You’ve been asking for 1960s tank cars. Here they are (and it is our second all-new 1960s tank car released in 2026!). No preorders. No waiting. These cars are available right now. Oh - and don’t forget to enjoy one of the first North American Car Corporation tank car models ever made in the history of HO!

North American Car Corporation (NACC) produced this 33,000 Gallon Non-Insulated tank car design between 1963-1965. These non-insulated “pressure tank cars” were designed to haul a large payload of Liquified Petroleum Gas or Anhydrous Ammonia. Because these cars had two distinct tank diameters, they were called “Dual Diameter” cars. At the top of the car is a large “Manway Nozzle” for gas loading and unloading. These cars are notable because of the handrails that extend across the entire tank from the ends. All of these features fit within a Plate B clearance envelope, typical of cars from this build era. During the 1977-1980 period, U.S. DOT mandated these cars be retrofitted to include head shields (or an insulated jacket which changed the appearance of the car) to protect the tank head.

The Tangent Scale Models North American Car Corporation (NACC) 1963-design 33,000 Gallon Dual Diameter Flammable Gas Tank Car is a dimensionally-accurate replica that adds great visual variety to your tank car fleet. Our model includes key build variations, notably cars with and without anti-personnel bars, as well as head shields for appropriate paint schemes. This replica includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale head couplers (appropriate schemes with shelf couplers), sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as well as it looks.

Our May 2026 release of the HO NACC 1963-design 33,000 Gallon Dual Diameter Flammable Gas Tank Car includes five railroad schemes, plus one unlettered “but painted white” option.

- NATX "White Lease Delivery 1963" introduces our NATX “plain white lease” paint scheme as applied to the tank car when built in 1963. While we call it a lease scheme, it is actually a “two tone” – white on top and black on the bottom of the tank body and on the end frames. These cars feature the Roman-style stenciling in white, which certainly “pops” against the white-painted carbody. Prominently displayed on this car: the classy “North American” parallelogram logo. Among many small stencils, the words “Liquified Petroleum Gas Only” is stenciled on the right side, confirming its service use, as well as a myriad of other accurate stenciling. And like most non-billboard lessee stenciled tank cars, these cars state their lessee in a very small stencil on the car, including the words “Leased to Shell Oil Co.” These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps. These cars are available with 4 road numbers, perfect for filling out your era-specific trains. SKU 31160

- NCTX "Pacific 66 Calgary AB 1964" shows a classy white paint scheme with the classic “Pacific 66” and the words “LP Gas” prominently advertising – in large red and black stenciling - what these cars were designed to transport. In the center of the car, the black painted stenciling says “Pacific Petroleums Ltd. Calgary Alberta Lessee.” These cars feature the Roman-style NCTX reporting mark stenciling in black, which certainly “pops” against the white-painted carbody. The NCTX reporting mark was use for North American’s Canadian operations, and stands for North American Tank Car (Canada) Ltd. These cars have black anti-personnel bars along the carbody, to give another cool detail seen on some of these cars. This Tangent model offering screams “Canada!” Finally, a Canadian tank car for the pivotal 1960s-1990s period! See our 1979+ version of this paint livery to see these cars in their later lives. These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps. These cars are available with 3 road numbers, perfect for filling out your location-specific trains. SKU 31161

- NATX "Murphy SPUR Delivery 1965" gives modelers an example of a very popular billboard paint scheme car. These “Murphy Corporation Lessee” cars have silver-painted tanks, with black end frames. Painted on the silver body is a proud “SPUR” logo on the side of the car. The SPUR lettering inside the logo and on the sides and ends of the tank is dark blue. The logo’s blue letter stenciling contrasts nicely against a white background, and on the right of the logo is the star that is seemingly found on all Murphy branding. This 1965 paint job screams 1960s and 1970s, and we are excited to offer it today! Among many small stencils, the words “Liquified Petroleum Gas Only” are stenciled on the right side, denoting the service for these cars. These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps. These cars are available in 6 numbers, and are stunners. Silver “SPUR” tank cars were seen everywhere in North America in the 1960s/1970s period! SKU 31162

- NCTX "Pacific 66 Calgary AB" 1979+ is a modernized version of the Pacific 66 car from 1964, which we also offer. This model includes a classy weathered white paint carbody, with the classic “Pacific 66.” The carbody includes the large words “LP Gas” prominently advertising – in large red and black stenciling - what these cars were designed to transport. In the center of the car, the black painted stenciling says “Pacific Petroleums Ltd. Calgary Alberta Lessee.” These cars feature the Roman-style NCTX reporting mark stenciling in black, which certainly “pops” against the white-painted carbody. The NCTX reporting mark was use for North American’s Canadian operations, and stands for North American Tank Car (Canada) Ltd. For the 1979+ version of this paint scheme, we have replicated the varying paintouts on the right side of the car. It also includes a fresh “Anhydrous Ammonia” stencil on the right side, as shown on the prototype photo we have worked from for this scheme, and is prominently referenced on our website. These cars have black anti-personnel bars along the carbody, to provide another cool detail. Also, these models have head shields installed on the car ends, which were mandated as a safety enhancement based upon a series of US Department of Transportation rules published in 1977 and generally executed in the 1978-1980 period. At that same time, DOT also mandated the retrofit of shelf couplers, and of course we have included genuine Kadee® scale shelf couplers on our tank car models! These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps. These cars are available with 3 road numbers, perfect for filling out your location-specific trains. This Tangent model offering screams “Canada!” Finally, a Canadian tank car for the pivotal 1960s-1990s period! See our 1964 version of this paint livery to see these cars in their earlier lives, between 1964 and 1979. SKU 31163

- CITX "White Lease Repaint" 1992+ is our modern paint scheme offering. This car SKU is a “white lease” scheme that was common from that era for LP tanks, which included the yellow “For Product Emergency” box. These cars feature the 1992-era modern-style stenciling in black, which certainly “pops” against the white-painted carbody. Also, the car includes a modern COTS box and “Inhalation Hazard” warning. Also, these models have head shields installed on the car ends, which were mandated as a safety enhancement based upon a series of US Department of Transportation rules published in 1977 and generally executed in the 1978-1980 period. At that same time, DOT also mandated the retrofit of shelf couplers, and of course we have included genuine Kadee® scale shelf couplers on our tank car models! These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps. These cars are available with 4 road numbers, perfect for filling out your era-specific trains. SKU 31164

For our first release, we are excited to also offer one painted and unlettered RTR option, continuing our dedication to the customers who want to finish their own cars. We have done the hard work for you – we have painted these models in white - so they are ready for decaling (or further paint and modeling work). We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products.

- Unlettered RTR White Body and Underframe is a completely assembled RTR model, painted white and unlettered. It features the ICC-112A-340-W body and associated underframe and appliances. This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with genuine Kadee® scale couplers. SKU 31115-01

All of these models (with prototype North American Car Corporation tank car photos) can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent Scale Models NACC 33,000 Gallon Dual Diameter Flammable Gas Tank Car is a dimensionally-accurate replica that adds great visual variety to your tank car fleet. Our model includes key build variations, notably cars with and without anti-personnel bars, as well as head shields for appropriate paint schemes. This replica includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as well as it looks. With beautiful details, tank body accurate details, genuine Kadee couplers (appropriate schemes with shelf couplers), and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today! A quick synopsis of our NACC 1963-design 33,000 Gallon Dual Diameter Flammable Gas Tank Car paint-scheme specific details and variations include:
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• Industry-leading “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Beautiful 8-course tank body
• “See through” rooftop walkways and end platforms
• “Lacey” handrails and ladders
• With or without separately-applied anti-personnel bars alongside the carbody
• Prototypically accurate hazardous placard mounting locations
• Accurately angled bolster details
• Dimensionally-correct hazardous placards with accurate hole detail
• “See-through” bolster detail just like the prototype
• Detailed brake system including a combination of plastic and wire parts to maximize realism
• Separate flexible durable rubber air hoses
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers – no knock-offs – and schemes that should have shelf couplers… have shelf couplers!
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back detail
• Replacement semi-scale wheels available separately from Tangent
• Weighted to NMRA specifications
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models NACC 33,000 Gallon Dual Diameter Flammable Gas Tank Car, a first of its kind in HO scale! Pricing for RTR models is $69.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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No preorders. No waiting. These cars are available right now.

In 1968, Southern Illinois and Kentucky Bituminous coal was on the rise. In response to increased carloadings and unit train opportunities, the Illinois Central Railroad (“IC”) tasked its own Centralia, Illinois, Car Shops to modernize the IC coal hopper fleet. Their answer was an all-new 100-ton 3834 cubic foot Quad Coal Hopper. These modern coal hoppers utilized exterior-post construction and quad unloading chutes. Centralia Shops built multiple orders of the cars on an assembly line between 1968 and 1977. 3,420 “Centralia Quads” became the backbone of the IC(G)’s modern coal hauling capacity. IC/ICG Centralia also built an additional 330 cars for Inland Steel and 50 cars for Indianapolis Power & Light. While over half of the ICG fleet was rebuilt into visually different 3614cf cars between 1980-1982, more than 700 cars survived in their original build configuration. Some original Centralia Quads would see extended lives on ICG spin-offs like the Chicago Central and Paducah & Louisville. The original fleet of Centralia Quads dwindled quickly through the early 1990s.

Interestingly, in 1973, the ICG experienced record levels of grain shipments while at the same time the ICG’s grain hopper fleet was fully utilized, so Centralia Quad “coal” hoppers were quicky pressed into service. Proform Incorporated developed a fiberglass “Hopper Topper” that provided ICG an easy path to convert some of the Centralia Quad coal hopper fleet to grain service as needed. The “Hopper Topper” included trough hatches on the roof and kept the food grade lading dry like a traditional covered hopper!

It is important to note: These 3834 cubic foot IC Centralia quad coal hoppers are quite different from “Western Design” 3600 cubic foot and Bethlehem Steel Corporation “Eastern Design” 3350 cubic foot hoppers, both offered by Tangent. That’s right, we have now tooled our 3rd different quad coal hopper system: the correct IC Centralia Quad Hopper!

The Tangent Scale Models IC Centralia Shops 3834cf Quad Coal Hopper system features multiple era-specific bodies covering the original 1968-1977 built variants. Our model is a dimensionally-accurate replica of the real car, and includes other key build variations such as bay door locking mechanisms, brake housings, brake equipment and end frames. This replica includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail as well as full body interior rivet detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with separate, real wire grab irons, coupler lift bars, rubber air hoses, genuine Kadee® scale couplers, accurate CNC-machined wheels, 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps and sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks. Finally, our model includes a realistic, removable coal load of either the “flood” or “tipple” style.

Our April 24, 2026 release of the IC/ICG Centralia Shops 3834cf Quad Coal Hopper includes three railroad schemes, four RTR unlettered options plus separate “Hopper Topper” 3-Packs.

- INLX Inland Steel “Delivery Black 7-1968" models the 270 car delivery for Inland Steel, built by Centralia in 1968. Inland Steel cars were used on IC-powered unit trains that ran between Inland Mine No. 1 near Sesser, IL and the Inland Steel Plant in East Chicago, Indiana. Heads up ATSF guys: We also have photo evidence of the Inland Steel unit train cars running Westbound - loaded - on the ATSF through Joliet, IL in 1976! The Tangent INLX cars feature a 1968 body with two separate grab irons on the left side. The hopper doors have the same Keystone Monoloc locking mechanisms as the 1968 IC cars, along with hanging brake linkage running between the bays. The B-End of the car has an accurate Ajax high handbrake, Morton brake step and modern brake wheel. Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load, accurate for the Inland No.1 Mine coal loader at Sesser, IL. These coal cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken caps. Centralia painted the cars black with Inland’s diamond logo and large “INLAND STEEL” graphics. Did you notice that “extra tall” ACI label on the side of the car? The INLX cars utilized an extra 3-digits on the ACI “barcode” to denote the first three digits of the cars light weight. This assisted Inland Steel in their automated weighing of the cars. Of course, we have carefully duplicated this neat little piece of lettering. All IC Quads are not alike – these Inland Steel cars have a specific body and build for INLX, compared to their IC cousins. Yes, Tangent tooled an INLX-specific body shell to handle the details. Finally, your Inland Steel trains can have accurate Centralia Quad Hoppers, and not stand-in models! These INLX models are available in 12 (new for 2026) road numbers from the July 1968 build month, with varying CAPY and date-related data. SKU 32111

- IC "Delivery Black 1969" replicates the Illinois Central’s largest order of 1,200 quad hoppers that rolled off of the Centralia, IL assembly line during the first months of 1969. The IC prototype body changed from the first order in 1968 (as duplicated by Tangent’s first run of IC cars.) The Tangent model features an accurate 1969 body, with a two-rung ladder on the left side of the body (compare that to the 2 grab irons on the left side for the 1968 order.) Yes, we have tooled multiple IC Quad Hopper bodies to get these details right! Centralia was a big believer in riveted construction, and this hopper is full of them, inside and out! The Quad bays have separate door and door frame details. The hopper doors themselves are fitted with intricate Keystone Monoloc locking mechanisms, accurate for this 1969 group of IC cars. If you peek at the centersill, you will notice the proper hanging brake linkage running between the bays, including the automatic slack adjuster with its protective shield. The B-End of the car has an accurate Ajax high handbrake, Morton brake step and modern brake wheel. Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) tipple-style coal load. These coal cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken caps. IC painted the cars black with the classic orange “Split Rail” logo on the right. These Illinois Central models are available in 24 numbers with month-specific build dates and date-related data: SKUs -01 through -06 are 1-1969. SKUs -07 through -24 are 2-1969. SKU 32113

- ICG "Delivery Black 1977" represents the 400 coal cars delivered new to the ICG in 1977. The Tangent model features an accurate body for this 1977 group. Yes, we tooled a body specifically for this ICG series of cars, with a combination of late details like the left-hand ladder, large end sill gusset plates and a lower angled brake cylinder lever support. These little details are worth getting right. The Quad bays have separate door and door frame detail. The hopper doors themselves are fitted with Unit Latch lock locking mechanisms, accurate for this 1977 ICG delivery. Looking closely at the centersill, you will notice that there is no visible linkage between the bays. Yes, this is accurate -- these cars were built with the linkage in a hidden center tube that runs the length of the car, hidden by the centersill. The B-End of the car has an accurate Ajax high handbrake, Morton brake step and modern brake wheel. Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) tipple-style coal load. These coal cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken caps. ICG painted the cars black in with the new version of the ICG graphics with a circle around the “I.” A very cool looking paint and lettering scheme. These cars are a big deal for the ICG modelers out there. Do not miss out. Available in 24 numbers: SKUs -01 through -12 are 1-1977. SKUs -13 through -24 are 2-1977. SKU 32114

- ICG Orange Hopper Topper 3-Pack 1973+ illustrates a railroad in problem-solving mode. In 1973, the ICG experienced record levels of grain shipments from Iowa and Minnesota. The ICG’s grain hopper fleet utilization was stretched to its limits, and Centralia Quad hoppers were quickly pressed into service, utilizing plastic tarps for weather protection. A more elegant solution was proposed by Proform Incorporated in Minneapolis, MN: a fiberglass top that could be bolted onto the Centralia Quad. This “Hopper Topper” allowed ICG to convert the 100-ton coal hopper fleet to grain service as needed, and providing shippers an additional 7,000 pounds of hauling capacity with trough hatch loading capability and weather protection. Successful tests concluded in the summer of 1973, and Proform was delivering “Hopper Toppers” by the end of the year to Paducah KY. It took 30 minutes to attach the fiberglass cover to a hopper, and the cars were put into use hauling wheat, corn, and soybeans. These Tangent covers feature prototype accuracy and were designed from real photos and blueprints and feature a beautiful etched metal Morton walkway. While this truly innovative solution was utilized by other railroads in later years, our Hopper Topper replicas are designed to fit the Tangent IC/ICG Centralia Shops 3834cf Quad Coal Hopper.
SKU 32109-01 (3-pack of Hopper-Topper Covers)

We also offer four painted and unlettered RTR options available, continuing our dedication to the customers that want to finish their own cars. We have painted these models black for you, so they are ready for decaling (and yes, accurate decals exist)! We are modelers too, and we continue to offer undecorated products for our like-minded customers.

- Unlettered RTR Black IC 1968 Body is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered. It features the 1968 body with two stand-off grab irons on the left side of the body, Underframe brake linkage, Monoloc door locks, Tipple-Style coal load, Ajax high handbrake and Morton-style brake step. This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with Genuine Kadee® scale couplers. Use this car for the following prototype series or your own road:
IC 78000-78999 1968 (ICG 360000-360999)
IC 89280-89699 1968 (ICG 362280-362699)
Also closest to INLX 10000-10270 1968
SKU 32105-01

- Unlettered RTR Black IC 1969 Body is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered. It features the 1969 body with a two-rung ladder on the left side of the body, Underframe brake linkage, Monoloc door locks, Tipple-Style coal load, Ajax high handbrake and Morton-style brake step. This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with Genuine Kadee® scale couplers. Use this car for the following prototype series or your own road:
IC 85000-86199 1969 (ICG 361000-362199)
IC 89700-89999 1969 (ICG 362700-362999)
SKU 32106-01

- Unlettered RTR Black ICG 1972 Body is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered. It features the 1972 body assembly, with a two-rung ladder on the left side of the body, hidden center-tube brake linkage, Monoloc door locks, Tipple-Style coal load, Ajax high handbrake and Morton-style brake step. This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with Genuine Kadee® scale couplers. Use this car for the following prototype series or your own road:
ICG 363000-363099 1972
INLX 10271-10330 1972
EWSX 10001-10050 1972
SKU 32107-01

- Unlettered RTR Black ICG 1977 Body is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered. It features the 1977 body assembly, with a two-rung ladder on the left side of the body, hidden center-tube brake linkage, Unit Latch door locks, Tipple-Style coal load, Ajax high handbrake and Morton-style brake step. This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with Genuine Kadee® scale couplers. Use this car for the following prototype series or your own road:
ICG 363100-363499 1977
SKU 32108-01

All of these models (with prototype Bethlehem coal hopper photos) can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent Scale Models IC/ICG Centralia 3834cf Quad Coal Hopper is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils. Our IC Centralia 3834cf Quad Coal Hopper system of models offers a multitude of detail variations and phases to replicate the many different Centralia offerings. Example variations include: 1968, 1969, 1972 and 1977 body assembly builds. This replica includes our fine “near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished scale metal grab irons, coupler lift bars, accompanying Kadee® scale couplers and NMRA-compliant yet hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks. At more than 120 parts per car, not to mention phase accurate details, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today! A quick synopsis of our IC Centralia Quad 3834cf Quad Coal Hopper era and railroad-specific details and variations include:
• Dimensional accuracy - designed from IC Centralia Shops Quad 3834cf Quad Coal Hopper plans and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• Industry-leading “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Multiple IC/ICG Centralia 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977 bodies and assembly builds, with end frame, ladder assemblies and brake gear details
• Two coal load options: Flood vs. Tipple Style
• “See through” brake step platform
• Proform Incorporated "Hopper Topper” roof covers with etched metal running boards available separately
• Road-specific details for each scheme, including 6 brake wheel housing options and 2 different routing board options.
• Beautiful details including separately-applied scale wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded on” plastic grab irons or “thick” plastic grab iron parts anywhere on this replica!
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back detail
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part (2 possible options!)
• Weighted to NMRA specifications – yes, even with the coal load removed
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models IC/ICG Centralia 3834cf Quad Coal Hopper. Pricing for RTR models is $54.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models. RTR Proform Incorporated "Hopper Topper” roof covers are available in 3-packs for $44.95.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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You’ve been asking for 1960s tank cars.  Here they are.  No preorders.  No waiting.  These cars are available right now.  Oh - and don’t forget to enjoy one of the first North American Car Corporation tank car models ever made in the history of HO!

North American Car Corporation (NACC) produced this 20,500 Gallon tank car design between 1963-1966. These non-insulated tank cars were used for various commodities, including Vegetable Oils, Dyes and Colorants, Coatings, Liquid Phosphorous, Carbon Dioxide, Ethylene, Hydrochloric Acid, Kerosene, and Gasoline. The welded tank design does not include an expansion dome but instead has a loading bonnet, gauging device, and a safety valve or safety vent. The underside of the underframe features the brake appliances, bottom outlet, and some cars have heater coil system pipes. These cars are notable by the handrails that extend across the entire tank from the ends. All of these features fit within a Plate B clearance envelope.

The Tangent Scale Models NACC 20,500 Gallon Tank Car is a dimensionally-accurate replica that adds great visual variety to your tank car fleet. Our model includes key build variations, notably the top of tank fittings, underframe fittings, and brake systems. This replica includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.

Our March 2026 release of the HO NACC 1963-design 20,500 Gallon Non-Insulated Tank Car includes four railroad schemes, plus two RTR unlettered “but painted” options.

- AESX "AE Staley Manufacturing Company Delivery 1963" leads off in a shipper-designed bright white and blue paint scheme with the classic Staley logo, including the words “Vegetable Oils.”  The left side of the car includes the classic 1960s A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company stenciling, effectively advertising the company’s brand and product.  Check out this model’s distinctive color separations: white carbody, blue underframe, and blue tank band.  Additionally, you will see the reporting mark, road numbers, and NACC-standard serial number applied to the super-detailed underframe.  These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps.  These beautiful cars are available with 4 numbers, perfect for building a small fleet of these gorgeous and distinctive tank cars.  SKU 31010

- NATX "Black Lease Delivery 1966" introduces the first version of the NATX “plain black lease” paint scheme, this one from the 1966 original build of this specific car lot.  These cars feature the Roman-style stenciling in white, which certainly “pops” against the black-painted carbody.  Like most non-billboard lessee stenciled tank cars, these cars state their lessee in a very small stencil on the car, including the words “Hercules Powder Company.”  Check out the reporting mark, road numbers, and NACC-standard serial number applied to the super-detailed underframe.  These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps.  These cars are available with 4 road numbers, perfect for filling out your era-specific trains.  SKU 31011

- NATX "Anderson Clayton Foods" 1973+ gives modelers an example of one specific use for these non-insulated, purpose-built tank cars, and that is food service products.  Painted in a distinctive dark green carbody color, these cars proudly wear the Anderson Clayton Foods era-specific company branding.  These cars also feature the Roman-style stenciling in white, which certainly “pops” against the green-painted carbody.  Also note that some of the rooftop appliances are painted white as an opposing color to the carbody green.  Because these cars were repainted in 1973, they include ACI labels, appropriate COTS, and a “Leased from North American Car Corporation” logo.  The “TEX” in place of the NEW date on the side of the car references the Texarkana TX shop where the updating and painting occurred.  Check out the reporting mark, road numbers, and NACC-standard serial number applied to the super-detailed underframe.  The underframe lettering also includes references to the steam coil system that the car is equipped with internally – and the external reference being the aforementioned lettering and the two pairs of inlet-outlet pipes protruding from the underframe in the center of the car.  These pipes are a Tangent variation to replicate the prototype’s underbody appliances.  These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps.  These cars are available in 4 numbers.  SKU 31012

- NATX "Black Lease Repaint" 1990+ is our modern paint scheme offering on this model for our first release.  This car SKU is a “black lease” scheme that was common from that era.  These cars feature the 1990-era Roman-style stenciling in white, which certainly “pops” against the black-painted carbody.  Like most non-billboard lessee stenciled tank cars, these cars state their lessee in a very small stencil on the car, including the words “Agrico Chemicals Lessee.”  Reflecting the modernized paint applied to these cars, they are equipped with 3-panel COTS and modernized tank car data including DOT references.  Check out the reporting mark and road numbers applied to the super-detailed underframe.  These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps.  These cars are available with 4 road numbers, perfect for filling out your era-specific trains.  SKU 31013

For our first release, we are excited to also release two painted and unlettered RTR options, continuing our dedication to the customers who want to finish their own cars.  We have done the hard work for you – we have painted these models in one of two colors for you – black or white - so they are ready for decaling.  We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products.

- Unlettered RTR White Body and Underframe is a completely assembled RTR model, painted white and unlettered.  It features the ICC-111A-100-W-1 body and associated underframe and appliances.  This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with genuine Kadee® scale couplers.  SKU 31005-01

- Unlettered RTR Black Body and Underframe is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered.  It features the ICC-111A-100-W-1 body and associated underframe and appliances.  This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with genuine Kadee® scale couplers.  SKU 31006-01

All of these models (with prototype North American Car Corporation tank car photos) can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent Scale Models NACC 20,500 Gallon Tank Car is a dimensionally-accurate replica that adds great visual variety to your tank car fleet.  Our model includes key build variations, notably the top of tank fittings, underframe fittings, and brake systems.  This replica includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail.  Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.  With beautiful details, tank body accurate details, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today!  A quick synopsis of our NACC 20,500 Gallon Tank Car paint-scheme specific details and variations include:

• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• Industry-leading “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Multiple 5-course tank body details and assembly builds, including top of tank appliance variations and bottom outlet appliance variations
• “See through” rooftop walkways and end platforms
• “Lacey” handrails and ladders
• Separately applied tank strap detail
• Accurately angled bolster details
• Dimensionally-correct hazardous placards with accurate hole detail
• “See-through” bolster detail just like the prototype
• Detailed brake system including a combination of plastic and wire parts to maximize realism
• Separate flexible durable rubber air hoses
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers – no knock-offs
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back detail
• Replacement semi-scale wheels available separately from Tangent
• Weighted to NMRA specifications
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models NACC 20,500 Gallon Tank Car, a first of its kind in HO scale!  Pricing for RTR models is $69.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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No preorders.  No waiting.  These cars are available right now.

From 1974 to 1980, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation built 8,715 100-Ton “Eastern Design Quad” coal hoppers of 3350 cubic foot capacity.  These quad hoppers were purchased in large build groups by Louisville & Nashville (L&N) and Clinchfield Railroad (CRR) for loading at Appalachian coal mines, and these quad hoppers became the backbones for both railroad’s coal fleets, plus SCWX South Carolina utility fleet cars.  These cars served well into the CSXT era in un-rebuilt configurations due to their importance in CSXT’s coal-hauling strategy.  These 3350 cubic foot quad coal hoppers are visually similar but not the same as the "Western design” 3600 cubic foot quad hoppers as utilized by Union Pacific, also offered by Tangent.  That’s right, we have tooled and are now offering the correct “Eastern design” car as built by Bethlehem Steel!

The Tangent Scale Models Bethlehem Steel 3350cf Quad Coal Hopper features multiple era-specific bodies and assemblies covering the original 1974-1980 BSC build variations.  Our model is a dimensionally-accurate replica of the real car, and includes other key build variations such as brake housings, brake equipment, end frames and roping plates. This replica includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail as well as full body interior rivet detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with separate, real wire grab irons, coupler lift bars, rubber air hoses, genuine Kadee® scale couplers, accurate CNC-machined wheels, 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps and sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.  Finally, our model includes a realistic, removeable coal load of either the “flood” or “tipple” style.

Our February 2026 release of the Bethlehem Steel 3350cf Quad Coal Hopper includes five railroad schemes, plus four RTR unlettered “but painted black” options.

- Louisville & Nashville (L&N) "Delivery Orange" 1974 introduces the first-ever class of Bethlehem quad hoppers delivered to any railroad!  In turn, these were the first order of L&N cars, and they are very distinctive because they were painted in an orange carbody color!  This class of cars was comprised of 650 cars delivered by Bethlehem across the late 1973 and early 1974 period.  These cars feature the “slanted” L&N reporting marks – and all other stenciling - in black.  The models feature an accurate 1974 Bethlehem Steel carbody including with angled gussets on the top chord corners and single “lower” side posts at the bolsters.  Take a moment to look at the bottom corner roping plate details – see-through and accurate, allowing you to see the terminating bottom chord behind them.  The B-end of the model features an accurate Equipco 3750F high handbrake, “modern” brake wheel and Morton-style brake step.  Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load.  These coal cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating Hyatt roller bearing caps.  The L&N lettering on the cars includes varying CAPY, paint and COTS data across the different car numbers.  These cars are available in 24 numbers, perfect for building those coal trains right now on your layout.  These L&N models are available with month specific build dates: SKUs -01 through -12 are 1-74.  SKUs -13 through -24 are 2-74.  It's time to haul coal.  SKU 32014

- CSXT Era "L&N Orange" 1991+ is a modernized take on the L&N "Delivery Orange" Bethlehem quad hoppers.  These cars feature the “slanted” L&N reporting marks – and all other stenciling - in black.  Our model includes the CSXT restencils for LD LMT and LT WT, as well as a CSXT reweigh from 1991.  Additionally, the COTS boxes have been updated with modernized lubrication dates.  The models feature an accurate 1973-1974 Bethlehem Steel carbody including with angled gussets on the top chord corners and single “lower” side posts at the bolsters.  The B-end of the model features an accurate Equipco 3750F high handbrake, “modern” brake wheel and Morton-style brake step.  Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load.  These coal cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps.  The CSX-era stenciling on the cars includes varying CAPY, Paint and COTS data across the different car numbers.  These cars are available in 12 numbers, perfect for filling out those coal trains – to go with your other coal hoppers to make your colorful consist.  These CSX models are available with month specific CSXT reweigh dates: SKUs -01 through -06 are 2-91.  SKUs -07 through -12 are 3-91.  For CSX modelers of this era, the coal trains had a variety of reporting mark options and coal hopper types!  SKU 32015

- Louisville & Nashville (L&N) "Delivery White Slant 1976" introduces a new L&N class of Bethlehem quad hoppers – this time from a group of 1000 cars which Bethlehem Steel delivered across the late 1976 and early 1977 period.  These cars feature the “slanted” L&N reporting marks – and all other stenciling - in white on a black car.  The models feature an accurate 1976 Bethlehem Steel carbody, including rounded top chord corner caps, paired lower posts at the side bolsters, and tiny accurate triangle supports on the bottom chord near the bolster posts.  The B-end of the model features an accurate Klasing 1150 high handbrake, “modern” brake wheel and Morton-style brake step.  Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load.  These coal hoppers roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating Hyatt roller bearing caps.  The L&N lettering on the cars includes varying CAPY, Paint and COTS data across the different car numbers.  These cars are available in 24 numbers, perfect for building those coal trains right now on your layout.  These L&N models are available with month-specific build dates: SKUs -01 through -14 are 11-76.  SKUs -15 through -24 are 12-76.  L&N and CSX modelers especially need these!  SKU 32016

- CSXT Era "Restencil Ex-LN White Slant 1990-1991+" introduces a new CSX paint scheme, this time a former L&N class of Bethlehem quad hoppers.  These CSX cars are restenciled former L&N cars from a group of 1000 cars which Bethlehem Steel delivered across the late 1976 and early 1977 period.  These cars are CSXT “patch-outs” from various 1991 dates.  The models feature an accurate 1976 Bethlehem Steel carbody, including rounded top chord corner caps, paired lower posts at the side bolsters, and tiny accurate triangle supports on the bottom chord near the bolster posts.  The B-end of the model features an accurate Ajax high handbrake, “modern” brake wheel and Morton-style brake step.  Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load.  These coal hoppers roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps.  These cars are available in a total of 12 numbers and are perfect for building those coal trains right now on your layout.  These CSXT models are available with a variety of patches, reweigh dates, CAPT lettering and COTS dates .
SKUs -01 through -06 cover 1991+ CSX “Shorter” black patches over the reporting marks with CSXT reweigh dates:

SKUs -01 and -05 are CSXT 10-91

SKUs -02 and -06 are CSXT 1-91

SKU -03 is CSXT 2-91

SKU -04 is CSXT 3-91

SKUs -07 through -12 cover earlier 1990+ CSX “Taller” black patches over the reporting marks (applied at Corbin, KY) and maintain their SBD reweigh dates:

SKU -07 is SBD 3-85

SKU -08 is SBD 10-83

SKU -09 is SBD 8-85

SKU -10 is SBD 6-86

SKU -11 has no reweigh date stencil (yup, we went off of an in-service prototype photo!)

