Pullman-Standard PS-2CD 4750 covered hoppers
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $52.95
Era: 1979 to 1997+ (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models, P.O. Box 6514, Asheville, NC 28816; 828-412-3886; tangentscalemodels.com
Pullman-Standard PS-2CD 4750 covered hoppers features:
- Kadee scale couplers
- See-through etched metal running boards and crossover platforms
- Prototype-specific brake systems, outlet gates, roof hatches, jacking pads, roof overhangs, end ladders, brakewheel housing, and brake wheel
- Separate air hoses
- Wire grab irons and uncoupling levers
- With or without shaker brackets as appropriate
- CNC-machined 36” wheels
- 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam part
Road names: Family Lines with Louisville & Nashville reporting marks (December 1980 beige); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (October 1979 delivery gray); Family Lines with Seaboard Coast Line reporting marks (July 1980 beige); Illinois Central (1997+ gray repaint with herald, six road numbers); Lapeyrouse Grain Corp. with NAHX reporting marks (June 1978, four numbers); Pullman Leasing (March 1979 gray lease scheme, six numbers); Soo Line (January 1980 Soo Line White); and St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco, June 1977 delivery gray). Twelve numbers per scheme unless noted; also available undecorated (ready-to-run and undecorated, both based on 1980 prototype).
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