New O scale flatcar model idea for manufacturers?

Here are photos of the EXACTRAIL HO scale depressed center flatcar. Does anyone manufacture this car in O scale?

Prototype data from ExactRail:

General Steel Industries (GSI) offered one-piece cast-steel underframes in which the sill, body bolsters, cross bearers, draft pockets, couplers and carriers were combined into a single steel casting. These underframes were popular for Depressed Center Flats because the design maximized load strength while minimizing vertical height of fabricated underframes.

Generally designed with a specialty commodity in mind, Depressed Center Flat Cars are unique. In addition to the GSI cast steel designs, Depressed Center Flats were frequently fabricated by a railroad's home shop and familiar builders — such as Thrall, and were also built by a host of specialty builders, such as Maxson, Norca and Kasgro.

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8/13/1512:23 PM

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prrhorseshoecurveOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

There are plenty of 027 versions of this car.

8/13/1512:34 PM

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Gilly@N&WOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Only ones I've seen are non-scale. Lionel, MTH, and Kline have made them. That's a nice car in the pictures.

8/13/1512:34 PM

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clem kOGR Forum Member

I'm in for a couple

8/13/1512:44 PM

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mwbOGR Forum Member

Done several times in O scale. All-Nation and Walthers each offered this as a metal casting in kits, and I think even BTS still offers one in a urethane casting. I think that there were a few others produced on/off over the past 50 years, too.

8/13/1512:46 PM

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pro hobbyOGR Forum Member

This would be a good model for a "scratchbuilt" 1:48 O scale flatcar project. The most difficulty would be to simulate the cast detail in the platform. Anyone have a laser cutter to "cut" the openings in the platform like the HO model?

Quote from Model Railroader magazine:

This modern depressed-center flatcar is a recent release from ExactRail that follows the overall lines of prototype cars built by General Steel Industries (GSI) in the 1970s and 1980s. The prototypes featured one-piece, cast-steel underframes that could carry tall loads because the carbody deck is only 23" above the rails.