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Ignorance is Patriotic
Well, I have been secretly working on a model railroad project over the last few months, creating 3 fictional reefers for one of my favorite cartoons, Family Guy.
Many of you who have seen the show no doubt know that Peter and his friends enjoy drinking "Pawtucket Patriot Ale", brewed by the Pawtucket Brewery. This beer seems to be present during all of their escapades together.
^notice the beer can of Pawtucket Patriot Ale in Peter's hand in the above photo^
Since my entire modern NYCS concept is fictional, I had no problems in creating fictional rolling stock for a fictional brewery for a fictional cartoon show.
The reefers come out of the Pawtucket Brewery in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and are distributed throughout the country. They are handled by the Providence & Worcester (P&W), which serves the brewery, and are brought up to interchange with the NYCS in Worcester, Mass. The NYCS distributes them throughout the northeast and Midwest, and interchanges them with its many partner railroads. The empty reefers are sometimes accompanied by some loaded corn syrup tankers headed back to the brewery.
This project was both fun and interesting. Also notice, many of the cars have been graffitied with catchphrases from many of the characters. Enjoy the photos!
Here we are lucky to catch the reefers being unloaded at a western warehouse:
After having been unloaded and pulled out of the warehouse, a Cargill tanker loaded with corn syrup from a nearby processor was coupled to the string. This block will head back to Pawtucket virtually unbroken:
Closeups:
Many of you who have seen the show no doubt know that Peter and his friends enjoy drinking "Pawtucket Patriot Ale", brewed by the Pawtucket Brewery. This beer seems to be present during all of their escapades together.
^notice the beer can of Pawtucket Patriot Ale in Peter's hand in the above photo^
Since my entire modern NYCS concept is fictional, I had no problems in creating fictional rolling stock for a fictional brewery for a fictional cartoon show.
The reefers come out of the Pawtucket Brewery in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and are distributed throughout the country. They are handled by the Providence & Worcester (P&W), which serves the brewery, and are brought up to interchange with the NYCS in Worcester, Mass. The NYCS distributes them throughout the northeast and Midwest, and interchanges them with its many partner railroads. The empty reefers are sometimes accompanied by some loaded corn syrup tankers headed back to the brewery.
This project was both fun and interesting. Also notice, many of the cars have been graffitied with catchphrases from many of the characters. Enjoy the photos!
Here we are lucky to catch the reefers being unloaded at a western warehouse:
After having been unloaded and pulled out of the warehouse, a Cargill tanker loaded with corn syrup from a nearby processor was coupled to the string. This block will head back to Pawtucket virtually unbroken:
Closeups:
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