SKU -12 is SBD 8-83

CSX modelers – we are still working to give you great hopper variety!  Oh, and we forgot to mention, the weathered gray base paint color for SKUs 01-06 is a different shade than SKUs 07-12, so the variety in your trains will be even better.  Does anyone provide you with prototypical resonance better than Tangent does?  SKU 32017

- Seaboard System (SBD) "Seaboard Repaint" 1986+ illustrates the often-requested “Seaboard System” paint scheme, as applied to these Bethlehem hopper cars.  These models feature the black carbody color along with the sharp red and yellow large “Seaboard System” graphic on the side.  The models feature an accurate 1980-built Bethlehem body including rounded top chord corner caps, paired lower posts at the side bolsters, oval hole roping plates at the side corners and small extensions on the end corner faces.  It’s these variation details that set apart Tangent tooling from anyone else.  All coal hoppers do NOT look alike.  The B-end of the model features an accurate Klasing 1150 high handbrake, “modern” brake wheel and Morton-style brake step.  Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load.  These coal cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps.  These Seaboard models are available in two variations of the Seaboard System repaint scheme:  SKUs -01 through -06 are repainted in 4-1986 and feature reporting mark lettering indented one panel to the right, while SKUs -07 through -12 are repainted 3-1986 and show off left-justified SBD reporting marks.  Variety is what makes repaint schemes so interesting! SKU 32018

We also have four painted and unlettered RTR options available, continuing our dedication to the customers who want to finish their own cars.  We have painted these models black for you, so they are ready for decaling.  We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products.

- Unlettered RTR Black 1974 Body is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered.  It features the 1974 Bethlehem body and corner roping plates, Tipple-Style coal load, Equipco 3750 high handbrake and Morton-style brake step.  This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with Genuine Kadee® scale couplers.  Use this car for the following prototype series or your own road:

LN 193400-193999 1974 (SBD/CSXT 341532-342046)

LN 194000-194399 1974 (SBD/CSXT 342050-342412)

CRR 56700-56999  1974 (SBD/CSXT 342414-342702)

SKU 32005-01

- Unlettered RTR Black 1976-1978 Body is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered.  It features the 1976-78 Bethlehem body and corner roping plates, Flood-Style coal load, Ellcon National 1148  high handbrake and Morton-style brake step.  This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with Genuine Kadee® scale couplers.  Use this car for the following prototype series or your own road:

CRR 57000-57799 1976 (SBD/CSXT 342710-343491)

LN 196200-198799 1976-77 (SBD/CSXT 344894-347388)

LN 198800-199249 1978 (SBD/CSXT 347390-347826)

CRR 57800-57999 1978 (SBD/CSXT 347828-348026)

SKU 32006-01

- Unlettered RTR Black 1979 Body is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered.  It features the 1979 Bethlehem body and corner roping plates, Flood-Style coal load, Equipco 3750 high handbrake and Morton-style brake step.  This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Brenco-3 caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with Genuine Kadee® scale couplers.  Use this car for the following prototype series or your own road:

CRR 58000-58699 1979 (SBD/CSXT 348100-348710)

SCWX 101-254 1979

SKU 32007-01

- Unlettered RTR Black 1980 Body is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered.  It features the 1980 Bethlehem body and corner roping plates, Flood-Style coal load, Equipco 3750 high handbrake and Morton-style brake step.  This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Brenco-3 caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with Genuine Kadee® scale couplers.  Use this car for the following prototype series or your own road:

LN 550000-550999 1980 (SBD/CSXT 348738-349685)

SKU 32008-01

All of these models (with prototype Bethlehem coal hopper photos) can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent Scale Models Bethlehem Steel 3350cf Quad Coal Hopper is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils.  Our Bethlehem Steel 3350cf Quad Coal Hopper system of models offers a multitude of detail variations and phases to replicate the many different Bethlehem Steel offerings.  Example variations include: 1974, 1976-1978, 1979 and 1980 body assembly builds.   This replica includes our fine “near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail.  Our ready-to-operate replica is finished scale metal grab irons, coupler lift bars, accompanying Kadee® scale couplers and sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.  At more than 120 parts per car, not to mention phase accurate details, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today!  A quick synopsis of our Bethlehem Steel 3350cf Quad Coal Hopper era and railroad-specific details and variations include:

• Dimensional accuracy - designed from Bethlehem Steel 3350cf Quad Coal Hopper plans and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• Industry-leading “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Multiple Bethlehem 1974, 1976-1978, 1979 and 1980 bodies and assembly builds, with correct bolster post/detail variations, roping plate versions and top chord corner cap options
• Two coal load options: Flood vs. Tipple Style
• “See through” brake step platform
• Road-specific details for each scheme, including 7 brake wheel housing options, 2 ABD Valve options, 2 retainer valve mounting options and 2 different routing board options.
• Beautiful details including separately-applied scale wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded on” plastic grab irons or “thick” plastic grab iron parts anywhere on this replica!
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back detail
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part (2 possible options!)
• Weighted to NMRA specifications – yes, even with the coal load removed!
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Bethlehem Steel 3350cf Quad Coal Hopper, a first of its kind in HO scale!  It is (was!) one of the most-requested HO freight cars in our line!  Pricing for RTR models is $58.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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Fast forward to today’s release: our NINTH “Tangent quality” HO scale caboose offering. The era of “one size fits all” cabooses in HO scale plastic is over. We bring our passion and knowledge for translating real 1:1 railroad equipment from freight cars to cabooses. We execute caboose products at a level that significantly surpasses brass models.

Our ninth caboose model is the HO Scale Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose System. This Tangent system covers ERIE’s 1953 order of ICC riveted bay window cabooses. These 50 bay window cabooses served through decades of change, from the ERIE and EL to CR and D&H, through the 1980s and even today. These ERIE cabooses were built by International Car Corporation (ICC) in Kenton, Ohio. ICC was on the ERIE mainline, so it is appropriate that Erie was amongst the first railroads to purchase International cabooses! These Bay Window caboose are easily recognizable with riveted body construction, an overhanging Stanray diagonal-panel roof edge, large windows, a “wagon wheel” roof antenna and bright “Safety Red” paint. This Tangent caboose marks the first “high-detail” RTR ERIE Railroad caboose replica in HO scale, and is being released today.

By 1953, the Erie Railroad served 6 states, with over 2,300 miles of track. ERIE certainly lived up to one of its slogans: “Serving the Heart of Industrial America” with rails from New York to Chicago. The Erie Railroad had previously relied on its Dunmore, Pennsylvania shops to build its steel caboose fleet, with both riveted and welded versions of cupola cabooses between 1941 and 1946. By 1952, ERIE wanted a bay window style caboose. Even though the Dunmore Shops would build one prototype sample, ERIE pivoted the design and production to online customer International Car Corporation. Kenton, Ohio-based ICC used its design, engineering and construction knowledge to create these 50 modern, streamlined, all-steel bay window caboose cars. ERIE was the first Class One Railroad to receive this new style of “bay window” caboose from ICC.

The Erie Railroad’s 50 new cabooses were delivered in stunning safety red paint with black roofs and underframe. They were modern rolling offices complete with amenities like electricity, lights, radio communication, bunks, a conductor desk, seating and an electrical generator. Make no mistake about it – the new ERIE cabooses were destined for their mainline trains. These new cabooses featured ICC’s riveted construction, roof-top walkways and rode on repurposed General Steel Casting Corporation “Express” trucks. With the underframe showing off a low-mounted generator, battery box and 6 foot axle spacing on the trucks, these mainline cabooses have a distinctive look on the Erie, a.k.a. “The Heavy Duty Railroad.”

Our Tangent Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose System covers the details, bodies and nuances of the 1953 through 1980s caboose eras:
ERIE 301-350 (1953-1960)
…to EL 301-350 (1960-1976)
…to CR 21100-21146 (1976-1988+)
…and D&H 35805-35807 (1976-1984)

As with many cabooses, the paint schemes that these cabooses wore changed over time: With the ERIE-DL&W merger in 1960, a new version of the safety red/lightning bolt paint scheme evolved with the new Erie Lackawanna corporate name. Various solid EL red paint variations started in 1962. New sliding window screens and frames and side body-mounted marker lights were added by the EL in 1971, completely changing the look of the caboose body. EL’s sharp gray and maroon repaints started showing up in 1973. By late 1976, Conrail began their own modernization program to remove the roof walkways and apply their standard end railings and lighting modifications. Today, there are several of these cabooses in various museums and display uses. And yes, two of the CR-modified examples are still running on today’s Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in attractive red paint! 70+ years of changes translates to quite a ride for these ERIE warriors.

It’s difficult to understate the importance of these ERIE ICC Bay Window cabooses. They were the newest and most modern ERIE road caboose when they debuted in 1953, continued their mainline role through the EL and had long service lives through Conrail. This era is an incredible period of change for railroads like the ERIE, EL and CR, and it is easy to see why Tangent has planted its ERIE caboose flag here. And let’s face it, we love to count RIVETS!

So, if you model just about anywhere along the Erie and Erie Lackawanna Railroads, appreciate the incredible variety of Conrail system cabooses, or just love the ERIE and EL, your patience is finally rewarded. We are very pleased with how our newest “labor of love” caboose project looks and operates, and we hope you will be too.

And now, on to the models! The Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose System is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate group of scale replicas with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils. Our ERIE cabooses were designed from meticulous field dimensions, and include incredible levels of detail such as multiple era-specific bodies, roofs, ends, railing options, brake wheel options, caboose truck options, generator options, toilet pipe options, rooftop antenna, multiple smoke jacks, accurately scaled window treatments, plus beautiful steps and end platforms with accurate tread detail. Inside the model is an accurate ICC-applied interior.

Our ERIE cabooses include interior lighting, plus exterior lighting features like lit end lanterns, lit body marker lights, lit dual CR end marker lights or lit CR-style FRA end flasher, all based on the individual paint schemes and era. Yes, each of the individual SKUs have carefully researched lighting and detail applications appropriate for the era of the paint scheme. These “no fuss” track-powered interior and exterior lights are compatible with DC or DCC setups right out of the box (a simple wand included in the box activates the lights). Finally, our ready-to-operate replicas include “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail, coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.

We want to be very clear. The Tangent Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose System is not a generic model painted red, like what you may “already have.” This is Tangent-Level execution of ERIE riveted bay window caboose details. These different body and build options cover multiple eras, paint schemes and modernization programs, all with accurate lighting options plus era and road number specific details.

In short:
Yes, the models are lit, with both interior and exterior lighting features as appropriate for each paint scheme.
Yes, the models have accurate full interiors visible through the windows.
Yes, the models include a simple wand to control the lighting on DC or DCC.

The Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose System of replicas is AVAILABLE TODAY and includes the following eight RTR schemes plus four undecorated kit options:

- Erie Railroad (ERIE) "Delivery Red 1953" w/ Interior Lights and Lit End Lanterns replicates the as-delivered ERIE paint scheme and configuration from International Car Corporation. The carbody is painted “Safety Red” with a black roof, bottom sill and underframe. This is an incredibly sharp paint scheme with the ‘RADIO EQUIPPED” lightning bolts flanking the bay window – and it screams 1950s railroading. The rooftop running board is unpainted (silver). Check out that wagon wheel antenna and ground plane on the roof, along with tiny elbow vent pipes. The underside is packed with details like full brake rigging, battery box, toilet dump pipe and a low hanging generator with cabling and axle belt. The ends feature an accurate Miner brake wheel. The model rides in Tangent’s All-New General Steel Casting “Express” trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. Notice the Repack data is stenciled on the right hand truck face, a neat little detail applied by ICC Kenton. The caboose has a fully-painted green and black ICC applied interior. For lighting, this Tangent ERIE model is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses along with lit corner lanterns with red and green lenses on one end. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering our ERIE “Delivery Red 1953” scheme in 6 numbers. Each car number features accurate month and day data in the BLT and REPACK stencils.
SKU -01 is bult 4-1953
SKU -02 is bult 5-1953
SKU -03 is bult 6-1953
SKU -04 is bult 6-1953
SKU -05 is bult 8-1953
SKU -06 is bult 9-1953
This ERIE Delivery scheme is simply gorgeous. SKU 60710

- Erie Lackawanna (EL) "Simplified Repaint 1966" w/ Interior Lights and Lit End Lanterns gives modelers an example of the solid-red EL repaint scheme from 1966. The entire body and sill are painted Safety Red, with a black roof and walkway. The underframe and steps are black. The Erie Lackawanna diamond logo is applied to the face of the bay window. Off to the right is the condensed “RADIO” lettering denoting the caboose is equipped with a radio for crew communication. On the roof, the wagon wheel antenna stands tall with a detailed smoke jack nearby. The underside is loaded with details: full brake rigging, battery box, relocated toilet dump pipe and a low hanging generator with cables and axle belt. The ends feature an accurate Miner brake wheel, separately applied coupler cut levers and train line air hoses. The model rides in Tangent’s All-New General Steel Casting “Express” trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. The caboose has a fully-painted green/black ICC applied interior. For lighting, this Tangent EL Repaint is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses along with lit corner lanterns with red and green lenses on one end. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering our EL “Simplified Repaint 1966” scheme in 6 numbers. Each car number features accurate car body number, RADIO lettering spacing and positioning based on photos. For the EL fans paying attention: Yes, each car has varying placement and different month and day data in the IDT, paint code, inspection, truck changeout and REPACK stencils from the EL’s Hornell, New York shop in 1966. Stepwell data and end reporting mark placement on each individual model also vary by car number. It’s these little details that make cabooses so interesting – every repaint is different!
SKU -01, -02, -05, -06 are repainted 10-1966
SKU -03, -04 are repainted 6-1966
SKU 60711

- Erie Lackawanna (EL) "Gray & Maroon 1973" w/ Interior Lights and Lit Marker Light Boxes shows off Erie Lackawanna’s late caboose paint scheme, and the one that most modelers seem to desire since it goes with their “modern” Erie Lackawanna power! This is a handsome paint scheme no matter how you look at it with a gray center band, maroon body and yellow pinstripes. This body version features sliding window screen tracks and (lit) side body marker lights. These prototype features were added a couple years earlier by the EL, and really stand out in this paint scheme. On the end, the yellow door and angled body stripes provide much-needed visibility. The roof features a wagon wheel antenna and ground plane, smoke jack and small elbow vent pipes. The underside features full brake rigging, battery box and that distinctive low hanging generator with cables and axle belt. Eagle-eyed modelers will notice the lack of a toilet dump pipe – by 1973, the EL has installed a Chemical retention toilet (no more dumping to the tracks). The ends feature an accurate power brake wheel, separately applied coupler cut levers and train line air hoses. The model rides in Tangent’s All-New General Steel Casting “Express” trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. The caboose has a fully-painted light gray/green and black interior. For lighting, this Tangent EL Repaint is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses along with lit body side mount red/green marker light boxes. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering our EL “Gray & Maroon 1973” scheme in 6 numbers. It is worth noting here that each individual car number is photo-matched. That means the little body details like smoke jacks and brake wheels vary by number. That also means specific lettering changes for each car number like placement, repaint dates, COTS data and more. Variety is a wonderful thing. EL repaint cabooses are truly worth doing right – every repaint is different!
SKU -01, -02, -03, -04 are repainted in 11-1973
SKU -05 is repainted in 9-1973
SKU -06 is repainted in 1-1974 (Yes, it was a little late to the 1973 repaint party)
SKU 60712

- Conrail N7D “Blue Repaint 6-1976” w/ Interior Lights and Lit Marker Light Boxes replicates the early Conrail repaints. These feature the full-length CR logo along the body and high CONRAIL roadname in the top right corner. CR fans will immediately recognize the paint shop – these cabooses were repainted by the former EL Meadville, PA Shop (that’s the MDV 6-76 down on the sill!). Meadville had its own distinctive way of painting and stenciling railcars and cabooses, and they did not disappoint with these early Conrail repaints. Notice the end body stripes, reminding everyone of the cabooses’ EL heritage. The roof walkway was maintained on 1976 blue CR repaints. But other features like the smoke jacks and antenna configurations are photo matched to each number. The same goes for the underframe – the underbody details like the toolbox and generator style change depending on the car number. Yes, we are working from individual car photos! The lit side marker light boxes are painted white to match the prototypes. These CR repaints have a chemical toilet installed, so that translates to no visible dump pipe on the underframe. The ends feature an accurate power brake wheel, separately applied coupler cut levers and train line air hoses. The model rides in Tangent’s All-New General Steel Casting “Express” trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. The caboose has a fully-painted light gray interior. For lighting, this Tangent CR repaint is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses along with lit body side mount red/green marker light boxes. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering our CR “Blue Repaint 6-1976” scheme in 3 numbers. Note that while all three cabooses were repainted in June of 1976, each individual car number is photo-matched. That means the body details, underframe details, and lettering details all vary by number. Check out our photos on the website to see the differences! Do not miss this fantastic scheme. SKU 60713

- Conrail N7D “Blue Repaint 1981+ Era” w/ Interior Lights and Lit FRA Flasher gives 1981+ CR modelers an accurate caboose option. These models match Conrail’s modifications to the roof and ends. The roof has been simplified: the walkway has been removed, but the support brackets remain. The antenna ground plane is also gone by this era, and the cabooses have replacement smoke jacks. The ends were rebuilt to match the sister N7 ex PC/NYC class and include the installation of the FRA flashing end light. (Yes, it’s ORANGE per CR practice!) If you look at the one end, you will even notice the window is gone, replaced by a fuel fill pipe. This corresponds to the removal of the coal stove and changeover to an oil bunker and CABAN oil heater. The side marker lights are plated over. Under the caboose, Conrail replaced the large generator with their standard DAYCO belt drive. The battery box is also gone. The trucks have been changed to 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Caboose Trucks. The paint scheme features the shorter CR logo with CONRAIL and car number on the side, along with era accurate COTS and U-1 inspection dots. If you look carefully in the upper right corner, you can spot the former EL car number, carefully recorded in white stencil paint. The FRA end flasher application, along with these detail and lettering features, combine to accurately execute a 1981+ era Conrail caboose. For lighting, these Tangent CR 1981+ era cabooses are equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses along with flashing (orange) end FRA lights. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering our CR “Blue Repaint 1981+ Era” scheme in 2 exact numbers. Each car number is photo-matched, so the details like the body sill notches, smoke jacks and specific CR lettering placement are accurate! Check out our photos on the website! SKU 60714

- D&H "Bridge Line Repaint 1981+ Era" w/Interior Lights & Lit FRA Flasher duplicates a very specific Delaware & Hudson caboose. Three of the Erie Lackawanna 1953 ICC cabooses were transferred to D&H in 1976, numbered DH 35805-35807. This Tangent model shows how D&H 35805 appeared in its 1981+ configuration. Let’s cut to the chase: Look at those trucks! By 1981, the 35805 lost one of its ERIE General Steel Castings Express trucks and had it changed to a plain bearing leaf spring caboose truck. The 35805 ran with this truck configuration for the rest of its D&H career. We have accurately modeled this neat detail on the model – so please don’t send your model back to us and tell us “we did it wrong I want my money back!” Instead, blame the D&H! The model is painted in D&H bright red with “THE BRIDGE LINE” slogan, and the classy D&H logo, which is owned by the Delaware & Hudson Railway Historical Society. The ACI label has been removed, with a patch remaining. The side marker lights were removed and plated over by the D&H Oneonta, NY shop personnel during its refurbishing. The wagon wheel antenna is gone, replaced with a Motorola firecracker antenna. On one end, you will notice a plated window with oil fill, as D&H installed an oil bunker in that corner for the CABAN oil heater. For lighting, this D&H 35805 is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses along with flashing (red) end FRA lights. Notice the FRA light is offset to the left of the daytime red reflective disc, just like this exact prototype. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! One accurate number in glorious D&H red: SKU 60715-01

- D&H "Simple Repaint 1980+ Era" w/Interior Lights, Lit Marker Lights & Lit FRA Flasher mimics another great example of a specific Delaware & Hudson caboose. Three of the Erie Lackawanna 1953 ICC cabooses were transferred to D&H in 1976, numbered DH 35805-35807. This Tangent model shows how D&H 35806 appeared in its 1980+ configuration. This caboose features a bright red body with white Delaware & Hudson lettering and the classy D&H logo, which is owned by the Delaware & Hudson Railway Historical Society. Painted in 1980 by the D&H Oneonta, NY car shop, this scheme features an era-accurate COTS box and U-1 Inspection dot. Along the way, this particular caboose received new end doors and a sealed door windows, carefully duplicated on the Tangent model. The model rides in Tangent’s All-New General Steel Casting “Express” trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. The caboose has a fully-painted light gray interior, including D&H’s specific addition of a Fuel oil bunker and CABAN oil heater. For lighting, this D&H 35806 is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses along with side (green in both directions!) marker light boxes and flashing (red!) end FRA lights. Notice the FRA light is offset to the left of the daytime red reflective disc, just like this exact prototype. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! One accurate number in sharp D&H red: SKU 60716-01

- Reading and Northern 2014+ w/ Interior Lights and Lit Marker Lights is a great example of a former ERIE ICC caboose in service today. Reading and Northern (or more formally, Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad) is a regional railroad that operates in eastern Pennsylvania. The RBMN operates a small fleet of cabooses, including two former ERIE ICC 1953 examples. We chose RBMN 92847 for this release. Purchased from Conrail, our model exhibits all of the CR modifications you would expect: the walkway has been removed, but the support brackets remain. The antenna and ground plane were removed. The ends were rebuilt to match the CR sister N7 ex PC/NYC class. But RBMN removed the end CR-style FRA light and restored the Erie Lackawanna-style side marker light boxes (now that’s officially cool!). The RBMN also restored the end window that used to be blanked by the oil bunker. Somewhere along the way, the Conrail-era 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Caboose Trucks have been swapped to plain bearing 70-Ton Caboose Trucks. We have faithfully duplicated this on the model. For lighting, this RBMN replica is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses along with lit side box marker lights. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering this Reading and Northern 2014+ in one exact number. SKU 60717-01

- Undec Kit - "ERIE/EL Body 1953-1970 Era” is an unassembled kit version of the Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose in its as-delivered body configuration. This kit matches ERIE C301-C350 and EL C301-C350. This kit body accurately models a caboose from 1953 to 1970 with original widows. (Before the side windows were rebuilt with sliding screen frames.) Part options cover doors, brake wheels and smoke jack variations. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronic power board is included. One pair of brass LED lantern marker lights are included. (You must supply your own power circuit or decoder.) It is perfect for those who want to build their own caboose! Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes General Steel Casting “Express” trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60700-01

- Undec Kit - "EL Modernized Body 1971-1976+ Era” is an unassembled kit version of the Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose in its modernized body configuration. This kit matches EL C301-C350. This kit body accurately models a caboose from 1971 through 1976+ with sliding side window screens and side mounted marker light boxes. Part options cover doors, brake wheels and smoke jack variations. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronic power board is included. LEDs and side mounted marker box parts are included. (You must supply your own power circuit or decoder.) It is perfect for those who want to build their own caboose! Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes General Steel Casting “Express” trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60701-01

- Undec Kit - "CR Modernized Body 1976+ Era” is an unassembled kit version of the Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose in its CR modernized body configuration. This kit matches CR 21100-21146. This kit body accurately models a Conrail caboose 1976+ with roof walkway removed and rebuilt end railings with twin red marker lights. Part options cover brake wheels and smoke jack variations. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronic power board is included. End paired LED marker light parts are included. (You must supply your own power circuit or decoder.) It is perfect for those who want to build their own caboose! Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Caboose Trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60702-01

- Undec Kit - "D&H Body 1978+ Era” is an unassembled kit version of the Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose in its modernized body configuration. This kit matches D&H 38505-38507 repaints. This kit body accurately models a caboose from approximately 1978+ with sliding side window screens and side mounted marker light boxes. Part options cover doors, brake wheels and smoke jack variations. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronic power board is included. LEDs and side mounted marker box parts are included. (You must supply your own power circuit or decoder.) It is perfect for those who want to build their own caboose! Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes General Steel Casting “Express” trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60703-01

Besides the above kits, we are extremely pleased to add another brand-new caboose truck in our industry-leading lineup of HO Scale trucks available on our website:

- General Steel Casting Corporation “Express” Caboose Trucks with power pickup is a pair of our all-new plain bearing trucks as seen on Tangent’s Erie Railroad Bay Window Cabooses. These trucks have a separately installed brake beam part, and power pickup with wires attached. The trucks contain CNC-machined blackened brass wheels, and we are pleased to offer this new truck in both .110” Standard tread and .088” Semi-scale tread versions.
SKU 2049 (.110” Standard Wheels)
SKU 2050 (.088” Semi-Scale Wheels)

All of these models can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu!

These cabooses are shipping today! Features for these replicas include:
- Dimensional accuracy - designed from meticulous field dimensions using real tape measures on two real ERIE ICC cabooses – see “thank you” section below for more details for our project field research
- Highly correct “true to life” colors
- “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
- Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
- “Near-scale” draft gear box
- Multiple road numbers for each scheme, as appropriate
- Road and Era-specific details for each RTR scheme, including multiple body, roof, underframe detail and truck combinations
- A beautiful Stanray “overhanging” diagonal panel roof
- Accurate step and end tread patterns
- See-through end platform options
- See-through and treadplate step options
- Multiple end door options
- Multiple brake wheel options
- Underframe details to match as-built ICC and later railroad-modified configurations
- Multiple roof configurations for different roof walkway, brackets, antennas options
- Underframe and truck axle drive generator options
- Different end railing/marker light options, based on paint scheme and era
- Two different wire “coupler lift bar” detail options, per prototype application
- Accurate ICC interior, including seating, conductor desk, lockers, electrical cabinet, coal stove, coal bin, toilet closet and more. The interior is accurately painted based on the paint scheme and era
- Full underbody details – brake system with brake rods and piping, release rod, battery charging plug, battery box, generator and belt – all based on the prototype!
- Beautiful side wire curved grab irons and intricate ICC rivet applications
- LED illuminated interior lighting “warm” lights to replicate incandescent bulbs of the prototypes that can be controlled on or off
- LED illuminated corner lanterns/body side marker lights/end marker lights/FRA flashing end lights, all based on prototype era, paint scheme and appropriate research. We do this dirty work for you – you can trust us. And don’t worry, all of these lights can be controlled on or off – on each end – independently
- No complicated decoder. No complicated programming. No complicated electronics. DC/DCC compatible track-powered “no fuss” interior and marker light lighting – simple and easy to operate with included wand
- CNC-machined standard RP25 .110” tread 33” wheels (Yes, semi-scale .088” wheels are available separately!)
- All-New truck: General Steel Casting Corporation “Express” Truck
- Alternate later era truck options includes Tangent’s 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing and 70-Ton Gould Plain-Bearing Caboose Trucks
- Recommended age 14 years and older

In order to bring you this project with the level of research required for prototype perfection, we needed to measure and photograph two examples of these cabooses! We would like to give a big “thank you” to:

- The Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier in North Tonawanda, NY, for allowing us to spend an entire day measuring ERIE C348, a veteran of ERIE, EL and D&H use. C348 maintained its window treatments, and most importantly, is still sitting atop those gorgeous General Steel Casting Express trucks. We had beautiful weather to measure and reverse engineer this caboose in a thorough manner, way back during pandemic times.

