Eastern Seaboard Models - 202700 - Covered Hopper, 50 Foot, Airslide 4180 - American Maize Products - 56397

Specific Item Information: Delaware Valley Freight Car Corporation model decorated by Third Rail Graphics. Our model is a reproduction of the airslides® leased by the American Maize Company, better known as AMAIZO, to ship their corn products. This car is painted a medium gray. The dimensional data on the sides and ends is printed in black. The GATX insignia is printed in blue and white, while the AMAIZO herald is printed in imitation gold. The consolidated stencil is printed in black & white. The car rides on black roller bearing trucks with Rapido couplers. Made in United States.

Road Name History: American Maize-Products Co. manufactures and sells products derived from corn wet milling, such as corn sweeteners and starches for use in the manufacturing processes of several industries. In the wet-milling process the starch component is either dried for sale or processed further into other products. These include high-fructose corn syrup, which is widely used as a sweetener in the soft-drink industry. In the mid 1990s American Maize was the only producer in North America and the largest producer in the world of cyclodextrins, doughnut-shaped molecular structures produced from starch that had many applications. American Maize was acquired in 1995 by a French company, Eridania Beghin-Say, S.A., a unit of Montedison SpA and the largest starch producer in Europe. Eridania then announced it would sell 88 percent of American Maize's tobacco-products subsidiary, Swisher International, Inc

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.