General American produced the 3-compartment 6000 gallon tank car on the “Type 30” riveted underframe from 1928 to 1942. While General American constructed many different tank designs, one of the more common derivations was this 6000 gallon car. The three compartment design allowed consignees to receive up to three different grades of products, such as oils or chemicals. This was important in manufacturing facilities for example, where multiple lubricating oil types could be received in smaller quantities, but within one car. Chemical shippers also gravitated to these cars to ship different products to a common receiver. Because many of these products were purchased by consignees in various grades, multi-compartment cars were necessary. Example commodities these multi-compartment cars hauled:

• Linseed oil
• Silicate of Soda (made with caustic soda and sand) sometimes referred to as sodium silicate
• Printing ink
  
• Lubricating oil
  
• Motor oil
  
• Gasoline
  
• Tallow
  
• Varnishes
  
• Acids
  
• Solvents
  
• Alcohols
  
• Acetates
  
• Vegetable oils

These tank cars were extremely long lived, lasting well into the 1970s and 1980s with virtually no modifications. The Tangent Scale Models GA tank car is a visually distinctive model that includes different brake hardware accurate for each paint scheme. Also, note our “true-to-life” colors and “hyper-accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement. Finally, our scale replicas operate as well as they look, equipped with free-rolling all-metal wheels inside our Tangent “spring plank” truck and Kadee® scale couplers. Our models are truly ready to run.

Features:

• Fully riveted body
• Fully riveted underframe
• Separately applied tank handrail
• Separately applied tank strap detail
• Heater line and outlet drain details, including correct side profile between tank and underframe when viewing the car from the side
• Full “lacy” AB brake detail and air line
• Dimensionally-correct hazardous and route placards
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Accurate lettering applied to the underframe and air reservoir
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with side detail
• Road-specific brakewheels for each scheme
• Wire grab irons and coupler lift bars
• Separate air hoses
• CNC-machined 33” wheels in high quality Tangent Scale Models ASF cast steel truck with spring plank
• Replacement semi-scale wheels available separately from Tangent

PDAX (Protex Industries, Inc.) is available with a black carbody, and the large “Protex Industries” plus its associated logo stenciled on the side of the car in red and white. Additionally, each of the 3 tank car domes has the Protex logo stenciled on them, just like the prototype. Check out the Tangent website for a photo of these cars, which feature a 1969 paint date.