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Eastern Seaboard Models - ESM-210502 - Container Car, Well, GSC - Conrail - 768022

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N Scale - Eastern Seaboard Models - ESM-210502 - Container Car, Well, GSC - Conrail - 768022
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Stock NumberESM-210502
Original Retail Price$36.95
BrandEastern Seaboard Models
ManufacturerEastern Seaboard Models
Body StyleEastern Seaboard Models GSC 60 Ton Well Car
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
PrototypeContainer Car, Well, GSC
Road or Company NameConrail (Details)
Reporting MarksCR
Road or Reporting Number768022
Paint Color(s)Tuscan Red
Release Date2016-02-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeContainer Car
Model SubtypeWell
Model VarietyGeneral Steel Castings



Model Information: ESM first released this model in May of 2015. The body and detail parts are injection molded plastic, while the well and underframe are diecast. Intricate and accurate detail includes a free-standing vertical brakewheel. These cars ride at the prototypically-correct height, with the well a mere ten scale inches above the rails. The model rides on Atlas' Barber S-2 friction-bearing truck frames fitted with Fox Valley Models 28" low-profile wheelsets, and features body-mounted Micro-TrainsĀ® #2001/2004 couplers.

Operation of this model over curved trackage of less than 10-inch radius is not recommended.
Road Name History:
The Consolidated Rail Corporation, commonly known as Conrail (reporting mark CR), was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeast U.S. between 1976 and 1999. Conrail is a portmanteau of "consolidated" and "rail" from the name of the company.

The U.S. federal government created Conrail to take over the potentially profitable lines of multiple bankrupt carriers, including the Penn Central Transportation Company and Erie Lackawanna Railway. With the benefit of industry-wide regulatory requirements being reduced (via the 4R Act and the Staggers Act), Conrail began to turn a profit in the 1980s and was turned over to private investors in 1987. The two remaining Class I railroads in the East, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), agreed in 1997 to split the system approximately equally, returning rail freight competition to the Northeast by essentially undoing the 1968 merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad that created Penn Central. Following Surface Transportation Board approval, CSX and NS took control in August 1998, and on June 1, 1999, began operating their portions of Conrail.
Brand/Importer Information:
Eastern Seaboard Models was founded in 1987. They are a manufacturer of N scale reproductions of North American eastern railroad prototypes. The have both decorated other manufacturers' models as well as designed body styles of their own. They are located at PO Box 301, Waldwick, New Jersey 07463-0301 U.S.A.

Their 2016 lineup includes ready-to-run gondolas, well cars, hoppers, tank cars and boxcars. They also produce craftsman quality kits in their "Made in America" series. ESM products may be purchased directly from their website.
Item created by: gdm on 2016-03-05 09:01:44. Last edited by CNW400 on 2020-05-21 15:26:41

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