Description
Railroad Short Name: UP
First produced in 1974 by Bethlehem Steel as UP class H-100-10, production of a majority of the fleet occurred in UP’s Albina Shops in Portland OR between 1976 and 1981. Production of this important fleet ended with the H-100-23 class, after UP placed more than 6,400 of these “quad” hoppers in service in the rapidly-growing Western low-sulfur coal market. While these models match UP’s largest fleet of coal hoppers, thanks to strong demand from our customers, Tangent Scale Models we also offer paint schemes that are similar to quad hoppers used by other railroads.
Union Pacific “H-100-19 Black Repaint Conspicuity 2005+” replicates a very interesting 2005+ era car in the 1990s black and yellow repaint scheme. Check out the black end: The prototype car end reporting marks were mis-applied, and we duplicated that same “typo” detail on our model.
These distinctive 100 ton quad hoppers match the Union Pacific specification and were built by Bethlehem Steel in the 1970s. Tangent’s UP replicas represent more than 6,900 “quad” hoppers, UP’s largest fleet of coal hoppers in company history.
Bethlehem Quad Hopper replicas include:
- Highly accurate “true to life” colors
- Exact fonts and lettering placement
- Painted, scale-sized wire grabirons and coupler lift bars for strength and durability
- Air hoses
- Thin-profile brake piping
- See-through etched metal brake platforms
- L-shaped end-sheet supports
- Interior bracing detail
- Highly-detailed hopper bay outlet gates
- “Narrow appearance” coupler box with Kadee® scale couplers
- Ready-to-operate model with hidden weights
- Tangent 100-ton N-11 trucks with free-rolling metal wheels
- A “Tangent-accurate” non-symmetrical, properly-sloped coal load
- Dimensional accuracy – scaled from prototype plans
- Car number selection process – car numbers selected from online or published sources, focusing on late era numbers to represent more than 35 years in continuous operation.
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