I am looking at a flyer I picked up from Accurail at Trainfest last November. They are indeed doing two versions of a 36' car(different ends).
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
I'm glad that they're from Accurail, as I'll be able to afford them, even with the lousy condition of the Canadian dollar. I wonder, though, if this a late April Fool joke, as I don't see mention of them on Accurail's site. In a discussion with Dennis Storzek of Accurail a year or two ago, I suggested that they offer a Fowler car, but he, only half-jokingly, called them a jinx, referring to LifeLike Canada's experience and the story outlined below. I'd still like to see the ones from New England Rail Service's Standard Car Co. division, though. The dies, lost in a train wreck, were supposedly modular in design (much like Accurail's, where the doors, ends, and roofs can be of different types) and the supposed plan was to eventually offer all versions of the prototypes. The dies were later recovered, but I've heard nothing of these cars again.
I would definitely welcome the Accurail version if they prove to be real, though. I had to re-detail all of the LifeLike Canada ones, so doing Accurail's shouldn't be any more difficult. Here's one with the overly-fat plastic grabs replaced with wire ones (custom-bent because they're a non-standard width), but not yet painted:
Accurail's cast-on grabs are among the best in the industry (and their Andrews trucks are as good as anybody's.
Wayne
I was excited to see new 36' boxcars come but then found out they were coming from Accurail, was hoping for RTR super detailed cars.