Description
The 17,600 Gallon Corn Syrup Tank Car was built in large numbers by Trinity Industries between 1984 and 1998. They are commonly used in the transport of corn syrup, liquid sugar and molasses from processing facilities to bulk distribution centers. Over 7,000 cars were built and most remain in active service today.
Features:
- Three separate styles of manway / platform / ladder arrangements (used as appropriate per road name)
- Fine scale railings
- Separately applied brake rigging
- Separately applied manway “clamshell”-style cover (used when appropriate per road name)
- 100-Ton Roller Bearing Trucks
- Accurate painting and printing
- Full stand-alone brake system details
- Bottom outlet valve detail
- Stand-alone heater coil pipes
- Highly detailed body with prototypical jacket seams
- See-through top platform grating
- AccuMate® couplers
Details
Store Location: |
P# 237 / Aisle 10B |
Scale: |
N Scale |
Road Name: |
Tate & Lyle (STSX) |
Road Number: |
4159 |
Customer Reviews
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Atlas Corn Syrup Tank Car (yellow stripes)
This car had the brake wheel end crossover handrail installed incorrectly where it mounted to the crossover platform. After I corrected that issue, I went about replacing the AccuMate trucks/couplers with Micro-Trains 1035 trucks. I found that the truck mounting bolsters were mounted to the tank body with screws thru a small plastic tab that was part of the bolster. This small tab interfered with the Micro-Trains trucks attachment to the bolsters. After removing the screws and cutting off the tabs, I applied CA adhesive to the bolsters where they contacted the tank body. I then installed the Micro-Trains trucks and the tank car was ready for the rails. This tank car has really nice detail and with a little work and time, it turned out rather nice.
