Crown Model Products S Wood Sheathed (Ice) Refrigerator Cars

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Length:

40'6"

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-7000

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

1994

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

not included

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

This is an example of a custom-painted and decorated model. It is likely based on an undecorated car.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Bershire Brewing Company (BBCX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

2000

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

This was a special run for the 2000 New England Division of the Train Collectors Association show. (these were not commissioned by Port Lines Hobby Supplies)

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Central Vermont (CV)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-3009

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

1994

Road Number(s):

529, 537, 542

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Chicago Freight Car Leasing (MBCX)

Lessee:

Moxie Beverage Co.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

12538

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

This was a special run for the 2001 New England Division of the Train Collectors Association show. (these were not commissioned by Port Lines Hobby Supplies)

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1955

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Clicquot Club (CGAX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-9505

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

1998

Road Number(s):

121108, 121125, 121130

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1998

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Old Marlborough Brewing (OMBX)

Advertiser:

Post Road Pale Ale

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-9050

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

1998

Road Number(s):

20, 25, 30

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Pacific Fruit Express (PFE)

Class:

R-30-18

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-5000

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

1994

Road Number(s):

60002, 60009, 60603

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

PFE Reefer End Ladders

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1942

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Stroh's Beer (SBCX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-9003

Gauge:

S

Road Number(s):

123, 136, 142

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1941

Length:

40'6"

Volume:

2085cuft

Car Owner:

Swift Refrigerator Line (SRLX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-2001

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

1994

Road Number(s):

1031, 1035, 1040

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1941

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Union Refrigerator Transit (URT/URTX)

Lessee:

Milwaukee Road (MILW)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

25251

Qty Made:

5

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

This was a special run for the 2000 Fall S Fest. This was a special auction car for that event. Only five individual silver-colored cars were made, all with the same road number.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1941

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Union Refrigerator Transit (URT/URTX)

Lessee:

Milwaukee Road (MILW)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

25251 - 25257

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

This was a special run for the 2000 Fall S Fest. This car was so popular that a second run was commissioned when the first set (25251 - 25254) sold out. Car #25251 was Badgerland S Gaugers members-only car.

Holt Apgar installed Ace trucks and American Model hi-rail couplers on his model.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Union Refrigerator Transit (URT/URTX)

Advertiser:

Bananas Fruit Dispatch Company

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-4700

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

1994

Road Number(s):

9830, 9840, 9850

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1938

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

Union Refrigerator Transit (URT/URTX)

Advertiser:

Schlitz

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-9006

Gauge:

S

Road Number(s):

3765, 3771, 3778

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Length:

40'6"

Car Owner:

West India Fruit & Steamship Co (WIF)

Notes:

WIF used several large steam rail car ferries in the 1950s to move perishables, other freight, and passengers between Palm Beach, Florida and Havanna, Cuba (before Castro).

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-7002

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

1999

Road Number(s):

333, 399, 499

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.

Prototype Info

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1941

Length:

40'6"

Volume:

3311cuft

Car Owner:

Western Pacific (WP)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Crown Model Products

Manufacturer ID:

SR-4000

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

1994

Road Number(s):

7059, 7064, 7067

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Weight:

4.6oz

Product Review:

S/Sn3 Modeling Guide, Oct 1996, pg. 35

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2023, pg 24

Supplemental Part:

laser-cut roofwalk (B.T.S part #02603)

Notes:

Sold exclusively through Port Lines Hobby Supplies.