Tangent HO PS2 2929 Covered Hopper Atlantic Coast Line

Description

Railroad Short Name: ACL

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.

Features:

• 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