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 4000 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

 

 

Burlington Northern (BN) Ph 3 Black Double Rotary Delivery 1976+ PS4000 illustrates the same BN scheme as our other BN release, applied to a Phase 3 carbody, which was the 1970s “standard” scheme applied to BN coal hoppers.  These double rotary cars are necessary for many BN coal trains that had to go through a rotary dumper (otherwise the caboose or locomotives had to be uncoupled from the consist).  This scheme is a “Phase 3” car that includes the “Short B and Short A” configuration designated for the BN double rotary cars, and a slightly shorter carbody believe it or not!  Yes, we tooled this version.  These cars also have the “trapezoid” indentations on the carbody side panels typical of all 1975-1976 BN-ordered Pullman coal hoppers.  Available in 2 all-new road numbers for 2022!

 

 

 

 

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