Tangent HO 86′ Greenville High Cube Box Car Illinois Central “Gray Repaint 1995”

Description

Railroad Short Name: IC

Illinois Central (IC) “Gray Repaint 1995” offers up a great example of IC cars in the modern era. The prototypes in this group were part of a 30-car order built in September of 1977 for the Illinois Central Gulf. After the rebirth of the IC (no “G”) in 1987, the IC Centralia Shops slowly repainted freight cars in an attractive gray scheme with Roman graphics. By 1995, some of the 86’ Greenville cars were selected for repainting. The models feature End-Of-Car Cushioning and a body-mounted brake system correct for this 1977 order from Greenville. Underneath, you can spot all that brake linkage hanging down low and carefully duplicated on the model. These cars also feature the auxiliary crank arms at the top center of each door – these prototypes were delivered with this detail. The model has an accurate brake stand and modern brake wheel, along with see-through Morton-style crossover platforms. These replicas ride on 100-Ton “Low Profile” Barber S-2-A trucks and have accurate rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps. While IC lettering looks plain at first glance, careful attention is needed to execute this properly in HO for a specific 1995-era repaint.

Features:

• Dimensional accuracy – designed from actual Greenville blueprints and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Body shells with or without overlapping side panels
• Roofs with running board supports remaining in place (1965+ appearance since the running boards were gone by 1966) and roofs without running board supports (1965+ Greenville production)
• EOCC (end of car cushioning) or COCC (center of car cushioning) “near scale” draft gear variations
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• Under car brake system variations
• “See through” etched metal end crossover platforms in three possible options: Gypsum, Apex, or Morton
• Side tack board types/sizes and locations
• Twelve (!) prototypically-accurate brake stands (Ajax, 2 Universal versions, 2 Equipco versions, 2 Miner versions, Champion-Peacock, 2 Elcon-National versions, Peacock 850, Klasing 1150)
• Two possible handbrake “brake wheel” options
• Optional 3rd door crank arm parts to be configured one of three ways
• Multiple truck options: 70-Ton Barber S-2A Roller Bearing Truck, 70-Ton Barber S-2 “Birdsboro foundry” Roller Bearing Truck or a 100-Ton “Low Profile” Barber S-2-C Roller Bearing Truck
• 33” or 36” wheels, as applicable, with front and back detail and accurate tapered axles
• Two truck brake beam part options, as applicable
• Three “rotating” roller bearing truck cap options