Tangent HO Roanoke Shops HC-71 4750 Covered Hopper Norfolk Western “Claytor Repaint”

Description

Railroad Short Name: NW

NW “Claytor Repaint HC-71” 1986+ brings the mid-1980s into focus for early NS Corporation-era modelers.  These car numbers are chosen from the pool of NW’s HC-71 1986 Roanoke Shops repaints in the then-current “Claytor” freight car lettering scheme.  Gone is the large block-style NW and replacing it is a bold, condensed NORFOLK AND WESTERN across the car side.  This is a very important scheme for NW/NS modelers, as it is often overlooked in model offerings.  The models wear a slightly lighter gray for the Claytor scheme.  Each Tangent car number is carefully matched to prototype photos and features accurate CAPY, COTS, truck class and end data for these 1973/1974 Roanoke-built cars.  Yes, every car is different.  All of the car numbers feature a smooth-style replacement roof hatch and Keystone Portloc outlet gates.  Those Roanoke details are all there, from the huck bolts on the side posts to the distinctive square-style routing card placard above the left bolster.  We have even applied Stucki HS-7 snubbers on the 100-Ton trucks, based on individual car numbers – SKUs -02 through -04 have the Stucki snubbers while SKUs -01, -05 through -12 do not.  The accurate100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks feature rotating Timken caps and 36” all-metal wheels.

Features:

• Dimensional accuracy – designed from N&W/Pullman-Standard plans and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Road-specific details for each scheme
• “See through” etched metal running boards and crossover platforms
• N&W Roanoke side and end carbody details, including distinctive side post huck bolt rows
• Accurate N&W Roanoke brake layout configuration
• Brake wheel housing and clevis options
• Outlet gates
• Original + replacement style roof hatch parts
• New jacking pad varieties covering N&W specific Roanoke production from 1973-1979
• 5 different AEI tags covering different applications
• Beautiful details – wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded in” plastic grab irons here!
• Separate air hoses
• Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part (2 possible options!)
• SKU-specific Stucki HS-7 Snubber option applied as needed on Tangent’s Barber S-2 trucks
• CNC-machined 36” wheels
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• Recommended age 14 years and older