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Eastern Seaboard Models HO scale insulated boxcars

By Mitch Horner | November 11, 2022

Models based on Magor Car Co. and Pacific Car & Foundry prototypes

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Eastern Seaboard Models HO scale insulated boxcars 

Scale: HO (1:87.1)

Price: $84.50

Era: Early 1950s to 1980s

Manufacturer: Eastern Seaboard Models Corp., P.O. Box 301, Waldwick, NJ 07463; esmc.com

two freight cars painted in red, white and blue stripes
Eastern Seaboard Models HO scale insulated boxcars

Insulated boxcars feature:

  • Etched-metal running board and brake wheel platform
  • More than 100 freestanding plastic detail parts
  • Hi-Tech Details flexible rubber air hoses
  • Underbody charcoal heater
  • Ventilators on car sides
  • InterMountain ASF A-3 50-ton solid-bearing trucks
  • Kadee No. 148 metal whisker couplers

Release date: Mid-December 2022

Road names: Bangor & Aroostook (Magor Car Co.) and New York, New Haven & Hartford (PC&F). Both in red, white, and blue “State of Maine” scheme. Four road numbers each.

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