Tangent HO PS-1 40′ Mini-Hy Cube Boxcar Northern Pacific “Original Loewry Green 1967”

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SKU: 10542 Category: Mini-Hy Cube Box Car Tag: HO Scale Railroad Short Name: NP

Description

Railroad Short Name: NP

Nicknamed “baby hi-cubes” by shippers, railfans, and rail employees alike, the PS-1 40’ “Mini-Hy Cube” boxcars were early examples of purpose-built boxcars, built by Pullman-Standard in Bessemer, AL. At 4900 cubic foot capacity without loading devices, most of these distinctively small yet tall cars were purchased for appliance loading out of origins in U.S. Midwestern states.

It features a prototypical “slight peak” roof, separate underframe brake components with wire piping, narrow ladders and sill steps, and “see-through” crossover platforms. These replicas include the “near-scale” draft gear that has been standard on all recent Tangent releases, which includes the “side key” detail with Kadee all-metal couplers. Detailed “trombone style” coupler lift bars are also present on our replicas with one of two styles to match the prototype. Finally, the models are equipped with the correct Tangent Barber S-2-A 70-ton roller bearing trucks and 33” CNC-machined wheelsets, so our models look as good as they operate.

NP Delivery Green 1967 is back with 3 rerun numbers and 3 new numbers for 2023! This offering sold out a little too quickly way back in 2016, and we promised a rerun. The NP scheme is big on this car, with the tall NP letters and Monad. The roof is correctly painted black, and the model features 70-Ton Barber S-2 Roller-bearing trucks with rotating Timken caps. The NP’s entire fleet of cars were assigned to the IC at Kankakee, IL for loading of water heaters at A.O. Smith’s Permaglas Division. Everyone knows the NP’s North Coast Limited was “…one of the world’s Extra-Fine trains…” but we would like to think any train with one of Tangent’s NP Mini-Hy cubes is “Extra Fine” in its own special way.

Features for these replicas include:

Designed, tooled, and plastic parts produced in USA!
Dimensional accuracy – designed from actual Pullman-Standard blueprints
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
2 different draft gear and trombone-style coupler lift bar variations that represent those pesky prototypical details Tangent is known for – these are things you don’t have in your current kits
Lacy details – wire grab irons, coupler lift bars, and stand-off ladders and stirrup steps
“See through” crossover end platforms
Separate air hoses
CNC-machined 33” wheels in high quality Tangent Scale Models 70-ton Barber S-2-A Roller Bearing trucks (with semi-scale replacement wheels available separately) with separate brake hangar parts for extra realism
Recommended age 14 years and older