Description
Railroad Short Name: SOU
Southern (SOU) “Delivery 2-1970 Brown” is one of those schemes we get asked for a lot. We have heard the requests from the Southern fans for more cars, and we have listened! This prototype Southern order served the GM parts pool out of Lansing, Michigan on the GTW. This Southern scheme looks different, with the “SOUTHERN GIVES A GREEN LIGHT TO INNOVATIONS” slogan, car number and CAPY data applied to the center panels of the car. The right side carries the “SUPER CUSHION SERVICE” lettering. This is a gorgeous paint scheme. The models feature their as-built 1970 appearance that includes Gypsum crossover platforms, a Universal hand brake housing (with separate long handle!) and a Universal brake wheel. Southern ordered their cars with Center-Of-Car cushioning, and we have duplicated this setup, with a complete COCC underframe and draft gear.
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 overlapping side panels
- 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 arm hinge parts to be configured one of three ways
- 70-Ton Barber S-2 “Birdsboro foundry” or 100-Ton Barber S-2-C roller bearing truck options
- 33” or 36” wheels, as applicable to these 70T/100T models
- Truck brake beam part, accurate for these 1969-1970 built Greenville production cars
- Three “rotating” roller bearing truck cap options
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