Tangent Scale Models 35012-06 - Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215CuFt Covered Hopper Minneapolis & St. Louis (M&StL) 71025 - HO Scale

• Truck: Tangent 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing truck
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 33″ Wheels
• Era: 1958-1994

– Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (M&StL) “Delivery Gray 11-1958” shows us another classic gray painted PS-2 3215.  The M&StL graphics are carefully duplicated on the car, from the memorable M&StL logo, the spelled-out “Minneapolis & St. Louis” lettering inside the white rectangle, and the “Serving the Grain Industry” lettering all in capital letters!  Neat stuff!  These cars were acquired so M&StL could expand away from 40 foot box cars for grain services.  M&StL was a grain- and other commodity hauling railroad that had a primary trunk that served the breadbasket states of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.  These M&StL cars feature Apex-style running board and “Early-style” round roof hatches.  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.  This M&StL replica rides on the Tangent 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing truck.  The three bays are equipped with an earlier style of Enterprise discharge gates, with the support straps attaching to the rear “L” channel.  Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability.  These models are available with November 1958 dates.  It isn’t often that you get an M&StL-specific railcar.  Also, this is the first time Tangent has released a railcar in original M&StL paint!