Scale Trains HO Rivet Counter Thrall 48′ 2-Hood Coil Car Norfolk Southern “Protect II”

Description

Railroad Short Name: NS

Features:

• Era: 1993 to present
• Series 168300 to 168399; Built 2-4/93, 168400 to 168499: Built 7/93
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Body with dual trough design and center divider, sixteen walkway side supports and simulated wood trough interior. Designed for the use of two hoods although, depending on the type of steel, the car can be run without hoods as well.
• Body has four wireform side grab irons and four wireform end grab irons
• Version 2 Hood: Corner reinforcement, short side handrail with grab irons, hood stacking brackets with outer extensions
• Each hood is constructed with up to 27 individual parts including 12 photo etched handrail stanchions, six wireform handrails, four wireform grab irons, two hood stacking brackets, two hood top braces, and lifting bail
• Handbrake housing with finely detailed wheel and chain
• See-through photo-etched metal walkway
• Simulated wood interior floor using a hand applied wash
• Four (4) positionable load dividers
• Four (4) large unwrapped coil steel loads with metal weight inside each
• Factory-applied end handrails, hood guides, stanchions, load divider tracks, metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses with silver gladhands
• Complete underbody brake system with over 20 separately applied parts including air reservoir, control valve, and retainer valve plus wireform plumbing and trainline pipe with brackets
• Durable body-mounted die-cast metal semi-scale SE Type lower shelf knuckle couplers
• Highly-detailed ASF Family of Trucks (FOT) 100-ton trucks with finely rendered raised foundry data; rotating black Timken three-sided bearing caps; separate “truck-mounted brake” brake beams; and side bearing detail
• Printed reporting mark and road number on all four trucks
• 36” machined metal wheels with accurately profiled .110″ wide wheel tread
• Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
• Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
• Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
• Packaging safely stores model
• Minimum radius: 18”
• Recommended radius: 22”