Model Railroading > SF reefer block 29 years earlier

Move the clock back 20 years and the fruit rush is on.
Broadway LTd 4-8-4
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Sounds great, I even listened twice!!
john

GFX!

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

What's the posted speed limit?

Kent in CArmel Valley

DynamicBrake Wrote:
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> What's the posted speed limit?
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> Kent in CArmel Valley

Get them to the market pronto!

24 reefers, sounds like a good nights work on the Venta spur on the old Irvine Ranch on the Santa Fe Fourth District in Orange County, California.
One Alco S4, 24 loaded reefers and a waycar trying to get back to Santa Ana while dodging San Diagans!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/20 16:29 by PHall.

Great video

Thanks Dan. Even though there are only 30 reefers in the train, plus the caboose and engine, it appears to be a much longer train!  Not bad for less than 20 ft. in length.

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/20 12:44 by wabash2800.

That was fun!

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wabash2800 Wrote:
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> Thanks Dan. Even though there are only 30 reefers
> in the train, plus the caboose and engine, it
> appears to be a much longer train!  Not bad for
> less than 20 ft. in length.
>
> Victor A. Baird
> http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

Sheesh - give him a break! Not everyone has sidings to accomodate 100 car reefer blocks. Not even my train club! I'd say a 30 car train is pretty long for a home layout.

And let's see, at ~$40 a car (assuming IM/RC decorated reefers), that's about $1,200 rolling past the camera lens just in the reefers. Not an insignificant investment, by any means! More impressive if they were built from kits.

Arved Grass
Fleming Island, FL

Arved Wrote:
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> wabash2800 Wrote:
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> -----
> > Thanks Dan. Even though there are only 30
> reefers
> > in the train, plus the caboose and engine, it
> > appears to be a much longer train!  Not bad
> for
> > less than 20 ft. in length.
> >
> > Victor A. Baird
> > http://www.erstwhilepublications.com
>
> Sheesh - give him a break! Not everyone has
> sidings to accomodate 100 car reefer blocks. Not
> even my train club! I'd say a 30 car train is
> pretty long for a home layout.
>
> And let's see, at ~$40 a car (assuming IM/RC
> decorated reefers), that's about $1,200 rolling
> past the camera lens just in the reefers. Not an
> insignificant investment, by any means! More
> impressive if they were built from kits.

I didn't see anything critical in Victors post.  Rather the contray.  I agree, 30 cars gives a long look to the train without having 3x the cars.

Cheers,
Jim Fitch

Those aren't $40 cars.  They appear to be old Athearn reefers due to the black section from the roof along the top of the sides above the doors.

cabman Wrote:
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> Those aren't $40 cars.  They appear to be old
> Athearn reefers due to the black section from the
> roof along the top of the sides above the doors.

Some of them are Athearn "blue box" cars. Others look like newer and more expensive Intermountain cars. He's got a real mix going.

PHall Wrote:
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> cabman Wrote:
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> -----
> > Those aren't $40 cars.  They appear to be old
> > Athearn reefers due to the black section from
> the
> > roof along the top of the sides above the
> doors.
>
> Some of them are Athearn "blue box" cars. Others
> look like newer and more expensive Intermountain
> cars. He's got a real mix going.

Agreed.  Definitely Athearn blue box reefers.  But I've mostly been paying closer to $30 for the Intermountain ice PFE reefers I've gotten.

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> PHall Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > cabman Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Those aren't $40 cars.  They appear to be
> old
> > > Athearn reefers due to the black section from
> > the
> > > roof along the top of the sides above the
> > doors.
> >
> > Some of them are Athearn "blue box" cars.
> Others
> > look like newer and more expensive
> Intermountain
> > cars. He's got a real mix going.
>
> Agreed.  Definitely Athearn blue box reefers. 
> But I've mostly been paying closer to $30 for the
> Intermountain ice PFE reefers I've gotten.

By the time you add the cost of Kadee couplers and the materials weather the car, you're probably approaching that $40 mark.

The original 14 reefers are over 45 years old!  They had the old Athearn sprung trucks.  When I started building the layout, I had about 50 or so cars.  I wanted to change the wheels to the newer RP25 wheels.(I think that is correct) The hobby shop demanded I pay for half of the 50 sets of trucks before they would order them.  I guess no one had ever put in an order like that.

PHall Wrote:
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> SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> > PHall Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > cabman Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Those aren't $40 cars.  They appear to be
> > old
> > > > Athearn reefers due to the black section
> from
> > > the
> > > > roof along the top of the sides above the
> > > doors.
> > >
> > > Some of them are Athearn "blue box" cars.
> > Others
> > > look like newer and more expensive
> > Intermountain
> > > cars. He's got a real mix going.
> >
> > Agreed.  Definitely Athearn blue box
> reefers. 
> > But I've mostly been paying closer to $30 for
> the
> > Intermountain ice PFE reefers I've gotten.
>
> By the time you add the cost of Kadee couplers and
> the materials weather the car, you're probably
> approaching that $40 mark.

Yes, I didn't mean anything cynical, like SPDRGWfan said, quite to the contrary. When you can't see the whole train at a time, it does make the train seem longer...And that is what we want.

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com


SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> I didn't see anything critical in Victors post. 
> Rather the contray.  I agree, 30 cars gives a
> long look to the train without having 3x the
> cars.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Fitch