots of Hamm's tv ads. Seems they had a robust ad department. They made great animated bar signs also.

Growing up in Milwaukee, I have always been partial to beer cars from any of Milwaukee's famous brewers.  Here's a Standard Gauge tinplate Schlitz beer car by MTH.

Bob Nelson

Weaver Sam Adams, I got it as it reminded me of the only beer served on Amtrak that was fit to drink:

I have several other kit-built beer cars from the early fifties but no photos of them.

Here's a special run beer car that my club did through Buffalo Creek Graphics.  There were 100 made.  We are looking at doing some other breweries soon, using the MTH 36' woodsided reefer.

ETS Trains from the Czech Republic

@John23 posted:

Here's a special run beer car that my club did through Buffalo Creek Graphics.  There were 100 made.  We are looking at doing some other breweries soon, using the MTH 36' woodsided reefer.

The club has just voted to do two beer cars featuring Northern Michigan breweries, 100 of each.  We will be using the MTH 36' car.  Hopefully they will be out next winter.

Here are some custom painted beer cars I picked up recently.

Jim, I've got that Genny light reefer.  Is that one of your custom runs?

Here's a couple more.

Here's my only beer car,  a rivarossi 4 wheel Spaten beer car.

Still a work in progress...but a little Sprecher doesn’t hurt.

Here’s a couple shots of the only Beer car I have. It’s a old Lionel Standard O car.

Lee I've always wanted one of those.  Every time I've seen one at a train show it appeared the graphics were all applied as decals.  Never knew if that was how Lionel did it or if they were repros.  I even asked that question on the forum once.  Didn't get an answer.

@coach joe posted:

Lee I've always wanted one of those.  Every time I've seen one at a train show it appeared the graphics were all applied as decals.  Never knew if that was how Lionel did it or if they were repros.  I even asked that question on the forum once.  Didn't get an answer.

Joe there pad printed there not decals and there pretty durable too hope this helps next time you see one pick one up.

I guess the "shiny" decal outline must have been the edges of the pad.

My local brew...

Here is another from my collection:

Andy

More Reefer Madness...

My 0-6-0t doing a run by with growing collection of 36 foot woodsided beer reefers.

Here is a Hamm's Beer car I picked up for 15.00 on ebay, Nice Beer cars to all who posted!

Actually, I’m not much of a beer drinker, but Sláinte!!!

@Apples55 posted:

Actually, I’m not much of a beer drinker, but Sláinte!!!

Nice cars! Apples

Mark

Rusty

Most recent run of Natty Bo car from Atlas O.

@lee drennen posted:

Here’s a couple shots of the only Beer car I have. It’s a old Lionel Standard O car.

I used to have about 40 beer cars, nearly all billboard cars.  Because billboard cars were mostly gone by my era, I sold them all but my Stroh's car.  It was my wife's favorite beer while at Wayne State in Detroit, and she bought the car for me.

An old Connellsville, Pa beer, I like to kit bash MTH RK high cubes.

MTH Rail King, Nashville Christmas Show.

Coming soon from the Northern Michigan Railroad Club.  Made by MTH, with the assistance of Pat's Trains.

This car is based on a real photo of a Copper Range Railroad car.   It was a pre-Prohibition brewery located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, shut down then and never reopened...nothing to do with any other Rheingolds.

The Short's car is a fantasy car commemorating a popular small brewery currently operating in the Northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Here is one I made a year or so ago:

@Lionelski posted:

Here is one I made a year or so ago:

looking good Lionelski! nice job all!

How about a full consist of beer cars all from Western PA.

@RJT posted:

How about a full consist of beer cars all from Western PA.

Don't know what I like better the beer cars or your PRR set.

Mark

@RJT posted:

How about a full consist of beer cars all from Western PA.

99 Reefers of beer on the track... 99 Reefers of beer...

Two beautiful trains, Rick!!!

@Sitka posted:

looking good Lionelski! nice job all!

Thanks Sitka,

Here is the complimentary billboard:

SITKA: Thank You tough choice.