- Derry Station Railroad Heritage Park in Derry, PA, for maintaining the beautiful blue CR 21143. This caboose is a snapshot of the early Conrail-era 1976 modifications for end railings and roof details for the ex-ERIE C324. The hardest part of this measurement exercise was the distraction of the busy NS (former PRR/PC/Conrail) Pittsburgh-Harrisburg main just 100 feet away. Sometimes, you must pause and watch trains go by!

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Erie Railroad International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose System, our ninth release in the Tangent caboose line. Pricing for RTR models is $149.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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No preorders. No waiting. These new coal hoppers are available right now.

In 1975, the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad (“B&LE”) made a significant capital investment in a new fleet of 100-ton “quad” open hoppers, the first cars of their type, to replace older home road and foreign cars. B&LE ordered 550 cars of 3400 cubic foot capacity from Pullman-Standard’s Bessemer AL plant – which was significant not only for the size of the car order, but because Pullman’s Butler PA plant was a large online customer. B&LE had multiple coal hauling lanes, and these new cars provided stronger incentive to haul coal headed to the railroad’s Lake Erie rail-water transload docks at Conneaut, OH, plus capture more “backhaul” of iron ore business offloaded from “lake boats,” headed to the region’s steel producers via the B&LE. Some of the fleet received minor carbody rebuilding in the 2000s, however most of the cars still serve on B&LE/CN today.

The Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard 3400cf Quad Coal Hopper is a dimensionally-accurate replica of the real car, and includes accurate Wine door lock mechanisms, an Ajax brake housing with Modern brake wheel and body-mounted brake equipment and center tube linkage detail. This model includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail as well as full body interior rivet detail and bracing. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with separate, real wire grab irons, coupler lift bars, rubber air hoses, genuine Kadee® scale couplers, accurate CNC-machined wheels, 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps and sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks. Finally, our model includes a realistic, removeable “flood” style coal load.

It is important to note: These Pullman-Standard 3400 cubic foot quad coal hoppers are quite different from “Western Design” 3600 cubic foot, BSC “Eastern Design” 3350 cubic foot hoppers and IC “Centralia Quad” 3834 cubic foot coal hoppers, all offered by Tangent. That’s right, Tangent offers four different quad coal hoppers!

Our January 2026 release of the Pullman-Standard 3400cf Quad Coal Hopper includes three railroad schemes plus one RTR black-painted but unlettered option.

- Bessemer & Lake Erie (B&LE) Delivery COR-TEN Black 1975" replicates the large 550 car delivery Pullman-Standard delivered to B&LE in 1975. The Tangent model features an accurate 1975-built Pullman body. For the car’s construction, Pullman-Standard used the distinctive Pullman “trapezoid” indentations on the flat side panels, as well as riveted construction. This Tangent model executes all of those details, inside and out. The Quad hopper bays have separate door and door frame detail. The hopper doors themselves are fitted with intricate Wine door locking mechanisms, accurate for these Pullman cars. The B-End of the car has an accurate Ajax high handbrake, Morton brake step and modern brake wheel. Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load. These coal cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating “Brenco-6” caps. On the car sides, Pullman painted the cars with black “strips” of paint in the two locations where identification stenciling was needed, including the B&LE initial and road number and CAPY block at left, and then the distinctive B&LE logo and COTS panels at right. Also, the center sill, end slope sheets and brake components were painted black. In between and everywhere else? COR-TEN naturally-rusted, unpainted steel. Check it out – it looks hot! We have worked hard to replicate the look of the cars in their recently-delivered, “weathered steel” appearance, which got “darker” as the cars aged. We released 24 numbers of these hoppers in 2024. Today we are releasing 24 NEW numbers (i.e. no duplication with our 2024 release) with December 1975 build dates. SKUs 32060-25 through 32060-48

- Bessemer & Lake Erie (B&LE) "Delivery Orange T8 and T16 Auto-Flo 2-1976" replicates two slightly different one-of-a-kind B&LE experimental hopper cars. These prototypes featured modified test outlet gate components, and because of the test nature of these cars, B&LE painted them orange. Tangent is offering these cars by popular demand resplendent in the orange paint jobs, however the outlet gates are not 100% accurate for these experimental “one-off” cars. The bodies of these orange cars are identical to the 1975-built COR-TEN cars. The Tangent model features an accurate 1975-built Pullman body. For the car’s construction, Pullman-Standard used the distinctive Pullman “trapezoid” indentations on the flat side panels, as well as riveted construction. This Tangent model executes all of those details, inside and out. The Quad hopper bays have separate door and door frame detail. The hopper doors themselves are fitted with intricate Wine door locking mechanisms, accurate for these Pullman cars. The B-End of the car has an accurate Ajax high handbrake, Morton brake step and modern brake wheel. Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load. These coal cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating “Timken” caps. Tangent is offering both the individual T8 and T16 Auto-Flo cars with their 2-1976 build dates. SKU 32062-01 (T-8 Auto-Flo) and SKU 32062-02 (T-16 Auto-Flo)

- Bessemer & Lake Erie (B&LE) "Conspicuity Repaint" 2005+ replicates the black repaint version of these B&LE hoppers, including the conspicuity striping, representing the 2005 to present era. The Tangent model features an accurate 1975-built Pullman body. For the car’s construction, Pullman-Standard used the distinctive Pullman “trapezoid” indentations on the flat side panels, as well as riveted construction. This Tangent model executes all of those details, inside and out. The Quad hopper bays have separate door and door frame detail. The hopper doors themselves are fitted with intricate Wine door locking mechanisms, accurate for these Pullman cars. The B-End of the car has an accurate Ajax high handbrake, Morton brake step and modern brake wheel. Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load. These coal cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating “Timken” caps. We are releasing 24 road numbers of these cars today. SKU 32063

We also offer one painted and unlettered RTR option, continuing our dedication to the customers that want to finish their own cars. We have painted these models black for you, so they are ready for decaling. We are modelers too, and we continue to offer undecorated products for our like-minded customers.

- Unlettered RTR PS 3400cf Quad Coal Hopper is a completely assembled RTR model, painted black and unlettered. It features the PS 3400cf quad coal hopper. This model includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating “Brenco-6” caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels along with Genuine Kadee® scale couplers. SKU 32055-01

All of these models (with prototype Pullman-Standard coal hopper photos) can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard 3400cf Quad Coal Hopper is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils. Our Pullman-Standard 3400cf Quad Coal Hopper offers an unparalleled level of accuracy, including the replication of the COR-TEN steel color! This replica includes our fine “near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished scale metal grab irons, coupler lift bars, accompanying Kadee® scale couplers and NMRA-compliant yet hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks. At more than 120 parts per car, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today! A quick synopsis of our Pullman-Standard 3400cf Quad Coal Hopper era and railroad-specific details and variations include:
• Dimensional accuracy - designed from Pullman-Standard 3400cf Quad Coal Hopper plans and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• Industry-leading “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Beautiful, B&LE representative “flood-style” coal load
• “See through” brake step platform
• B&LE-specific details, including correct Ajax brake wheel housing
• Beautiful details including separately-applied scale wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded on” plastic grab irons or “thick” plastic grab iron parts anywhere on this replica!
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back detail
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific “Brenco-6” rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam part
• Weighted to NMRA specifications – yes, even with the coal load removed
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard 3400cf Quad Coal Hopper. Pricing for our RTR models is $58.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

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The Pullman-Standard PS-2CD 4750 covered hopper was the largest production covered hopper design in history, and is therefore statistically important to virtually any modeler from the 1970s to the present. Tangent Scale Models continues the evolution of our “phased approach” PS4750 models, not “one-size fits all” models. This release shines a spotlight on 1973-1974 Pullman production. Some of these cars feature a brand-new Tangent body variation for cars to handle the combination open-hole and closed-hole side posts on the same body.

Our November 2025 production includes eleven (11!) total schemes, with eras spanning 1973 to today, plus THREE all-new, never offered before, Undecorated RTR options.

- ATSF "GA-180 Delivery" 1-1973 is an exciting offering for us, as we bring ATSF modelers the “big fish” in the ATSF Pullman 4750 world. This ATSF group totaled 1000 cars in 1973, and features a distinctive body style of combination closed-hole/open-hole side posts. The Tangent replicas mirror their ATSF prototypes with Gypsum roof walkways and matching end crossover platforms, Universal power brake and brake wheel, and body-mounted brake hardware. Underneath, the models come equipped with Keystone “Portloc 2” outlet gates and 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Brenco-6” rotating caps. These beautiful cars are available in twelve accurate numbers! SKU 36372

- UP "Delivery Gray CH-100-28” 3-1974 gives a big splash to UP fans. UP rostered eight groups of Pullman 4750s, and we chose the 1000-car order from lot 9721 for this release. This all-new Tangent 4750 body shell features the combination closed-hole/open-hole side posts found on some Pullman 1973/1974 production, along with UP specific corner steps and bolted outlet gate flanges. The roof of the car features another all-new piece of tooling: Landreth style roof hatches, with their distinctive zig-zag rib pattern. Check out those see-through Gypsum roof walkways and matching end crossover platforms. The models come equipped with body-mounted brake hardware and our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Hyatt” rotating caps. Tangent’s UP paint and lettering is unmatched, created with care and accuracy down to the stencil marks are one-inch COTS panel lettering. We are pleased to offer twelve accurate UP numbers. Stay away from foobie 4750s! SKU 36373

- UP "Delivery CH-100-28” With Conspicuity 2005+ offers “modern” modelers of the last 20 years two distinctive UP variations. We chose two specific numbers from the 1974 UP Pullman group and offer them in “Conspicuity Era” configuration. For SKU 36374-01, that translates to UP 73700, still wearing its Pullman delivery paint. The roof hatches have been swapped out to a smooth replacement style. The outlet gates have been replaced with modern bolt-on offerings. For SKU 36374-02, that translates to UP 73847, a UP Pocatello Idaho Shops repaint from 1977, with varying data, replacement roof hatches, and replacement modern outlet gates. Both Tangent models feature a correct Pullman combination closed-hole/open-hole body, weathered UP gray body color with conspicuity stripes added, faded warning stencils and yes, (different!) AEI tag parts mounted, per photos. The models come equipped with body-mounted brake hardware and our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Hyatt” rotating caps. We are pleased to offer two accurate individual numbers. SKU 36374

- PTLX "Roland and Nevada 1974" answers the call for Private Elevator leasing Pullman Standard 4750 Covered Hoppers. These bright blue cars (part of a 25 car order) traveled far and wide and “fit in” almost anywhere. This PTLX group of cars features a Pullman body with open-hole posts, center-tube train air line, and truck mounted brake hardware. (Notice there is no brake cylinder on the B-End!) The bays are equipped with beautifully replicated early-style Miner outlet gates. This Roland & Nevada Coop paint scheme is full of little lettering details. Check out that logo mounted on a small placard in the center of the carbody! The models come equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams. From the red roof grab irons down to the PTLX reporting marks printed on the draft gear, this paint scheme is winner. Available in four accurate numbers. SKU 20078

- SOO "Ex-Roland and Nevada IA" 1985+ shows us an example of a 1980s secondhand car, as SOO Line expanded their grain fleet. These cars aren’t like the patches you see in the 2000s+, with lots of paint changes and added lettering. “SOO” was carefully patched over the PTLX and the first digit of the former Pullman lease series. Simple and understated, just like 1980s patches should be. This SOO leaser features a more weathered blue body color and a weathered and peeling “RN” logo panel in the middle of the car, matching its prototype photo. The roof walkways finished with a weathered “unpainted” metal look, to mimic the real car. The other details are accurate for this former PTLX leaser, including a Pullman body with open-hole posts, center-tube train air line, and truck mounted brake hardware. (Notice there is no brake cylinder on the B-End!) The bays are equipped with beautifully replicated early-style Miner outlet gates. The model comes equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams. The model even has its former PTLX reporting mark printed on the draft gear! Available in one accurate number. SKU 20079-01

- MWCX "Ex-Roland and Nevada IA" 2013+ shows off a contemporary patch for Midwest Railcar Leasing. A 2013 photo shows this MWCX leaser had escaped Conspicuity Striping, so we didn’t apply it to the model! This car features a more weathered blue body color, replacement roof hatches, a weathered and peeling “RN” logo panel in the middle of the car, patched data and roof walkways finished with a weathered “unpainted” metal look. The other details are accurate for this former PTLX leaser, including a Pullman body with open-hole posts, center-tube train air line, and truck mounted brake hardware. (Notice there is no brake cylinder on the B-End!) The bays are equipped with beautifully replicated early-style Miner outlet gates. The model comes equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams. The model even has its AEI tag properly installed on the lower right pull tab on the body! Available in one accurate number. SKU 20080-01

- PTLX "Kellogg Grain 1974" is a beautiful example of a yellow Pullman leaser, with dark blue “Kellogg Grain Co. Denver, Colo.” Graphics. This PTLX group of cars features a Pullman body with open-hole posts, center-tube train air line, and truck mounted brake hardware. (Notice there is no brake cylinder on the B-End!) The bays are equipped with beautifully replicated early-style Miner outlet gates. The Kellogg Grain Co. graphics are busy, like many leased schemes, with lettering in almost every panel of the car side! The models come equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams. From the red roof grab irons down to the PTLX reporting marks printed on the draft gear, this paint scheme is winner. Available in three accurate numbers. SKU 20081

- SOO "ex-Kellogg Grain" 1989+ replicates an example of a 1980s secondhand car, as SOO Line expanded their grain fleet. SOO applied reporting mark patches and small reflective white delineators on some carbody posts. The prototype carbody has weathered to a darker yellow, and the Kellogg graphics have weathered from blue to green. These prototype paint features are carefully replicated on this SOO model. This ex-PTLX car features a Pullman body with open-hole posts, center-tube train air line, and truck mounted brake hardware. (Notice there is no brake cylinder on the B-End!) The bays are equipped with beautifully replicated early-style Miner outlet gates. Up on top, the roof features replacement roof hatch covers. The model is equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams. This is a sharp looking SOO patch. Available in one accurate number. SKU 20082-01

- INTX "ex-Kellogg Grain" 2015+ gives modelers a contemporary example of a patched car. We chose this ex-Kellogg Grain Co. car that was acquired by Interstate Commodities and is part of the substantial INTX lease fleet. This car is sharp looking, with a carbody that has weathered to a darker yellow, Kellogg graphics have weathered from blue to green and a roof walkway that has lost its original yellow paint. The car replicates the complicated dance of 2015 lettering. This translates to original Kellogg lettering, former lessor lettering, paint-outs of conspicuity stripes, reapplication of conspicuity stripes and more. And yes, don’t worry, we have the AEI tag and bracket mounted on the car where it should be. This ex-PTLX car features a Pullman body with open-hole posts, center-tube train air line, and truck mounted brake hardware. (Notice there is no brake cylinder on the B-End!) The bays are equipped with beautifully replicated early-style Miner outlet gates. Up on top, the roof features replacement roof hatch covers. The model is equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams. INTX lease fleet cars have never been so easy! Available in one accurate number. SKU 20083-01

- PTLX "The Andersons 1974" duplicates a beautiful gray Pullman leaser, with stand-off “The Andersons” placard and the classic PTLX gray-with-black-ends paint scheme. This PTLX group of cars features a Pullman body with open-hole posts, center-tube train air line, and truck mounted brake hardware. (Notice there is no brake cylinder on the B-End!) The bays are equipped with beautifully replicated early-style Miner outlet gates. Up on the roof, you can see that detailed see-though Morton walkway and matching Morton crossover platforms on the ends. Each and every piece of data on this car is carefully replicated, from one-inch COTS box to the separate “The Andersons” placard art. The models come equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams. From the red roof grab irons down to the PTLX reporting marks printed on the draft gear, this paint scheme is winner. Available in four accurate numbers. SKU 20084

- PTLX "The Andersons” 1999+ gives the contemporary guys a later lease offering. These two selections are pulled from photos of PTLX cars that are still in their original “The Andersons” gray paint scheme. The logo plates are long gone, and the paint is more faded – losing the PTLX gray shade and moving towards a light blue. Behind the placard panel is a green patch, matching the prototype photos. The running boards are a weathered metal color now. There are lots of differences in the little lettering details – patch reporting marks, COTS updates, ACI removal, data patches – all working together to show these two cars as they looked in the 1999+ era. This PTLX group of cars features a Pullman body with open-hole posts, center-tube train air line, and truck mounted brake hardware. (Notice there is no brake cylinder on the B-End!) The bays are equipped with beautifully replicated Miner “Selflok” outlet gates. Up on the roof, you can see replacement style roof hatches and a detailed see-though Morton walkway with matching Morton crossover platforms on the ends. The models come equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams. We have even mounted AEI tags on the body. Available in two accurate numbers. SKU 20085

- Undecorated RTR Unpainted ATSF GA-180 Version continues our dedication to the modelers. We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car. We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama. This car is completely assembled and unpainted! This car has an accurate 1973 Pullman 4750 body with combination open-hole/closed-hole posts. Other details include Gypsum roof walkways and matching end crossover platforms, Universal power brake and brake wheel, and body-mounted brake hardware. Underneath, the models come equipped with Keystone “Portloc 2” outlet gates and 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Brenco-6” rotating caps. Assembled. Unpainted. Ready for finishing. SKU 36353-01

- Undecorated RTR Unpainted UP CH-100-28 Early Version continues our dedication to the modelers. We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car. We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama. This car is completely assembled and unpainted! This car has an accurate 1973 Pullman 4750 body with combination open-hole/closed-hole posts. Other details include UP-specific corner steps and bolted outlet bay gate flanges, Landreth roof hatch covers, Gypsum roof walkways/end crossover platforms, Universal power brake and brake wheel, and body-mounted brake hardware. Underneath, the models come equipped with Miner outlet gates and 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Hyatt” rotating caps. Assembled. Unpainted. Ready for finishing. SKU 36353-01

- Undecorated RTR Unpainted PTLX 1974 Version continues our dedication to the modelers. We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car. We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama. This car is completely assembled and unpainted! This car has an accurate 1974 PTLX Pullman body with open-hole posts, Morton roof walkways/end crossover platforms, center-tube train air line and truck mounted brake hardware. The bays are equipped with early-style Miner outlet gates. The models come equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams. Assembled. Unpainted. Ready for finishing. SKU 20006-01

Also, just a reminder, two months ago we announced another brand-new truck to our product line.

- 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Truck with Stucki HS-7 Snubbers
Each pair of trucks includes separately installed brake beams, rotating Timken bearing caps and the distinctive Stucki HS-7 Snubber detail in the center spring package area.
SKU 2051 with 36” all metal blackened normal tread wheels. (RP-25 .110”)
SKU 2052 with 36” all metal blackened semi-scale tread wheels. (.088”)
SKU 2053 with 36” all metal nickel plated semi-scale tread wheels. (.088”)

And for you 1990+ “modern” guys, we are pleased to expand our Unique and Useful Parts Product Line:

- Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI) Tags
Each package includes: 2 pairs of five different mounting styles of AEI tags, as used on our various PS, Trinity and Roanoke 4750 Covered Hoppers and of course other prototype freight cars as well! Railroads tested prototype AEI tags between 1990 and 1994 and they became mandatory on the North American railcar fleet in 1995. Enough AEI tags for 10 cars in each package, including direct side mount, angle mount and bracket mount varieties! SKU 1206

All of these models, trucks, and parts can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent PS4750 is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils. Our PS4750 system of models offers a multitude of detail variations and phases to replicate the many different Pullman-Standard offerings. This release includes all-new body tooling to match these later cars! Example variations include: body shells with or without holes in the side posts, brake systems, outlet gates, roofs, roof hatches, roof overhangs, running boards, crossover platforms, end ladders, jacking pads, brakewheel housings, and brakewheels. This replica includes our fine “near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers and sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks. At more than 100 parts per car, not to mention phase accurate details, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today! A quick synopsis of our 1972-1981 era and railroad-specific detail variations include:
• Dimensional accuracy - designed from Pullman-Standard plans and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• “See through” etched metal running boards and crossover platforms (in 6 possible combinations)
• New Tooling: specifically, a 1973-1974 Pullman body shell with combination closed-hole/open-hole side posts
• Road-specific details for each scheme, including 7 different brake systems, 3 different outlet gates, 3 different sets of roof hatches, 4 jacking pad sets, with or without shaker brackets, 2 roof overhangs, 3 different running board and crossover platform options, end ladders options, 7 brakewheel housing and clevis options, and 2 brakewheel options.
• Beautiful details - wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded in” plastic grab irons here!
• Separate air hoses
• CNC-machined 36” wheels
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks or 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Truck– each with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part (2 possible options!)
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models PS4750, the most relevant freight car of the 1970s-1980s period! Pricing for RTR models is $67.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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The Pullman-Standard PS-2CD 4750 covered hopper was the largest production covered hopper design in history, and is therefore statistically important to virtually any modeler from the 1970s to the present.  Tangent Scale Models continues the evolution of our “phased approach” PS4750 models, not “one-size fits all” models.  This release reintroduces our body variations from 1980-1981 production, which include both open-hole and closed-hole side posts, both large and small jacking pad tabs at the bolsters, and other production trends and car details, including brake systems.

Our September 2025 production includes twelve (12!) total schemes, with eras spanning 1980 to today, plus three all-new, never offered before, Undecorated RTR options.

- CNW "Delivery Green" 3-1981 gives the patient C&NW modelers, who want their “large jacking pad cars,” some Tangent Love.  (Yes, the world does need more accurate C&NW covered hoppers!)  C&NW rostered several late groups of Pullman 4750s, and we chose the 800-car order from lot 1164 for this release.  This all-new Tangent 4750 body shell features Pullman 1981 details like the thick sill protrusion over the bolsters, “closed-hole” side posts, bolted outlet bay flanges and C&NW-specific vertical extensions under the jacking pads and above the trucks.  This is group of cars have been requested by C&NW fans since we introduced our Pullman 4750 in 2013, and we wanted to do it right – and that means all-new body tooling!  You will notice the differing yellows on the side reporting marks versus the small data.  This mimics the prototype.  Check out those new Stucki HS-7 Snubber-equipped 100-ton trucks!  That yellow-painted snubber detail is a neat highlight.  We chose C&NW numbers from the March 1981 group of cars, with SKUs -01 through -12 equipped with Gravac Combo Gravity/Pneumatic outlet gates, and SKUs 13-24 featuring Miner gravity outlet gates.  Yes, we are offering 24 numbers of C&NW Covered Hopper nirvana.  Stay away from foobie 4750s!  Sorry if this release “drains you.” SKU 36360

- AOK "ex-CNW Restencil" 2006+ continues our tradition of gorgeous modern paint patches and restencils.  These ex-C&NW cars are examples whose car lease was not renewed by UP, obtained by Greenbrier Leasing, and leased back to various railroads with AOK (Arkansas & Oklahoma Railroad) reporting marks.  We chose three different prototype cars from the C&NW’s March 1981 build group.  These cars feature all that wonderful C&NW-specific detailing, along with Gravac Combo outlet gates.  The models are painted in a more “faded” version of the C&NW green have gray roof hatches and “weathered metal” running boards where the green paint has long since worn off.  Each one of the cars follows photo-specific lettering placement, so the patches and AOK restencils differ on each SKU.  Little details pop on these AOK cars: Notice the Stucki snubbers are gone from the 100-ton trucks by 2006, AEI tags are mounted on each car (2 different styles of tags for AOK!), AOK reporting marks and car numbers on the trucks, and YES each car number has its own version of faded and peeling C&NW logos.  Wow!  These stunners are now available in 3 road numbers.  SKU 36361

- CFWR "ex-CNW Restencil" 2021+ shows off another contemporary patch, this time for the Caney Fork & Western Railroad.  The prototype subjects from 2021 are pulled from the C&NW 1981-built lot and have been passed down in a game of railcar-leasing “hot potato.”  For the model, that translates to detail changes and multiple layers of paint and lettering to mimic the prototypes.  Each model uses 12 to 14 different colors, accounting for all of the paint and lettering details.  Each of the three car numbers is different, matching prototype photos for the aging green bodies, patches, logo fading, multiple yellow delineator applications and more.  Yes, each car features a different AEI tag location -- the list goes on and on.  Available in 3 prototype road numbers. SKU 36362

 - FPFX "Foster Farms Delivery" 1980 is an exciting offering for us, as we bring Foster Farms back, more accurate than ever.  This group totaled 75 prototype cars.  These cars feature an accurate 1980 Pullman 4750 body, including “open hole” side posts, thick sill protrusion over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs associated with much (but not all!) of Pullman’s late production.  The “Tea & Cream” body color looks great on the model.  (Yes, that is the official name for the color!)  The ”Devil’s Food” lettering really stands out.  (Honest, we’re not making up that color name either!)  The center sill correctly models the body-mounted brake linkage “access holes” on one side of the car, just like the real ones.  Our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks have the correct “Brenco 3” rotating caps.  This is a popular scheme, and we are pleased to offer 4 new road numbers and late Pullman accuracy in 2025!  SKU 36363

 - INTX "ex-Foster Farms" 2011+ gives the mid-2000s guys a great patch offering.  This example shows a former Foster Farms car that has been acquired by Interstate Commodities and is part of the massive INTX lease fleet.  This ex-FPFX car features a faded version of the “Tea & Cream” body color and faded “Devils Food” lettering.  The prototype car did not have delineators in 2011, so we didn’t put them on the model either!  This car features an accurate 1980 Pullman 4750 body, including “open hole” side posts, thick sill protrusion over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs associated with much (but not all!) of Pullman’s late production.  The center sill correctly models the body-mounted brake linkage “access holes” on one side of the car, just like the real one.  If you look closely, we also added the AEI tag with an angled mounting bracket on the sill.  Our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks have the correct “Timken” rotating caps.  This is accurate patch is available in one number.  Do not miss out!  SKU 36364

 - PLCX "Gray Lease 4-1980" answers the call for “plain gray” Pullman Standard 4750 Covered Hoppers.  Pullman’s own lease fleet traveled far and wide and “fit in” almost anywhere.  This PLCX group of cars was built with center tube brake linkage, a side-mounted train air line and feature beautifully replicated Miner “Selflok” outlet gates.  This group of PLCX cars have an accurate 1980 Pullman 4750 body, including “open hole” side posts, thick sill protrusion over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs.  With a plain gray scheme like this, it is important to get all of that lettering right, i.e. “Tangent Accurate.”  So get out that magnifying glass, we don’t mind.  Not only can you read all of the fine data -- you can also sleep soundly knowing that it is accurate down to the Polyclutch liner data and the Terminal Grain, Lessee stencil.  Our plain gray cars always seem to go fast, so don’t miss out on these 6 numbers!  SKU 36365

 - PLCX "Producer's Grain" 1980 is a beautiful example of a “plain gray” Pullman leaser with the addition of the Producer’s Grain placard.  Pullman’s own lease fleet traveled far and wide and “fit in” almost anywhere.  This Producer’s Grain group was a massive 250 car order.  They were built with center tube brake linkage and a side-mounted train air line.  These replicas have an accurate 1980 Pullman 4750 body, including “open hole” side posts, thick sill protrusion over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs.  The models also feature Miner “Selflok” outlet gates.  Check out that placard and carefully duplicated PGC logo!  Our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks have the correct “Brenco 3” rotating caps.  This is a popular scheme so don’t miss out on these 6 numbers!  SKU 36366

 - SOO "ex-Producer's Grain" 1985+ shows us a couple of examples of 1980s secondhand cars, as SOO Line expanded their grain fleet, including some ex-Producers cars.  These cars aren’t like the patches you see in the 2000s+, with lots of paint changes and added lettering.  “SOO” was carefully patched over the PLCX, and the PLCX number was maintained.  Simple and understated, just like 1980s patches should be.  Each of the two car numbers is slightly different, to match prototype photos – the “SOO” side lettering is ever-so-slightly different for those modelers that pay attention.  These models have an accurate 1980 Pullman 4750 body, including “open hole” side posts, thick sill protrusion over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs.  The models also feature Miner “Selflok” outlet gates.  Available in two accurate numbers!  SKU 36367

- INTX "ex-Producer's Grain" 2015+ gives modelers a contemporary example of a patched car.  We chose this ex-Producer’s Grain car that was acquired by Interstate Commodities and is part of the substantial INTX lease fleet.  This car is sharp looking, with its faded gray paint, to match the prototype photo, conspicuity stripes and AEI tag bracket.   The placard is still attached to the prototype car, so we included it on the model as well, in all its faded glory.  These models have an accurate 1980 Pullman 4750 body, including “open hole” side posts, thick sill protrusion over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs.  The models also feature Miner “Selflok” outlet gates and is available in one number.  SKU 36368

- SOU "Delivery Gray 1981" replicates the eye-catching light gray scheme with the large black SOUTHERN lettering along the sides of the car.  Southern ordered 1,000 Pullman 4750 Covered Hoppers between 1980 and 1981, spread across two delivery groups.  We chose numbers from the second order, with delivery dates from February and March of 1981.  Here’s a fun fact: This group of cars was delivered in reverse order, so the higher numbers have the earlier build dates!  The Southern prototypes feature late Pullman details like “closed-hole” side posts, thick sill protrusions over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs.  The model is also packed with Southern-specific details like 6-panel Landreth-style roof hatches (Look at the zig-zag ribbing on the top!), “bolt-on” Miner Outlet gates (notice the attachment frame above each gate!) and Empty/Load brake equipment on the B End of the car (look for the distinctive “extra” air reservoir and related piping!).  Yes, we tooled a Southern-specific body shell to do this right.  This is a critical prototype for Southern and NS modelers.  We are proud to offer our Southern replicas with 12 road number choices!  SKUs -01 through -06 have March 1981 data, while SKUs -07 through -12 have February 1981 data.  SKU 36369

 - SOU "Delivery 1981" with Conspicuity 2005 shows off the Southern 1981 cars later in life, specifically in their 2005+ appearance.  This means lots of little paint and lettering details, including faded gray body color, patches, reweigh data, conspicuity stripe applications and AEI tag/bracket installation.  Each individual number in this group of cars is different – yes, every car number is photo-matched so the location of data, patches, fonts etc. all changes from car number to car number.  Even the AEI tag bracket style and location change from car number to car number!  The Southern prototypes feature late Pullman details like “closed-hole” side posts, thick sill protrusions over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs.  The model is also packed with Southern-specific details like Landreth style roof hatches (Look at the zig-zag ribbing on the top!), “bolt-on” Miner Outlet gates (notice the attachment frame above each gate!) and Empty/Load brake equipment on the B End of the car (look for the distinctive “extra” air reservoir and related piping!).   These beautiful contemporary cars are packed with car-number specific paint and details and are available in 6 road number choices!  SKU 36370

 - TCWR "ex-Southern" 2019+ shows us examples what some Ex-Southern cars look like “today.”  The Twin Cities & Western acquired various covered hoppers in their hand-me-down fleet, including ex-NS cars.  We chose two specific cars from the NS Ex-SOU 1981 group for this release.  Both cars still wear their original SOU Pullman-applied paint but have 39 years’ worth of layered paint and lettering changes over the years of SOU, NS and now TCWR use.  On the models, this translates to lots of faded body paint, patches, new lettering, conspicuity stripe applications (yes, plural).  Each of the two car numbers is different – yes, we matched photos.  In fact, SKU -01 even matches the non-standard placement of SOUTHERN one-panel-to-the-left, on that one side only!  These Ex-Southern prototypes feature late Pullman details like “closed-hole” side posts, thick sill protrusions over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs.  The model is also packed with Southern-specific details like Landreth style roof hatches (Look at the zig-zag ribbing on the top!), “bolt-on” Miner Outlet gates (notice the attachment frame above each gate!) and Empty/Load brake equipment on the B End of the car (look for the distinctive “extra” air reservoir and related piping!).   These beautiful contemporary replicas are ready to go in 2 different numbers.  SKU 36371

- Undecorated RTR Unpainted PLCX 1980 Version continues our dedication to the modelers.  We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car.  We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama.  This car is completely assembled and unpainted!  This car has an accurate 1980 Pullman 4750 body, including “open hole” side posts, thick sill protrusion over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs.  It also includes center tube brake linkage, a side-mounted train air line and Miner “Selflok” outlet gates.  The model rides on Tangent’s unmatched 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks with rotating “Timken” caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  Yes, genuine Kadee® scale couplers are installed.  This model is ready for painting and lettering.  SKU 36350-01

- Undecorated RTR Unpainted CNW 1981 Version continues our dedication to the modelers.  We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car.  We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama.  This car is completely assembled and unpainted!  This car has an accurate 1981 Pullman 4750 body with C&NW details, including “closed hole” side posts, thick sill protrusion over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs with vertical extensions above the trucks.  It also includes center tube brake linkage, a side-mounted train air line and Miner “Selflok” outlet gates.  The model rides on Tangent’s unmatched 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks with Stucki HS-7 Snubbers and rotating “Brenco 3” caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  Yes, genuine Kadee® scale couplers are installed.  This model is ready for painting and lettering.  SKU 36351-01

 - Undecorated RTR Unpainted SOU 1981 Version continues our dedication to the modelers.  We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car.  We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama.  This car is completely assembled and unpainted!  The car has an accurate Southern 1981 Pullman 4750 body including “closed-hole” side posts, thick sill protrusions over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs.  Other Southern-specific details include Landreth style roof hatches, “bolt-on” Miner Outlet gates and Empty/Load brake equipment on the B End of the car.  The model rides on Tangent’s unmatched 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks with rotating “Brenco 3” caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  Yes, genuine Kadee® scale couplers are installed.  This model is ready for painting and lettering.  SKU 36352-01

Last month, we announced another brand-new truck to our product line.  This month, we are repeating the announcement since it is a truck that goes with some of these Pullman-Standard hoppers as well:

- 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Truck with Stucki HS-7 Snubbers
   Each pair of trucks includes separately installed brake beams, rotating Timken bearing caps and the distinctive Stucki HS-7 Snubber detail in the center spring package area.

