Tangent Scale Models 32017-07 - Bethlehem Steel 3350CuFt Quad Coal Hopper CSX (CSXT) 346146 "Restencil Ex-LN White Slant 1990+" - HO Scale

• Product: Bethlehem 3350 cuft Quad Hopper
• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating Timken bearing caps and separate brake beam part
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 36″ Wheels
• Era: 1990-2000

– CSXT Era “Restencil Ex-LN White Slant 1990-1991+” introduces a new CSX paint scheme, this time a former L&N class of Bethlehem quad hoppers.  These CSX cars are restenciled former L&N cars from a group of 1000 cars which Bethlehem Steel delivered across the late 1976 and early 1977 period.  These cars are CSXT “patch-outs” from various 1991 dates.  The models feature an accurate 1976 Bethlehem Steel carbody, including rounded top chord corner caps, paired lower posts at the side bolsters, and tiny accurate triangle supports on the bottom chord near the bolster posts.  The B-end of the model features an accurate Ajax high handbrake, “modern” brake wheel and Morton-style brake step.  Inside, the models have a gorgeous (and removable!) flood-style coal load.  These coal hoppers roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with separate truck brake beams and rotating “Timken” roller bearing caps.  These cars are available in a total of 12 numbers and are perfect for building those coal trains right now on your layout.  These CSXT models are available with a variety of patches, reweigh dates, CAPT lettering and COTS dates .

SKUs -01 through -06 cover 1991+ CSX “Shorter” black patches over the reporting marks with CSXT reweigh dates:

• SKUs -01 and -05 are CSXT 10-91
• SKUs -02 and -06 are CSXT 1-91
• SKU -03 is CSXT 2-91
• SKU -04 is CSXT 3-91

SKUs -07 through -12 cover earlier 1990+ CSX “Taller” black patches over the reporting marks (applied at Corbin, KY) and maintain their SBD reweigh dates:

• SKU -07 is SBD 3-85
• SKU -08 is SBD 10-83
• SKU -09 is SBD 8-85
• SKU -10 is SBD 6-86
• SKU -11 has no reweigh date stencil (yup, we went off of an in-service prototype photo!)
• SKU -12 is SBD 8-83

CSX modelers – we are still working to give you great hopper variety!  Oh, and we forgot to mention, the weathered gray base paint color for SKUs 01-06 is a different shade than SKUs 07-12, so the variety in your trains will be even better.  Does anyone provide you with prototypical resonance better than Tangent does?