Apple55: I will have to work on that 99 Reefers of Beer I may have that many between the MTH and MPC Billboard Reefers Series, let me work on that now I have a layout big enough for 99 Reefers of Beer if I can keep them coupled.

Some OEM.............some ( all except one ) home made.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Some OEM.............some ( all except one ) home made.

well done car Dallas, where did you get the beer decals? Nice PRR Diesel and Caboose!

Mark

@Sitka posted:

well done car Dallas, where did you get the beer decals? Nice PRR Diesel and Caboose!

Mark

Thanks Mark.

It might not be something many can fathom , but Judy and I would go outside for a break on the patio with a couple adult beverages on a pretty regular basis

..........Judy started peeling labels off of some of the bottles  ( not always an easy task with short fingernails )  and came up with the idea of  'beer tank cars'.

After having labels I had to find the cheapest tank cars I could get a hold of since I  was going to be repainting them anyway.    The Yuengling tanker is the only one in the string of beer tankers that was OEM.

Those tank cars look super, especially considering they are labels.  I may have to try this tonight and will need to have an empty bottle (twist my arm, please).

Here is an uncommon one I just bought from forumite gilly@n&w.  If I remember correctly, it is a NJ hi-railer car from the past.

NYC RS-3 moving a few Beer cars before NYS Winter storm

Another nice Weaver!

My MTH Berghoff tanker that matches a reefer that I have:

Someone did a high quality job of two-railing this car, note the milled center-sill:

It's a legit.

Here are some beer cars produced by New Marx

It seems fitting to have beer advertised on tinplate cars.

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

Northwoods Flyer

Weaver custom run PH Schneider Century Beer Trinidad CO.

@Sitka posted:

Thanks for the kind reply coach joe, Family worked at the brewery for years. Got the car's at the gift shop, they don't have them anymore to bad. The yellow car was a weaver I bought as a kid in the early 70's. They made some as a promo from what I understand. Father also had a N-gauge Reefer UC car.

God Speed! "Keep them Cold"

Hi Sitka!

With the Utica area steeped in both a railroad and beer-making traditions, it’s good to see another native be interested in both.

I also have an N scale car, from the early 1980’s. My father picked it up in Denver if all places!

UC for me!

My brother in law is a huge Moosehead fan, I had to get these…

Thanks!

- Mario

PS- Beer cars are so cool right now!

I have a couple of beer cars

As a poor, struggling freshman at Siena College, I drank UC and Genny, but only as beers of last resort. No offense, Mark, but to my sophisticated palate, even Old Bohemian tasted better!

@CentralFan1976 posted:

Hi Sitka!

With the Utica area steeped in both a railroad and beer-making traditions, it’s good to see another native be interested in both.

I also have an N scale car, from the early 1980’s. My father picked it up in Denver if all places!

UC for me!

My brother in law is a huge Moosehead fan, I had to get these…

Thanks!

- Mario

PS- Beer cars are so cool right now!

Mario my day had that N gage Car gave it to my brother in GA.  UC for Me! Mark

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

As a poor, struggling freshman at Siena College, I drank UC and Genny, but only as beers of last resort. No offense, Mark, but to my sophisticated palate, even Old Bohemian tasted better!

Mark us UC Lovers will let u slide on that, grew up on that fine Gold can been Brewed since 1888. God Speed! Mark

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

As a poor, struggling freshman at Siena College, I drank UC and Genny, but only as beers of last resort. No offense, Mark, but to my sophisticated palate, even Old Bohemian tasted better!

Ha!

My sister went to Siena... Over at Saint Anselm, we were drinking Bud Ice... Beware the penguin.

Thanks!

- Mario

@CentralFan1976 posted:

Ha!

My sister went to Siena... Over at Saint Anselm, we were drinking Bud Ice... Beware the penguin.

Thanks!

- Mario

My freshman year, Siena was all male; my sophomore year Siena went co-ed. World of difference! And it made the beer taste better, too!

All Nation wood kits

https://youtube.com/shorts/054rbjPsEgY?feature=share

So close to Saint Patrick's Day, got to include one for the Irish.