SKU 2051 with 36” all metal blackened normal tread wheels. (RP-25 .110”)

   SKU 2052 with 36” all metal blackened semi-scale tread wheels. (.088”)

   SKU 2053 with 36” all metal nickel plated semi-scale tread wheels. (.088”)

And for you 1990+ “modern” guys, we are pleased to expand our Unique and Useful Parts Product Line:

- Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI) Tags
   Each package includes: 2 pairs of five different mounting styles of AEI tags, as used on our various PS, Trinity and Roanoke 4750 Covered Hoppers and of course other prototype freight cars as well!  Railroads tested prototype AEI tags between 1990 and 1994 and they became mandatory on the North American railcar fleet in 1995.  Enough AEI tags for 10 cars in each package, including direct side mount, angle mount and bracket mount varieties!  SKU 1206

All of these models, trucks, and parts can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent PS4750 is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils.  Our PS4750 system of models offers a multitude of detail variations and phases to replicate the many different Pullman-Standard offerings.  This release includes all-new body tooling to match these later cars!  Example variations include: body shells with or without holes in the side posts, brake systems, outlet gates, roofs, roof hatches, roof overhangs, running boards, crossover platforms, end ladders, jacking pads, brakewheel housings, and brakewheels.  This replica includes our fine “near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail.  Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers and sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.  At more than 100 parts per car, not to mention phase accurate details, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today!  A quick synopsis of our 1980-1981 era and railroad-specific detail variations include:

• Dimensional accuracy - designed from Pullman-Standard plans and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• “See through” etched metal running boards and crossover platforms (in 6 possible combinations)
• New Tooling: specifically, multiple all-new Late Pullman 1980-1981 body shells
• Road-specific details for each scheme, including 7 different brake systems, 3 different outlet gates, 3 different sets of roof hatches, 4 jacking pad sets, with or without shaker brackets, 2 roof overhangs, 3 different running board and crossover platform options, end ladders options, 7 brakewheel housing and clevis options, and 2 brakewheel options.
• Beautiful details - wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded in” plastic grab irons here!
• Separate air hoses
• CNC-machined 36” wheels
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks or 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Truck with Stucki HS-7 Snubbers – each with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part (2 possible options!)
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models PS4750, the most relevant freight car of the 1970s-1980s period!  Pricing for RTR models is $67.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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Just eight months after Pullman-Standard released the groundbreaking 4750cf covered hopper, in February 1973 Norfolk and Western Railroad (N&W) produced the first prototype for their own “home shops” fleet of this in-demand railcar.  N&W’s Roanoke Shops, based in Roanoke, Virginia, produced many freight cars over the years, notably the majority of N&W’s large fleet of coal hoppers.  Roanoke Shops also constructed 1,500 of these 4750 covered hoppers in the HC-71 class, designed to handle grains, fertilizers, lime, and other bulk commodity needs.  These covered hoppers still operate on Norfolk Southern in both original and repaint paint schemes, while at the same time some cars have been sold to other operators.

Our August 2025 production includes five total schemes, with eras spanning 1973 to today, plus two Undecorated RTR options.

- NW "Delivery HC-71 1973" shows off the classic NW delivery gray paint.  Roanoke built this group of 1000 cars across 1973-1974.  The car numbers are selected from August and September 1973 Roanoke production, with ribbed roof hatches and Keystone Portloc outlet gates.  It’s hard to understate the importance of these cars for modelers of the last 50+ years.  Check out that Roanoke-style 4750 body construction, including two vertical rows of huck bolts on the car sides, wider post flanges and slot-style jacking pads above the bolsters.  The shaker brackets on the bays are mounted higher than their Pullman Standard-built peers.  Yes, we tooled an all-new body to cover these details and more!  The paint details stand out, with the classic yellow N&W return route box under the “Grain Loading Only” lettering.  The centersill of the car even features the tiny car number and Roanoke paint code stencil!  We duplicated the slight spacing variations on the one-inch CLOSE HIOPPER SLIDES stencils across these car numbers.  Eagle-eyed modelers will notice the Tangent model’s A-B-C bay stencils are accurately applied with the “C” bay at the B-end of the car.  This was just the N&W’s way of doing things.  (Pullman typically labeled the “B” Bay to the B end of their cars!)  The car sides have an ACI label mounted on a raised plate, matching the prototype.  The accurate100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks feature tiny N&W-applied T-188 truck class stencils, rotating Brenco-6 caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  We are proud to offer these NW replicas in 12 road numbers: SKUs -01 through -08 feature 8-1973 build dates while SKUs -09 through -12 have 9-1973 build dates.  SKU 36220

- NW "Delivery HC-71 1979" duplicates the second Roanoke delivery of 500 HC-71 cars from 1979.  This group of cars is visually different from their 1973-74 peers.  These 1979 cars are equipped with accurate smooth-style roof hatch and larger open-circle jacking pads above the bolsters.  For this production, we chose cars built in November and December of 1979.  That distinctive Roanoke body really stands out, with the two vertical rows of huck bolts on the car sides.  If you look closely at the ends, you will see the Roanoke-style weldments on the end vertical end sheet behind the end running board supports, straight brake cylinder lever behind the brake wheel and welded sill extensions.  These are just a few of the details that make a Roanoke 4750 different from their Pullman Standard brothers.  The lettering on this group of cars reflects its 1979 era.  The COTS boxes are double style, and the carbody clearly does not include an ACI label.  All of those gorgeous NW stencils are carefully recreated, from the large NW logo down to the one-inch Roanoke paint codes.  The accurate100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks feature tiny N&W-applied T-219 truck class stencils, rotating Brenco-3 caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  We are proud to offer these NW replicas in 12 road numbers: SKUs -01 through -06 feature 11-1979 build dates while SKUs -07 through -12 have 12-1979 build dates.  Even the outlet gates are car-number specific!  SKUs -01 through -08 feature Miner Selflok outlet gates while SKUs -09 through -12 have Keystone Portloc gates.  Tangent is all about the little details!  SKU 36221

- NW "Claytor Repaint HC-71" 1986+ brings the mid-1980s into focus for early NS Corporation-era modelers.  These car numbers are chosen from the pool of NW’s HC-71 1986 Roanoke Shops repaints in the then-current “Claytor” freight car lettering scheme.  Gone is the large block-style NW and replacing it is a bold, condensed NORFOLK AND WESTERN across the car side.  This is a very important scheme for NW/NS modelers, as it is often overlooked in model offerings.  The models wear a slightly lighter gray for the Claytor scheme.  Each Tangent car number is carefully matched to prototype photos and features accurate CAPY, COTS, truck class and end data for these 1973/1974 Roanoke-built cars.  Yes, every car is different.  All of the car numbers feature a smooth-style replacement roof hatch and Keystone Portloc outlet gates.  Those Roanoke details are all there, from the huck bolts on the side posts to the distinctive square-style routing card placard above the left bolster.  We have even applied Stucki HS-7 snubbers on the 100-Ton trucks, based on individual car numbers – SKUs -02 through -04 have the Stucki snubbers while SKUs -01, -05 through -12 do not.  The accurate100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks feature rotating Timken caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  We are proud to offer these NW Claytor repaints in 12 road numbers.  What a hot scheme!  SKU 36222

- NS "NW HC-71" 1989+ offers a full NS repaint scheme, first showing up on the rails in 1989.  While the individual NW reporting marks were maintained, repaints from this era featured the Norfolk Southern Railway logo.  The models wear NS light gray and feature a smooth-style replacement roof hatch, slotted jacking pads above the bolsters and Keystone Portloc outlet gates.  Each Tangent car number is carefully matched to prototype photos and features accurate CAPY, Instruction side lettering, COTS, truck class and end data for these 1973/1974 Roanoke-built cars.  Yes, every car is different.  We have even applied Stucki HS-7 snubbers on the 100-Ton trucks, based on individual car numbers – SKU -09 has the Stucki snubbers while SKUs -01 through -08 and -10 through -12 do not.  The accurate100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks feature rotating Timken caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  We are proud to offer these NS NW HC-71 repaints in 12 road numbers.  A beautiful paint scheme!  SKU 36223

 - NS "Conspicuity HC-71" 2005+ offers the contemporary modelers a beautiful repaint option.  These car numbers are pulled from 1992-era full NS repaints (now with NS, not NW, reporting marks).  The application of the yellow conspicuity stripes brings the cars forward into the 2005+ era.  The models wear NS light gray and feature a smooth-style replacement roof hatch and Keystone Portloc outlet gates.  The accurate100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks feature Stucki HS-7 snubbers, rotating Timken caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  Those Roanoke body details are all there, from the huck bolts on the side posts to the higher mounting location of the shaker brackets on the bays.  Each Tangent car number is matched to prototype photos and features accurate NS Logo placement, CAPY, Instruction side lettering, COTS, truck class, and conspicuity stripes for these Roanoke-built cars.  Yes, every car is different.  That means that the jacking pads over the bolsters change as well – the 1973/74 built cars have the slotted style (SKUs -01 through -04) and the 1979 built repaints has the large circle style jacking pads (SKUs -05 through -08)  If you look closely, you will see each model has a frame mounted AEI tag as well, correct for the era!  This NS Repaint scheme in the 2005+ Era is available in 8 accurate numbers.  What a variety of details for each car number!  SKU 36224

- Undecorated RTR Unpainted Version 1 NW 1973-1974 HC-71 continues our dedication to the modelers.  We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car.  We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama.  This car is completely assembled and unpainted!  It is based on the 1973/1974 HC-71 Roanoke group with ribbed roof hatches, slotted hole jacking pads above the bolsters, Ajax hand brake, Morton-style roof walkways and Keystone Portloc outlet gates.  The model rides on Tangent’s unmatched 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks with rotating Brenco-6 caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  This model is ready for painting and lettering in an NW/NS prototype scheme or your own private road.  SKU 36210-01

- Undecorated RTR Unpainted Version 2 NW 1979-1980 HC-71 continues our dedication to the modelers.  We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car.  We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama.  This car is completely assembled and unpainted!  It is based on the 1979-1980 HC-71 Roanoke group with smooth roof hatches, large hole jacking pads above the bolsters, Ajax hand brake, Morton-style roof walkways and Keystone Portloc outlet gates.  The model rides on Tangent’s unmatched 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks with rotating Brenco-3 caps and 36” all-metal wheels.  This model is ready for painting and lettering in an NW/NS prototype scheme or your own private road.  SKU 36211-01

We are also pleased to add another brand-new truck to our product line:

- 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Truck with Stucki HS-7 Snubbers
   Each pair of trucks includes separately installed brake beams, rotating Timken bearing caps and the distinctive Stucki HS-7 Snubber detail in the center spring package area.

SKU 2051 with 36” all metal blackened normal tread wheels. (RP-25 .110”)

   SKU 2052 with 36” all metal blackened semi-scale tread wheels. (.088”)

   SKU 2053 with 36” all metal nickel plated semi-scale tread wheels. (.088”)

And for you 1990+ “modern” guys, we are pleased to expand our Unique and Useful Parts Product Line:

- Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI) Tags
   Each package includes: 2 pairs of five different mounting styles of AEI tags, as used on our various PS, Trinity and Roanoke 4750 Covered Hoppers and of course other prototype freight cars as well!  Railroads tested prototype AEI tags between 1990 and 1994 and they became mandatory on the North American railcar fleet in 1995.  Enough AEI tags for 10 cars in each package, including direct side mount, angle mount and bracket mount varieties!  SKU 1206

All of these models, trucks, and parts can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent N&W Roanoke Shops HC-71 Class 4750cf Covered Hopper is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils.  Our Roanoke 4750 model replicates the prototype’s unique features including the distinctive vertical huck bolt rows on the carbody sides, welded sill extensions, and high shaker bracket locations.  The models also include variations in jacking pads, outlet gates, roof hatches, and brake parts.  Our replicas include our fine “near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail.  Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers and sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.  At more than 100 parts per car, not to mention phase accurate details, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value-for-your-dollar model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today!  A quick synopsis of our N&W Roanoke Shops HC-71 Class 4750 scale replicas include:

• Dimensional accuracy - designed from N&W/Pullman-Standard plans and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Road-specific details for each scheme
• “See through” etched metal running boards and crossover platforms
• N&W Roanoke side and end carbody details, including distinctive side post huck bolt rows
• Accurate N&W Roanoke brake layout configuration
• Brakewheel housing and clevis options
• Outlet gates
• Original + replacement style roof hatch parts
• New jacking pad varieties covering N&W specific Roanoke production from 1973-1979
• 5 different AEI tags covering different applications
• Beautiful details - wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded in” plastic grab irons here!
• Separate air hoses
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part (2 possible options!)
• SKU-specific Stucki HS-7 Snubber option applied as needed on Tangent’s Barber S-2 trucks
• CNC-machined 36” wheels
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models N&W Roanoke Shops HC-71 4750 Covered Hopper, a unique N&W prototype model needed for many modelers!  Pricing for RTR models is $67.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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The 1960s freight car building boom was fueled by specialty car types. 60’ box cars designed for dense auto parts such as engines, bumpers, axles, and glass were an emerging car type. Thrall Car Manufacturing Incorporated, based in Chicago Heights IL, was a new carbuilder in the 1960s who had a strong market offering of specialty auto parts box cars. Thrall built its first 60’ auto parts cars in 1963 and utilized welded construction. In 1969, Thrall constructed this modernized Plate C 5880cf design for Ford service with centered, double plug doors, distinctive “double weld” side construction, and “X-Panel” roofs. Twelve railroads initially bought these cars, and these workhorses remained in service into the 2000s, including service in the conspicuity stripe era.

More than 500 Thrall 5880cf box cars were built in 1969, and production included two different underframe/EOC Cushioning variations:

• CN, LN, MILW, NW, SLSF, SN and WP orders were built with Freightmaster End-Of-Car Cushioning and Stanray Coupler Centering devices.

• ATSF, CP, MP, SP and UP opted for Keystone End-Of-Car Cushioning, larger underframe I-beam caps at the large cross bearers and a more offset underframe brake equipment layout toward the B-End of the car.

The Tangent Scale Models Thrall Car Manufacturing Company 5880cf 60’ Double Plug Door Box Car is a dimensionally-accurate replica of the real car, designed from actual blueprints. Our Thrall 5880 60’ system includes multiple underframe and cushioning configurations, plug door details and end brake appliance configurations appropriate for the era of the model. Additionally, we include a beautifully-rendered Stanray “X-Panel” roof, accurate Stanray ends and the signature Thrall “double welds” walking down the sides of the model. Underneath, the car includes full prototypical brake piping, appliances, and our “near-scale” draft gear box including side cushioning/centering device detail. These cars are ready to roll with Tangent-accurate Barber 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks and 36 inch wheels. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars, accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.

Our May 2025 second production of our Thrall Car Manufacturing Company 5880cf 60’ Double Plug Door Box Car System includes FOUR all-new RTR paint schemes. Check them out now at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu

And as usual, all our offerings below feature photos on our website showing the actual model and the prototype cars! Here are our schemes:

- Santa Fe ATSF “Topeka Shops BX-138 Repaint 10-1979” gives modelers some standout Santa Fe red repaint variations. ATSF’s big group of 50 Thrall box cars were built in 1969. As the 1980s approached, Santa Fe’s Topeka, Kansas car shops were busy repainting cars in bright red paint. The prototypes featured the “Super Shock Control A Smoother Ride” branding on the right side. What a paint scheme! This model features Keystone End-Of-Car Cushioning and related coupler centering devices, matching the prototype photos. The model has Ajax brake equipment on the B End along with a modern brake wheel and original Thrall coupler lift bars. The double plug doors are equipped with era-appropriate single Auxiliary Top Crank arms. This replica is equipped with 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps. There are four numbers available, with SKUs 01 and 02 featuring simplified October 1979 Topeka data, while SKUs 03 and 04 also featuring October 1979 data but with different placement layout and an ACI label on the car side. Check out the prototype photos on our website to compare the prototypes’ variety! SKU 34014

- Canadian Pacific CPAA “Original 7-1969” replicates the CP’s delivery paint scheme for this Thrall 5880 box car system. The CP order for 43 cars were built in the middle of 1969 and were painted in a gorgeous reddish-brown. The roofs were unpainted galvanized steel, with side paint overspray across the roof edges. Leased through National Equipment Leasing in Pittsburgh, PA, the prototype cars feature simplified CPAA graphics, and all that beautiful Thrall-applied fine data. The model mimics the prototype, including Keystone End-Of-Car Cushioning and related coupler centering devices, Ajax brake equipment on the B End and a modern brake wheel. Check out those see-through Apex crossover platforms on each end! The coupler draft gear includes the yellow-painted coupler centering device handles, too. Underneath, you can spot those gorgeous Tangent 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps. Assigned to Ford Parts pool routes, these cars could be seen across the US and into Canada. SKUs -01 through -04 are lettering for “Code 17” (Ford in Detroit, MI), while SKU’s -05 through -08 are lettered for “Code 196” (Ford’s Indianapolis Steering Plant). These sharp and accurate cars are available in eight numbers! SKU 34015

- Milwaukee Road MILW “Repaint 6-1979” provides a heavily-requested repaint scheme for the late 1970s-early 2000s modelers. Milwaukee purchased 10 cars in 1969, and by the late 1970s, the MILW’s Milwaukee shops were cycling them through for repainting. The model is a careful recreation of 1979 Milwaukee Road graphics and data. This model features Freightmaster End-Of-Car Cushioning, but the Stanray coupler centering device equipment has been removed. Yes, this matches the prototype photos. The model has Ajax brake equipment on the B End along with a modern brake wheel and later-era replacement coupler lift bars. Also present are era-correct single Auxiliary Top Crank arms at the top of each of the plug doors. This replica is equipped with 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps. These gorgeous Milwaukee Shops repaints are available in six numbers! SKU 34016

- Frisco SLSF "Original Yellow 2-1969" replicates the as-delivered scheme applied by Thrall to the SLSF order of ten cars. The left side of the prototype featured the large FRISCO logo, while the right side featured their slogan “Ship it on the Frisco!” What else can you say – this is a sharp paint scheme! The model even features the prototype’s yellow overspray onto the galvanized roof. The model is equipped with Freightmaster End-Of-Car Cushioning, Stanray coupler centering devices (see those handles flanking the draft gear!) and an Ajax handbrake with a modern wheel, matching the prototype cars. The ACI label is mounted on a stand-off plate, matching Frisco’s specification for these cars. The box car rides on Tangent 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks and are equipped with rotating Timken caps. The prototype cars were initially in Ford Parts pool lanes, and would eventually settle into glass service by the mid-to-late 1970s, assigned to Nashville, TN on the L&N. (Ford operated the Nashville Glass Plant in Nashville, TN until 2007.) This is one of our most requested schemes for our Thrall 5880 box car and is available in eight numbers! Do not miss out. SKU 34017

The Tangent Scale Models Thrall Car Manufacturing Company 5880cf 60’ Double Plug Door Box Cars
are shipping NOW. See https://fettverbrennung-anregen.eu for photos and more.

Features for our Thrall Car Manufacturing Company 5880cf 60’ Double Plug Door Box Car replicas include:

• Dimensional accuracy - designed from Thrall Company plans
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme where appropriate
• Multiple Thrall Underframe and Draft Gear assemblies to handle end and underframe phase/era feature combinations 1969-2000s
• Separately applied door rods, handles, tackboards.
• Separately applied door track details.
• “See through” Apex, Gypsum or Morton end crossover platforms where appropriate
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• EOCC (End Of Car Cushioning) “near scale” draft gear with “Keystone” and “Freightmaster” variations
• Underframe detail and brake system variations
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• Beautiful details – metal stirrup steps, metal coupler lift bars and “Tangent-Thin” ladders – no thick “chunky” plastic details anywhere!
• Three coupler lift bar variations
• Two Ajax and two Equipco 3750 prototypically-accurate brake stands
• Two different Auxiliary Top Crank arm parts to be configured in multiple ways
• Precision Tangent Scale Models 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks with roadname-specific rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam parts
• Four “rotating” roller bearing truck cap options for 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing truck
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back profile detail
• Replacement 36” semi-scale wheels for our “rotating bearing cap” trucks are available separately from Tangent in either blackened or nickel-silver finish
• Genuine Kadee® scale “scale-head” couplers
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Do not miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Thrall Car Manufacturing Company 5880cf 60’ Double Plug Door Box Car, a highly requested and relevant Thrall box car prototype. Pricing for these RTR models is $58.95.

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No preorders. No waiting. These cars are available right now.

In the early 1960s, railcar builders experimented with new covered hopper designs to help railroads move away from generic forty-foot box cars to special-duty bulk transport railcars. Pullman created the “PS-2” series of covered hoppers which included more than 20 individual designs that were larger in capacity with time, and the 3215/3219 was the second “three bay” design produced. Pullman’s most significant innovation with the PS-2 designs was taking advantage of gravity, where lading was loaded through the round hatches on the roof, and unloaded via gravity from the bottom outlets. The PS-2 3215/3219 design was produced between 1958-1962, and production ended after delivery of more than 1,400 cars.

Our April 2025 debut of the Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215cf Covered Hopper includes eight (8) railroad schemes, plus three (3) RTR undecorated kit options.

- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) "Delivery Gray 11-1959 GA-119" replicates the 100 cars of Santa Fe’s second 1959 order of Pullman-Standard Covered Hoppers. ATSF ordered a total of 405 PS3215cf covered hoppers, which should be no surprise since ATSF was a prolific buyer of Pullman covered hopper products. ATSF also happens to be the largest fleet owner of this car type. The Tangent model replicates the delivery “gray” scheme, which includes the famous circle-cross logo. The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board (straight and flat!), “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. All of these features match the prototype ATSF cars. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal brake stand, modern brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. These cars ride on our brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps! These sharp ATSF models are available in 12 numbers. SKU 35010

- Great Northern (GN) "Delivery Gray 2-1960" shows off the classic Great Northern slanted lettering with the red and black “rocky” logo, across a gray-painted body – the correct color of course. Stenciled “For Food Products Only” these cars served the GN systemwide, as well as successor BN hauling all sorts of commodities, including grains, sand, and fertilizers. Every piece of data is carefully replicated, something you have come to expect with Tangent. The models feature correct GN roof details like a see-through Apex-style running board and “Early-style” round roof hatches. Underneath, the model includes exquisite Enterprise gravity outlet gates, matching this prototype group of 65 cars. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, wire piping details and a finely executed Retaining Valve mounted on the end of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. Finally, these cars ride on our brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps! They are gorgeous! These cars are available in 12 numbers. SKU 35011

- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (M&StL) "Delivery Gray 11-1958" shows us another classic gray painted PS-2 3215. The M&StL graphics are carefully duplicated on the car, from the memorable M&StL logo, the spelled-out “Minneapolis & St. Louis” lettering inside the white rectangle, and the “Serving the Grain Industry” lettering all in capital letters! Neat stuff! These cars were acquired so M&StL could expand away from 40 foot box cars for grain services. M&StL was a grain- and other commodity hauling railroad that had a primary trunk that served the breadbasket states of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. These M&StL cars feature Apex-style running board and “Early-style” round roof hatches. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, wire piping details and a finely executed Retaining Valve mounted on the end of the carbody. This M&StL replica rides on the Tangent 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing truck. The three bays are equipped with an earlier style of Enterprise discharge gates, with the support straps attaching to the rear “L” channel. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. These models are available with November 1958 dates. It isn’t often that you get an M&StL-specific railcar. Also, this is the first time Tangent has released a railcar in original M&StL paint! SKU 35012

- Norfolk & Western (NW) "Delivery Gray HC13 5-1961" illustrates the Norfolk & Western’s HC13 class of covered hoppers, which were 50 Pullman-Standard produced PS-2 3215cf covered hoppers. These cars were delivered in the railroad’s classy stenciling, including the large and eye-catching “N&W” and the small spelled out “Norfolk & Western” stenciling above. The remainder of the lettering harkens to different era, when each railroad still insisted on its own road-specific stenciling for the cars. No Pullman-Standard created stencils here! The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. The model rides on Tangent’s brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps. We are pleased to offer these classy Norfolk & Western cars in 12 numbers from May of 1961. SKU 35013

- Sacramento Northern (SN) "Delivery Gray 5-1959" continues the Pullman-gray tradition, but picks up the elegant Sacramento Northern stenciling found on the cars of the era. The small data is Pullman-Standard stenciling styles. The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. The model rides on Tangent’s brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps. We are pleased to offer 6 numbers in this Sacramento Northern scheme. How often do you get accurate Sacramento Northern models in HO scale? SKU 35014

- Southern Pacific "Delivery Gray H-100-1 9-1959" illustrates a very cool Southern Pacific delivery paint scheme, with a significant amount of era-specific stenciling. The large Southern Pacific is spelled out with red stenciling in the railroad’s classic bold font. There is a yellow box on the side of the car that declares “Interior Treated For Edible Commodities” which indicates this is a food service car. Don’t load it with sand or cement! The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Ajax brake stand, Ajax brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. If you look closely at that B-end, you will notice we even applied the correct box-style defect card holder for SP. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. The model rides on Tangent’s 100-ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps – all of them simulated the painted trucks found on the prototype! We are pleased to offer 12 road numbers in this classy SP scheme! SKU 35015

- Chicago Great Western (CGW) "CNW Zito Repaint 10-1984" illustrates a beautiful CNW Clinton-Shops repaint of a CGW car. When they were repainted by CNW, the railroad retained the original reporting marks of these former CGW cars. CNW assumed the leases on these CGW cars when CNW acquired CGW in 1968. The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. The model rides on Tangent’s brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps – a favorite for PS 3215cf covered hoppers! We are pleased to offer 3 accurate road numbers in this Zito repaint scheme, providing a neat car option for our 1984+ modelers, and these cars served into the post-CNW Union Pacific era! Each of the three SKUs is road number and photo-specific with stencil data and placement. SKU 35016

- ROCK "Repaint 11-1979" illustrates a beautiful ROCK blue repaint! This former Rock Island gray car was repainted in 1979, at the tail end of the ROCK era. The Tangent models wear our beautiful ROCK blue paint and the large “THE ROCK” (underlined) stenciling, plus large ROCK logo. There is a lot going on with the stenciling here. U-1 stencil is included, as well as stacked double COTS boxes. Check out that El Reno weight stencil, too. The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. The model rides on Tangent’s brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps. Tangent has created this single ROCK car number 507976 based on its appearance from prototype photos. SKU 35017

We also have three “bare plastic” kit options available, continuing our dedication to the customers that want to build their own kits! We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products, but please support our kit offerings – we have had significantly-reduced kit demand as of late.

