ExactRail Releases the N-scale P-S 50' "Waffle" Box Car!

Group,

In 1974, the Southern Railway took delivery of 70 ton, 5277 cubic foot capacity box cars from Pullman-Standard. Different from the majority of other cars of the IPD era, the Southern cars had a full set of "waffles"—stamped impressions into the car's side panels which were intended to accommodate lading equipment. Beginning with P-S lot 9725, Southern Railway would eventually roster nearly 5,000 of these box cars. Found anywhere, the Southern P-S 50' 'Waffle' Box Car is the epitome of a signature classic!

ExactRail recreates the P-S 50' 'Waffle' Box Car with our team who designs, engineers and tools in the United States! Available only in accurate paint schemes with exceptionally accurate lettering and logotypes, ExactRail's N-scale P-S 50' 'Waffle' is a highly authentic replica with a host of exclusive features. As with all new models, the P-S 50' 'Waffle' Box Car is available only from www.exactrail.com.

Available in 7 paint schemes with as many as six road numbers per paint scheme!

Precision micro-tooled!
Designed, engineered and tooled in the United States!
Factory installed Micro-Trains #1015 couplers
Narrow-style, body mounted draft box, featuring: shank wedges, striker casting and full nut and bolt detail.
ExactRail's exclusive ASF 100 ton 'Ride Control' trucks
CNC-machined metal wheel sets with all new metal axles!
Exceptionally accurate lettering styles, logotypes and razor sharp printing
True to life colors!

Please visit www.exactrail.com for more information and to view our gallery of photos.

Best regards,

Blaine Hadfield

Vice President, Product
ExactRail

 

Nice! Been waiting for these!

John

 

Blaine, I already purchased 7 of the cars. I'm probably going to follow through with another order in a few weeks, if any are left.

I really have to thank you for this car. It is one we have needed for ages. Now if only we had 50' PC&F 16' door boxes, 19k corn syrup cars and PD 3000 and PD 5125 covered hoppers

 

Happy to see these, they look really nice. See them in trains a lot, in boxboard and brick service. Now to see what Mr. Budget can handle, because I would like to order about a dozen!

 

I may get one even though it's not necessary for what I model, but WOW it sure is a great looking car though!

 

At long last they're finally here! If only I had not already blown my railroad budget this month on my RS11.... Hope there are a couple DME's left next month!!! Any chance you'll start a layaway program

 

Blaine, this is a pretty signature car. Any reason in particular you didn't tool the Pullman roof?


Jason

 

Group, thank you for your comments--we are quite enthusiastic about this release as well!

@ Jason--thanks for you input; however, I am not sure that I follow. The majority of P-S 5277 "Waffles" Box Cars were delivered with a Stanray diagonal panel roofs and Youngstown doors--which is what we have offered. Please let me know what you had in mind when referring to a 'Pullman' roof?

Best regards,

Blaine Hadfield

Vice President, Product
ExactRail

 

Did these make there way to the west? I model SP and am focusing on 1983, but I would like to make sure a couple here and there would be believable.

 

Well to start, here's the exact number you did on the CSX car.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=230761

And here's the same number you did for a SOU car albeit a different paint scheme.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=614525

And here's two PS waffle boxes that have PS roofs.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2730398


Here's a DME car.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/dme/dme05420gga.jpg


Another SOU car.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/sout/sou528317asb.jpg

And another great view.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/sout/sou528373gea.jpg



Jason

 

Blaine, I think he was refering to the "bowtie" style corrigations on the roof. Looking at your HO model you can see this clearly:
http://www.exactrail.com/media/cata...e5fb8d27136e95/e/p/eps-90310-ns-boxcar-03.jpg

But the N scale model has the X panel pattern, which I think is incorrect for the cars:
http://www.exactrail.com/media/cata...5/e/n/en-nscale-ns-50ft-waffle-box-car-03.jpg

 

Ahhh, got it. Should have looked at the HO model first.

Anyone have a shot of the Stanray roof?


Jason

 

Yes they did. Saw them on the Coast line alot during the 80's and 90's. Still see them in Bakersfield from time to time.

 

I ordered a bunch today and to answer a previous question they are out west a lot. I still see plenty of Southen, NS and CSX waffles here in CA. Looks like it sure does have the wrong roof! Just Great! Not happy about that. Oh and they have 70 ton trucks not 100 ton like the announcement says.

 

Blaine, did *any* of these cars come delivered with a Stanray roof? I can't find any examples in my searches. In every other respect this looks like a very nice model that I was highly anticipating. But the roof issue, combined with the fact that shipping to Canada will cost me $25.25 (unless I order $150 worth) means that I will be sitting this one out. Very disappointing.

-Gary

 

I'm fairly certain they should have the standard P-S "bow-tie" roof. Same roof that was used on the HO version of the model. I don't think there are/were any P-S prototypes built with an X-panel roof.

 

How could such a big mistake slip by like this? If I'd known I wouldn't of bought any until the roof mistake was fixed. For the price of these cars I feel this is unacceptable. If the roof is a separate piece like I think it is how about Exactrail offering free replacement roofs for everyone who has bought these already? I think that would be the right thing to do if they want to keep the respect and business of N scalers.

 

Clearly, I misspoke in my response. The model should have the bowtie style roof, as mentioned by Jason.

We are committed to offering the most accurate models, and I believe that we can offer a solution. We will tool a new roof and make it available free of charge to those who purchased the N-scale P-S 50' 'Waffle' Box Car. As you would expect, it will take a few weeks to have this ready, and so we will make an announcement for the roof when we have finished cutting the molds and running the plastic parts. With this announcement, we will give more information about how one would contact us for the replacement roof.

For those of you who have sought an N-scale bowtie-style roof for scratchbuilding projects, we will also make the roof available to purchase on our website.

Best regards,

Blaine Hadfield

Vice President, Product
ExactRail