Tangent Scale Models 25063-01 - Greenville 86′ Double Plug Door Box Car Detroit, Toledo and Ironton (DTI) 26004 - HO Scale

• Product: Greenville 86′ Double Plug Door Box Car
• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: Tangent 70-Ton trucks with rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 33″ Wheels
• Era: 1965-1984

– Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton (DT&I) “Delivery 1964 Green” 1965+ Era offers DT&I’s first Greenville order, delivered in a distinctive green body color.  Twenty-six cars were delivered in September of 1964.  While the cars were originally built with high ladders and running boards, these features were quickly changed on the prototype cars.  This is where the Tangent model comes in, duplicating this 1965+ look.  The running board was removed, but the bracket bolt remnants remained up on the roof.  The prototype end appliances were completely rebuilt:  The brake wheel was lowered, the high and low ladders were removed, replaced with “L” grab irons and full-width crossover platforms.  This Tangent model carefully replicates all these features with this 1965+ body, including the bolt remnants where all of that “high” equipment was attached.  This detail includes the body side, showing off the high grab iron remnants in the top-right corners.  This is an important group of details to get right, since these cars operated in this configuration for their entire 1965+ service lives.  Moving on to the stenciling, the accurately-replicated DT&I lettering is something everyone can appreciate, and Tangent’s industry-leading artwork does not disappoint: eagle-eyed modelers will also notice the modified “Excess Height” yellow boxes, relocated “Retainer Valve” lettering and modified end reporting marks and data for this 1965+ era scheme.  The return route is correctly stenciled for the Ford Stamping plant on the Wabash Railway in Buffalo, New York.  The features go on and on, including an accurate Center-of-Car Cushioning underframe with truck-mounted brake hardware, “lowered” Miner hand brake, 1965 replacement full-width Apex crossover platforms, 70T trucks with 33” wheels and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps.  Don’t miss it!

Please keep in mind that these were pooled boxcars which means you might consider buying cars in a variety of road names.  For example: prototype photos show a SBD car in Flat Rock, MI, a DT&I car in Dallas, TX, a MP car in Toledo, OH and an MKT car in Sharonville, OH.  These cars certainly got around!