Tangent Scale Models - HO Scale - Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215CuFt Covered Hopper - Great Northern (GN) #71513 - “Delivery Gray 2-1960” - Delivery Gray with Black Lettering & Red/Black Logo (SKU 20009-35011-04)
Available On: April 1, 2025
While models of Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215cf Covered Hopper have been produced in the past, it has not been available in decades, and certainly not with the “Tangent Treatment!” Tangent Scale Models are very excited to bring you this highly-relevant – and needed – prototype model in HO Scale – in a high quality form!
In the early 1960s, railcar builders experimented with new covered hopper designs to help railroads move away from generic forty-foot box cars to special-duty bulk transport railcars. Pullman created the “PS-2” series of covered hoppers which included more than 20 individual designs that were larger in capacity with time, and the 3215/3219 was the second “three bay” design produced. Pullman’s most significant innovation with the PS-2 designs was taking advantage of gravity, where lading was loaded through the round hatches on the roof, and unloaded via gravity from the bottom outlets. The PS-2 3215/3219 design was produced between 1958-1962, and production ended after delivery of more than 1,400 cars.
The Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper is a dimensionally-accurate replica and provides continuity with their other Pullman-Standard covered hoppers, including model design, scheme colors, and stenciling. Tangent Scale Models model includes key build variations: roof design, discharge gates, hand brakes, brake systems, running boards, and trucks. This replica includes Tangent Scale Models “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail. Tangent Scale Models ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.
A quick synopsis of Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper era and railroad-specific details and variations include:
Great Northern (GN) “Delivery Gray 2-1960” Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215CuFt Covered Hopper
– Great Northern (GN) “Delivery Gray 2-1960” shows off the classic Great Northern slanted lettering with the red and black “rocky” logo, across a gray-painted body – the correct color of course. Stenciled “For Food Products Only” these cars served the GN systemwide, as well as successor BN hauling all sorts of commodities, including grains, sand, and fertilizers. Every piece of data is carefully replicated, something you have come to expect with Tangent. The models feature correct GN roof details like a see-through Apex-style running board and “Early-style” round roof hatches. Underneath, the model includes exquisite Enterprise gravity outlet gates, matching this prototype group of 65 cars. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, wire piping details and a finely executed Retaining Valve mounted on the end of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. Finally, these cars ride on Tangent Scale Models brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps! They are gorgeous!
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