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This is the Varsity Theater in Ashland Oregon, also home of Southern Oregon University. In the early 1970's the theater owner's mistakenly thought it would be a good idea to play the movie "Reefer Madness". This movie seemed to bring out a less then wholesome audience that ended up partaking in drug use and behavior during the showing that resulted in theater management deciding police intervention was a good idea. This resulted in the fact that not everyone got to see the entire movie. My friends and myself did get to see the entire downward spiral of Ralph though.
Voigtlander Bessa II
Color-Skopar 105mm/f3.5
Kodak Portra 400 medium format
I don't believe I've ever uploaded a WIP pic of any of my Lego train models, so this is a first.
But, I just wanted to show you guys that yes, I really am back and building, and yes, there really is going to be a fleet of orange-colored Pacific Fruit Express reefers rolling around the layout in the near future. (Barring the usual Bricklink part order time delays, of course, lol.)
So, what's in the pic? Mostly design studies. The main areas of focus so far were the steel dreadnought bulkhead car ends, the ladders, the roof shape, and the cargo doors.
The thing I've spent the most time on is the dreadnought ends. All of the square-shaped hunks of black colored Lego are dreadnought experiments. While they may look simple to build from the angle of the pic, they are actual very complicated, and very snot heavy. Each one of those black blocks represents an entire evening of puzzling and cajoling Lego into place using from 3 to 5 different stud facings, and many more interlocking techniques that didn't use studs at all. The dreadnought ends that are pictured are actually just the survivors. There were about half a dozen more that got scrapped half way through building them, and the parts re-used.
Yes, I've purposely blurred a few areas of the pic. I promise, once I get it to where all the reefers are sorted and in a more presentable condition as complete models, I will be more than happy to show those bits in detail, but for now I want to keep a few of those things a secret so there's at least some surprises for you all during the fleet's proper unveiling.
Most of the model chunks in the pic are not final versions, and will get ground up and reused in the final models. Having said that, however, the left most, nearly complete looking orange car body with the yellow colored brick sprinkled through out it is getting pretty darn close. :)
Big International Emeryville reefer rig taking a break at the old Felle's Truck Stop on Milwaukee's south side in Oct. of 1967.
For Freight Car Friday here's a look at a car entrained on CSXT's daily Selkirk to Worcester manifest train M436 passing MP 83 on the Boaton Sub, the former Boston and Albany Railroad mainline.
ARMN 170298 is a modern refrigerated boxcar belonging to the Union Pacifc Railroad. ARMN was the American Refrigerator Transit Company’s marks for their mechanical reefers. ART was jointly owned by the Missouri Pacific and Wabash (later Norfolk and Western) railroads. N&W sold their remaining stake to MP in the late 1960s which gave the MoPac control of the ARMN mark. UP then acquired usage rights to the ARMN mark in 1982 when they merged the Missouri Pacific. The UP decided to ressurect the marks when they began rebuilding and re-equipping their mechanical refrigerator fleet. Former UPFE cars rebuilt at Pocatello, ID and newly built reefers all received the ARMN marks.
This particular car is a modern 72 ft 286K reefer built by Greenbrier in Apr. 2013 as part of a 99 car order. Union Pacific owns the largest fleet off reefers in the country which numbered nearly 5000 as of a decade ago. You can learn more about this fleet and how it can meet your shipping needs here: www.up.com/news/service/tr020921-what-is-a-refrigerated-b...
Palmer, Massachusetts
Monday February 2, 2026
Snigger. Yeah I'm being naughty. Of course the smoke is coming from the motive power. And the reefers, refrigerated cars, have something as harmless as orange juice or broccoli or some such.
But it tickled me...
So anyway, I used to take lots of these 'in yer face' type shots. But I don't so much anymore. Maybe I grew up? Maybe I learned how to use the camera? Whatever.
But one every now and again doesn't hurt. And I rather like the 'rough as hell' look I've added. It won't appeal to everyone I know. But there we are...
We're way out in the Idaho wilds here, a settlement called Bancroft on the old Highway 30 south-east of Pocatello. The road loops away from the new US30 at Lava Hot Springs and parallels the tracks the entire length until it meets back with the new 30 by Soda Springs. It's a cool drive, better still if you can bag a couple of trains in the process. And it's very quiet, so the chase is easy...
I later caught up with this pair 200 miles away at Green River WY, they arrived in the yard just as the sun went down...
5599 GE AC4400CW
4558 EMD SD70M
9 September 2018
My final summer kitbashing project was to make a couple of Milwaukee Road trailers out of two old Athearn 40' refrigerated trailers. On the left is open-top 405003 and the right is reefer van 505397. Both feature kitbashed landing gear, bogies and rear doors. I added tarpaulin bars on the open-top along with a false floor on the interior- they ride on a Walthers 89' piggyback flat that I backdated and renumbered.
ORIENTAL REEFER (IMO: 9158549) is a Reefer/Containership that was built in 1998 (23 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Bahamas.
It’s carrying capacity is 11016 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6.5 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 150 meters and her width is 22 meters.
Canadian Pacific 283405 is a 40' overhead ice bunker refrigerator car built by National Steel Car in 1954. Compared to end ice bunkers on traditional refrigerator cars, the overhead bunkers can maintain a more uniform temperature throughout the entire car for a longer length of time — especially when sitting still. These cars were popular with Canadian railroads which handled a lot of export meat shipments where loaded cars might have to sit at a port for a while before being unloaded.
Spotting features of these cars are the eight hatches along the roof of the car, shorter door height due to the overhead bunkers, and a permanent charcoal heater mounted under the car.
This model is by True Line Trains and is owned by the club.
Photo by NAPM member Mark Mathu.
Visit the HO scale club on-line at www.napmltd.com.
IMO:9007489
Flag:Bahamas
MMSI:309193000
Callsign:C6VB9
Former name(s):
- Jorgen Lauritzen (Until 2011 Jan)
Vessel type:Reefer
Gross tonnage:14,406 tons
Summer DWT:16,950 tons
Length:165 m
Beam:24 m
Draught:8.4 m
Home port:Nassau
Class society:Bureau Veritas
Build year:1991