Tangent HO 60′ Thrall Double Plug Door Box Car Western Pacific “Original Red 1969”

Description

Railroad Short Name: WP

Western Pacific WP “Original Red 2-1969” replicates the as-delivered scheme applied by Thrall to the WP’s order of nine cars.  The WP logo is big and bold, filling up the right side of the car.  The WP’s cars were delivered with Freightmaster End-Of-Car Cushioning, Stanray coupler centering devices (see those handles flanking the draft gear!) and an Ajax handbrake with a modern wheel.  Top to bottom, this is a sharp looking car, with the large “Western Pacific” road name properly executed.  The ACI label is mounted on a stand-off plate, just like the prototype.  The box car is equipped on Tangent 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks and are equipped with rotating Timken caps. The “CODE 65” lettering above the reporting marks means the box car is in Ford parts service and returns to the N&W Railway Melvindale, MI (Detroit).

Features:

• Dimensional accuracy – designed from Thrall Company plans
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme where appropriate
• Multiple Thrall Underframe and Draft Gear assemblies to handle end and underframe phase/era feature combinations 1969-2000s
• Separately applied door rods, handles, tackboards.
• Separately applied door track details.
• “See through” Apex, Gypsum or Morton end crossover platforms where appropriate
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• EOCC (End Of Car Cushioning) “near scale” draft gear with “Keystone” and “Freightmaster” variations
• Underframe detail and brake system variations
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• Beautiful details – metal stirrup steps, metal coupler lift bars and “Tangent-Thin” ladders – no thick “chunky” plastic details anywhere!
• Three coupler lift bar variations
• Two Ajax and two Equipco 3750 prototypically accurate brake stands
• Two different Auxiliary Top Crank arm parts to be configured in multiple ways
• Precision Tangent Scale Models 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks with roadname specific rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam parts
• Four “rotating” roller bearing truck cap options for 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing truck
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back profile detail
• 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” coupler