Tangent 36010-03 - HO CSX “Delivery 10-1988” Trinity Industries Inc 4750CuFt Covered Hopper #259093

Tangent 36010-03 - HO CSX “Delivery 10-1988” Trinity Industries Inc 4750CuFt Covered Hopper #259093

• Product: Trinity Industries “Pullman-Design” 4750CuFt Covered Hopper

• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam part
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 36″ Wheels
• Era: 1988-2024

CSXT “Delivery 1988” is now available in the now-classic CSXT beige covered hopper scheme.  CSX was the first railroad to adopt Trinity’s Pullman-design 4750 and because of that, the phase details of the car make it very similar to a “late-Pullman” build.  We call these cars “Version 1” Trinity Pullman-Design 4750s!  The cars have riveted end corner and side posts synonymous with the Pullman-built cars.  CSXT also specified that their 4750s have hazardous material placard holders on both sides and both ends of the car, which Tangent has included with their unpainted aluminum finish.  Up on the roof of the cars are unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards which also include end supports, and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity built are replicated on our model.  On the ends of the cars, Trinity designed a weld line in the end sheet, angled defect card holders, straight-handle coupler lift bars, Universal 9200 brake housing, and a different brake pipe layout than the Pullman-built cars, all of which is accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas.  Underneath the cars, the centersill dividers have access holes in them like they should.  The train air line runs down the BR side of the car.  The stenciling on the cars includes the CSX lettering with the lines below each character, and the “A CSX Quality Car” lettering in a small rectangular box.  This CSX artwork is carefully replicated for these Trinity cars, from the large, slightly “condensed” CSX logo lettering down to the carefully reproduced 1988-era Trinity builder logo.  The first 12 road numbers carry October 1988 build dates, whereas the second 12 road numbers carry November 1988 build dates.