All very attractive and interesting beer cars, some showing beers I've never heard of, which are good to find out about.

My interest is focused on the classic beers that existed in the 1950s, such as Ballantine. Schaeffer, Schlitz and Anheiser Busch. I've previous posted numerous photos of my Atlas Ballantine Beer reefer, and my MTH or Lionel Anheiser Busch reefer. As I mentioned yesterday on another thread, I just ordered  Atlas Schaeffer and Schlitz reefers.

I would also like a good quality Rheingold reefer.

These classic beer cars fit in nicely with my baseball in the 1950s theme of my layout. Arnold

All I've got for now:

Looking for more...

@bluelinec4 posted:

I have a couple of beer cars

Ben, before I watched your videos, I knew that when you said a few, it was more like a few hundred, beer cars. LOL. Arnold

@Mooner posted:

So close to Saint Patrick's Day, got to include one for the Irish.

Moon;

Absolutely love that car - can you share any info on who/when it was produced??? My family ran Connelly’s Abbey in downtown Brooklyn in the first part of the 20th century (it was a speakeasy during Prohibition, but don’t tell that to anyone - my great grandfather actually sued the government over the Volstead Act!!!). There are very few items from the Abbey still in the family, but one is a beer scraper I have. I would LOVE to get one of those cars!!!

Sláinte!!!

@Apples55 posted:

Moon;

Absolutely love that car - can you share any info on who/when it was produced??? My family ran Connelly’s Abbey in downtown Brooklyn in the first part of the 20th century (it was a speakeasy during Prohibition, but don’t tell that to anyone - my great grandfather actually sued the government over the Volstead Act!!!). There are very few items from the Abbey still in the family, but one is a beer scraper I have. I would LOVE to get one of those cars!!!

Sláinte!!!

Ah yes, Slainte. Grand family story!

The Beverwyck steel sided reefer is MTH Premier 20-94203 released in 2008. There are 2 road numbers. I found this one at York, but I see them now and again on eBay.

There is a short but interesting story on Wikipedia about Beverwyck that refers to their own prohibition story (survival) just up the road in Albany. Evidently they produced the Irish ale from 1933 to 1950 when they were sold.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day. I try to read Saint Patrick's Breastplate before dipping into Guinness or John Powers. I have to preserve the real meaning of the day after all.

@Dennis Holler posted:

All Nation wood kits

getting hard to find

@Mike Wyatt posted:

At the Altoona Brewing site

A few boxcars from RMT and MTH, hoppers in the background to left.  "Beer Can" water tower!

My calculation comes up with my scale beer tower assuming 1/48scale,  holding 4516 gallons of Horseshoe Curve suds,  weighing 37,000 lbs.

Here are my Coors cars!

My beer fleet so far -

@Bill Swatos posted:

All I've got for now:

Looking for more...

Nice looking cars Bill! wtg

@MikeH posted:

Nice looking cars Mike nice collection of cans also!

@Dennis Holler posted:

All Nation wood kits

I only have VERY LIMITED experience doing this kind of kit Dennis. 

It looks like you are having a lot of fun with this.   Nice.

Oh, I forgot these, this is a prewar Lionel 2719 with a paper side that was created based off a scan of the old Bing beer reefers from the 1910's....

@Mooner posted:

Ah yes, Slainte. Grand family story!

The Beverwyck steel sided reefer is MTH Premier 20-94203 released in 2008. There are 2 road numbers. I found this one at York, but I see them now and again on eBay.

There is a short but interesting story on Wikipedia about Beverwyck that refers to their own prohibition story (survival) just up the road in Albany. Evidently they produced the Irish ale from 1933 to 1950 when they were sold.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day. I try to read Saint Patrick's Breastplate before dipping into Guinness or John Powers. I have to preserve the real meaning of the day after all.

THANKS MOON!!! Did a search online and found one (described new old stock!!!) on the bay - should have it by early next week

My Baltimore based brews. With all due respect to Atlas’ two recently produced Natty Boh releases, they take a back seat to Paul Strickland’s original design.

