ESM 2020 4th Quarter releases are in stock

[bbussey]

The following new releases from Eastern Seaboard Models are in stock and on their way to various dealers and distributors:

X58 Boxcar no-roofwalk low-brakewheel
#222303  X58A Penn Central, red "P"
#222408  X58 Conrail Quality, "Safety on Rails Theater" car (SORT)
#222702  X58 Penn Central, patch-out, ex-Pennsylvania
#222901  XML14 Burlington Northern
#222902  XML14 Burlington Northern (CB&Q reporting marks)
#223101  Milwaukee Road
#901100  X58 Conrail Quality, Cancer Awareness (portion of proceeds to be donated to ACS)

X65 Boxcar
#224403  Lehigh Valley
#224601  Conrail, faded patch-out, ex-Penn Central

X72 Boxcar
#228301  X72 Conrail
#228302  X72 Conrail, large can opener
#228303  X72 Conrail
#228401  Canadian National
#228402  Canadian National

Trucks and Wheels
#920200  36" fine scale metal wheels, .540" axle, 12/package

Click on the item# for a photo.  Details and additional photos on the www.esmc.com website.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Dammit Bryan, don't you know I have a bunch of O scale crap to buy? lol

Hotness.

[chicken45]

Looking forward to the Q2 release of the PRR FM flat cars in revenue and MOW service!
 

[Maletrain]

Glad to see the wheels, but everything else is out of my modeling era.  Really nice stuff, though. 

I clicked on this thread because I saw "Q4" and was immediately thinking "B&O 2-8-2 steam locomotive".

[bbussey]

I clicked on this thread because I saw "Q4" and was immediately thinking "B&O 2-8-2 steam locomotive".

Oops!  Sorry about giving false hope.

[bbussey]

Looking forward to the Q2 release of the PRR FM flat cars in revenue and MOW service!
 

Are you volunteering funding? 

[MetroRedLine]

Who here has used their metal wheels? How do they compare to Fox Valley or BLMA quality?

[garethashenden]

Who here has used their metal wheels? How do they compare to Fox Valley or BLMA quality?

I'd put them on par with those two in terms of appearance. I haven't really run anything with them yet, but haven't had any problems rolling them along plain track. They have become my default .540" wheel. FVM still has a wider range of axle lengths, but they're hard to find. The wheel tread is fine, like the narrow FVM wheels and like BLMA.

[bbussey]

FYI — ESM wheels have been used on all ESM releases since 2019.  ESM trucks (and wheels) have been used on all X58/X65/X72 releases since 2019.

[Maletrain]

The ESM wheels look like BLMA wheels, both with the back side machined, compared to flat backs on Fox Valley wheels.  Holding 2 in my hands, I can't tell the difference between ESM and BLMA.  The tread surfaces on both look very nice.  The tread widths on all 3 look almost identical when comparing to Fox Valley "Fine Tread" wheels.  All 3 types seem to roll about the same, which is really well.

[Frank Amato]

These wheels look really good when you paint the face a nice brown/rust color, and then clean off the rim.

  Frank

[bbussey]

Direct links to product pics added.

[bbussey]

The ESM wheels look like BLMA wheels, both with the back side machined, compared to flat backs on Fox Valley wheels.  Holding 2 in my hands, I can't tell the difference between ESM and BLMA.  The tread surfaces on both look very nice.  The tread widths on all 3 look almost identical when comparing to Fox Valley "Fine Tread" wheels.  All 3 types seem to roll about the same, which is really well.

There is a slight cosmetic difference between the BLMA and ESM wheel.  The face of the "tire" on the BLMA wheel represents a wheel that's seen more service than the ESM wheel and is slightly thinner, whereas the ESM "tire" represents a newly-forged wheel.  But both the BLMA and ESM wheels are prototypical.

[chicken45]

Are you volunteering funding? 

Yes, but I'm financed through @Ed Kapuscinski.

[bbussey]

Here is video of the 36" wheels in action.