Chuck Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I picked up a USAT 50' mechanical reefer recently for a great price and was wondering a bit about it. Did Charles Ro Supply decorate various pieces for USA Trains for advertising at train shows? I also seen some blue intermodal cars decorated for USA Trains though the seller wanted some serious money for those. Guess just wondering if this was a USAT/ Ro in house decorating job or by some individual? Thought maybe some folks here that attend east coast shows may know? Think they used stickers on this car and not actual decals. Painting was done very nice and car is complete. I may put a reefer sound module in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman605 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 USA trains has hundreds of reefers with just about every billboard you could want, in fact many you wouldn't want. All being said being a modeler I do buy the reefers/boxcars, etc. that don't sell well on eBay at good prices and repaint them to railroads that I like. I can usually get them for around $25-$30 dollars new in the box, the ones like you have are just about the lowers price, as most want a specific railway car of something that ran in the past, or today. I will say that the USA products are done very well and are my brand of choice over many of the others. I will say that USA Trains does, or did do special runs for customers, but these were done in large quantiles, I would say by the hundreds, low production numbers would cost too much to produce. I have redone many G scale cars, here is a pick of a USA reefer I redid for our club, it is from a actual car that the Crazy Water Company owned back in the day, Crazy Water is in Mineral Wells, Texas and was popular back in the day for its mineral baths and healing power of its waters. The decals were specially made for our club which is the most expensive part of repainting the cars, the painting part is just what I enjoy. Also is a pic of my Ft. Worth & South-Western LGB engine, it's a former W P & Y LGB #2055 blue and white engine from the factory. trainman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 Yeah those billboard reefers I'm very well aware of. I was curious about USA Trains advertising themselves using the Ultimate Series rolling stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 From what I've heard they are done either inhouse or close by ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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