Tangent Scale Models is proud to introduce their newest all-new HO scale product to their line, the Pullman-Standard PS-3 coal hopper! 

During the 1950s, Pullman-Standard began to develop a “standardized” line of freight car product types that were marketed in “families”. Starting with the PS-1 boxcars and PS-2 covered hoppers, the PS-3 was rolled out with several offerings, the most prolific being this 70-ton, 3-outlet coal hopper with a cubic capacity of 2750 cubic feet. First purchased in 1957, Pullman-Standard not only had an effective marketing message with the “PS” series, but developed simultaneous production capability at both its Bessemer AL and Butler PA manufacturing plants, providing customers with a rapid response for coal hoppers that were produced at a rate of more than 13 cars per weekday during peak supply. Such rapid-production was made possible by new welding techniques that arose from the World War II period, although this was a relatively new innovation for open hoppers at the time.

The Tangent Scale Models PS-3 is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica featuring:

• highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and precise lettering stencils that match the intricacies of the prototype
• designed from genuine PS spec documents, and includes body variations with or without end heap shields
• three different styles of door mechanisms 
• several handbrake variations so that your car properly matches the variations found on the prototype
• fine “near-scale” draft gear box with side “key” detai
• coupler lift bars 
• Kadee® scale couplers
• CNC-machined wheels
• sufficient hidden weights to ensure the model operates as good as it looks, whether running as an empty or as a load (removable coal load included)

Louisville & Nashville (L&N) in the “9-1973 SLS Repaint” scheme which represents repainted versions of the 1957 Pullman hoppers, repainted in 1973 with the large “L&N” stenciling on the left side of the car. These are available with six road numbers, and are our first foray into the repainted L&N cars, which should be mixed in with the original paint cars for proper fleet representation, even in the 1970s and 1980s.