- Undecorated Kit w/ 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing Trucks is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 3215 body, accurate early-style roof hatches, an Apex walkway, Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel and body-mounted brake details. This kit includes Tangent 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing Trucks and CNC-machined 33” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for M&STL, Monon, NAHX, and SOO prototypes.
SKU 35000-01

- Undecorated Kit w/ 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing Trucks is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 3215 body, accurate early-style roof hatches, an Apex walkway, multiple handbrake and brake wheel options and body-mounted brake details. This kit includes Tangent 70T ASF Ride Control Roller Trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 33” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for ATSF, CB&Q, CGW, GM&O (80900 series), GN, KCS, L&N, MONON (4475 series), NP, N&W, RI, and SN prototypes.
SKU 35001-01

- Undecorated Kit w/ 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 3215 body, accurate early-style roof hatches, an Apex walkway, Ajax brake stand, Ajax brake wheel and body-mounted brake details. This kit includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for SP and SSW prototypes.
SKU 35002-01

Additionally, we are pleased to release one all-new truck product today – the 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing truck. This truck model is offered in 3 different wheel configurations:

TSM-2040
70-Ton ASF A-3 Roller Bearing Truck w/ Rotating Timken Caps with 33 inch standard tread .110 blackened wheels.

TSM-2041
70-Ton ASF A-3 Roller Bearing Truck w/ Rotating Timken Caps with 33 inch semi-scale .088 blackened wheels.

TSM-2042
70-Ton ASF A-3 Roller Bearing Truck w/ Rotating Timken Caps with 33 inch semi-scale .088 nickel plated wheels.

Finally, we are releasing one new “Unique and Useful” part that is tied to this PS-2 3215 covered hopper project.

TSM-1203
Pullman Standard Roof Hatches – Early Style (12 hatches). This package includes the early style hatches found on these PS3215 and other Pullman-Standard covered hoppers – a part that has been requested for years!

All of these models (with prototype Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215cf covered hopper photos) can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper is a dimensionally-accurate replica and provides continuity with our other Pullman-Standard covered hoppers, including model design, scheme colors, and stenciling. Our model includes key build variations: roof design, discharge gates, hand brakes, brake systems, running boards, and trucks. This replica includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.

These new freight cars are shipping today! A quick synopsis of our Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper era and railroad-specific details and variations include:
• Dimensional accuracy - designed from actual Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper plans
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• Industry-leading “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple discharge gates
• “See through” Apex running board and Apex brake step platform
• Road-specific details for each scheme, including 3 brake wheel housing options, 2 brake cylinder options, 2 retainer valve mounting options and multiple B-End bolster web plate detail options.
• Beautiful details including separately-applied scale wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded on” plastic grab irons or “thick” plastic grab iron parts anywhere on this replica!
• Brass corner steps
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• CNC-machined 33” and 36” wheels – as appropriate for each paint scheme - with accurate front and back detail
• Our models come with one pair of three possible prototype trucks that were found on the PS3215s:
o 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing Trucks
o 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing Trucks
o 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks
• Weighted to NMRA specifications
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper, a car that is sorely needed for those that enjoy the variations in their Pullman-Standard covered hopper products. Pricing for RTR models is $60.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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Fast forward to today’s release: our seventh “Tangent quality” HO scale caboose offering. The era of “one size fits all” cabooses in HO scale plastic is over. We bring our passion and knowledge for translating real 1:1 railroad equipment from freight cars to cabooses.

Our seventh caboose model is the HO Scale Southern Railway Gantt Manufacturing Company Bay Window Caboose System. This Southern Railway system covers the 1969-1974 deliveries of cabooses from Gantt Manufacturing. These 253 bay window cabooses served the SOU, and later NS, into the mid-1990s. After railroads purged large portions of caboose fleets, some SOU survivors made it into the 2000s and beyond, including one 2014 repaint into the NS/SOU Heritage scheme! Some are still used in today’s world of NS shoving platforms. These Southern cabooses were built by Gantt Manufacturing in Greenville, South Carolina and are easily recognizable with welded construction, terminating Stanray diagonal-panel roof edge, large windows, and bright “Fire Protection Red” paint. This Tangent caboose marks the first “high-detail” RTR Southern Railway caboose replica in HO scale, and is being released today.

By 1969, the Southern Railway and its subsidiaries served 13 states, with over 10,000 miles of track. With the slogan “The Southern Serves the South,” freight schedules cris-crossed the southeast. The railroad modernized its locomotive fleet with second generation EMD and GE power through the 1960s and 1970s. New cabooses were part of this modernization program, since the 1940s-early-1950s SOU Hayne Car Shops-built steel bay window cabooses were showing their age and needed replacement. To that end, Southern turned to Gantt Manufacturing to build several orders of new and “modern” steel bay window cabooses in both road service and local service configurations.

These cabooses were all delivered in Southern’s iconic red paint and proudly ran system wide from the hottest manifest trains down to the meandering local trains. While the first group of Gantt cabooses were built with running boards in 1969, these fixtures were soon removed. By 1970, new caboose deliveries were showing up with a modern, no-roof-walkway look. Local service cabooses stood out with yellow bay windows, while the road cabooses were solid red. The Local Service cabooses would be rebuilt in the late 1970s with roof-top solar panels to provide marker light power. The road cabooses were equipped with truck axle-mounted generators to charge the battery system.

Our Tangent Southern Railway Caboose System covers the 1970- through today era, and includes the following Gantt-built series:
SOU X200-X250 (1971-1972) Local Service
SOU X260-X271 (1973-1974) Local Service
SOU X403-X429 (1969) Road Service
SOU X430-X485 (1970) Road Service
SOU X486-X592 (1970-1971) Road Service

Through the 1970s and 1980s, these Gantt cabooses would receive various versions of Southern’s red paint and make up the “core” of the Southern caboose fleet! If you see a red Southern caboose, it almost always is one of these! The cabooses served widely on Southern Railway rails, as well as offline in many instances either via run through operations or trackage rights. In addition to the bright “Southern” lettering, some of these cabooses were stenciled for Southern’s subsidiary Central of Georgia, carrying small “CG” or “C of G” initials.

So, if you model St. Louis, Danville, Birmingham, New Orleans, Macon, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Alexandria, Asheville, or somewhere else in the many places the 10,000+ mile Southern Railway served, we have a caboose for you! Oh, and don’t forget that these cabooses have been documented offline in places where you would not expect them, either in a “normal” run-through arrangement or an unplanned situation – so if you model a Southern interchange railroad or just love classic Southern/NS power, now is your chance!

It’s difficult to understate the importance of these Southern-design Gantt cabooses, as they were the primary road cabooses for the last 14 years of the Southern and first decade-plus of Norfolk Southern. This era is an incredible period of change for railroads like the SOU, and it is easy to see why Tangent has planted its Southern caboose flag here.

And now, on to the models! The Southern Railway Gantt Manufacturing Company Bay Window Caboose System is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate group of scale replicas with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils. Our SOU cabooses were designed from meticulous field dimensions, and include incredible levels of detail such as multiple era-specific bodies, roofs, ends, two different underframe assembly options, brake wheel options, caboose truck options, generator options, solar panel installation options, toilet air tank, rooftop antenna, multiple smoke stacks, accurately scaled window treatments, plus beautiful steps and end platforms with accurate tread detail. Inside the model is an accurate SOU Gantt-applied interior. Our Southern cabooses include interior lighting, plus FRA End Light (SOU-style, i.e. non-flashing!) options that are appropriate for the paint scheme era of each replica. These “no fuss” track-powered interior and exterior lights are compatible with DC or DCC setups right out of the box (a simple wand included in the box activates the lights). Finally, our ready-to-operate replicas include “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail, coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.

We want to be very clear. The Southern Railway Gantt Manufacturing Company Bay Window System is not a generic model painted red, like what you may “already have.” This is Tangent-Level execution of bay window caboose details, covering Southern’s Gantt 1969-1974 production. These different body and build options cover multiple eras, paint schemes and modernization programs, all with accurate lighting options plus era and road number specific details.

The Southern Railway Gantt Manufacturing Company Bay Window Caboose System of replicas is AVAILABLE TODAY and include the following seven RTR schemes plus two undecorated kit options:

- Southern Railway (SOU) Road Service "Original 1970" w/ Interior Lights replicates the as-delivered SOU paint scheme and configuration from Gantt Manufacturing. The carbody is painted “Fire Protection Red” with “Yellow Target” steps, railings and axle generator. The roof is accurately unpainted (i.e. silver), but if you look closely, you will notice the red overspray coming up from the sides and onto the roof surface. This overspray is documented in photos and we carefully duplicated that look on the model. The black underframe shows off all of that great detail, including center sill pad printing for the reporting marks and car number! This is a sharp paint scheme, no matter how you look at it. The white SOUTHERN lettering fills the left side of the car, and the small data lettering is carefully drawn, including the BLT stencil matching Gantt’s distinctive typestyle. Notice the “high” mounted ACI label, accurate for a Gantt-delivered scheme. It’s these little things that make this scheme look “right” to your eye. This group of cabooses was built without roof-top walkways, and the model’s Stanray roof reflects this accurately. Tucked next to the smokejack is a Motorola “firecracker” antenna. The one side of the caboose body features the battery access door and charging plug. Underneath, the 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Generator Caboose Trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels are equipped with an accurate Safety Electric generator. Notice the cut-out area above this style of generator on the carbody. The ends of the caboose feature accurate Gantt-fabricated railings and power brake posts, along with little details like an accurate air release valve and pipe, SOU-style round end reflective target, and retainer valve and pipe on the B-end next to the door. The large body and bay windows allow you to view that full Tangent interior. For lighting, this Tangent Southern model is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering our Southern Road Service “Original 1970” scheme in 8 numbers. Each car number features accurate month and day data in the BLT and LUB stencils.
SKU -01 is bult 8-1970.
SKUs -02, -03, -04 are built 9-1970
SKU -05 is bult 10-1970
SKU -06 is bult 11-1970
SKUs -07, -08 are built 12-1970
This is a hot scheme! SKU 60610

- Southern Railway (SOU) Road Service "1976 Repaint 1979+ Era" w/ FRA End Light & Interior Lights gives modelers a neat era-appropriate repaint scheme. This group of cabooses is pulled from the Gantt Feb-Jun 1970 build group of Southern prototypes. The cabooses were originally equipped with running boards, but are long gone by the time of this repaint date and era. The prototypes were repainted in 1976 by Southern’s Hayne Shops in Spartanburg, SC. This Tangent model picks up with these prototype cabooses in 1979. So what does all of this mean? The models feature a repaint version of the Southern red scheme, have roof walkway brackets on the roof, and are equipped with red end lights. This is a detail configuration that would run from 1979 to the Norfolk Southern merger and then into the 1990s serving out their years as the last cabooses in revenue service on Norfolk Southern. Up on the roof, you can spot the previously mentioned walkway brackets. Take a close look and notice the bolt holes in each one! The smokejack has been replaced in this era, with a distinctive flaring style. The ends have been modified. Notice the centered, lower round reflective end paddle is gone, and replaced with a red FRA marker light. This light is “solid on,” i.e. it doesn’t flash, matching Southern Railway practice. The underframe features things like a red-painted air reservoir and ABD valve, accurate for Southern painting practices. For lighting, this Tangent SOU model is equipped with “golden” interior lights and FRA red end lights. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering our Southern Railway Road Service “1976 Repaint 1979+ Era” scheme in 8 numbers. Each car number features accurate Hayne Car shop repaint date stencils and related month and day data in the COTS stencils. The car numbers and data move to match photos. Appropriate stepwell safety slogans are also applied for the 1979 timeframe.
SKUs -01, -02 are 9-76 repaints in the 1979 Era “Aware-Alert Arrive Unhurt”
SKUs -03, -04 are 4-76 repaints in the 1979 Era “Dismount At Safe Speed”
SKUs -05, -06 are 3-76 repaints in the 1979 Era “Get a Good Grip On Safety”
SKUs -07, -08 are 11-76 repaints in the 1979 Era “Take Care Not Chances”
Variety is a wonderful thing! SKU 60611

- Southern Railway (SOU) Local Service "Original 1971" w/ Interior Lights duplicates the SOU “Local Service” cabooses, as delivered new from Gantt Manufacturing. Local service translates to no electricity in the caboose. Yes, these cabooses were built “dark,” so that means the interior is lit with oil lamps and there is no radio equipment. The exterior of the caboose was painted in the familiar red paint scheme, but with one important change: a bright yellow bay window to keep these cabooses clearly marked from the road pool. The Tangent model shows off all of these distinctive features for your local trains. The roof is accurately unpainted (i.e. silver), but if you look closely, you will notice the red overspray coming up from the sides and onto the roof surface. This overspray is documented in photos and we carefully duplicated that look on the model. The black underframe shows off all of that great detail, including center sill pad printing for the reporting marks and car number! The white SOUTHERN lettering fills the left side of the car, and the small data lettering is carefully drawn, including the BLT stencil matching Gantt’s distinctive typestyle. Notice the “high” mounted ACI label, and trust data, accurate for a Gantt-delivered scheme. That yellow bay window looks great with the silver window frame trim. This group of cabooses was built in 1971, so that means it was built without roof-top walkways, and the model’s Stanray roof reflects this accurately. The roof features an accurate style of smokejack for Gantt’s 1971 production. Underneath, the model is equipped with 50-Ton Plain Bearing Caboose Trucks with Leaf Springs. The ends of the caboose feature accurate Gantt-fabricated railings and power brake posts, along with little details like an air release valve and pipe, SOU-style round end reflective target, and retainer valve and pipe on the B-end next to the door. The large body and bay windows allow you to view that full Tangent interior. Even though there is no electricity, the cabooses are equipped with a full, 1971-modern interior that includes padded bay window bench seats and a chemical retention toilet! For lighting, this Tangent SOU model is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the oil lamps of the real local cabooses. A wand is included to operate the lighting – easy with no fuss! We are offering our SOU Local Service “Original 1971” scheme in 4 numbers. Each car number features accurate month and day data in the BLT, Paint and LUB stencils.
SKU -01 is bult 8-1971.
SKU -02 is built 10-1971
SKUs -03, -04 are built 11-1971
This is a sharp scheme! SKU 60612

- Southern Railway (SOU) Local Service "Repaint 1979 with Solar" w/ FRA End Light & Interior Lights shows off one of those paint schemes and configurations that is the very definition for many of a Southern Railway caboose. SOU refurbished their “Local Service” Gantt-built cabooses in the late 1970s, as radio use became more prevalent and electric red marker lights needed to be added to the ends. SOU’s innovative approach resulted in Solar panels being added to the top of the roof to charge a battery system on the prototypes. These Tangent caboose models stand out with a carefully replicated (non-working!) solar panel rack, clear “Lexan” covers, battery box and wire conduit setup. There are actually two prototype placements for the Solar panels. We chose the mounting brackets that line up with the end of the carbody for these car numbers, all refurbished and repainted in 1979. The models feature a repaint version of the Southern red scheme, including COTS panels and U-1 inspection dots as shown in the prototype photos. In this era, Southern was applying various safety slogans at the steps of each caboose. We have applied “GET A GOOD GRIP ON SAFETY” at the steps, accurate for the September of 1979 repaint/refurbish date of the models. The smokejack has been replaced in this era, with a distinctive flaring style. The ends have been modified. Notice the centered, lower round reflective end paddle is gone, and replaced with a red FRA marker light. This light is “solid on,” i.e. it doesn’t flash, matching SOU practice. The underframe features things like a red-painted air reservoir, ABD valve and brake cylinder, accurate for Southern painting practices. Underneath, the model is equipped with 50-Ton Plain Bearing Caboose Trucks with Leaf Springs. For lighting, this Tangent SOU model is equipped with “golden” interior lights and FRA red end lights. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering our SOU Local Service “Repaint 1979 with Solar” scheme in 4 numbers. The COTS data and Cobra Shoe stencils change slightly to match photos of each car number.
SKU 60613

- Norfolk Southern (NS) “MOW Ballast Train Service 1992" w/ FRA End Light & Interior Lights gives the NS modelers a neat application of NS Orange MOW paint and a new assignment for some of the Gantt cabooses. In 1992, the NS assigned 10 cabooses to ballast train use. The experiment only lasted a few years. Painted orange, they really stood out in the train! 7 of the 10 known ballast train cabooses were pulled from the prototype Gantt caboose series covered by the Tangent SOU models. We are offering two different examples for this release. Both share the same paint scheme, with an orange carbody, black underframe and yellow stepwells and handrails. Safety first! The sides display a large bold NS logo and ballast train assignment stenciling. The smokejack has been removed but next to its former location is a Motorola “firecracker” antenna. The one side of the caboose body features the battery access door and charging plug. Underneath, the 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Generator Caboose Trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels are equipped with an accurate Safety Electric axle generator. For lighting, this Tangent SOU model is equipped with “golden” interior lights and FRA red end lights. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss!

SKU 60614-01 is lettered for NS 500001MW and originally built in 10-1970. It never had a roof walkway, and this is correctly reflected on the model
SKU 60615-01 is lettered for NS 500002MW and originally built in 3-1970. It was originally built with a running board (long gone, of course) but it features the remnant running board brackets on the model’s roof.

Two great examples of variety for your NS ballast trains!

- Norfolk Southern (NS) “Chattanooga Terminal 2008" w/ FRA End Light & Interior Lights is a familiar sight to those in Tennessee. The real caboose sits inside Norfolk Southern’s DeButts Yard in Chattanooga, TN at a picnic grove. It was repainted bright red in 2008 for the NS Chattanooga Terminal, promoting the slogan “Your Choice, Our Future.” The one side of the caboose body features the battery access door and charging plug. Underneath, the 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Generator Caboose Trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels are equipped with an accurate Safety Electric axle generator. For lighting, this Tangent NS model is equipped with “golden” interior lights and FRA red end lights. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! SKU 60616-01

- Norfolk Southern (NS) “Southern Heritage 2013" w/ FRA End Light & Interior Lights is an interesting example of “heritage” paint at the caboose level. Starting in late 2013, NS refurbished several cabooses through Freightcar America in Roanoke, Virginia with new paint and NS graphics, adding N&W and SOU predecessor logos. This example of NS 555761 is the only ex-SOU Gantt caboose to receive this treatment. The model features fresh red body paint, silver roof, black steps and underframe and yellow safety appliances. A classic “The Southern Serves The South” logo adorns the car side. The prototype caboose was pulled from an ”early” Gantt build group that originally had a roof walkway. While that walkway is long gone, the model still has the prototypical roof brackets up on that gorgeous Stanray roof. For lighting, this Tangent NS model is equipped with “golden” interior lights and FRA red end lights. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! This scheme is available in one prototype number. SKU 60617-01

- Undec Kit - "Road Body 1969-1971+” is an unassembled kit version of the Southern Railway Gantt Manufacturing Company Bay Window Caboose in its as-delivered Road body configuration. This kit matches SOU X403-X592 and includes the Road body shell, with battery compartment details on one side. This kit can be used to model a caboose in the 1970+ era that used to have a roof walkway (i.e. roof walkway brackets) or a caboose that never had a roof walkway (no roof walkway brackets). This kit includes end part options for the as-delivered ends as well as ends with the 1979 era FRA lights. Part options also cover brake wheels and smokejack variations. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronics are included. It is perfect for those who want to build their own caboose or want to customize their own lighting circuit options. Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Generator Caboose Trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60600-01

- Undec Kit - "Local Body 1971-1974+” is an unassembled kit version of the Southern Railway Gantt Manufacturing Company Bay Window Caboose in its as-delivered Local body configuration. This kit matches SOU X200-250, X260-271 and includes the Local body shell. This kit can be used to model the original configuration of the Local cabooses as well as the modernized Solar part additions in the late 1970s. This kit includes end part options for the as-delivered ends as well as ends with the 1979+ era FRA lights. Part options also cover brake wheels and smokejack variations. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronics are included. It is perfect for those who want to build their own caboose or want to customize their own lighting circuit options. Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Generator Caboose Trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60601-01

Besides the above kits, we are extremely pleased to add another brand-new caboose truck in our industry-leading lineup of HO Scale trucks available on our website:

- 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Generator Caboose Trucks with power pickup is a pair of our all-new roller bearing trucks as seen on Tangent’s SOU Gantt Bay Window Road Cabooses. These trucks have a separately installed brake beam part, and power pickup with wires attached. The right axle of one side of one truck features a ‘Safety Electrical’ brand axle mounted generator, in either a horizontal or vertical mount. (You choose, based on your prototype -- both part options included!) This makes them perfect for your own caboose projects! The trucks contain CNC-machined blackened brass wheels, and we are pleased to offer this new truck in both .110” Standard tread and .088” Semi scale tread versions.
SKU 2035 (.110” Standard Wheels)
SKU 2036 (.088” Semi-Scale Wheels)

All of these models can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu!

These cabooses are shipping today! Features for these replicas include:
- Dimensional accuracy - designed from meticulous field dimensions using real tape measures on four real SOU Gantt cabooses – see “thank you” section below for more details for our project field research
- Highly correct “true to life” colors
- “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
- Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
- “Near-scale” draft gear box
- Multiple road numbers for each scheme, as appropriate
- Road and Era-specific details for each RTR scheme, including multiple body, roof, underframe detail and truck combinations
- A beautiful Stanray “terminating” diagonal panel roof with accurate huck bolt details everywhere!
- Accurate step and end tread patterns
- Underframe details to match as-built Gantt configurations
- Multiple roof configurations for different roof walkway bracket, antenna and solar panel mounting locations
- Underframe and truck axle drive generator options
- Different end railing/marker light options, based on Gantt build date and era
- Two different wire “coupler lift bar” detail options, per prototype application
- Accurate SOU-specific interior, including iconic angled-back notched bay window seating, conductor desk and stationery equipment locker, tall lockers, coal stove, coal bin, open toilet area with retention tank, sink, water storage tank, ice chest and more. The interior is accurately painted in Southern’s Silver Gray Enamel.
- Full underbody details – brake system with brake rods and piping, release rod, and even the toilet air flush tank for the inside retention tank – all based on the prototype!
- Beautiful side wire curved grab irons and intricate Gantt end railings in plastic
- LED illuminated FRA end lights with a proper SOU “solid on” (i.e. no flash) that can be controlled on or off – on each end – independently, where appropriate by paint scheme
- LED illuminated interior lighting “warm” lights to replicate Aladdin lamps or incandescent bulbs of the prototypes that can be controlled on or off
- No complicated decoder. No complicated programming. No complicated electronics. DC/DCC compatible track-powered “no fuss” interior and marker light lighting – simple and easy to operate with included wand
- CNC-machined standard RP25 .110” tread 33” wheels (Yes, semi-scale .088” wheels are available separately!)
- Two Southern Railway truck options: “Road” cabooses are equipped with all-new 70-Ton Barber Roller Bearing Generator Caboose Trucks, and “Local” cabooses are equipped with all-new 50-Ton Plain Bearing/Leaf Spring Caboose Trucks.
- Recommended age 14 years and older

In order to bring you this project with the level of research required for prototype perfection, we needed to measure and photograph five examples of these cabooses! We would like to give a big “thank you” to:
- The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge TN, for allowing us to spend an entire day measuring SOU X261, one of the 1971-built local cabooses. X261 is likely the only Southern Railway solar-equipped caboose with the “solar system” still intact), and as a bonus also still wearing multiple layers of original SOU paint. We had cooperative weather to measure things right. The only “sin” with this caboose? It was retrucked at some point. But keep reading…

- The Old Fort Railroad Museum in Old Fort, NC for maintaining a beautifully restored SOU X581, a 1971-built road caboose. Sometimes you just have to pause and appreciate a restoration and an intact, perfect interior that looked just like the day it was released from Gantt in Greenville, South Carolina.

- The Knox County Tennessee Public Library in Corryton TN for keeping an eye on the SOU X571, a 1971-built road caboose. Why is this one important? Because somewhere along the way to being stuffed and mounted on the library’s lawn, it got a pair of the original “Local Service” plain bearing trucks installed underneath. Accurate caboose truck measurements road trip!

- The Craggy Mountain Line in Asheville, NC for giving us access to measure truck details of their restored and operating SOU X488 and X582 cabooses.

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Southern Railway Gantt Manufacturing Company Bay Window System, our seventh release in the Tangent caboose line. Pricing for RTR models is $134.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

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No preorders. No waiting. These cars are available right now.

In the early 1960s, railcar builders experimented with new covered hopper designs to help railroads move away from generic forty-foot box cars to special-duty bulk transport railcars. Pullman created the “PS-2” series of covered hoppers which included more than 20 individual designs, some of which were “generic” hoppers for grains, while others were more specialized. Possibly the best example of a specialized design was the PS-2 2929, which was designed specifically for phosphates from the Southeast. Similar to the PS-2 2893, the “three bay” 2929 looks different for several reasons, including having side posts consistently applied along the entire car side. The 2929 design had three primary design iterations with a total of more than 4,000 cars produced. The Tangent models replicate the high-brakewheel, 100-Ton cars produced for ACL, CRR, L&N, and NS in the 1963-1966 period.

Our February 2025 debut of the Pullman-Standard PS-2 2929cf Covered Hopper includes six (6) railroad schemes, plus four (4) RTR undecorated kit options.

- Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) "Delivery Beige 8-1965" replicates ACL’s large 800-car order of Pullman-Standard Covered Hoppers, delivered in 1965. The Tangent model replicates the delivery “beige” scheme. The ACL letters are big and bold across the car side, and every piece of data is carefully replicated, something you have come to expect with Tangent. The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board (straight and flat!), evenly-spaced round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Wine gravity outlet gates. All of these features match the prototype ACL cars. If you look even closer, the model also replicates additional ACL-specific details like the carbody side trust plates, the brake badge plate on the B-End and accurate ACL 100-Ton trucks with the retaining bolts detail. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Ajax brake stand, modern brake wheel, Morton-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. These sharp Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) models are available in 12 numbers with August 1965 specific build dates. SKU 35160

- CSX "Repaint 1989" shows off the very common and consistent CSX repaints from the 1989-era, and takes us all back to the early days of CSX freight car repaints. This group of PS 2929 cars is pulled from the ex-ACL series and features record-specific CSX Raceland Shops repaint dates and data. The models feature correct ex-ACL roof details like a see-through Apex-style running board and evenly-spaced round roof hatches. In this era, the retainer valve has been moved to a lower location, a feature carefully duplicated on the models. The gravity outlet gates are specific for CSX and are a replacement style with locking bar mechanisms. The prototype CSX repaints maintained the distinctive ex-ACL 100-Ton trucks with the retaining bolts detail. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Ajax brake stand, modern brake wheel, Morton-style brake step, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. These cars are available in 12 numbers, with four possible months of repaint dates:
2 from February 1989 (SKUs -03, -06)
4 from March 1989 (SKUs -04, -05, -08, -09)
4 from April 1989 (SKUs -02, -07, -11, -12)
2 from May 1989 (SKUs -01, -10)
It's time to haul phosphate! SKU 35161

- Louisville & Nashville (L&N) "Delivery Gray 10-1963" shows us the earliest Pullman-delivered PS-2 2929s in original gray paint. The L&N graphics are carefully duplicated on the car, from the slanted “L&N” reporting marks and three-inch “Roman” style capacity data, down to the one-inch Pullman data. These L&N cars differ from the other 2929s that we offer because they have 5 pairs of roof hatches with staggered spacing, as opposed to the “standard” evenly-spaced hatches common to the other 2929s of the era. But don’t worry -- we have tooled this L&N-specific roof to execute this model correctly. And if you look closely at the prototype and model photos, you will see we didn’t stop there. The L&N 2929 LOs also feature truck-mounted brake gear. This translates to the B-end missing the brake cylinder (instead there are small brake cylinders on each truck brake beam) and a fine brake air line visible, hanging down from the underframe between the bays (instead of pipe linkage and the automatic slack adjuster). The B-end of the car has more L&N-specific details like a beautiful Klasing 1700 power brake, separate short handle, modern brake wheel, Cobra brake shoe holder and a small brake badge above the defect card holder. This L&N replica rides on 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps and the three bays are equipped with Enterprise discharge gates. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. These models are available with October 1963-specific paint dates. Commodities carried included feed and cement. It isn’t often that you get an L&N-specific railcar. SKU 35162

- Norfolk Southern (“Original” NS) "Delivery Gray 1-1966" illustrates the NS order for 100 PS-2 2929cf covered hoppers, delivered in the railroad’s classy Norfolk Southern stenciling, including the large and eye-catching red-painted “N”. The models feature a see-through Morton-style running board with its distinctive side uni-wing flange, evenly-spaced round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Ajax brake stand, modern brake wheel, Morton-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. The model rides on 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps. We are pleased to offer these classy Norfolk Southern cars in 12 numbers from January 1966. Also, this is the first time Tangent has released a railcar in original Norfolk Southern paint! SKU 35163

- USEX "Texas Industries 1980" illustrates a beautiful orange repaint, private operator paint scheme that was so commonly seen in the 1980s! These former Norfolk Southern cars were financed originally through United States Railway Equipment/Evans. These USEX cars were reconditioned and repainted at the Evans Railcar facility in Ozark, Alabama in July 1980. They received large side placards for the TXI logo and company name. They were assigned to the Texas Industries, Inc. cement plant in Artesia, Mississippi. Since this group of cars have Norfolk Southern heritage, they feature NS details like a see-through Morton-style running board with its distinctive side uni-wing flange, evenly-spaced round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Ajax brake stand, modern brake wheel, Morton-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. The model rides on 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps. We are pleased to offer 6 numbers in this Texas Industries scheme. SKU 35164

- TRLX "Ex-USRE Texas Industries Restencil 1993+" illustrates a restenciled version of the Texas Industries car we are offering concurrently. These former USRE/Texas Industries Inc. cars were purchased by Texas Railcar Leasing and show their appearance from 1993+ after being restenciled with fresh reporting marks. The Tangent models wear a faded version of the original orange paint, along with fresh patches and stencils for their new owners. Since this group of cars have Norfolk Southern heritage, they feature NS details like a see-through Morton-style running board with its distinctive side uni-wing flange, evenly-spaced round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Ajax brake stand, modern brake wheel, Morton-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. The model rides on 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps. We are pleased to offer 3 road numbers in this restencil scheme, providing a neat car option for our 1990s and 2000s customers. Each of the three SKUs is photo-specific with paint-out patches applied based on the photos. SKU 35165

We also have four “bare plastic” kit options available, continuing our dedication to the customers that want to build their own kits! We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products, but please support our kit offerings – we have had significantly-reduced kit demand as of late.

