Description
Railroad Short Name: NS
Designed from builder drawings and field measurements, the all-new Pullman-Standard 4785cf Covered Hopper is the latest freight car from ScaleTrains.com. Perfect for modelers from the 1960s until today, these cars are an important part of the P-S covered hopper family. Since the beginning, these cars have crisscrossed North America running in groups and singles in freight trains. These models feature numerous roof hatch, outlet gate, running board, and end “cage” support variations per roadname and production group.
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
- Era:1972 – Early 1990s
- Series 100500-100502, built 7-72
- Separately-applied photo-etched “America’s Resourceful Railroad” name placard
- Stenciled for grain or chemical commodity loading
- Continuous trough roof hatches
- Short end vertical supports with shear plates and short center sills
- Handbrake on short end vertical support
- Short track gravity outlet gates
- Multiple road numbers
- Two different roof hatch options: continuous trough or 3-trough
- Photo-etched stainless-steel see-through Apex (slotted) walkway with separate grab irons
- Photo-etched stainless-steel see-through Apex (slotted) end crossover platforms
- Two different end brace and grab iron variations
- Two different “end cage” grab iron and support
- Short track gravity or gravity-pneumatic outlets
- End shear plates (when applicable)
- Factory-applied ladders with metal rungs
- Factory-applied trainline pipe
- Brake plumbing with separate air reservoir and control valve plus separately applied wireform plumbing
- Handbrakes mounted to stands, end supports, and/or end shear plate
- Body-mounted semi-scale standard Type E knuckle couplers
- Highly-detailed Barber S-2 100-ton trucks with finely rendered raised foundry data
- 36” machined metal wheels
- Minimum radius: 9-3/4”
- Recommended radius: 11”
All Rivet Counter N Scale Freight Cars Feature
- Fully assembled
- Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors whenever possible
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Coupler cut levers
- Trainline hoses
- Intricate brake plumbing
- Weighted to Industry standards
- Operates on Code 55 and 70 Rail
- Clear jewel box packaging safely stores model
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