298 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Whilst having a clear out in the "Railway Room" today, I found a box that had been stashed away for a few years. Slightly unsure of what was inside, I decided to have a look, which led to gathering of 57' Reefers....: 1x Con-Cor 57' R-70-16 in PFE Orange w/Black Square 14x Athearn 57' in various PFE Orange 1x Athearn 57' in UP Yellow w/Small Shied 2x Athearn 57' in SP White 1x Athearn 57' in UPFE Green and 23x Athearn 57' in UPFE Armor Yellow. That's 42 Reefers there (all weathered and with Kadee wheelsets and #5's) , plus another couple of Con-Cor conversions part way through having their roofwalks removed, and a few unbuilt Athearn kits. That's probably enough to operate Wiley for a month without having the same car appear twice, and seems a bit excessive for a 6 foot layout. The layout uses 7 Intermountain & Red Caboose 57' cars, plus I reckon to have another dozen earlier Mechanical or Ice Reefers. I think I'd better check, in case they've been breeding..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Have you seen this thread? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/52983-have-you-ever-lost-a-model-and-then-found-it-later/page__fromsearch__1 I think you might 'win' it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I have 'one' on Sweethome Alabama. Sweethome Chicago is a different matter entirely as I backdated the whole layout to 1935, just so I could run Billboard reefers correctly - I have dozens with more to build and weather Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Reefer madness . Love the thread title! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxmoore Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 15, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2012 44 behind a quartet of Black Widows is impressive. I think I can muster a dozen 40' reefers on a good day - and they don't look so bad behind a 2-8-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Not quite some many as Andy and coming right up to the (near) present day Apart from the the below UPFE IM 57 footer, awaiting a spot of weathering and a shed load of graffitti are 2 x IM ARMN 57' refurbs, 2 IM BNSF 57' non-refurbs, 3 UP Trinicools. Project still at planning stage is a BNSF Trinity reefer as a kitbash from a Walther cryogenic reefer / BLMA Trinicool Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvn9kkhKnJw Brian That layout looks familiar! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Athearn really made the most of that tooling didn't they! You'll have to bring them over and give em a run on RS Tower at some point, they'd look great behind a brace of tunnel motors or UP SD40-2s Not sure whether 42 would fit, but I bet we'd get close. Me, nowhere near that many, i've a 'hospital' condition Cryogenic one I picked up for £3 secondhand and might end up back in service one day, I think i've 4 or 5 Athearn orange 57' PFE's in my 70s fleet, and I think that's it - although i've quite a few RBLs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Athearn really made the most of that tooling didn't they! You'll have to bring them over and give em a run on RS Tower at some point, they'd look great behind a brace of tunnel motors or UP SD40-2s Not sure whether 42 would fit, but I bet we'd get close. Athearn only got their money's worth because it took a long time for something better to come along. The paint finish did improve later on but the steps and ladders really need replacing to meet the expectation of modern standards. Exactly how many do you think RS2 could handle...? I'm afraid I can't supply the necessary brace of SD40-2's, but would like to see a long rake of them on the layout. But for the moment, and since I need to slim them down to fit back into the now labelled box, I think I'll be keeping 30-odd and putting the rest on the sales stand at the Nottingham show this weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I had a modern manifest running at Barrow which was 41+caboose, but it was pulled by a short pair of SW1500s and was a mix of car lengths, so my guess for the reefers would be circa 36 to 38 with 3 conventional SDs - all the 'roundy' staging tracks are different lengths due to the design so it's hard to be definative! We've a few guys in our group who could field some suitable power so I think we could handle that side of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2012 I will have to count how many N scale reefers I have when I set up Santa Barbara at Ally Pally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I have just this one Reefer pictured here, in O Scale; a Weaver model, a lot better detailed than their ordinary boxcars are, too!! I did have three, but since the demise of this layout this is pictured on, I sold the other two.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Crawford Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hi, I could probably come up with a dozen or so, all N Gauge. Here's a pcciy of an Atlas BAR mech reefer. Weathered with pastels. Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 As a postscript to the topic, 10 were put on the club sales stand at the Nottingham Show and all were quickly snapped up by a certain Mr C. Gilbert, so look out for a new layout from him in about a week's time or so. That still leaves me with 30-odd, and an invite to run them on RS2... B) The O scale Weaver 57' Reefers are very nice, I have a PFE one and am on the lookout for a few more for an ongoing project... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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