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Tangent - HO Scale - Pullman-Standard PS-2 4427 - High Side - Covered Hopper - TPW Original Grey 1968 - Toledo, Peoria and Western #18075 - Grey w/Black Lettering (SKU 20009-21019-03)

Available On: November 1, 2018

Tangent Scale Models

Pullman-Standard PS-2 4427 "High Side" Covered Hopper

The Tangent Scale Models PS4427 High Side is a dimensionally-accurate replica of the real car and provides continuity with our other Pullman-Standard covered hoppers, including model design, scheme colors, and stenciling. Our model includes key build variations:  stirrup steps, roof hatches, jacking pads, tow loops, discharge gates, and side air lines. This replica includes our near-scale draft gear box including side key detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.

Features Include:

  • Dimensional accuracy designed 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 where appropriate
  • See through running boards
  • Etched metal crossover platforms
  • Road-specific details for each scheme:  6 different outlet gates, 2 different sets of roof hatches, 2 different running board end supports, jacking pad/toe loop options, 2 different crossover platform options, 2 different end ladder options, 2 different brake wheels, 2 different side air line options and 2 different center sill options
  • Beautiful details wire ladder rungs, wire grab irons, and wire 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

Released in November 2018: Tangent Scale Models is proud to introduce the Pullman-Standard PS-2 4427 “High Side” Covered Hopper car to our ever-growing line of HO Scale replicas.

History of the Prototype:

During the 1960s, railcar builders experimented with covered hopper designs to satisfy the evolving needs of shippers as they moved away from forty-foot box cars to bulk transport railcars. Pullman’s PS-2 design evolution continued in 1966 when the "Low Side" 4427 was replaced with the “High Side” version. The 4427 "High Side" was visually distinctive with its high slope bays and center of gravity, which sped the unloading process of bulk commodities. The "High Side" 4427 included 13 exterior side posts, similar to its sister car design, the PS-2 4740, which had 16 side posts. Both designs were introduced in 1966, and 4427 "High Side" production ended in 1971 after delivery of approximately 12,000 cars.

 More about these cars.

First, like many Pullman hoppers they traveled far and wide.Take the TLDX Peavey cars for example, with a fleet of more than 140 cars. Tangent has photos of these cars in original paint at the following locations and times:


GM&O in Granite City, 1968
Butler WI on CNW in 1970
Pasco WA on NP in 1969
Southern CA in 1976 on either ATSF, SP, or UP
B&O in Maryland in 1968

Another cool thing about these cars is that they were produced for a variety of potential services. While one series of Milwaukee Road cars were intended for grain, they were also provisioned for malt services, so they had gravity-pneumatic outlet gates underneath. Also note that this car is far from MILW rails, and instead is on one of the many railroads that plied rails in Fort Worth TX. While CEI cars wandered on MP and adjoining rails, they also went East.  With the ATSF acquisition of TP&W in 1983, ATSF began to repaint and/or reletter the freight car fleet, or at least the cars ATSF intended to maintain leases for. 

















$44.95 US