-
Your shopping cart is empty!
MENU
Your shopping cart is empty!
Contact Dealer
Contact Dealer
Z Scale This reefer was built by American Car & Foundry in January 1923 and serviced in August 1932 and decorated for Prima Co. of Chicago . Due to issues with the ending of prohibition, the billboard design reads “Prima Special” without any mention of the product being transported. ..
Prod. Code 518 00 220
$26.95
Contact Dealer
Z Scale This 40’ wood sheathed reefer with vertical brake wheel is the third offering in the Brewery Reefer Series. This release represents the Gluek Brewing Company of Minneapolis, MN. A successful brewery, it was turning out 44 barrels of beer a day. The brewery survived Prohibition, but was eventually sold to G. Heilemann in 1964. He tore the place down two years later. The Gluek’s label was acquired by the Cold Spring Brewing Company, which today produces beer for the Gluek’s restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. ..
Prod. Code 518 00 230
$26.95
Contact Dealer
Z Scale This 40’ wood sheathed reefer with vertical brake wheel is the fourth offering in the Brewery Reefer Series. A number of these breweries leased refrigerator cars from Merchants Despatch. MSEX was rebuilt at MDT shops in East Rochester. In March 1934 it was assigned to the Muessel Brewing Company of South Bend, Indiana, makers of “Silver Edge” beer, “Indiana’s Fines.” ..
Prod. Code 518 00 240
$26.95
Contact Dealer
Z Scale Built in 1913 and numbered into series 9900-9924, this beer reefer was serviced and repainted in December 1933. One side of the car advertises “Highland Beer” and the other side displays “Schotts Lager”. It was leased through General American Refrigerator Express. ..
Prod. Code 518 00 250
$26.95
Contact Dealer
Z Scale This 36’ wood sheathed side reefer is number six in the Brewery Reefer Series. The car is brown with white lettering. It runs on Bettendorf trucks. A Canadian Brewery founded in 1907 by three families expanded operations throughout northern Ontario. Billboard car side advertising for breweries, such as this car, came to an abrupt halt in the United States in the 1920s with the enactment of Prohibition. ..
Prod. Code 518 00 260
$26.95
Contact Dealer
Z Scale This 40’ double sheathed wood reefer is painted brown with green sides, the century beer label to the left, and black printing to the right. It was built in August 1933 and runs on Archbar trucks. Burlington Refrigerator Express, which was operated by Fruit Growers for the CB&Q, leased small numbers of reefers to a number of private shippers in the 1930s. SNBX 4601 is one example from the Schneider Brewing Company of Trinidad, Colorado. ..
Prod. Code 518 00 270
$26.95
Contact Dealer
Z Scale This 36’ wood sheathed ice reefer with truss rod underframe is painted brown with yellow sides, white and red logo, with black herald and lettering. End lettering is in white. The car was built in January 1911 by General American, repainted in July 1934, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. It was a single car repainted for Manhattan Brewing Company of Chicago, brewers of ‘Old Manhattan” lager. The leasing of refrigerator cars to brewing companies became a flourishing business after prohibition ended in 1933. ..
Prod. Code 518 00 280
$26.95
Contact Dealer
Z Scale This 36’ wood sheathed ice reefer with truss rod underframe is painted brown with yellow sides. The image of a horn blowing fox hunter is complimented by black lettering outlined in white. The car was built in 1933 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. After acquiring the old Hoffmann Brothers Brewery on west Monroe Street and issuing $500,000 in common stock, the nine Fox brothers began brewing operations in July of 1933. ..
Prod. Code 518 00 290
$26.95
Contact Dealer
Contact Dealer
Z Scale This 36’ wood sheathed reefer is painted brown with yellow sides, a multi-colored mascot logo, and black lettering. It was built in March 1934 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. The URTC 19511 (series 12000 - 19514) was assigned the Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, WI, with an explicit pitch for “Old Style Lager, Good Since 1850.” This right on the tail of prohibition which ended December, 1933. This car was built by American Car & Foundry. Released 04/14. ..
Prod. Code 518 00 310
$26.95
Contact Dealer
Z Scale This 36’ wood sheathed reefer is painted brown with yellow sides, a multi-colored mascot logo, and black lettering. It was built in March 1934 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. The URTC 19511 (series 12000 - 19514) was assigned the Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, WI, with an explicit pitch for “Old Style Lager, Good Since 1850.” This right on the tail of prohibition which ended December, 1933. This car was built by American Car & Foundry. ..
Prod. Code 518 00 320
$26.95
