Production Model: Detroit & Toledo Shore Line 50' automobile boxcar with diecast 3-rail trucks.

Another Exclusive from  Buffalo Creek Graphics . . .

Detroit & Toledo Shore Line (D&TS)

50' Automobile Boxcar

TRUE Limited Edition: Only 33 sets = 66 cars produced. Box has certification of edition size. Highly detailed, scale carbody. O Scale 1:48 or 1/4"=1'. Accurately modeled in extruded plastic kits by Pecos River Brass. This is the first-and-only third-party custom run project done using Pecos River kits. No more of this car type will be produced. Plastic freight cars cars have been discontinued by Pecos River Brass and only their remaining inventory is still for sale. These will be the only Pecos River cars ever assembled in the USA for either a commercial car or a club car project. Numerous, individually hand-applied, scale detail parts including grab irons, brake rigging, and underbody. Hand-assembled by Crown Model Decorators in the USA. Custom decorated by Crown Model Decorators on Pecos River carbodies. Prototypically accurate lettering and graphics. 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. Artwork by Buffalo Creek Graphics. Decorating by Weaver Models. Comes 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						ES-05D03	3 left.	$89.00 each.
Set of 2, limit one set per member.						ES-05D03-SET	4 sets.	$175.00 per set.
Specify 03 for 3-rail or 02 for 2-rail. Road number is our choice for single car orders.
See also Crown / Weaver 40' ARA steel boxcar.
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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.

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