Tangent Scale Models HO 23122-07 Pullman-Standard Southern Pacific Lines Postwar 40’6” Box Car w/ 7′ Door St. Louis Southwest Brown 'Delivery 1951+' SSW #33899

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Tangent Scale Models HO 23122-07 Pullman-Standard Southern Pacific Lines Postwar 40’6” Box Car w/ 7′ Door St. Louis Southwest Brown 'Delivery 1951+' SSW #33899

After World War II, Southern Pacific and subsidiary railroads SSW and T&NO embarked on an aggressive program to upgrade their aging 40-foot box car fleet to move lumber, paper, and other products. While other railroads were buying 'modernized' boxcars, such as the infamous welded 'PS-1s', SP and its subsidiaries purchased a massive fleet of more than 19,000 new boxcars. These cars were different: they were riveted, and had 10’0” inside height instead of 10’6” inside height. While SP and subsidiaries initially ordered cars with 6-foot door openings, they settled on larger 7-foot door openings, built by Pullman-Standard, for the majority of the fleet. No layout is complete without these unique postwar 7-foot door boxcars, including railroads far from SP lines. While groups of these cars were rebuilt, repainted and restenciled over the years, examples remained in their as-built appearance, although repainted, through the 1970s.

These prototypes operated all over the USA, Canada, and Mexico from their origins in the early 1950s until the late 1970s.

A quick synopsis of our era and railroad-specific detail variations include:

• Dimensional accuracy – designed from actual Pullman-Standard blueprints and verified with field measurements
• Highly correct 'true to life' colors
• 'Hyper-Accurate' lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Extremely realistic bracket grab irons and ladder assemblies
• 7 or 8 rung side and end ladders
• Beautiful diagonal panel roofs
• See through running boards and crossover platforms, in both Apex and Morton combinations
• 'Near scale' draft gear
• Genuine Kadee scale couplers
• Separate flexible rubber air hoses
• Three 7’ door options ; Youngstown, 5-Panel Superior, 7-Panel Superior
• Two door track options
• Side tack board types/sizes and locations
• Six prototypically-accurate brake stands ; Ajax, Universal, 2 Equipco versions, Miner, National/Peacock
• Six possible handbrake brake wheel options ;Ajax, Universal, Equipco, Miner, Peacock, Modern National/Peacock
• New ASF 50-ton A-3 Ride Control trucks
• 33” wheels, with front and back detail and accurate tapered axles
• Separate truck brake beam parts
• Recommended age 14 years and older

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