Production Models: Detroit & Toledo Shore Line 50' automobile boxcar with diecast 3-rail trucks, standard for ESLES projects.

Another Extraordinary Issue from Eastern States Limited Editions Society...

Detroit & Toledo Shore Line (D&TS)

50' Automobile Boxcar

Buffalo Creek Graphics is the exclusive distributor for Eastern States Limited Editions Society custom run cars. TRUE Limited Edition:  Only 33 sets = 66 cars produced. Maximum 1 set per ESLES Member. First come, first served.

One of the rarest ESLES projects to date. This is the first-and-only third-party custom run project done using Pecos River kits. These will be the only Pecos River cars ever assembled in the USA for either a commercial car or a club car project. Plastic freight cars cars have been discontinued by Pecos River Brass and only their remaining inventory is still for sale. No more of this car type will be produced. Made possible for ESLES Members through its association with Buffalo Creek Graphics.

Custom decorated by Crown Model Decorators on  Pecos River carbodies. Accurately modeled in extruded plastic kits by Pecos River Brass. Highly detailed, scale carbody. O Scale 1:48 or 1/4"=1'.

Numerous, individually hand-applied, scale detail parts including grab irons, brake rigging, and underbody.  Hand-assembled by Crown Model Decorators in the USA.

Artwork by Buffalo Creek Graphics. Prototypically accurate lettering and graphics. Decorating by Weaver Models. Boxcar red body, white lettering and graphics. Legible lettering, including small  RETURN TO GTW FLINT. 2 road numbers, our choice of road number for single car orders. Road numbers 5300, 5319.

Box has certification of edition size.  Box has Gold-embossed ESLES label.

All Eastern States Limited Editions Society cars come with diecast metal sprung trucks, installed. (Included in price.)  Casting detail lettering on truck sideframe! Please specify 2-rail or 3-rail on your order form. 3-rail cars have automatic couplers. 2-rail cars come with scale couplers, to be installed.

TrainResource.com Historical Notes, see below.

						Detroit & Toledo Shore Line 50' Automobile Boxcar
Item						Product #	Availability	Price
Single cars						ESLES-D&TS50	In stock.	$89.00 each.
Set of 2, limit one set per member.						ESLES-D&TS50-SET	In stock.	$175.00 per set.
Road number is our choice for single car orders.
Shipping & Handling (Continental US Only). Click here for General Ordering Info.								$10.00 per order.
If you are not yet an ESLES Member, there is a one-time Registration Fee.								$5.00 Life Membership
See also Crown / Weaver 40' ARA steel boxcar available from Buffalo Creek Graphics.

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HISTORICAL NOTES                           D&TS - Pleasant Bay Railway incorporated in March, 1898. In 1899, PB purchased Toledo & Ottawa Beach and renamed itself Detroit & Toledo Shore Line.  Sold in 1902, jointly to Grand Trunk Western and Toledo, St. Louis & Western ("Clover Leaf"), the line fully opened to Detroit in 1903.  TStL&W interest passed to successor Nickel Plate Road in 1923, then to Norfolk & Western in 1964. The Detroit & Toledo Shore Line was owned 50-50 by the Nickel Plate Road (NKP) and the Grand Trunk Western (GT, GTW) for most of its life. The D&TS gave both roads rapid access between the automobile assembly plants of Detroit area and the Midwest, through Lang Yard in Toledo, Ohio. Grand Trunk Western bought N&W's half interest in 1981 and immediately merged D&TS. More... D&TS info on GTWHS site D&TS info on NKPHTS site Auto Parts Cars - There are still about 14,000 auto parts boxcars in service in the U.S., ranging in size from aging 50-foot and 60-foot cars (many of them built prior to 1973) to 86-foot hi-cube models with a 12-foot, 9-inch inside height. More... A history of automobile transportation by the railroads. This model - The prototype cars were former NKP 87100 series cars. They were rebuilt by the Nickel Plate Road, in their Conneaut, Ohio, shops in 1963. These Pecos River models are identical to the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line's 5300 series cars. Note that the correct reporting marks are D&TS, not D&TSL. In modern times, the '&' has been dropped.

This page is current as of 1.26.2008.