- Unlettered Kit ACL Version is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 2929 body and evenly-spaced roof hatches with Apex walkway, Ajax Handbrake and body-mounted brake details. This kit includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with retaining bolts and CNC-machined 36” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for ACL 120000-120799 (later SCL 420000-420799, SBD 220970-221769, CSXT 220970-221769).
SKU 35150-01

- Unlettered Kit CRR Version is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 2929 body and evenly-spaced roof hatches with Apex walkway, Klasing 1150 handbrake and body-mounted brake details. This kit includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for CRR 60500-60539 (later SBD 220830-220869, CSXT 220830-220869).
SKU 35151-01

- Unlettered Kit L&N Version is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 2929 body and staggered roof hatches with Apex walkway, Klasing 1700 handbrake and truck-mounted brake details. This kit includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for LN 38750-38849 (later SBD 220720-220796, CSXT 220720-220796).
SKU 35152-01

- Unlettered Kit NS-USEX Version is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 2929 body and evenly-spaced roof hatches with Morton walkway, Ajax handbrake, body-mounted brake details, and TXI placards. This kit includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for NS 5000-5099 (later USEX 5000-5099, TRLX 52XX-53XX series).
SKU 35153-01

Additionally, we are pleased to release an all-new truck today – the Barber 100-ton S-2 truck w/Retaining Bolts with 36-inch wheels. (As seen on many 100-ton ACL, SCL, SBD, CSXT applications). These HO trucks do not have rotating caps, because of the retaining bolt design. These trucks are offered in 3 different wheel configurations:

TSM-2046
Barber 100-ton S-2 truck w/Retaining Bolts with 36 inch standard tread .110 blackened wheels.

TSM-2047
Barber 100-ton S-2 truck w/Retaining Bolts with 36 inch semi-scale .088 blackened wheels.

TSM-2048
Barber 100-ton S-2 truck w/Retaining Bolts with 36 inch semi-scale .088 nickel plated wheels.

Finally, we are releasing new “Unique and Useful” parts that are tied to this PS-2 2929 project.

TSM-1202
USDOT Safety placard holder parts. The package includes 6 end mount + 6 side mount placards.

TSM-1205
Pullman Standard Roof Hatches – Late Style (12 hatches). This package includes the late style hatches found on these PS2929 and other Pullman-Standard covered hoppers – a part that has been requested for years!

All of these models (with prototype Pullman-Standard PS-2 covered hopper photos) can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard PS-2 2929 Covered Hopper is a dimensionally-accurate replica and provides continuity with our other Pullman-Standard covered hoppers, including model design, scheme colors, and stenciling. Our model includes key build variations: roof design, discharge gates, hand brakes, brake systems, running boards, and trucks. This replica includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.

These new freight cars are shipping today! A quick synopsis of our Pullman-Standard PS-2 2929 Covered Hopper era and railroad-specific details and variations include:
• Dimensional accuracy - designed from actual Pullman-Standard PS-2 2929 Covered Hopper plans
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• Industry-leading “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Two different possible roof configurations
• Multiple discharge gates
• “See through” Apex or Morton running boards and Morton brake step platform
• Road-specific details for each scheme, including 3 brake wheel housing options, 2 brake cylinder options, 2 retainer valve mounting options and multiple B-End bolster web plate detail options.
• Beautiful details including separately-applied scale wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded on” plastic grab irons or “thick” plastic grab iron parts anywhere on this replica!
• Brass corner steps
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back detail
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part (2 possible options!) OR our all-new Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with Retaining Bolts.
• Weighted to NMRA specifications
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard PS-2 2929 Covered Hopper, a first of its kind in HO scale! It is (was!) one of the most-requested HO freight cars in our line! Pricing for RTR models is $60.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

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Tangent offers distinctive phase and era variations with our PRR X58 replicas, including high or low ladders, high or low brake appliances, Keystone or Hydra-cushion underframes and all-new 50’ Stanray diagonal panel roof system with prototype options.  Our PRR X58 includes our “near-scale” extended-length draft sill with beautifully rendered side “key” detail and gorgeous “trombone-style” coupler lift bars, plus accurate ASF 70-ton roller bearing trucks as utilized by PRR.  Finally, our scale replicas operate as well as they look, equipped with free-rolling CNC-machined wheels and Kadee® scale couplers, meaning our models are truly ready-to-run.

Available NOW at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu in these thirteen new RTR and two Undecorated RTR scheme offerings:

PRR “Original 12-1965 X58B SL” wears the attractive “PRR freight car red” scheme featuring yellow “Cushioned Car” stencils, plus a sharp PRR white keystone.  This prototype group of cars was equipped with Transco’s Stage Loading belt rail system and feature the distinctive large yellow “SL” on the sides of the cars.  Like PRR paint practices, this car has an unpainted galvanized roof and running board, except for the ends that have the characteristic paint spray line as seen in overhead photos of these cars when fresh.  And don’t forget to check out that all-new Stanray 50’ roof with Apex running board!  This new run of PRR cars is a new paint scheme variation we have not yet offered, and has a Keystone underframe and represents production from December of 1965.  This PRR Delivery scheme is available in 6 road numbers.  SKU 14026

PRR “PC-Era X58B SL w/Green Door 1974+” shows later-era changes for a specific X58B under Penn Central ownership.  This 1966-built box car has made it into 1974, wearing its original PRR scheme and reporting marks.  However, Penn Central has worked on the car along the way, resulting in changes.  The doors have been repainted/replaced by PC.  The roof walkway has been removed, and the roof mounted brackets have been torched off.  These roof changes are carefully replicated with our all-new Stanray 50’ roof tooling and detail options.  The brake wheel stayed in its factory-applied, high position after the shop work, correct for this prototype.  The paint job details reflect over 8 years of use, including specifically-patched capacity data, the previously mentioned PC green doors, ACI label additions, accurate 1974 COTS data and miscellaneous patches.  All of these details on the model are photo specific.  This PRR box car is available in one correct road number for the PC 1974+ era.  SKU 14027-01

PC “X58B Patch SL 1974+” shows another group of PC cars for the 1974+ era.  These specific December 1965-built PRR cars received modifications in 1974, including PC green patch reporting marks and removal of the roof walkway.  Photos for these specific cars should the roof walkway brackets were left in place.  This is a detail we have carefully executed, with our all-new Stanray roof and fine etched roof walkway brackets.  The B-end brake wheel stayed in its factory-applied, high position after the shop work.  Each of these cars is based on a prototype photo, so the paint patches, ACI labels, COTS boxes and PC-related data changes are different on all three cars!  These PC patch beauties are available in three accurate road numbers.  SKU 14028

PC “X58 Patch LD 1976+” gives PC and CR modelers another variation of PC patches for an ex-PRR Delivery scheme.  This pair of cars is pulled from the October 1965 PRR X58 group and feature brown PC lettering patches, repainted brown doors and with the ex-PRR “LD” and “Cushioned Underframe” yellow lettering.  The roof walkway has been removed, leaving the beautiful etched brackets, along with the high ladder and corner grab iron on the roof corner.  This patch version was done in March of 1976 – very late for the PC era!  (And of course, also perfect for the CR era.)  All of the accurate data is present for the 1976 era, including ACI label and distinctive PC style COTS boxes.  Available in two road numbers.  SKU 14029

PC “X58A Repaint 1972+” replicates the full PC green repaints from the era.  In 1972, Penn Central was fully repainting box cars, including lowering the brake wheel during roof modifications.  These models feature a roof with the running board removed and the roof walkway brackets remain in the interior positions.  The Penn Central lettering is stacked vertically on the left and the right side of the car features the “small” PC logo that fits between the exterior posts of the box car.  1972-appropriate data includes ACI label, early single panel lube plate and PC accurate paint stencil code.  The lettering also features an accurate return route box to the PC RR in Buffalo, NY (likely in palletized auto parts service)  This group of X58A models feature Keystone Center-Of-Car-Cushion underframes.  This sharp scheme is available in three road numbers.  SKU 14030

PC “X58B Diesel Shop Service 1971+” represents one of our most-requested paint schemes for our X58 box car.  In 1971, Penn Central assigned a single X58B box car to its Collinwood, Ohio Diesel Locomotive Shops in Cleveland, OH.  It was repainted a very light gray (off-white!) with stacked black Penn Central lettering and a large black PC logo that spans 3 panels of the box car side.  The model features a Keystone cushion underframe, lowered brake wheel and lowered ladders, as modified by Penn Central.  In the world of PC paint schemes, this one is definitely falls into the “unique” category.  This Penn Central Diesel Shop Service box car is available in one accurate number.  SKU 14031-01

CR " X58 Green Repaint 1976+ " introduces the early Conrail era in 1976.  While not widely known, Conrail’s first paint scheme was an all-green body and simple graphics.  This is not an ex-PC patch, but rather a solid green paint job applied in April of 1976 by Conrail (just days after the merger!)  The model features a Hydra-Cushion underframe, lowered brake wheel/ladder appliances, and the roof walkway has been removed.  These features of the model match the prototype photo.  This example of early Conrail green is available in two car numbers.  SKU 14032

CR " X58B Meadville Repaint 1977+" gives Conrail modelers a stunning red scheme selection.  Ask any CR fan: the ex-EL Meadville, PA shop just had their own way of painting things.  Look at the larger bold CONRAIL on the left and the smaller CR logo to the right.  If you peek closely, you will notice that these Meadville repaints even use Erie Lackawanna-style stencils for the CAPY data.  The walkway up on the roof has been removed, but the safety appliances and brake wheel are still mounted high on the B-end of the car.  The ten-foot sliding door even has the auxiliary crank (“third arm”) installed up high, correct for the era and prototype.  The model features a Keystone cushion underframe.  We are pleased to offer this very Meadville Conrail scheme in three numbers.  SKU 14033

NS "Tool Car" give the contemporary NS modelers a reason to pay attention.  This ex-CR X58 box car was assigned to NS Maintenance-Of-Way service sometime around 2005 and was painted in an ultra-simple gray paint job.  The lettering is also very interesting.  This car maintained its “old” CR number, but received what we might call a “non-standard” condensed NS logo and stripes.  Although we are pretty sure no one will ever notice this, we actually mimicked the letter “N” graphic application and how it doesn’t wrap down the sides of the box car post that it is lettered on.  Check out the prototype photo on our website!  The model features lowered ladders, brake appliances and a Hydra-Cushion underframe.  This one distinctive car number is ready to move on your next NS MOW train.  SKU 14034-01

CR "Safety-On-Rails-Theater" 1992+" replicates a one-of-a-kind CR paint job.  With a logo panel applied by CR’s Philadelphia Division at Pavonia Yard (Camden, NJ), this box car made its debut in August of 1992.  The paint scheme celebrates the Philadelphia Division’s dedication to rail and grade crossing safety.  The prototype car included an interior outfitted with instructional materials for safety presentations.  The HO model focuses on the outside, with an accurate paint job for its initial debut, including a carefully reproduced and exact Conrail Philadelphia logo panel and Operation Lifesaver logos on the doors.  The roof has been painted white on this model, matching the distinctive prototype.  The model features a Keystone underframe and lowered brake wheel and safety appliances.  We are offering this scheme in one prototypical number. SKU 14035-01

LV “Original 12-1965 X58B” replicates the Lehigh Valley’s second group of X58 cars (and not yet offered by Tangent, until today!) from the PRR Samuel Rea Shops.  These 60 cars were built in early December 1965, classed as X58B and wore the attractive black and white Lehigh Valley paint scheme.   The LV scheme is a good example of “classy” as you notice the side grab irons (“ladders”) are painted black against the white sides along with the red LV flag painted across the ten-foot plug door.  The models are sharp, equipped with accurate Keystone cushion underframes and Apex-style roof walkways.  We are releasing twelve (yes, 12!) individual car numbers, with each individual car number researched to include accurate return route lettering as used by the Lehigh Valley.  Modelers take careful notice that many of these cars return home to non-LV roads!

• SKUs -01 through -04 are lettered return to Reading Company West Trenton, New Jersey including that distinctive T-diamond mark.
• SKU -05 is lettered return to C&O Midland, Michigan.
• SKUs -06 through -07 are lettered return to LV RR Niagara Falls, New York.
• SKUs -08 and -12 are lettered return to GTW RR, Otterburn, Michigan, with the distinctive “O” mark.
• SKUs -09 through -11 are lettered return to LV RR Oak Island, New Jersey.

These cars will be hot.  Don’t miss all 12 numbers!  SKU 14036

CR "X58B Ex-LV Patch 1978+" represents another all-new CR era patch scheme for this release!  This car has most of the Lehigh Valley graphics patched out by Conrail’s ex-Reading PA shops personnel.  The model features all of these patches, carefully replicated.  Yes, each side is different, to match prototype photos.  Additional new data matches CR practices: reweigh data, COTS boxes, U-1 inspection dots and “Keep off roof” stencils.  Yes, the model even has the auxiliary arm crank (“third arm”) installed correctly on the door, correct for this era.  This is a sharp patch scheme.  We know the LV guys have to look away, but for everyone else: do not miss it!  We are pleased to offer this ex-LV patch in one exact road number.  SKU 14037-01

PC “X58B Diesel Shop Service CR Era 1976+” represents an important variation of a much-requested paint scheme for our X58 box car.  In 1971, Penn Central assigned a single X58B box car to its Collinwood, Ohio Diesel Locomotive Shops in Cleveland, OH.  It was repainted a very light gray (off-white!) with stacked black Penn Central lettering and a large black PC logo that spans 3 panels of the box car side.  The model features a Keystone cushion underframe, lowered brake wheel and lowered ladders, as modified by Penn Central.  This version of the scheme is aimed at Conrail modelers, 1976+.  What does that mean?  Well, if you ask any self-respecting CR modeler, they will gently remind you that this box car received a primer red door, on one side only!  So of course, we have to offer this version too!  Along with the new door, we have also added the 1976+ CR COTS boxes seen in photos.  This CR-era Penn Central Diesel Shop Service box car is available in one accurate number. SKU 14038-01

Along with the RTR schemes above, we are releasing two RTR painted but unlettered options for custom projects:

RTR Painted "PRR Freight Car Red" w/Keystone Underframe gives modelers some much needed attention.  This is a PRR painted and assembled RTR car – all it needs is decals to model your favorite PRR scheme, patch variation, or your own home road.  This build features full running boards, high ladders, high factory-configuration brake equipment, and a Keystone cushion underframe.  Excellent PRR decals are also available – see our website for details.  SKU 14005-02

RTR Painted "PC Green" w/Keystone Underframe is another example of a one-night modeling project.  This is a PC Green painted and assembled RTR car – all it needs is decals to model your favorite PC scheme variation or your own home road.  This build features etched roof walkway  brackets only, low ladders, lowered brake equipment and a Keystone underframe.  Multiple variations of excellent PC decals are also available – see our website for details. SKU 14006-01

Besides the RTR cars, we are also very pleased to introduce our All-New 50’ Stanray Diagonal Panel Overhanging Roof System, with roof walkway/bracket options!  Each roof is assembled, unpainted, with roof walkway or bracket options installed.  These roofs are the new standard for all of your projects – whether you are building something new or updating other brands!

TSM-1152 - 50’ Stanray Diagonal Panel Overhanging Roof w/ Apex Roofwalk

(yes, includes a beautiful, straight, see-through Apex roofwalk!)

TSM-1153 - 50’ Stanray Diagonal Panel Overhanging Roof w/ Morton Roofwalk

(yes, includes a beautiful, straight, see-through Morton Uni-Wing Flange roofwalk!)

TSM-1154 - 50’ Stanray Diagonal Panel Overhanging Roof w/ Cut-down Roof Brackets

(walkway brackets that have been torched off but the remnants are still visible!)

 TSM-1155 - - 50’ Stanray Diagonal Panel Overhanging Roof w/ Full Roof Brackets

(full walkway brackets still visible, except the end bracket on each end!)

TSM-1156 - 50’ Stanray Diagonal Panel Overhanging Roof w/ Full Roof Brackets

(full walkway brackets still visible!)

TSM-1157 - 50’ Stanray Diagonal Panel Overhanging Roof

(Post-1966 roof that never had a roofwalk!)

Want to see photos of our new spectacular replicas?

See https://fettverbrennung-anregen.eu for a link to the new models!

We studied the prototype to accurately reproduce it with the following features:

- Dimensionally-correct exterior post box car with trademark 1960s design features, produced from actual PRR blueprints and from photos and measurements taken from a real X58 at the Danbury Rail Museum in Danbury CT

- Different roof, brake appliance, side/end ladder, and center door arm variations correct for the era / paint scheme of each paint scheme

- Two different underframe variations: hydra-cushion and keystone
- All-New Stanray 50’ Diagonal Panel Roof System design, tooling and options.

- Separate door rods and door roller detail

- “See-through” running board and crossover platform

- Full “lacy” AB brake detail and train air line

- Highly correct “true to life” colors

- “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement

- Durable wire grab irons and “trombone-style” coupler lift bars

- Separate air hoses

- “Near-scale” extended draft gear box with beautifully rendered side “key” detail

- Kadee® “scale-head” couplers

- CNC-machined 33” wheels in ASF 70-ton “Ride Control” roller bearing trucks, matching PRR practice

- Replacement 33” semi-scale wheels are available separately from Tangent

- Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models PRR X58 series box car.  Priced at $48.95 each, these replicas are very useful for modelers from coast to coast and will stand out well on any layout from 1965 to 2005!

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Remember, N Scale Modelers: this is NOT a preorder announcement. When Tangent announces a new release, it is ready to ship today! These cars are IN STOCK NOW.

Following nine years of continuous production, the Pullman-Standard 4750cf covered hopper was the largest mass-produced covered hopper design in North American railcar history. After Pullman-Standard’s demise in 1981, Trinity Industries acquired the design and production rights for the “Pullman-version” of the 4750 design (which killed Trinity’s own 4750 from the catalog). Shippers wanted the “Pullman-design” 4750 to be offered again! Produced between 1988 and 1995, Trinity produced the “Pullman-design” 4750 and met customer needs for this popular covered hopper. During that production period, Trinity made a series of refinements to the design. Many Class I railroads purchased the Trinity 4750, with BN, UP, and CSX ordering them in the thousands. Trinity 4750 cars continue to serve Class I, short line, and in lessee services today, hauling grains, fertilizer, salt, and other bulk commodities.

Our November production includes nine total private and railroad schemes. Let’s dig in:

- CSXT "Delivery 1988" is available in the now-classic CSXT beige covered hopper scheme. CSX was the first railroad to adopt Trinity’s Pullman-design 4750. CSXT specified that their 4750s have hazardous material placard holders on both sides and both ends of the car, which Tangent has included with their unpainted aluminum finish. Up on the roof of the cars are unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards, and the painted-beige trough hatches that Trinity built are replicated on our model. On the ends of the cars, Trinity designed a horizontal weld line in the end sheet, and we have duplicated that on the models, along with accurate air reservoir placement and design. These CSX cars are fitted with separate straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and don’t forget the flexible rubber trainline air hoses! Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. The bays have accurate Miner Self-Lok gates installed. The stenciling on the cars includes the CSX lettering with the lines below each character, and the “A CSX Quality Car” lettering in a small rectangular box. This CSX artwork is carefully replicated for these Trinity cars, from the large, slightly “condensed” CSX logo lettering down to the carefully reproduced 1988-era Trinity builder logo. We are proud to offer these CSX replicas in 24 road numbers: the first 12 road numbers carry October 1988 build dates, whereas the second 12 road numbers carry November 1988 build dates. SKU 81010

- Burlington Northern (BN) "Delivery Cascade Green 9-1994" continues our tradition of offering gorgeous BN models, and this is perhaps the most desired of them all! These cars are from the fifth 1,000 car group of the 6,000 BN-ordered Trinity 4750s. These cars came from Trinity in the “3 line” BN scheme with the smaller BN logo, all justified to the left side of the car. While most of the stenciling is sharp white paint against the Cascade Green carbody color, there are yellow caution lettering stenciling blocks on the sides and ends. These cars feature the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. Up on the roof of the cars are unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. Every railroad had different hatches, and BN is no exception, with multiple hatch types across orders – and within each order! The ends of the cars include a new-design brake reservoir, straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and flexible rubber trainline air hoses! Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. These cars carrying this BN paint scheme were the capstone freight car of the Burlington Northern era. They were the largest fleet of cars ever to wear Cascade Green Burlington Northern paint, and they exemplified the early 1990s BN era. These cars were seemingly everywhere, and some of the fleet remains in service today in their original BN green paint, operating within the large BNSF covered hopper fleet. Oh, and just one more thing: BN was the largest purchaser of Trinity 4750s. These stunners are now available in 24 road numbers. SKU 81011

- Union Pacific (UP) "Delivery 10-1993" is an exciting offering for us, because Union Pacific was a large user of the Trinity 4750 as well. Union Pacific ordered these cars in a more neutral gray than previous covered hopper purchases – not the typical, darker, “Harbor Mist” gray. The cars have the distinctive UP shield in the center of the car that screams 1990s UP painting practices. These Trinity 4750s include the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. Up on the roof of the cars you will find unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. Every railroad had different hatches, and UP is no exception. The ends of the cars include straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and flexible rubber trainline air hoses! Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. These cars carrying this UP paint scheme were from a grouping of 1,800 cars purchased from Trinity Industries. These stunners are now available in 24 road numbers. SKU 81012

- DGHX "Delivery Gray 4-1993" is one of two private lease offerings in this release of Trinity 4750s, which were leased to North American Chemical. This car is a stunner with its off-white paint color and distinctive red logo. The DGHX Trinity 4750s include the Gravac gravity-pneumatic combo outlet gates, a very distinctive prototype design we have tooled in N Scale. Up on the roof of the cars you will find an unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards and the fiberglass painted trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. The ends of the cars include straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and flexible rubber trainline air hoses! Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should, in between those gorgeous Gravac outlet gates. DGHX had a total of 700 Trinity 4750s, all built in 1993. These stunners are now available in 6 road numbers, and photos show them on both coasts, in Florida, and all places in between. SKU 81013

- GACX "GATX Gray 2-1995" is one of two private lease offerings in this release of Trinity 4750s. This car is a stunner with its gray paint color and large, bold GATX stencils in the upper right corner of the carbody side. The GATX’s Trinity 4750s include the “bolt on” outlet gate design, along with gravity gates. Up on the roof of the cars you will find an unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. The ends of the cars include straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and flexible rubber trainline air hoses! GATX initially leased a total of 200 Trinity 4750s, all built in 1995, although they picked up more Trinity cars in later years, which we offer as models as well. These stunners are now available in 6 road numbers, and photos show them all over North America, including in Canada and Mexico. SKU 81014

- BNSF "Large Swoosh 2005" complements our BN car offering in this run of Trinity 4750s, for those that model BNSF in the conspicuity era. This car is a stunner with its BNSF oxide red paint color, the large and bold BNSF swoosh logo on the right side of the carbody, and the conspicuity stripe markings alongside the model. This paint scheme includes some neat “little details” like the white paint details on the ends and steps. These cars are former BN Trinity 4750s built in 1994. These cars are equipped with the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. Up on the roof of the cars is a carbody red painted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running board, and the fiberglass trough hatches that BNSF applied are replicated on our model. The ends of the cars include straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and flexible rubber trainline air hoses. These stunners are now available in 12 road numbers. Don’t miss out, these will go quickly! SKU 81015

- GACX "BNSF Patch 2010" is one of two BN/BNSF patch-out offerings in this run of Trinity 4750s and are in general lease service. These cars are former BNSF swoosh cars that were patched out. These models are interesting because they mimic GATX’s patching of the BNSF reporting marks and logos, however they retain most of the other data. We offer a muted carbody color and a fresh paint patch out. We also mimic GATX’s treatment of the grab irons, where they painted the grab irons on the sides and ends of the car white in a nod to rail employee safety. These cars are formerly BN cars built in 1994. These cars have the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. Up on the roof of the cars is a carbody red painted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running board, and the fiberglass trough hatches that BNSF applied are replicated on our model. The ends of the cars include straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and flexible rubber trainline air hoses, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. These stunners are now available in 6 road numbers. Don’t miss out on these or on our GACX “BN Patch 2010 cars - they go together! SKU 81016

- GACX "BN Patch 2010” is one of two BN/BNSF patch-out offerings in this run of Trinity 4750s and are in general lease service. These cars are former BN Cascade Green cars that were patched out. These models are interesting because they mimic GATX’s patching of the BN reporting marks and logos, however they retain most of the other data. We offer a muted carbody green color and fresh gray patch outs, just like the real cars had. These former BN cars were built in 1994. These cars have the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. Up on the roof of the cars is an unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running board, and the fiberglass trough hatches that were applied during the BNSF era. The ends of the cars include straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and flexible rubber trainline air hoses, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. These stunners are now available in 6 road numbers, and all 6 cars have slight variations in their patch outs – see the photos on our website to see these gorgeous cars. Don’t miss out on these or on our GACX “BNSF Patch 2010" cars - they go together! SKU 81017

- INTX "UP Patch 2013" are formerly UP system cars that were leased to INTX, which stands for Interstate Commodities Inc., a railcar leasing firm that has bought up many covered hoppers including these Trinity 4750s. The cars retain their UP paint jobs, but to match prototype weathering patterns we have faded the body color to represent the chalking paint of the prototypes, and we have included a faded Union Pacific shield in the center of the car (well, three out of the 4 car numbers have them – one has a patched out shield per prototype practice). We also have added the conspicuity stripe patterns that are found on the real cars. Yes, we matched 4 specific car numbers with 4 different sets of artwork patches, conspicuity stripes and data. These Trinity 4750s include the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes, along with gravity discharge gates. Up on the roof of the cars you will find unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. Every railroad had different hatches, and UP is no exception. The ends of the cars include straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and flexible rubber trainline air hoses, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. These stunners are now available in 4 road numbers, and all 4 cars have slight variations in their patch outs. SKU 81018

We are very pleased to also release the all-new 100-Ton trucks used under our N Scale Trinity 4750s:

100-ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing trucks w/.537” Axle Length 36” All-Metal Precision Wheelsets with front and back detail. SKU 552 (1 pair of trucks)

All of these models can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent N Scale Trinity 4750 is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils. Our Trinity 4750 model offers a multitude of detail variations to replicate different Trinity and railroad offerings as the car design evolved. Example variations include: brake systems, outlet gates and roof hatches. Our replicas include our fine, body-mounted draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying MT-Compatible couplers and sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks. Tangent Scale Models provides you with a high-value-for-your-dollar model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today! A quick synopsis of our N Scale Trinity Industries “Pullman-Design” 4750 scale replicas include:
• Dimensional accuracy - designed from Pullman-Standard plans and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• 11” Suggested Minimum Radius
• Draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Road-specific details for each scheme
• Multiple brake layout configurations
• 2 brakewheel options
• 5 new outlet gate options
• 7 all-new original + replacement style roof hatch parts
• “See through” etched metal running boards and crossover platforms
• Beautiful details - wire grab irons at the roof running board corners and separate coupler lift bars.
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• Our all-new precision Tangent Scale Models 100-Ton Barber S-2 Trucks
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with front and back detail
• Body-mounted draft gear coupler box
• MT-Compatible couplers
• Stackable jewel box packaging
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Trinity Industries “Pullman-Design” 4750 covered hopper, the most relevant freight car of the 1990s period! Pricing for RTR models is $42.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases of six or more cars purchased from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our N Scale update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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Fast forward to today’s release: our sixth “Tangent quality” HO scale caboose offering. The era of “one size fits all” cabooses in HO scale plastic is over. We bring our passion and knowledge for translating real 1:1 railroad equipment from freight cars to cabooses.

