Tangent HO PRR X58 50′ Boxcar Conrail

Description

Railroad Short Name: CR

Between 1964 and 1966, the Pennsylvania Railroad Sam Rea Shops built a large fleet of new multiple-purpose boxcars. Constructed as class “X58,” PRR rapidly produced 2,565 cars. PRR also produced another 100 X58 cars for Lehigh Valley.

The X58 box car appearance changed over the years. While many X58 cars labored in original PRR paint for 30+ years, some X58 cars were shopped and painted during the Penn Central era, where PC typically removed the roof running boards and also lowered the brake appliances and ladders. Cars typically shopped during the Conrail era had their roof running boards removed yet retained their high brake appliances. Tangent offers these “time-distinctive” phase variations with our cutting edge RTR models. The Tangent Scale Models HO scale PRR X58 replicas also include one key production variation: either a Keystone or Hydra-cushion underframe. The PRR X58 includes Tangent’s “near-scale” extended-length draft sill with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail and gorgeous “trombone-style” coupler lift bars, plus accurate ASF 70-ton roller bearing trucks as utilized by PRR. Finally, Tangent’s scale replicas operate as well as they look, equipped with free-rolling CNC-machined wheels and Kadee® scale couplers, meaning our models are truly ready-to-run.

CR “1978 X58 Repaint” gives CR modelers a stunning red scheme selection. It has all of the appropriate stenciling to represent a 1978 car including stacked COTS stencils and a U-1 wheel stencil. Typical of most Conrail “shopped” X58s, this one retains the high brakewheel and ladders at the B end, with cut down ladders at the A end of the car. Like its prototype, this scheme includes a Hydra-Cushion underframe.

Features for the X58 box car replicas include:

• Dimensionally-correct exterior post box car with trademark 1960s design features, produced from actual PRR blueprints and from photos and measurements taken from a real X58 at the Danbury Rail Museum in Danbury CT
• Different roof, brake appliance, and side/end ladder variations correct for era / paint scheme of each paint scheme
• Two different underframe variations, hydra-cushion and keystone
• Separate door rods and door roller detail
• “See-through” running board and crossover platform
• Full “lacy” AB brake detail and train air line
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Durable wire grab irons and “trombone-style” coupler lift bars
• Separate air hoses
• “Near-scale” extended draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Kadee® “scale-head” couplers
• CNC-machined 33” wheels in ASF 70-ton roller bearing trucks, matching PRR practice
• Replacement 33” semi-scale wheels are available separately from Tangent
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Recommended age 14 years and older