The mid-1970s brought about an urgent need for new coal hoppers based upon a combination of robust utility and export demand as well as an aging coal fleet composed of mostly smaller-capacity, 50 and 70-ton coal hoppers. Additionally, the opening of new low-sulfur coal mines in the Powder River Basin (PRB) region of Wyoming and Montana introduced a new supply of coal to the market, driving new coal hopper orders.

 

Features for these coal hopper replicas 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

• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail

• Multiple road numbers for each scheme

• Two different coal loads (one load is included with each model)

• Separately-applied “car shaker” parts

• “See-through” brake platform

• Full “lacy” AB brake detail and train air line

• Rubber air hoses including “wrong side” mounting for rotary ends

• Five dimensionally-correct coal hopper body variations with appropriate side panel arrangements (trapezoidal and flat), as well as offset and non-offset truck center arrangements

• Six different assembly builds within our system

• Road-specific details for each scheme, including different brake appliances and 2 different styles of unloading door mechanisms

• Beautiful details – wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded on” plastic grab irons here!

• Accurate interior bracing parts

• Precision Tangent Scale Models 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with roadname-specific rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam part

• CNC-machined 36” wheels

• Replacement 36” semi-scale wheels for our “rotating bearing cap” trucks are available separately from Tangent in either blackened or nickel-silver finish

• Genuine Kadee scale “scale-head” couplers

Recommended age 14 years and older

 

• Product: Pullman Standard 3526 HT Triple Coal Hopper

• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1

• Truck: Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with roadname-specific rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam part

• Wheels: CNC-Machined 36″ Wheels

 

B&O Chessie Black Delivery 1975+ PS3526 represents our “eastern” car release for this production.  After our rapid sellout in the past production, we thought Chessie/B&O deserved to be offered again, quickly.  This series of Chessie PS3526 coal hoppers was large – totaling 2,500 cars.  These cars have black carbodies and include Chessie yellow graphics incorporating the Chessie cat logo and the “Chessie System” stenciling in the upper left side panels.  These cars also have “B&O” and road number stenciling applied to the underframe.  The PS3526 features a high brake housing location to be consistent with other “legacy” B&O hoppers.  We offer this scheme in 24 all-new road numbers so you can model a unit train or mix and match with your other Chessie hoppers.  Also, don’t forget to match our models up with your Tangent Chessie/B&O quad door auto parts cars, in stock at Tangent and at stores!

 

 

 

 

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