Roy Meissner Trailer

Roy Meissner

Trailer

(multiple)

Resin

unpainted

22'

These are 20-foot trailers that Roy built from scratch and then produced for others out of resin. These city-delivery trailer had a two-foot extension on the back, often called a "backporch". The models were available in various prototype colors, including the C&NW one on Larry Blank's layout in the third photo.

Roy Meissner

Trailer

1940s

Brown Trailer Co

Resin

unpainted

These trailers were manufactured from the 1940s through the 1970s by Brown Trailer Co out of Ohio. The company registered their name in 1949. These trailers were made out of stainless steel or aluminum. The trailers were never painted. The trailer's nose style is specific to Brown. Roy made created CAD drawings of the models based on prototype dimensions, then produced resin castings.

Roy Meissner

Trailer

1950s

Fruehauf Trailer Corporation

Resin

unpainted

34'

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These are exterior-post trailers, which had doors on both sides, and were used for city-wide curb-side deliveries. The prototype trailers were made out of steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. They were used in the 1950s and 1960s. Fruehauf started in 1918 and closed its doors in 1989. Roy scratchbuilt a model of these, and then produced resin copies of that.