January News column - 14
A distinctive Missouri Pacific patch version of the car is available
in UP 1980s MOW green scheme with several different black and
white stencils, plus paint-outs and post-2004 conspicuity stripes;
and a St. Louis Southwestern car in a 1956 scheme with white
lettering including COTTON BELT across the black body. All road
names are available in six numbers except the MP car which
comes in four numbers. Undecorated versions of the GSC flat are
available both with and without oval hole cutouts in the car side.
The models feature Tangent’s usual attention to detail including
wire grab irons, wire uncoupling bars, air hoses, Kadee® couplers,
and either roller or plain bearing trucks as appropriate to the pro-
totype road being modeled. The ready-to-run cars are priced at
$32.95 each. Note that Tangent allows mixing for multiple car dis-
counts on quantity purchases in increments of 6, 12, 36 and 48.
Visit the above website for full details.
Walthers
) is selling a 50’ AAR double-door boxcar
decorated with two numbers each for Kansas City Southern
(Southern Belle logo), Nickel Plate Road, Southern Pacific (black
and white herald), and Santa Fe (El Capitan) as seen above. The
HO scale cars have 5/5 Dreadnaught ends and two Youngstown
MRH-Jan 2013
