Tangent Scale Models - HO Scale - Greenville 86 ft Quad Plug Door Box Car - Southern Railway (SOU) #42415 - “BS-84 Claytor Repaint 1987+” - Brown/White/Gray With White Lettering (SKU 20009-25514-04)
Available On: March 1, 2022
The Tangent Greenville 86’ High Cube Quad Plug Door Box Car System is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica that was tooled to Greenville Steel Car plans and verified with field measurements. Our model comes with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and “hyper-accurate” lettering including exact stenciling, fonts, and lettering placement. Our Greenville 86’ system of models offers a multitude of detail variations and phases to replicate the many different Greenville Steel Car offerings. We make the best cars money can buy in HO scale. A quick synopsis of our era and railroad-specific detail variations include:
• Dimensional accuracy – designed from actual Greenville blueprints and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Body shells with overlapping side panels
• EOCC (end of car cushioning) or COCC (center of car cushioning) “near scale” draft gear variations
• Genuine Kadee scale couplers
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• Under car brake system variations
• “See through” etched metal end crossover platforms in three possible options: Gypsum, Apex, or Morton
• Side tack board types/sizes and locations
• Twelve (!) prototypically-accurate brake stands (Ajax, 2 Universal versions, 2 Equipco versions, 2 Miner versions, Champion-Peacock, 2 Elcon-National versions, Peacock 850, Klasing 1150)
• Two possible handbrake “brake wheel” options
• Optional 3rd door arm hinge parts to be configured one of three ways
• All-new 70-Ton Barber S-2 “Birdsboro foundry” Roller Bearing Truck
• 33” wheels, as applicable to these 70T models
• Truck brake beam part, accurate for these 1969-1970 built Greenville production cars
• Three “rotating” roller bearing truck cap options
• Recommended age 14 years and older
Southern (SOU) NS-era “BS-84 Claytor Repaint 1987+” is a very common 1980s paint job in the world of auto parts cars, this one for the Norfolk Southern (NS) system. After the NS merger, NS continued to paint cars in pre-NS schemes, this “Claytor scheme” repaint included. The Southern cars were built in February of 1970 as part of a lot that included the distinctive Center-Of-Car cushioning details. We have duplicated those same features underneath and on the ends, with the extended draft gear. The Claytor repaint features the original Apex crossover platforms with a Universal brake stand and brakewheel. Check out those gorgeous new 70-Ton Barber S-2 Birdsboro Foundry trucks with rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps, just like the prototype. These beauties are available with four road numbers!
Looking for more Tangent Scale Models Boxcars? Click here!