Our sixth caboose model is the HO Scale Chicago & North Western Railway International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose System. This C&NW system covers their largest two individual orders of ICC bay-window cabooses, built 1966 and 1968. These 100 bay window cabooses served the final 29 years of the C&NW. Many served after the UP acquisition in 1995, and some continue in service today. Built at ICC’s Kenton, Ohio facilities, these 100 cabooses are easily-recognizable, with their bright paint schemes, bay windows, and classic ICC welded construction. This Tangent caboose marks the first “high-detail” Chicago & North Western caboose replica in HO scale, and is being released today in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at Trainfest 2024!.

By 1968, the Chicago & Northwestern Railway had grown to serve 11 states, providing “The Midwest’s Finest Freight Service.” The railroad had been a loyal customer of International Car Corporation since 1954, ordering several small groups of cabooses over the years. C&NW made a large caboose modernization statement in 1966 and again in 1968 with two ICC orders of 50 cabooses each, delivered in classic bright red and black colors with yellow lettering. Through the 1970s, these ICC cabooses would receive various new yellow paint schemes, as the C&NW rebranded itself, along with modernization elements like removal of running boards and sometimes plated windows. These cabooses were also part of the railroad’s massive caboose rebuild and modernization program in 1981 at the Clinton, IA, Car Shops, resulting in a rebuilt appearance, Safety Yellow paint (“Zito Yellow”), American flag decals, and even longer service lives. The cabooses served widely on C&NW rails, as well as offline in many instances either via run through operations or trackage rights.

The Chicago & North Western Railway and predecessors was a patchwork of rail lines crisscrossing the Midwest, from Kansas City to Duluth-Superior and from Chicago West into Wyoming. Perhaps you are modeling the modernizing C&NW in 1968, with new EMD SD40s pulling grain out of Boone, IA. Maybe C&NW C628s in road freight duty caught your attention, working hard out of Escanaba on their way to Green Bay. Or maybe the double track across Iowa is your jam, with the “Fresh From The West” Fremont to Proviso daily freight and its hot connections to the GTW, CN and CR. Perhaps a transfer run of SD18s laboring through Hoffman Avenue in St. Paul, MN helps you remember. Or maybe your Proviso-Green Bay road freight is picking up at Butler, WI and is ready to head out. If you like to take your time, the Rapid City, SD-to-Adams, WI manifest and its four-day schedule will keep you busy.

These cabooses went offline as well. They were regular staples across the UP Council Bluffs Sub on run-through trains between the CNW interchange at Fremont and North Platte, Nebraska. Also, there is photographic evidence of them all over the UP network, including going all the way to California and Oregon on UP trains in the 1980s and 1990s, prior to the UP acquisition of CNW. There are shots of CNW cabooses in Houston and Fort Worth TX on the post-merger former Missouri Pacific in the 1980s. The CNW cabooses also ran through onto other railroads “East of Chicago,” with sightings of them on Conrail, GTW, and Family Lines/CSX, as well as all over Chicagoland railroads.

C&NW trains are an incredible variety of equipment and power, something C&NW modelers have relished all along. Those road freights, unit coal and grain trains, hot TOFC and double stacks all look good, and Tangent has the perfect C&NW caboose for you, from 1966 through the 1990s.

And for those modeling the post-C&NW era, these cabooses have continued to see service lives on Union Pacific as shoving platforms for train/back up protection, from locations like Chicago and Minneapolis to Sheboygan and beyond! The cabooses even roam outside of traditional ex-C&NW territory – like work train duties in Kamela, OR on the UP main between Portland, OR and Pocatello, ID!

We want to be very clear. The Tangent C&NW Bay Window Caboose System is not a generic model painted red, like what you may “already have.” This is Tangent-Level execution of 6 different bay window caboose bodies, covering C&NW ICC Kenton 1966 and 1968 lots and combining for 6 different major build assemblies. These six different build options cover multiple eras, paint schemes and modernization programs, all with accurate lighting options plus era and road number specific details.

This system covers these prototype Chicago & North Western ICC lots:
C&NW 11100-11149 (Built 1966 - 50 Cabooses)
C&NW 11150-11199 (Built 1968 – 50 Cabooses)

And now, on to the models! The Chicago & North Western Bay Window Caboose System is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate group of scale replicas with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils. Our C&NW cabooses were designed from meticulous field dimensions, and includes incredible levels of detail such as multiple era-specific bodies, roofs, ends and bay windows, Non-Cushioned or Waugh Cushion Underframe options, brake system options, battery box, toilet vent, rooftop antenna, accurate era-specific window treatments, plus beautiful see-through steps, end platforms, and running board. Inside the model is a system of era and lot-specific ICC or C&NW Clinton-applied interiors. Our C&NW cabooses include interior lighting, plus FRA Flashing End Light options that are appropriate for the paint scheme era of each replica. These “no fuss” track-powered interior and exterior lights are compatible with DC or DCC setups right out of the box (a simple wand included in the box activates the lights). Finally, our ready-to-operate replicas include “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail, coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.

The Tangent Chicago & North Western International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose System of replicas is AVAILABLE TODAY and include the following three RTR schemes plus six (yes, six!) undecorated kit options:
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- C&NW "Red Delivery 1966" w/ Interior Lights replicates the fifty-car 1966 order of cabooses in their as-built classic red and black paint. with yellow lettering. This 1966 ICC group was delivered in C&NW’s standard red caboose scheme and features an unpainted galvanized roof with carefully replicated red overspray along the edges, just like the prototype. The see-through Apex running board, end walkways and steps really shine on the model. The side of the caboose is lettered with an accurate Chicago & North Western Railway ball-and-bar logo. The red body ends feature red reflective squares, if you look closely. We even included the ICC Kenton paint date down at the bottom edge of the door to match the new cars as delivered. The side body windows feature accurate and fine window screens. The large bay windows allow you to peek into that full Tangent interior. One side of the bay window has the facing coach seats, while the other side of the bay window has a parallel bench seat with desk. This matches the C&NW 1966 prototypes. The rest of the interior is outfitted with a coal stove (yes, coal), coal box, ice box, two bunks, lockers and bathroom cabinet. The roof is packed with accurate details like the toilet room vent, a nicely detailed smokejack and a sturdy whip antenna for the radio equipment. Underneath, this group of 1966 caboose models feature a non-cushion underframe with complete brake gear and piping details. It’s all there, including the toilet dump pipe and separate release rod for the AB Valve. The end railings feature their as-delivered ICC design with a Klasing 1150 handbrake, separate modern brake wheel and train line air release valve. The model rides on Tangent’s gorgeous 70-Ton Gould Plain Bearing caboose trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. For lighting, this Tangent C&NW model is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! Extra parts are included to model the metal flag paddles on the body side corners. We are offering our C&NW Red Delivery scheme in 8 numbers. Examples of cabooses in red paint lasted into the mid-1970s. This is a hot scheme! SKU 60520

- C&NW "Yellow Repaint 1970+" w/ Interior Lights gives modelers modernized caboose repaint examples starting in 1970, painted by the C&NW’s California Ave. Shops in Chicago. This was the first yellow repaint scheme for these cabooses, with a yellow body, green roof and end railings and black underbody and trucks. The lower side sill under the bay window and the back plates of the step wells are reflective yellow, something we carefully duplicated on the models. The sides feature the yellow-background Chicago & North Western Railway ball-and-bar logo at each end of the body. Extended initials were applied at the top of the bay window and Roman-style numbers were applied below. Simple and classic. A neat detail about this scheme is the roof: notice that C&NW has removed the running board. We have carefully duplicated the left-over brackets on the roof – if you look closely, you will see the mounting bolt holes on the top surface of each of the brackets! The other roof details remain, like the toilet room vent, a nicely detailed smokejack and a sturdy whip antenna for the radio equipment. The side body windows feature accurate and fine window screens. The large bay windows allow you to peek into that full Tangent interior. Part of the modernization included conversion from a coal stove to a Caban TCHA-55 oil heater. Don’t worry, we also included the correct fuel fill pipe/cap on the A End, and the interior oil bunker and overfill pipe. One side of the bay window has facing coach seats, and the other side of the bay window has a parallel bench seat with desk. The rest of the interior is outfitted with the ice box, two bunks, lockers and bathroom cabinet. Underneath, this group of 1966 caboose models feature a non-cushion underframe with complete brake gear and piping details. It’s all there, including the toilet dump pipe and separate release rod for the AB Valve. The end railings have been modernized as part of the 1970 repainting to include an extra upper horizontal railing feature. The ends are also equipped with a Klasing 1150 handbrake, separate modern brake wheel and the train line air release valve. The model rides on Tangent’s gorgeous 70-Ton Gould Plain Bearing caboose trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. For lighting, this Tangent C&NW model is equipped with “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! Extra parts are included to model the metal flag paddles on the body side corners. We are offering our C&NW Yellow Repaint scheme in 6 numbers. Each number has slightly different graphics placement for logos and side reporting marks, based on individual car photos! Do not miss out. SKU 60521

- C&NW "Zito Yellow - We Originated Safety First 1981+" w/ FRA Red Light duplicates an important milestone in the life of these C&NW cabooses. The Clinton, IA Car Shops rebuilt most of the C&NW caboose fleet in 1981. These changes were significant, and we at Tangent wanted to replicate these features accurately. The Clinton Car Shop changes included a full rebuild of the roof details, sides, bay windows, interior and trucks. These details are worth getting right, just ask any C&NW modeler! This is the first version of the “Safety Yellow” paint scheme, a.k.a. “Zito Yellow,” and features the slogan “We Originated Safety First.” The cabooses have a Zito Yellow body, green roof and end railings, white step wells and black underbody and trucks. The body lower sill edges are reflective yellow, (but not under the bay window!), and this feature is carefully duplicated on the model. The sides feature the most popular C&NW caboose scheme ever, with red and black “Employee Owned” ball-and-bar logo and what is the most detailed reproduction of a C&NW flag in HO Scale history. Right after delivery from Clinton, the cabooses received their distinctive “third” box in the COTS box grouping. Fun fact: this third COTS box included details like the Toilet Service date, Washed date, Inspection date, and Assigned station and train codes. The Clinton rebuilt roof features a new and relocated toilet vent, and the complete removal of any running board bracket remnants. The whip antenna detail is still there. Since this group of cabooses are part of the 1968 ICC delivery group, eagle-eyed modelers will notice a different smokejack location on the roof! The side body windows are completely plated over, with scale thickness steel plate features. This translates to an all-new body to do this type of detail correctly. The 1968 order of cabooses have a slightly different bay window height, and on top of that, Clinton rebuilt the bay windows to flush safety glass and sliding screens. The interior was modernized, and these Tangent models feature new, single and double high-back crew seats, relocated toilet room, Caban TCHA-55 oil heater with screened railings, oil bunker, sink and Gloekler electric ice box. Underneath, this group of 1968 caboose models feature a Waugh cushion underframe with complete brake gear and piping details. It’s all there, including the relocated retainer valve, air piping to the bay window, replacement knuckle holders, a beautiful battery box with separate bottom grate detail and separate release rod for the AB Valve. The 1968-style end railings have two variations, matching the prototype photos for each of the SKU car numbers. The ends are also equipped with a Klasing 1150 handbrake, separate modern brake wheel and the train line air release valve. The model rides on Tangent’s gorgeous and all-new 70-Ton Gould Rebuilt Roller Bearing caboose trucks with 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. Clinton rebuilt the prototype caboose trucks to roller bearings, so the Tangent trucks mimic this neat detail: if you look inside the “removed” lids area, you can peek at the Timken cap detail. One of the axles is equipped with an outboard Dayco belt-drive axle generator, matching the prototypes exactly. For lighting, this Tangent C&NW model is equipped with red FRA flashing end lights and “golden” interior lights, mimicking the incandescent bulbs of the real cabooses. A wand is included to operate the lights – easy with no fuss! We are offering our C&NW Zito Yellow Repaint scheme in 8 numbers. Each number has slightly different graphics placement for logos, flags, COTS boxes, side reporting marks and other data, based on individual car photos! Do not miss this caboose, perhaps one of the most-requested cabooses from Tangent Scale Models! SKU 60522

- Undec Kit - "C&NW 1966 Delivery Body” is an unassembled kit version of the C&NW 1966 ICC Bay Window Caboose in its as-delivered 1966 body configuration. This kit matches CNW 11100-11149. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronics are included. It is perfect for those who want to build their own cars or want to customize their own lighting circuit options. Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes Tangent’s 70-Ton Gould Plain Bearing caboose trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60500-01

- Undec Kit – “C&NW 1966 Modernized Body 1970+ Era” is an unassembled kit version of the C&NW 1966 ICC Bay Window Caboose in its modernized 1970+ body configuration. This means no running board and late style end railings. This kit matches CNW 11100-11149. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronics are included. It is perfect for those who want to build their own cars or want to customize their own lighting circuit options. Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes Tangent’s 70-Ton Gould Plain Bearing caboose trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60500-02

- Undec Kit – “C&NW 1966 Rebuild Body 1981+ Era” is an unassembled kit version of the C&NW 1966 ICC Bay Window Caboose in its 1981+ Clinton Car Shop Rebuild configuration. This means no running board, late style end railings, modernized bay window treatments and a modernized body with plated side windows. This kit matches CNW 11100-11149. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronics are included. It is perfect for those who want to build their own cars or want to customize their own lighting circuit options. Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes Tangent’s 70-Ton Gould Converted Roller Bearing caboose trucks and axle generator with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60500-03

- Undec Kit – “C&NW 1968 Delivery Body” is an unassembled kit version of the C&NW 1968 ICC Bay Window Caboose in its as-delivered 1968 body configuration. This kit matches CNW 11150-11199. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronics are included. It is perfect for those who want to build their own cars or want to customize their own lighting circuit options. Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes Tangent’s 70-Ton Gould Plain Bearing caboose trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60501-01

- Undec Kit – “C&NW 1968 Modernized Body 1970+ Era” is an unassembled kit version of the C&NW 1968 ICC Bay Window Caboose in its modernized 1970+ body configuration. This means no running board and late style end railings. This kit matches CNW 11150-11199. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronics are included. It is perfect for those who want to build their own cars or want to customize their own lighting circuit options. Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes Tangent’s 70-Ton Gould Plain Bearing caboose trucks with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60501-02

- Undec Kit – “C&NW 1968 Rebuild Body 1981+ Era” is an unassembled kit version of the C&NW 1968 ICC Bay Window Caboose in its 1981+ Clinton Car Shop Rebuild configuration. This means no running board, late style end railings, modernized bay window treatments and a modernized body with plated side windows. This kit matches CNW 11150-11199. This kit is UNLIT -- no electronics are included. It is perfect for those who want to build their own cars or want to customize their own lighting circuit options. Ready for building, painting, and lettering for a favorite prototype or your own private road. This kit includes Tangent’s 70-Ton Gould Converted Roller Bearing caboose trucks and axle generator with power-pickup and 33" standard .110” tread CNC wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. SKU 60501-03

Besides the above kits, we are extremely pleased to add these brand-new caboose parts and trucks in our industry-leading lineup of HO Scale trucks available on our website:

- Caboose Flags – Type 4 is a pack of eight (8) metal “flag” paddles used on cabooses for daytime running. This pack contains 2 styles of rectangular flags as used by Rock Island and C&NW in the 1970s and 1980s. The painted metal parts are red on one side and green on the other, matching the prototypes, and have a mounting stem for a customer-drilled #76 hole. A great update for any C&NW or Rock Island family caboose! SKU 243

- 70-Ton Gould Rebuilt Roller Bearing Generator Caboose Trucks with power pickup is a pair of our all-new rebuilt roller bearing trucks as seen on Tangent’s C&NW ICC Bay Window Caboose System. The plain bearing lids are gone, and the exposed axle area shows the rebuilt Timken detail. These trucks have a separate, installed brake beam part, and power pickup with wires. The right axle of one side of one truck features a Dayco End-of-axle belt drive generator. This makes them perfect for your own caboose projects! The trucks contain CNC-machined blackened brass wheels, and we are pleased to offer this new truck in both .110” Standard tread and .088” Semi scale tread versions.
SKU 2033 (.110” Standard Wheels)
SKU 2034 (.088” Semi-Scale Wheels)

All of these models can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu!

These cabooses are shipping today! Features for these replicas include:
- Dimensional accuracy - designed from meticulous field dimensions using real tape measures on two real C&NW ICC cabooses – see “thank you” section below for more details for our project field research
- Highly correct “true to life” colors
- “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
- Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
- “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
- Multiple road numbers for each scheme, as appropriate
- Road and Era-specific details for each RTR scheme, including multiple body, roof, bay window, underframe detail, truck and side window combinations
- Six different road and era-specific bay window body options
- Four different era-specific bay window options
- Four different roof options
- Apex “see through” running board
- Accurate Waugh Cushion Underframe where appropriate
- Railroad and era-specific underframe details to match as-built ICC and modified configurations
- Multiple roof configurations for different vent mounting locations
- End steps and walkways that carefully replicate the prototype Apex walkway pattern
- Unapologetically fine etch metal side and end window screens, where appropriate
- Underframe and truck axle drive generator options
- Seven different end railing/marker light options, based on ICC lot and era
- Wire “coupler lift bar” detail per prototype application
- Three different C&NW-specific interiors – chairs, bunk, desk, lockers, ice chest, sink, oil bunker and the most detailed Vapor Corporation TCHA55 Caban heater in HO Scale! The interior is fully painted with era-specific colors
- Full underbody details – brake system with brake rods and piping, release rod and more – all based on the prototype and era!
- Beautiful side wire curved grab irons, intricate ICC end railings in plastic with accurate wire top ladder hoops
- Consumer-applied optional metal red/green “flag” paddle parts included for appropriate eras
- LED illuminated FRA end lights with a proper “decaying” flash that can be controlled on or off – on each end – independently, where appropriate
- LED illuminated interior lighting “warm” lights to replicate incandescent bulbs that can be controlled on or off
- No complicated decoder. No complicated programming. No complicated electronics. DC/DCC compatible track-powered “no fuss” interior and marker light lighting – simple and easy to operate with included wand
- CNC-machined standard RP25 .110” tread 33” wheels (Yes, semi-scale .088” wheels are available separately!)
- All-New precision Tangent Scale Models 70-ton Gould Rebuilt Roller Bearing trucks with separate brake beam part, or 70-Ton Gould Plain Bearing trucks with separate brake beam parts, as appropriate for each paint scheme
- Recommended age 14 years and older

A big “thank you” to:
- RC Androy and Amber Nelson of City of Woodbine, Iowa, and Debra Sprecker of Woodbine Main Street, for allowing us to spend an entire day measuring C&NW 11162, one of the 1968 builds. A real C&NW caboose still wearing its 1981 repaint, looking just like the day it came off the railroad. Who doesn’t love original C&NW Zito Yellow graphics?
- The Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, in Boone, Iowa for allowing us access to examine and measure the multiple C&NW cabooses, including C&NW 11136, one of the 1966 builds. A fine day, chasing C&NW ghosts on the former C&NW double track Iowa mainline!

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Chicago & North Western Railway International Car Corporation Bay Window Caboose System, our sixth release in the Tangent caboose line. Pricing for RTR models is $124.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

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During the 1960s, the most radical freight car designs employed the extreme height clearances offered by Plate F car designs. In 1964, no car type articulated this extreme more than the 86-foot, purpose-built “Auto Parts” boxcars. These large boxcars became fixtures on the rails all over North American mainlines, riding hot trains to deliver components vital to the productivity of auto plants. While several car builders offered 86’ auto parts boxcars, the most prolific builder of the double plug door design was Greenville Steel Car Company of Greenville, PA. More than 4,400 of these cars were acquired by most major railroads, and they were assigned to pools where multiple railroad’s cars served a specific shipper or shippers. Original utilization of these cars was for Ford, Pontiac, and Chrysler, as well as deliveries from 3rd party parts suppliers to the auto plants. Greenville’s 1964-1978 production was the longest run for this car type, with many still in service today.

Our November 2024 release includes all-new paint schemes, as requested by our customers. We are listening. This roadname mix includes delivery schemes as well as 1980s repaints and patch work. We continue to demonstrate an unprecedented variety of tooling options for our Greenville 86’ box car system – more than any other manufacturer, in fact. For those keeping score at home, we have now released thirteen different build variation options in our Greenville 86’ System of Auto Part Box Car Replicas, so far.

The Tangent Scale Models Greenville 86' Double Plug Door Box Car continues the design and operational standards set by previous models in the Tangent product line. This includes multiple specific body variations, four different brake layouts (two brake systems), four different draft gear combinations, and three underframe styles which incorporate Center-of-Car Cushioning and End-Of-Car Cushioning options. The Tangent Greenville 86’ box car includes 70-ton or 100-ton truck options, with selections appropriate for each paint scheme, and both include “spinning” roller bearing caps. Finally, our cars are weighted properly and come with Kadee® couplers mounted in specially-designed coupler pockets which means they operate as good as they look. Due to the car’s size, we recommend curves of 24” or larger for these models.

Are you modeling auto parts traffic from 1965 forward? Welcome. You don’t have any Greenville cars that look like these!

Our November 2024 release includes these six all-new paint schemes - available for purchase today!

- Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton (DT&I) "Delivery 1964 Green" 1965+ Era offers DT&I’s first Greenville order, delivered in a distinctive green body color. Twenty-six cars were delivered in September of 1964. While the cars were originally built with high ladders and running boards, these features were quickly changed on the prototype cars. This is where the Tangent model comes in, duplicating this 1965+ look. The running board was removed, but the bracket bolt remnants remained up on the roof. The prototype end appliances were completely rebuilt: The brake wheel was lowered, the high and low ladders were removed, replaced with “L” grab irons and full-width crossover platforms. This Tangent model carefully replicates all these features with this 1965+ body, including the bolt remnants where all of that “high” equipment was attached. This detail includes the body side, showing off the high grab iron remnants in the top-right corners. This is an important group of details to get right, since these cars operated in this configuration for their entire 1965+ service lives. Moving on to the stenciling, the accurately-replicated DT&I lettering is something everyone can appreciate, and Tangent’s industry-leading artwork does not disappoint: eagle-eyed modelers will also notice the modified “Excess Height” yellow boxes, relocated “Retainer Valve” lettering and modified end reporting marks and data for this 1965+ era scheme. The return route is correctly stenciled for the Ford Stamping plant on the Wabash Railway in Buffalo, New York. The features go on and on, including an accurate Center-of-Car Cushioning underframe with truck-mounted brake hardware, “lowered” Miner hand brake, 1965 replacement full-width Apex crossover platforms, 70T trucks with 33” wheels and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps. This stunning model is available in six numbers -- don’t miss it! SKU 25063

- Norfolk & Western (N&W) "Delivery 1964 Brown" 1965+ Era replicates the N&W’s first order of 86-foot auto parts box cars in their attractive brown paint with “Hamburger” logo. This order of forty cars was delivered in July 1964 and they were among the first Greenville 86’ Double-Door cars built. While the cars were originally built with high ladders and running boards, these features were quickly changed on the prototype cars. This Tangent model duplicates this 1965+ look. The prototype’s running board was removed, but the bracket bolt remnants remained up on the roof. The prototype end appliances were completely rebuilt: The brake wheel was lowered, the high and low ladders were removed, replaced with “L” grab irons and full-width crossover platforms. This Tangent model carefully replicates all these features with this 1965+ body, including the bolt remnants where all of that “high” equipment was attached. This detail includes the body side, showing off the high grab iron remnants in the top-right corners. This is an important group of details to get right, since these cars operated in this configuration for their entire 1965+ service lives. The N&W hamburger graphics are carefully recreated on this car, from the large logo down to the small data in Greenville’s distinctive typestyle. The return route is accurately stenciled for the Ford Stamping plant on the Wabash Railroad in Buffalo, New York. Underneath. The model features an accurate Center-of-Car Cushioning underframe with truck-mounted brake hardware, “lowered” Miner hand brake, 1965 replacement full-width Apex crossover platforms, 70T trucks with 33” wheels and rotating “Hyatt” roller bearing caps. This sharp model is available in six numbers. SKU 25064

- Seaboard System (SBD) "1986 Repaint" is a nod to the classic 1980s and the new corporate image of the combined SCL and L&N railroads. Formed in 1982, the Seaboard System would go on to officially acquire the remaining Family Lines railroads and Chessie System Railroads by 1987 and become CSX Transportation. The Tangent model mimics cars from L&N’s first order of cars in 1964. While the L&N cars were originally built with high ladders and running boards, these features were quickly changed on the prototype cars. This Tangent model duplicates this 1965+ look: the prototype’s running board was removed; the end appliances were completely rebuilt with a lowered brake wheel and new “L” grab irons and full-width crossover platforms. This Tangent model carefully replicates all these features with this 1965+ body, including the bolt remnants where all of that “high” equipment was attached. This includes the body side, showing off the high grab iron remnants in the top-right corners. These cars were repainted at the former L&N South Louisville Shops in Kentucky and feature the big-bold Seaboard System logo, perfect for 1986. The ends of the car are painted silver (yes, silver) at the tops of the excess height area. Underneath. The model features an accurate Center-of-Car Cushioning underframe with truck-mounted brake hardware, “lowered” Miner hand brake, 1965 replacement full-width Apex crossover platforms, 70T trucks with 33” wheels and rotating “Hyatt” roller bearing caps. This heavily requested scheme is available in two numbers. SKU 25065

- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) "Delivery 1969 Red" offers the bold yellow MKT graphics as-delivered from Greenville Steel Car Company. We chose cars from the 12-car MKT order delivered in January 1969. The prototypes were painted bright red with the “KATY CUSHIONED CAR” lettering. The model features accurate Keystone Center-of-Car Cushioning (COCC) and full truck-mounted brake piping and details, just like the prototype. The ends of the COCC draft gear extend beyond the ends of the car and feature carefully-painted yellow coupler centering device handle detail. Take a look at those gorgeous 100-Ton “Low Profile” Barber S-2-C trucks that show off the accurate rotating Hyatt roller bearing caps. Yes, the industry’s best trucks include road-specific rotating cap truck details! This MKT scheme features an accurate return route to GTW in Pontiac, Michigan. Yes, these cars were in GM Service for loading stampings at the Pontiac Metal Center. For those care about routing details: these prototype cars were in the same pool as our previous CB&Q green and UP Yellow 86’ Double-Door offerings! MKT fans have been patient from day 1, waiting for this scheme, and we want to acknowledge them. We are proud to release this car in three numbers. SKU 25066

- Union Pacific (UP) “Ex-MKT 1984+" shows an example of a second life for some of the Greenville MKT cars. In 1984, UP acquired seven of the MKT cars. They were promptly patched and put into service. The models feature a muted red body color, various small MKT era lettering including reweigh and COTS stenciling and fresh UP era patches and reporting marks. The doors even have double pairs of auxiliary crank arms, matching the prototypes in this era. The cars were originally part of the January 1969 order, so they feature an accurate Keystone Center-of-Car Cushioning (COCC) and full truck-mounted brake piping and details, just like the prototype. The ends of the COCC draft gear extend beyond the ends of the car and feature carefully-painted yellow coupler centering device handle detail. Accurate 100-Ton “Low Profile” Barber S-2-C trucks that show off the rotating Hyatt roller bearing caps. Yes, the industry’s best trucks include road-specific rotating cap truck details! This is a really cool example of 1980s railroading and is available in two accurate numbers. SKU 25067

- Missouri Pacific (MP) "Screaming Eagle 1985" represents a great 1980s repaint scheme. These examples were part of the large 157 car 1968 order from Greenville that were repainted at the MoPac’s Desoto, MO car shops. The “Screaming Eagle” is one of the most iconic railroad logos of the 1980s and it looks spectacular in large format on the right side of the car. All of the car stencil data is carefully reproduced in MP’s distinctive typestyle, including reporting marks, capacity data and “SHOCK CONTROL” cushioning stencils. The model features accurate Keystone Center-of-Car Cushioning (COCC) and full truck-mounted brake piping and details, just like the prototype. The ends of the COCC draft gear extend beyond the ends of the car and feature separately-applied coupler centering device handle detail. The crossover platforms are Morton replacement style. These cars roll on beautiful 100-Ton “Low Profile” Barber S-2-C trucks with accurate rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps. Yes, the industry’s best trucks include road-specific rotating cap truck details! This MP scheme features an accurate return route to GTW in Flint, MI (GM Service!) The MP fans out there have been asking for this scheme for a while, and we are happy to deliver this gorgeous model in three numbers. Do not miss this one! SKU 25068

- Undecorated Kits gives the kit builders a much-needed option. Sometimes you just want to build your own model or paint a scheme we have yet to offer. Tangent continues to proudly stock all of our undecorated kit 86’ Greenville Double Door Box Car prototypes. Each unpainted kit handles the prototype Greenville cars as specified with an appropriate body, roof, underframe, cushioning, brake details, appropriate details parts, accurate 70-Ton or 100-Ton trucks with appropriate 33” or 36” wheels and rotating “Timken” caps. You supply your own favorite couplers.

