Description
Railroad Short Name: UP
First produced in 1974 by Bethlehem Steel as UP class H-100-10, production of a majority of the fleet occurred in UP’s Albina Shops in Portland OR between 1976 and 1981. Production of this important fleet ended with the H-100-23 class, after UP placed more than 6,400 of these “quad” hoppers in service in the rapidly-growing Western low-sulfur coal market. While these models match UP’s largest fleet of coal hoppers, thanks to strong demand from our customers, Tangent Scale Models we also offer paint schemes that are similar to quad hoppers used by other railroads.
Union Pacific (UP) “Original H-100-16” in the classic, traditional “Freight Car Red” paint with large Union Pacific spelled out in white. Please note these red cars include painted trucks to match the carbody color, just like UP paint practices!
These distinctive 100 ton quad hoppers match the Union Pacific specification and were built by Bethlehem Steel in the 1970s. Tangent’s UP replicas represent more than 6,900 “quad” hoppers, UP’s largest fleet of coal hoppers in company history.
Bethlehem Quad Hopper replicas include:
- Highly accurate “true to life” colors
- Exact fonts and lettering placement
- Painted, scale-sized wire grabirons and coupler lift bars for strength and durability
- Air hoses
- Thin-profile brake piping
- See-through etched metal brake platforms
- L-shaped end-sheet supports
- Interior bracing detail
- Highly-detailed hopper bay outlet gates
- “Narrow appearance” coupler box with Kadee® scale couplers
- Ready-to-operate model with hidden weights
- Tangent 100-ton N-11 trucks with free-rolling metal wheels
- A “Tangent-accurate” non-symmetrical, properly-sloped coal load
- Dimensional accuracy – scaled from prototype plans
- Car number selection process – car numbers selected from online or published sources, focusing on late era numbers to represent more than 35 years in continuous operation.
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