Pullman-Standard/Trinity Backpacker 5-unit articulated well car
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $144.99
Era: 2000s to present
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 7598 Highway 411, Benton, TN 37307; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
Pullman-Standard/Trinity Backpacker 5-unit articulated well car set features:
- Die-cast metal body
- Photo-etched stainless-steel see-through walkways
- Wire grab irons on side and end sills
- Celcon corner uprights and vertical grabs
- Detailed floors and well interior sidewalls
- Separate Inter-Box Connector (IBC) details included for loading in IBC holder boxes on car deck
- Factory-applied metal grab irons, uncoupling levers, and trainline hoses
- Rotating bearing caps
- Die-cast metal semi-scale Type E lower shelf couplers
- Barber S-2 70-ton roller-bearing trucks with rotating bearing caps and 33” (ends) and 36” (articulation points) metal wheelsets
- Multi-piece brake plumbing and rigging
- Minimum radius: 22” without customer-applied brake details installed, 26” with parts installed
Release date: Available now
Paint schemes: BNSF Ry. (Burlington Northern patchout, Cascade Green with distressed lettering and heralds in two road numbers) and Trailer Train (Patched with TTX “Speed Logos” [large in two road numbers, small in three numbers] and patched with TTX Pennsylvania heritage logo in one number. All TTX models have faded yellow paint.)
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