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URTC Prima Brewing Company 40 Ft. Wood Refrigerator Car
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URTC Prima Brewing Company 40 Ft. Wood Refrigerator Car - Road No. 12818
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Model Overview
Hill’s Hobby O Scale Brass Import - Prima Brewing Company
URTC 40 Ft. Wood “Billboard” Reefer - Early 1990’s Run - Woosung Brass
Models Korea - Professional Custom Paint - Road No. URTC 12818 - New
Condition
Prototype History
The Union Refrigerator Transit Company Operated a Large Number of 40
Ft. Wood Reefers, Most Built in the 1920’s and 1930’s - Most of the Cars
Were Leased to Private Owners and Selected Railroads - Car No 12818 was
Leased to the Prima Brewing Company of Chicago, a Small Brewery that
Lasted from 1925 to 1941 - The Cars Were Painted to Promote Primas’s
Products
Prototype Description
Car No. 12818 was Built in 1923 as Part of URTC Series
12000-18999 - Leased to the Prima Brewing Company - Detailing and Paint
Circa the Mid to Late 1930’s - Wood Sheathed Sides, Ends, and Roof -
Steel Fishbelly Center Sill - Westinghouse K Brake System - Vertical
Brake Staff - Andrews Trucks - Operated In the Steam Era
Model Condition
New - No Run Time - Original Box - Original Foam -
Original Packaging - Extra Parts Bag - Box Condition: Like New
Condition Notes
Light Blemishes on Box and Label
Model Features
Steel Underframe - Wood Roofwalk - Complete Underframe and Brake
System Detail - Westinghouse K Brake System - Vertical Brake Staff - Cut
Levers - Air Hoses
Model Trucks & Couplers
RY Models 50 Ton Andrews L Section Trucks w/Brake Detail - Metal
Wheelsets - Kadee Couplers
Model Finish
Professional Custom Paint by Master Craftsman Bob Anson -
Yellow Sides - Freight Car Red Roof and Ends - Black Underframe and
Trucks - Black Hardware - Black Lettering - Blue and Red Prima Billboard
Logo - White End Lettering - Road No. URTC 12818 - BLT 1-23
Model Summary
This Model was Imported by a Consortium of O Scale
Modeler’s that Included Mike Hill, Larry Muir, and Others - The Models
Were Built by Woosung Brass Models, One of the Best Korean Builders of
Brass O Scale Rolling Stock - Many of the Models Were Professionally
Custom Painted in Various Billboard Schemes by Well Known Painters - As
a Result, Models Painted in the Same Scheme Can Exhibit Slight
Differences - This Model Was Painted by Bob Anson, an Exceptional Custom
Painter - It Represents a Car Leased by URTC to a Short Lived Chicago
Brewing Company
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