Tangent HO PS2-CD 4750 covered hopper
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $67.95 (quantity discounts for direct purchases from manufacturer)
Era: 1980 to present (Varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models, P.O. Box 6514, Asheville, NC 28816; 828-412-3886; tangentscalemodels.com
Tangent HO PS2-CD 4750 covered hopper features:
- Barber S-2 100-ton roller-bearing trucks or Barber S-2 100-ton roller-bearing trucks with Stucki HS-7 Snubbers as appropriate (both with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam part)
- CNC-machined 36” wheels
- Kadee scale couplers
- Multiple all-new late Pullman 1980-1981 body shells
- Road-specific details, including seven different brake systems, four jacking pad sets, three different outlet gates, three different sets of roof hatches, three different running board and crossover platform options, two roof overhangs, and two brake wheel options
- See-through, etched-metal running boards and crossover platforms
- Separate air hoses
- With or without shaker brackets as appropriate
- Wire grab irons and uncoupling levers
Release date: Available now
Road names: Twin Cities & Western (2019+ ex-Southern Ry., two road numbers), Arkansas & Oklahoma (2006+ ex-C&NW restencil, three numbers), Carney Fork & Western (2021+ ex-C&NW restencil, three numbers), Chicago & North Western (March 1981 delivery green, 24 numbers), Foster Farms (1980 delivery, four numbers), Interstate Commodities (2011+ ex-Foster Farms and 2015+ ex-Producer’s Grain, one number each); Pullman Leasing Co. (April 1980 gray lease scheme and 1980 Producer’s Grain, six numbers each), Soo Line (1985+ ex-Producer’s Grain, two numbers), and Southern Ry. (1981 delivery gray in 12 numbers and 1981 delivery gray with 2005+ yellow conspicuity stripes in six numbers). Also available ready-to-run but unpainted (1980 PLCX, 1981 C&NW, and 1981 Southern Ry. versions).
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