I did the Stooge car and Rusty Rail car. Dogfish was done by Williams

I believe I remember you doing the Stooges reefer.

Thanks to @Mooner, I now have a Beverwyck Beer reefer to go with my antique beer head scraper - found one on the bay!!!

Now I’ve got to dig out my NJ Hi-railers’ Rheingold reefer!!!

Pardon my repeated postings of my new beer reefers, but when I see a new reply on this thread, I just can't help it.

We have outstanding vendors to choose from among our Forum Sponsors. I have had nothing but positive experiences purchasing from numerous ones over the years.

One week ago I asked one of my Forum friends, Bryce Manz, where he would go to purchase a new  Atlas Schlitz beer car I saw an advertisement for in a recent model train magazine. He said he would order one from Beth of Public Delivery Track.

I searched for that vendor on our Forum Sponsor Index and, lo and behold, I found that vendor there.

Beth is extremely responsive. I emailed Public Delivery Track, located in California, to make an inquiry about that reefer last Sunday at about 9:30 PM hoping to get a reply in a day or two. Instead, I got a reply email from Beth in 1 hour answering my question. Then, I ordered on-line the Atlas O Gauge (3 rail) Schlitz beer reefer and the Atlas O Gauge (3 rail) Schaeffer beer reefer. In the wee hours of the morning, I got an email from Beth stating that the shipping label had been made. On Wednesday, I was delighted to receive at my home in New York a box containing both reefers.

Beth, you are awesome.

Here are a couple of photos of these beautifully detailed Atlas beer reefers:

Arnold

@Apples55 posted:

Thanks to @Mooner, I now have a Beverwyck Beer reefer to go with my antique beer head scraper - found one on the bay!!!

Now I’ve got to dig out my NJ Hi-railers’ Rheingold reefer!!!

Thats not just a Rheingold Reefer   Its a Gablinger beer  The countries First Light beer  It evolved into Miller Lite  Notice also that Liebmann breweries is gone and it is Forest brewing  The Pepsi generation

Back in the late 60s/early 70s when we were in college in northern PA (Mansfield State College, now Mansfield University) my then girlfriend (now wife) and I had a favorite restaurant in Elmira, NY: Moretti's, a wonderful Italian restaurant. Years later, I saw this K Line car and just knew I had to have it. I did try Moretti Beer once at the restaurant (drinking age in NY was 18 in those days); it was terrible.

Bob

@bluelinec4 posted:

Thats not just a Rheingold Reefer   Its a Gablinger beer  The countries First Light beer  It evolved into Miller Lite  Notice also that Liebmann breweries is gone and it is Forest brewing  The Pepsi generation

Well, lucky I’m not a rivet counter!!! For now, close enough for government work (until you guys do a period Rheingold car ).

MTH car with added details and number change…

Arnold now I have to check out Beth's list of beer reefers.

Memorable Los Angeles beer ...

@Apples55 posted:

Well, lucky I’m not a rivet counter!!! For now, close enough for government work (until you guys do a period Rheingold car ).

We actually did one   It was our first and was a Weaver offering

That's gorgeous Ben!

Spring training is in full force so let me throw you a curve:  here's one of my Yuengling cars. Yuengling Ice Cream helped keep the company afloat during Prohibition.

OK, Bob. Stay on task and color within the lines. Frank's Roundhouse Lord Chesterfield Ale.

Good Evening Everyone,

A little late to the party but health issues have been getting in the way of fun.

First is a Crown Models Rolling Rock 40' wood reefer that was only sold at the Latrobe Brewery company store back around 2004.

Next is an MTH Three Stooges 40' reefer custom done by me a few years ago(can't let Thom-fellow club member- get one up on me)

Last is an Atlas O Tube City Pilsner 36' wood reefer custom painted and decaled by me in the last several weeks.   I completely blew apart the reefer before the paint/decals then reassembled all the detail parts

Have Fun Everyone

Those are really cool! 

I'll add a Varney...

Pete

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.

@trumptrain 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