{"product_id":"tangent-scale-models-ho-33014-02-greenville-6-000cuft-60-double-door-box-car-milwaukee-road-red-repaint-1973-milw-114180","title":"Tangent Scale Models HO 33014-02 Greenville 6,000CuFt 60' Double Door Box Car Milwaukee Road 'Red Repaint 1973+' MILW #114180","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eOur March 2024 introductory production of our Greenville Steel Car Company 6000cf 60’ Double Plug Door Box Car System includes FIVE all-new RTR paint schemes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMilwaukee Road MILW 'Red Repaint 1973+'\u003c\/strong\u003e gives us examples of Greenville 60’ Double Plug-Door cars on their second life.  In January 1973, United State Railway Equipment, Co in Washington, Indiana refurbished a group of ex-GBW cars for the Milwaukee Road.  These cars were originally built in 1963, so they feature the earlier 41’ 3” narrow-truck centers with shorter sills.  This Tangent model recreates these features exactly.  The models also feature the lowered brake appliances and ladders on the A-End only, correct for this version.  If you look closely, you will see the 'torched off' running board bracket remnants, 'L' grab iron on the roof and the former bolt\/strap remnants of the ladders on the A-End.  The B-End ladders and brake wheel remain in the high position.  Yes, we tool these specific body and roof versions to get it right.  Underneath, you can identify that beautiful Keystone Center-Of-Car Cushioning underframe with the centered return unit and offset return spring.  The crossbearer connectors are taller and hang lower on this version of the underframe, a distinctive look that you can easily see from the side of the car.  This model is equipped with 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken caps and truck-mounted brake cylinders, just like the Milwaukee Road prototypes.  Lettering and artwork aficionados will appreciate the execution of Milwaukee lettering with a distinctive USRE flavor.  Two return routes are reproduced on this group of cars:  SKUs -01 through -03 have “Return to PRR Madisonville, Ohio”  (Even in 1973, the reference to the PRR continues!)  SKUs -04 through -06 have “Return to Essex Terminal R.R. Windsor, ONT.”  This is great example of 1970s+ railroading.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eFeatures for our Greenville Steel Car Company 6000cf 60’ Double Plug Door Box Car replicas include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eDimensional accuracy – designed from Greenville Steel Car Company plans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eHighly correct 'true to life' colors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003e'Hyper-Accurate' lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eMultiple road numbers for each scheme where appropriate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eMultiple Greenville Steel Car Co. body shells to handle side and end phase\/era feature combinations 1963-2000s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eSeparately applied door rods, handles, tackboards and door track details.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eSee through Apex running board where appropriate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eRoofs options include: Installed running board, former-running board torched brackets, and no-running-board variations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eGenuine Kadee scale couplers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eCOCC 'Center Of Car Cushioning' 'near scale' draft gear with 'Keystone' and 'Hydra-Cushion' variations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eUnderframe detail and brake system variations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eMultiple crossover platform variations: Apex, Gypsum and Morton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eMultiple brake step variations: Apex, Gypsum and Morton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eSeparate flexible rubber air hoses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eBeautiful details – metal stirrup steps, wire roof grab irons, wire coupler lift bars and 'Tangent-Thin' ladders – no thick chunky plastic details anywhere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eTwo coupler lift bar variations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eSixteen prototypically-accurate brake stands (Ajax High (2), Universal High, Champion-Peacock 1148 High, Peacock 1600 High, Miner 6600 High (2), Ajax Low (2), Champion-Peacock 1148 Low, Peacock 1600 Low, Miner Low, Miner 6600 Low (3), Klasing Low\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eThree possible handbrake 'brake wheel' options\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eFour different Auxiliary Top Crank arm parts to be configured in multiple ways\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003ePrecision Tangent Scale Models 100-Ton Barber S-2 trucks with roadname-specific rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam parts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eAll-New Precision Tangent Scale Models 100-Ton Barber S-2 Plain Bearing trucks with separate journal lids and separate brake beam parts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eFour 'rotating' roller bearing truck cap options for 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing truck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eThree journal lid cap options for 100-Ton Barber S-2 Plain Bearing truck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eCNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back profile detail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eReplacement 36” semi-scale wheels for our 'rotating bearing cap' trucks are available separately from Tangent in either blackened or nickel-silver finish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eGenuine Kadee scale 'scale-head' couplers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eRecommended age 14 years and older\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003ePrototype Information:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eThe 1960s freight car building boom was fueled by demand for specialty car types. A key type were 60’ box cars designed for dense auto parts such as engines, bumpers, axles, and glass. Greenville Steel Car was a box car innovator, first introducing these 60’ auto parts cars in 1963. Greenville’s box cars had a distinctive 'fishbelly' sill design, and centered Youngstown Steel Door Company double plug doors with a 16-foot door opening. But here are where the similarities end. Greenville produced these box cars with two significant body variations:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eGreenville Steel Car’s production from 1963-1964 had a distinctive 'narrow' wheelbase design, and was ordered by DTI, EL (2 orders), DT\u0026amp;I, DTSL, GBW, N\u0026amp;W, MP, MKT, MP, NKP, NYC and WAB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eGreenville Steel Car’s production from the 1965-1966 period changed to a 'outset' wheelbase design which made them look more like the box cars produced by the other carbuilders. These later phase cars were ordered by CP, DTI, EL, GTW, LN and SLSF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eFourteen railroads initially bought these cars, with some of them receiving merger-related repaints and some of them changing hands. Most of these workhorses remained in service into the 2000s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLombard Hobbies = Big Inventory ∙\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eValue Pricing ∙ Fast Shipping ∙ Great Service\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tangent HO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48320096960665,"sku":"TSM33014-02","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8847\/0425\/files\/33014L__59319.1710956625.1280.1280.jpg?v=1784153973","url":"https:\/\/lombardhobby.com\/products\/tangent-scale-models-ho-33014-02-greenville-6-000cuft-60-double-door-box-car-milwaukee-road-red-repaint-1973-milw-114180","provider":"Lombard Hobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}