Tangent HO 40′ Combination Door Box Car Northern Pacific

Description

Railroad Short Name: NP

Tangent’s focus with our new release is with these three Pullman-Standard 40′ PS-1 combination door box cars, each of which is different. No other railroads had 40′ combination door Pullman-Standard built cars. Everyone needs these three railroads represented for their “foreign road” cars, even if you don’t model MILW (SOO), NP (BN), or UP.

The Tangent Scale Models PS-1 Combination Door box cars include incredible road-specific detailing for these three specific MILW, NP, and UP models. We have produced three road-specific body shells featuring accurate plug and sliding door combinations. Each car includes see-through running boards, accurate hand brake options, wire brake piping, release rods, separate stirrup steps, and fine bracket grabs and ladders. Like all Tangent models, these cars come standard with HO scale’s most accurate colors and car stenciling. These new box cars are finished with two different all new truck possibilities: our new ASF A-3 50-Ton Roller Bearing truck, or our new Barber S-2 plain bearing truck. Finally, our cars are weighted properly and are equipped with Kadee® couplers which means they operate as good as they look.

Our schemes selected mirror a majority of the prototype photos shown above. Our first image at the top of this page shows off the “group of 3” schemes for our first run.

Features:

• • Dimensional accuracy – designed from Pullman-Standard plans
  • 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
  • 12 road numbers for each scheme
  • Very fine Pullman-style ladders
  • Very fine Pullman-style bracket grab irons
  • Rubber air hoses
  • Road-specific details for each scheme, including:
    • Specific body side configurations for doors
      2 different PS-1 end configurations
    • “See through” running boards (in 2 possible combinations)
    • “See through” brake steps (in 2 possible combinations)
    • 2 different brake housings (Equipco or Ajax, as appropriate)
    • 3 different brakewheel options (Equipco, Ajax, and Universal)

• CNC-machined 33” wheels, with blackened or nickel-plated semi-scale tread (0.88”) available separately