Tangent HO PS-2CD 4750 Covered Hopper INTX “ex Foster Farms”

Description

Railroad Short Name: INTX

INTX “ex-Foster Farms” 2011+ gives the mid-2000s guys a great patch offering.  This example shows a former Foster Farms car that has been acquired by Interstate Commodities and is part of the massive INTX lease fleet.  This ex-FPFX car features a faded version of the “Tea & Cream” body color and faded “Devils Food” lettering.  The prototype car did not have delineators in 2011, so we didn’t put them on the model either!  This car features an accurate 1980 Pullman 4750 body, including “open hole” side posts, thick sill protrusion over the bolsters and distinctive wider jacking tabs associated with much (but not all!) of Pullman’s late production.  The center sill correctly models the body-mounted brake linkage “access holes” on one side of the car, just like the real one.  If you look closely, we also added the AEI tag with an angled mounting bracket on the sill.  Our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks have the correct “Timken” rotating caps.

Features:

• Dimensional accuracy – scaled from Pullman-Standard plans and verified with field measurements
• 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
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• “See through” etched metal running boards and crossover platforms (in one of 3 possible variations)
• Road-specific details for each scheme, including 7 different brake systems, 3 different outlet gates, 3 different sets of roof hatches, 4 jacking pad sets, with or without shaker brackets, 2 roof overhangs, 3 different running board and crossover platform options, end ladders options, 7 brake wheel housing and clevis options, and 2 brake wheel options.
• Beautiful details – wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded in” plastic grab irons here!
• Separate air hoses
• CNC-machined 36” wheels in high quality Tangent Scale Models 100-ton trucks
• Recommended age 14 years and older