– Undecorated Version A: SKU 25000-01
1964 Center-of-Car Cushioning with lowered B-end appliances 1965+ Era (ATSF, C&O, DT&I, L&N, MKT, NW, NYC, PRR, WAB, WP)

– Undecorated Version B: SKU 25001-01
1965-66 Center-of-Car Cushioning (ATSF, EL, GBW, L&N, NW)

– Undecorated Version C: SKU 25002-01
1968 Center-of-Car Cushioning (CPAA, IC, MKT, MP, SOU, SP)

– Undecorated Version D: SKU 25003-01
1968-1969 End-of-Car Cush. (B&O, CB&Q, DT&I, D&TS, EL, GTW, L&N, PC, UP)

– Undecorated Version E: 1969-1970 SKU 25004-01
Center-of-Car Cushioning (C&EI, CPAA, D&RGW, MP, SP)

– Undecorated Version F: 1969-1971 SKU 25005-01
End-of-Car Cushioning (CB&Q, CPAA, DT&I, L&N, PPGX, SOU, UP)

– Undecorated Version G: SKU 25006-01
1977 End-of-Car Cushioning (C&O, GTW, ICG, L&N, MILW, SCL, SOU)

– Undecorated Version J: SKU 25007-01
1977-1978 End-of-Car Cushioning (AA, B&O, C&O, CNA, CPAA, CR, GTW, ICG, L&N, NW)

– Undecorated Version K: SKU 25008-01
1970 BRO Brownstown End-of-Car Cushioning (ATSF, BN, CO, DTI, EL, LN, SCL, SLSF)

– Undecorated Version L: SKU 25009-01
1970 BRO Brownstown Center-of-Car Cushioning (MP, SOU, SSW)

– Undecorated Version N: SKU 25003-02
1969 EOCC (CNW, DTI, GTW, NW, RI, SLSF)

All of these models – and prototype images - can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

Please keep in mind that these were pooled boxcars which means you might consider buying cars in a variety of road names. For example: prototype photos show a SBD car in Flat Rock, MI, a DT&I car in Dallas, TX, a MP car in Toledo, OH and an MKT car in Sharonville, OH. These cars certainly got around!

The Tangent Greenville 86’ High Cube Double Plug Door Box Car System is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica that was tooled to Greenville Steel Car plans and verified with field measurements. Our model comes with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and “hyper-accurate” lettering including exact stenciling, fonts, and lettering placement. Our Greenville 86’ system of models offers a multitude of detail variations and phases to replicate the many different Greenville Steel Car offerings. We make the best cars money can buy in HO scale. A quick synopsis of our era and railroad-specific detail variations include:

• Dimensional accuracy - designed from actual Greenville blueprints and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Body shells with or without overlapping side panels
• Roofs with running board supports remaining in place (1965+ appearance since the running boards were gone by 1966) and roofs without running board supports (1965+ Greenville production)
• EOCC (end of car cushioning) or COCC (center of car cushioning) “near scale” draft gear variations
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• Under car brake system variations
• “See through” etched metal end crossover platforms in three possible options: Gypsum, Apex, or Morton
• Side tack board types/sizes and locations
• Twelve (!) prototypically-accurate brake stands (Ajax, 2 Universal versions, 2 Equipco versions, 2 Miner versions, Champion-Peacock, 2 Elcon-National versions, Peacock 850, Klasing 1150)
• Two possible handbrake “brake wheel” options
• Optional 3rd door crank arm parts to be configured one of three ways
• Multiple truck options: 70-Ton Barber S-2A Roller Bearing Truck, 70-Ton Barber S-2 “Birdsboro foundry” Roller Bearing Truck or a 100-Ton “Low Profile” Barber S-2-C Roller Bearing Truck
• 33” or 36” wheels, as applicable, with front and back detail and accurate tapered axles
• Two truck brake beam part options, as applicable
• Three “rotating” roller bearing truck cap options
• Recommended age 14 years and older

With accurate roadname and era-specific details, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal. Pricing for all RTR models in this release is $56.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

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Following nine years of continuous production, the Pullman-Standard 4750cf covered hopper was the largest mass-produced covered hopper design in North American railcar history. After Pullman-Standard’s demise in 1981, Trinity Industries acquired the design and production rights for the “Pullman-version” of the 4750 design (which killed Trinity’s own 4750 from the catalog). Shippers wanted the “Pullman-design” 4750 to be offered again! Produced between 1988 and 1995, Trinity produced the “Pullman-design” 4750 and met customer needs for this popular covered hopper. During that production period, Trinity made a series of refinements to the design. Many Class I railroads purchased the Trinity 4750, with BN, UP, and CSX ordering them in the thousands. Trinity 4750 cars continue to serve Class I, short line, and in lessee services today, hauling grains, fertilizer, salt, and other bulk commodities.

Our October 2024 production includes nine total private and railroad schemes, plus four Undecorated RTR options.

- CSXT "Delivery 1988" is now available in the now-classic CSXT beige covered hopper scheme. CSX was the first railroad to adopt Trinity’s Pullman-design 4750 and because of that, the phase details of the car make it very similar to a “late-Pullman” build. We call these cars “Version 1” Trinity Pullman-Design 4750s! The cars have riveted end corner and side posts synonymous with the Pullman-built cars. CSXT also specified that their 4750s have hazardous material placard holders on both sides and both ends of the car, which Tangent has included with their unpainted aluminum finish. Up on the roof of the cars are unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity built are replicated on our model. On the ends of the cars, Trinity designed a weld line in the end sheet, angled defect card holders, straight-handle coupler lift bars, Universal 9200 brake housing, and a different brake pipe layout than the Pullman-built cars, all of which is accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. The train air line runs down the BR side of the car. The stenciling on the cars includes the CSX lettering with the lines below each character, and the “A CSX Quality Car” lettering in a small rectangular box. This CSX artwork is carefully replicated for these Trinity cars, from the large, slightly “condensed” CSX logo lettering down to the carefully reproduced 1988-era Trinity builder logo. We are proud to offer these CSX replicas in 24 road numbers: the first 12 road numbers carry October 1988 build dates, whereas the second 12 road numbers carry November 1988 build dates.

- Burlington Northern (BN) "Delivery Cascade Green 1990" continues our tradition of offering gorgeous BN models, and this is perhaps the most desired of them all! These cars are from the first 1,000 car group of the 6,000 BN-ordered Trinity 4750s. These cars came from Trinity in the “3 line” BN scheme with the smaller BN logo, all justified to the left side of the car. While most of the stenciling is sharp white paint against the Cascade Green carbody color, there are yellow caution lettering stenciling blocks on the sides and ends. Finally, the cars have 3” “AAR TEST WHEELS” lettering on them to denote new wheel designs being tested in the field. We call these cars “Version 2” Trinity Pullman-Design 4750s, and they are the first cars to branch away from the Pullman-design features – notably the changeover from riveted to welded exterior construction features at the side and end corner posts. Additionally, these cars introduce the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. The sides of the cars feature the “long version” of the jacking pads, as well as the lowered bolster height version of the jacking pad assembly. Up on the roof of the cars are unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. Every railroad had different hatches, and BN is no exception, with multiple hatch types across orders – and within each order! The ends of the cars include a new-design brake reservoir, an entirely new brake layout, center-tube brake adjustment line, Ellcon National D-5600 brake housing, angled defect card holder, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. These cars carrying this BN paint scheme were the capstone freight car of the Burlington Northern era. They were the largest fleet of cars ever to wear Cascade Green Burlington Northern paint, and they exemplified the early 1990s BN era. These cars were seemingly everywhere, and some of the fleet remains in service today in their original BN green paint, operating within the large BNSF covered hopper fleet. Oh, and just one more thing: BN was the largest purchaser of Trinity 4750s. These stunners are now available in 24 road numbers: the first 12 road numbers carry August 1990 build dates, whereas the second 12 road numbers carry September 1990 build dates.

- Union Pacific (UP) "Delivery 1993" is an exciting offering for us, because Union Pacific was a large user of the Trinity 4750 as well. Union Pacific ordered these cars in a more neutral gray than previous covered hopper purchases – not the typical, darker, “Harbor Mist” gray. The cars have the distinctive UP shield in the center of the car that screams 1990s UP painting practices. We call these cars “Version 4” Trinity Pullman-Design 4750s, and they continue with the Trinity variations found on earlier prototypes, notably the changeover in jacking pad design to one that is less long horizontally, and with an oval-shaped attachment hole in the center. These Trinity 4750s include the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes, however they do not include shaker brackets on the outlet bays! Up on the roof of the cars you will find unpainted galvanized “slope up” US Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. Every railroad had different hatches, and UP is no exception. The ends of the cars include a truck-brake system design, Universal 9300 brake housing, tube-style defect card holder, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. On the side of the cars, the UP requested a distinctive and different AEI tag that was angled downward, presumably for better car reads. These cars carrying this UP paint scheme were from a grouping of 1,800 cars purchased from Trinity Industries. These stunners are now available in 24 road numbers: the first 12 road numbers carry October 1993 build dates, whereas the second 12 road numbers carry November 1993 build dates.

- DGHX "Delivery Gray 4-1993" is one of two private lease offerings in this release of Trinity 4750s, which were leased to North American Chemical. This car is a stunner with its off-white paint color and distinctive red logo. We call this car a Phase 4 model, because it shares a Phase 4 body and bolster arrangement, including the jacking pad design that is less long horizontally, and with an oval-shaped attachment hole in the center. The DGHX Trinity 4750s include the Gravac gravity-pneumatic combo outlet gates, and the cars include shaker brackets on the outlet bays. Up on the roof of the cars you will find an unpainted galvanized “slope up” US Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the fiberglass painted trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. The ends of the cars include a body-mount brake system, Universal 9300DC brake housing, tube-style defect card holders, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should, and a “box style” AEI tag mount. DGHX had a total of 700 Trinity 4750s, all built in 1993. These stunners are now available in 6 road numbers, and photos show them on both coasts, in Florida, and all places in between.

- GACX "GATX Gray 2-1995" is one of two private lease offerings in this release of Trinity 4750s. This car is a stunner with its gray paint color and large, bold GATX stencils in the upper right corner of the carbody side. We call this car a Phase 4 model, because it shares a Phase 4 body and bolster arrangement, including the jacking pad design that is less long horizontally, and with an oval-shaped attachment hole in the center. The GATX’s Trinity 4750s include the “bolt on” outlet gate design, and the cars include shaker brackets on the outlet bays. Up on the roof of the cars you will find an unpainted galvanized “slope up” US Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. The ends of the cars include a body-mount brake system, Ellcon National D-5600 brake housing, tube-style defect card holders, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should, and a “hanging rectangle” style AEI tag mount. GATX initially leased a total of 200 Trinity 4750s, all built in 1995, although they picked up more Trinity cars in later years, which we offer as models as well. These stunners are now available in 6 road numbers, and photos show them all over North America, including in Canada and Mexico.

- BNSF "Large Swoosh 2005" complements our BN car offering in this run of Trinity 4750s, for those that model BNSF in the conspicuity era. This car is a stunner with its BNSF oxide red paint color, the large and bold BNSF swoosh logo on the right side of the carbody, and the conspicuity stripe markings alongside the model. These cars are former BN Trinity 4750s built in 1994. These cars have a Phase 4 body and bolster arrangement, including the jacking pad design that is less long horizontally, and with an oval-shaped attachment hole in the center. Additionally, these cars introduce the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. Up on the roof of the cars is a carbody red painted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running board, and the fiberglass trough hatches that BNSF applied are replicated on our model. The ends of the cars include a body-mount brake system, Universal 9300DC brake housing, tube-style defect card holders, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should, and a “angled style” AEI tag mount. These stunners are now available in 12 road numbers. Don’t miss out, these will go quickly!

- GACX "BNSF Patch 2010" is one of two BN/BNSF patch-out offerings in this run of Trinity 4750s, and are in general lease service. These cars are former BNSF swoosh cars that were patched out. These models are interesting because they mimic GATX’s patching of the BNSF reporting marks and logos, however they retain most of the other data. We offer a muted carbody color and a fresh paint patch out. We also mimic GATX’s treatment of the grab irons, where they painted the grab irons on the sides and ends of the car white in a nod to rail employee safety. These cars are formerly BN cars built in 1994. These cars have a Phase 4 body and bolster arrangement, including the jacking pad design that is less long horizontally, and with an oval-shaped attachment hole in the center. Additionally, these cars introduce the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. Up on the roof of the cars is a carbody red painted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running board, and the fiberglass trough hatches that BNSF applied are replicated on our model. The ends of the cars include a body-mount brake system, Universal 9300DC brake housing, tube-style defect card holders, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should, and a “angled style” AEI tag mount. These stunners are now available in 6 road numbers. Don’t miss out on these or on our GACX “BN Patch 2010 cars - they go together!

- GACX "BN Patch 2010” is one of two BN/BNSF patch-out offerings in this run of Trinity 4750s, and are in general lease service. These cars are former BN Cascade Green cars that were patched out. These models are interesting because they mimic GATX’s patching of the BN reporting marks and logos, however they retain most of the other data. We offer a muted carbody green color and fresh gray patch outs, just like the real cars had. These former BN cars were built in 1994. These cars have a Phase 4 body and bolster arrangement, including the jacking pad design that is less long horizontally, and with an oval-shaped attachment hole in the center. Additionally, these cars introduce the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. Up on the roof of the cars is a unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running board, and the fiberglass trough hatches that were applied during the BNSF era. The ends of the cars include a body-mount brake system, Universal 9300DC brake housing, tube-style defect card holders, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should, and a “angled style” AEI tag mount. These stunners are now available in 6 road numbers, and all 6 cars have slight variations in their patch outs – see the photo on our website to see these gorgeous cars. Don’t miss out on these or on our GACX “BNSF Patch 2010" cars - they go together!

- INTX "UP Patch 2013" are formerly UP system cars that were leased to INTX, which stands for Interstate Commodities Inc., a railcar leasing firm that has bought up many cars including these Trinity 4750s. The cars retain their UP paint jobs, but to match prototype weathering patterns we have faded the body color like to represent the chalking paint of the prototypes, and we have included a faded Union Pacific shield in the center of the car (well, three out of the 4 car numbers have them – one has a patched out shield per prototype practice). We also have added the conspicuity stripe patterns that are found on the real cars. We call these cars “Version 4” Trinity Pullman-Design 4750s, and they continue with the Trinity variations found on earlier prototypes, notably the changeover in jacking pad design to one that is less long horizontally, and with an oval-shaped attachment hole in the center. These Trinity 4750s include the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes, however they do not include shaker brackets on the outlet bays! Up on the roof of the cars you will find unpainted galvanized “slope up” US Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. Every railroad had different hatches, and UP is no exception. The ends of the cars include a truck-brake system design, Universal 9300 brake housing, tube-style defect card holder, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. On the side of the cars, the UP requested AEI tag that was angled downward remains on the carbody. These stunners are now available in 4 road numbers, and all 4 cars have slight variations in their patch outs.

- Undecorated RTR Unpainted Trinity 4750 Version 1 CSXT 1988-1989 continues our dedication to the modelers. We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car. We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama. This car is completely assembled and unpainted! It is based on the same car detail variations as our CSX 1988 factory-painted cars. We call these cars “Version 1” Trinity Pullman-Design 4750s! The cars have riveted end corner and side posts synonymous with the Pullman-built cars. CSXT also specified that their 4750s have hazardous material placard holders on both sides and both ends of the car, which Tangent has included with their unpainted aluminum finish. Up on the roof of the cars are unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity built are replicated on our model. On the ends of the cars, Trinity designed a weld line in the end sheet, angled defect card holders, straight-handle coupler lift bars, Universal 9200 brake housing, and a different brake pipe layout than the Pullman-built cars, all of which is accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. The train air line runs down the BR side of the car. This model is ready for painting and lettering in a prototype or your own private road.

- Undecorated RTR Unpainted Trinity 4750 Version 2 BN 1990 continues our dedication to the modelers. We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car. We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama. This car is completely assembled and unpainted! It is based on the same car detail variations as our BN 1990 factory-painted cars. We call these cars “Version 2” Trinity Pullman-Design 4750s, and they are the first cars to branch away from the Pullman-design features – notably the changeover from riveted to welded exterior construction features at the side and end corner posts. Additionally, these cars introduce the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. The sides of the cars feature the “long version” of the jacking pads, as well as the lowered bolster height version of the jacking pad assembly. Up on the roof of the cars are unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. Every railroad had different hatches, and BN is no exception, with multiple hatch types across orders – and within each order! The ends of the cars include a new-design brake reservoir, an entirely new brake layout, center-tube brake adjustment line, Ellcon National D-5600 brake housing, angled defect card holder, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. This model is ready for painting and lettering in a prototype or your own private road.

- Undecorated RTR Trinity 4750 Unpainted Version 4 UP 1993 continues our dedication to the modelers. We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car. We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama. This car is completely assembled and unpainted! It is based on the same car detail variations as our UP 1993 factory-painted cars. We call these cars “Version 4” Trinity Pullman-Design 4750s, and they continue with the Trinity variations found on earlier prototypes, notably the changeover in jacking pad design to one that is less long horizontally, and with an oval-shaped attachment hole in the center. These Trinity 4750s include the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes, however they do not include shaker brackets on the outlet bays! Up on the roof of the cars you will find unpainted galvanized “slope up” US Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model. Every railroad had different hatches, and UP is no exception. The ends of the cars include a truck-brake system design, Universal 9300 brake housing, tube-style defect card holder, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should. On the side of the cars, the UP requested AEI tag that was angled downward remains on the carbody. This model is ready for painting and lettering in a prototype or your own private road.

- Undecorated RTR Trinity 4750 Unpainted Version 4 BN 1994 continues our dedication to the modelers. We get it—sometimes you just want to paint your own car. We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products without drama. This car is completely assembled and unpainted! It is based on the same car detail variations as our BN 1994 factory-painted cars. These cars have a Phase 4 body and bolster arrangement, including the jacking pad design that is less long horizontally, and with an oval-shaped attachment hole in the center. Additionally, these cars introduce the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes. Up on the roof of the cars is a carbody red painted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running board, and the fiberglass trough hatches that BNSF applied are replicated on our model. The ends of the cars include a body-mount brake system, Universal 9300DC brake housing, tube-style defect card holders, and straight-handle coupler lift bars, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas. Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should, and a “angled style” AEI tag mount. This model is ready for painting and lettering in a prototype or your own private road.

All of these models can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

The Tangent Trinity 4750 is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise letter stencils. This isn’t a “one size fits all” model – we have tooled all of the phases of these cars! Our Trinity 4750 system of models offers a multitude of detail variations and phases to replicate the different Trinity offerings as the car design evolved. Example variations include: riveted and welded body parts, brake systems, outlet gates, roof hatches, jacking pads, brakewheel housings, brakewheels, etc. Our replicas include our fine “near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers and sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks. At more than 100 parts per car, not to mention phase accurate details, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value-for-your-dollar model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

These products are shipping today! A quick synopsis of our Trinity Industries “Pullman-Design” 4750 scale replicas include:
• Dimensional accuracy - designed from Pullman-Standard plans and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Road-specific details for each scheme
• “See through” etched metal running boards and crossover platforms (in 6 possible combinations)
• Multiple new carbody configurations
• Multiple brake layout configurations
• 4 all-new brakewheel housing and clevis options
• 6 new outlet gates
• 9 all-new original + replacement style roof hatch parts
• 4 jacking pad varieties covering Trinity production from 1988-1995
• 5 different AEI tags covering different railroad-specified applications
• Models with and without shaker bracket parts, as appropriate
• Beautiful details - wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded in” plastic grab irons here!
• Separate air hoses
• Our precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part (2 possible options!)
• CNC-machined 36” wheels
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Trinity Industries “Pullman-Design” 4750 covered hopper, the most relevant freight car of the 1990s period! Pricing for RTR models is $58.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

That wraps up our update for today, and thank you for supporting the family-owned businesses in our industry!

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During the 1960s, the most radical freight car designs employed the extreme height clearances offered by Plate F car designs. In 1964, no car type articulated this extreme more than the 86-foot, purpose-built “Auto Parts” boxcars. They became fixtures on the rails all over North American mainlines, riding hot trains to deliver components vital to the productivity of auto plants. While several car builders offered 86’ auto parts boxcars, the most prolific builder was Greenville Steel Car Company of Greenville PA. Greenville produced their Quad Door design in the 1969-1970 period to meet the expanding needs of GM and Oldsmobile production facilities. Like the Double Door cars, these Quad Door cars were acquired by many railroads, and they were assigned to pools where cars from multiple railroads served a specific shipper.

The Tangent Scale Models Greenville 86' Quad Plug Door Box Car System continues the design and operational standards set by our industry-leading Greenville Double Plug Door box car models. Our product replicates multiple variations of these cars, including two different draft gear combinations, two underframe styles which incorporate Center-of-Car Cushioning and End-Of-Car Cushioning options, and multiple power brake options. We have now released THIRTEEN (13) different build variations of these Greenville prototypes! The Tangent Greenville 86’ Quad Plug Door Box Car includes accurate 70-Ton Barber S-2 Birdsboro Foundry trucks with 33” wheels, and include “spinning” roller bearing caps appropriate for each paint scheme. Finally, our cars are weighted properly and are equipped with genuine Kadee® scale couplers mounted in specially-designed coupler pockets which means they operate as good as they look. Due to the car’s size, we recommend curves of 24” or larger for these models.

Our September 2024 release includes these six new paint schemes - available for purchase today!

- Detroit & Toledo Shore Line (DTS) "Delivery 1-1970 Blue" delivers a sharp-looking car and is one of our most-requested paint schemes for the Greenville 86’ Quad Door box cars. The D&TS ordered 24 cars and were part of Greenville’s first production group in January of 1970. The “Expressway For Industry” slogan fills the center portion of the box car, while the classic angled D&TS logo is carefully reproduced on the right side. This Greenville car features Gypsum style crossover platforms, an Equipco 4000 hand brake housing, accurate End-of-Car Cushioning details with truck mounted brake hardware, and 70-Ton Barber S-2 Trucks with 33” wheels and accurate “Brenco-6” roller bearing caps. Check out all of that fine data on the car side, from the Greenville Dupont paint stencil to the accurate trust lettering. These four numbers are assigned to the B&O at Parma, Ohio in GM Chevrolet service. SKU 25522

- Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) "Delivery 1-1970 Blue" is a big paint scheme for the Greenville 86’ Quad Door box car. The B&O ordered a total of 98 cars delivered across the December 1969-January 1970 period. The B&O script lettering and Capitol Dome Logos are nothing short of classy on this car, with accurate dark blue paint, unpainted (“silver”) doors and white corner “Excess Height” paint. These cars were part of the GM Stamping pool out of Flint, Michigan on the GTW. These 1970 cars have truck-mounted brake gear, accurate Ajax hand brake, End-of-Car Cushioning components and Gypsum crossover platforms, just like the prototype. Riding on accurate Barber S-2 Birdsboro Foundry trucks with 33” wheels and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps, our B&O “Delivery 1-1970 Blue” models are ready to operate with four different road numbers! SKU 25523

- Canadian National (CNA) "Repaint 1991 Blue" is a hot car, no matter how you look at it. These prototype cars were repainted from the large ex-Grand Truck Western Greenville 86’ Quad Door fleet. This scheme is a product of the 1990s, so you will notice things like the CAPY line is missing from the car side. The doors are loaded with data, including modern safety stickers for opening, door lubrication data and bilingual door closing instructions. Canadian National modelers will be quick to notice that one side of the car is spelled “CANADIAN NATIONAL” while the other is spelled “CANADIEN NATIONAL” per prototype photos. Each door has the “third arm” cranks appropriate for the “modern” era and photos. These prototypes were originally built in 1970, so they have accurate details like truck-mounted brake gear, Ajax hand brake and End-of-Car Cushioning components. The end crossover platforms have been replaced with Morton style parts. The models ride on accurate Barber S-2 Birdsboro Foundry trucks with 33” wheels and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps. Our CN masterpieces are available in six different numbers. Do not miss out! SKU 25524

- Norfolk & Western (N&W) "Delivery 12-1969 Blue" offers another big paint scheme for our customers. We see you, patient N&W fans. The N&W ordered 21 cars and these were among the first Greenville 86’ Quad Door box cars built. The Pevler blue paint and hamburger logo look great on this big car. The “NORFOLK & WESTERN” graphics are distinctive and accurate for this order of Greenville cars. (Compare the lettering style to Tangent’s recent N&W Blue Thrall 60’ boxcars!) Greenville just had their own style and way of doing things! This 1969-built Greenville group features accurate End-of-Car Cushioning details, Gypsum crossover platforms and truck mounted brake hardware. This N&W B-123 class rides on 100-Ton Barber Low Profile S-2-C Trucks, with 36” wheels and accurate rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps. These cars were part of the GM Indianapolis, Indiana Stamping Plant pool, with a return-when-empty stencil the Indianapolis Union Railway! These beauties are ready to haul auto parts and available in six different road numbers! SKU 25525

- Union Pacific (UP) "Automated Railway 1972+" is a great example to show the ever-changing auto parts pool world. The UP acquired D&RGW’s fleet of two Greenville 86’ Quad Door cars in 1972. The Union Pacific Omaha Shops repainted the cars into handsome UP Armour Yellow and silver colors complete with UP Shield on the left and the colorful “Automated Railway” logo on the right. The models feature all of that accurate Greenville 1970 detailing, including Gypsum style crossover platforms, an Equipco 4000 hand brake housing, accurate Freightmaster End-of-Car Cushioning details with Wabcopac truck-mounted brake hardware, and 70-Ton Barber S-2 Trucks with 33” wheels and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps. The model features a return Route to the PC RR in Indianapolis, Indiana for GM parts service. This is a sharp looking car and available in one number. Don’t miss it! SKU 25526-01

- Southern (SOU) "Delivery 2-1970 Brown" is one of those schemes we get asked for a lot. We have heard the requests from the Southern fans for more cars, and we have listened! This prototype Southern order served the GM parts pool out of Lansing, Michigan on the GTW. This Southern scheme looks different, with the “SOUTHERN GIVES A GREEN LIGHT TO INNOVATIONS” slogan, car number and CAPY data applied to the center panels of the car. The right side carries the “SUPER CUSHION SERVICE” lettering. This is a gorgeous paint scheme. The models feature their as-built 1970 appearance that includes Gypsum crossover platforms, a Universal hand brake housing (with separate long handle!) and a Universal brake wheel. Southern ordered their cars with Center-Of-Car cushioning, and we have duplicated this setup, with a complete COCC underframe and draft gear. (Notice how the couplers and draft gear “stick out” from the end of the car.) 70-Ton Trucks with 33” wheels and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps finish off this replica. These Southern replicas are ready to haul auto parts on your layout in three numbers! SKU 25527

Want to build your own? Don't worry. We also have two undecorated kits to handle both of the Greenville quad-door production variations. Each kit includes a specifically-matching Greenville body for that group! Here is our listing of the variations with their originally-delivered Greenville paint schemes:

- Undecorated Version H: 1969-1970 End-of-Car Cushioning kit (B&O, DRGW, DTS, GTW, IC, NW, PC, PPGX, RI) SKU 25500-01
- Undecorated Version I: 1970 Center-of-Car Cushioning kit (MP, SOU, SP) SKU 25501-01

All of these models – and prototype images - can be seen at fettverbrennung-anregen.eu !

We have been getting a lot of requests for additional GM Greenville 86’ Quad Door box cars, so we are very pleased to release these new paint schemes. Keep in mind that these were pooled boxcars which means you might consider buying cars in a variety of road names. These cars get around -- For example: Prototype photos show B&O cars passing through Warm Springs, CA and Ontario Canada, a UP car on the TRRA St. Louis, MO Riverfront Wharf Street trackage, an N&W car in Kansas City, MO, a CN car in Texas, and DTS cars everywhere (Birmingham MI, Buffalo NY, Chicago IL, Erie PA, Toledo OH, Winchester IN… you get the idea)! We have photos to prove it all. And these are just a few snapshots. GM and Oldsmobile auto parts pools provide many interesting modeling opportunities for stampings and parts distribution.

The Tangent Greenville 86’ High Cube Quad Plug Door Box Car System is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica that was tooled to Greenville Steel Car plans and verified with field measurements. Our model comes with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and “hyper-accurate” lettering including exact stenciling, fonts, and lettering placement. Our Greenville 86’ system of models offers a multitude of detail variations and phases to replicate the many different Greenville Steel Car offerings. We make the best cars money can buy in HO scale. A quick synopsis of our era and railroad-specific detail variations include:

• Dimensional accuracy - designed from actual Greenville blueprints and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Body shells with overlapping side panels
• EOCC (end of car cushioning) or COCC (center of car cushioning) “near scale” draft gear variations
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• Under car brake system variations
• “See through” etched metal end crossover platforms in three possible options: Gypsum, Apex, or Morton
• Side tack board types/sizes and locations
• Twelve (!) prototypically-accurate brake stands (Ajax, 2 Universal versions, 2 Equipco versions, 2 Miner versions, Champion-Peacock, 2 Elcon-National versions, Peacock 850, Klasing 1150)
• Two possible handbrake “brake wheel” options
• Optional 3rd door arm hinge parts to be configured one of three ways
• 70-Ton Barber S-2 “Birdsboro foundry” or 100-Ton Barber S-2-C roller bearing truck options
• 33” or 36” wheels, as applicable to these 70T/100T models
• Truck brake beam part, accurate for these 1969-1970 built Greenville production cars
• Three “rotating” roller bearing truck cap options
• Recommended age 14 years and older

Finally, our Greenville 86’ High Cube Quad Plug Door Box Car models feature our 70-Ton Barber S-2 “Birdsboro foundry” Roller Bearing Truck. And yes, these trucks are available separately! The separate trucks feature a choice of 3 different “rotating” roller bearing caps and 3 different wheel options. Each truck also has the option of two separate brake beam parts, either for body-mounted brake systems (which are our standard offering), or for truck-mounted brake systems (available as a swap-in part). Our trucks and parts are available separately right now, and our RTR-cars come equipped with the correct configurations of trucks and parts!

With accurate roadname and era-specific details, genuine Kadee® scale couplers, and all-metal wheels, we provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal. Pricing for all RTR models in this release is $56.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.

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