ESM — GSC Well Car - production complete!

[bbussey]

... but hopefully production will wrap by the end of this month.

Here's a little treat for those who like the one-off schemes.  With the quantity of the 2014 holiday cars drastically cut back due to the lateness of the project, an additional scheme was squeezed in.




UPDATE 3/24 - New pics below!

[ntrakia]

bryan--

saw photos of your pennsy x58 boxcars weathered by tom mann.  anyway i can get these as i want all 3.

[Missaberoad]

Is that Allis Chalmers scheme prototypical?
Era? Typical cargo?

Me Gusta!! 

[wazzou]

Is that Allis Chalmers scheme prototypical?
Era? Typical cargo?

Me Gusta!! 

ESM doesn't do foobs!

[bbussey]

Well, we do release foob schemes, but we say when we do it and we don't stray far from the actual prototype — for example, the Canadian schemes on the XIH model.  The A-C car was one-of-a-kind and was built by GSC, but the design was specific to A-C.  Similar to the standard 1958 GSC design, but different nonetheless.

[Missaberoad]

I'm imagining this is the car it's based off of?


Still... I love that industrial look to it... more then the proto even!!

[lashedup]

So AC only had one of these?

[bbussey]

Only the one car.

[Missaberoad]

The car lasted pretty late too, scrapped in 2005!
I think ESM is going to be the first company in N to make a car where the ride height is too low! 

Bryan, Will they be available through regular channels?


http://southern.railfan.net/shippers/york/allis/acmx400.html

[basementcalling]

I'm imagining this is the car it's based off of?


Still... I love that industrial look to it... more then the proto even!!

Damn, they got a whole 4 story building on that flat car?

[bbussey]

... Bryan, Will they be available through regular channels?

Yes, standard RTR distribution channels, i.e. your favorite hobby dealer.

[Dave Schneider]

Bryan,

Very excited about this new scheme! My mom worked at Allis Chalmers in the 1950s and it was one of the great industrial giants of the Milwaukee area. Sadly, most of these firms are all gone now, and what remains of the AC plant is a second-rate shopping center. Well, that is what model railroading is all about for me, a chance to turn back time. Thanks for doing this scheme! I need one.

Best wishes, Dave

[sdodge]

http://southern.railfan.net/shippers/york/allis/acmx400.html

It looks like the ESM car frame is upside down!    Regardless, I am buying one - love the scheme!

[tom mann]

Another product - a 10 foot diameter pentagram! - from Allis Chalmers.

[ai5629]

Bryan posted a similar photo of the Conrail car on his FB page.  It looks excellent!  The lettering is outstanding.  The loads these cars typically carried ended up at offline consignees as often as online ones.  So even if you model a southern or western road, you can use one of these cars.  I hope they do well.  PC and CR in this release will join my roster.  Thank you.

Jeff