I rarely have two freight consists running concurrently on the railroad. Today we have a short ÖBB Rh 2070 consist of empty gravel wagons and an Erfurter Bahn Service Br.232 hauling lumber. [media]
Yes, a glass of Hofbrau. Sorry the video was a bit jumpy. I was switching back and forth those two locomotives for the horn.
I'll have to see if that is sold in the U.S.. My wife and I have a strong interest in cars and both of us drive Volkswagens. When I bought my GTI a few years ago, she gave me a six pack of Warsteiner with a bow on it.
I had a 12 pack or Warsteiner bottles a couple of weeks ago. There is a lot of German beer sold in the US. Paulaner, Hofbrau, Erdinger, etc,. Check the larger liquor stores. There is also a shop in Chicago where I get mine when I can't find it around here; Sals Liquors. They ship.
Back to model trains all german brands sell also a lot of "bierwagens"...... beer wagons most of these are fictional though the beer brands aren't here one i did mine.... myself for the beer factory on my layout, by the way a small building that generates a huge quantity of traffic the brewery really existed in that place, but in real world was bought out of business in the 1920s here a late 800 / early 900 4 wheeled wagon to play the part in the 60s, almost time for its last revenue trips do you have the same in the US?
A lot of the US beer these days is moved by trucks. There are many, many small companies, trucks only.
Also here all is moved by trucks, the beer cars refer to the 1970s and earlier; most are not a real prototype.
In the US, long ago they outlawed the so-called "billboard" reefers. For more recent decades, what beer is moved by rail seems to go in insulated box cars.
You're right, that kind of vandalism is a disgrace. One would think that someone buying a case of spray-cans of the same color paint would raise an eyebrow but apparently (nudge, wink) it's not a problem in some places.
