Tangent 20079-01 Soo Line (SOO) “ex-Roland & Nevada IA” 1985+ PS4750 Covered Hopper #84257

 SOO “Ex-Roland and Nevada IA” 1985+ shows us an example of a 1980s secondhand car, as SOO Line expanded their grain fleet.  These cars aren’t like the patches you see in the 2000s+, with lots of paint changes and added lettering.  “SOO” was carefully patched over the PTLX and the first digit of the former Pullman lease series.  Simple and understated, just like 1980s patches should be.  This SOO leaser features a more weathered blue body color and a weathered and peeling “RN” logo panel in the middle of the car, matching its prototype photo.  The roof walkways finished with a weathered “unpainted” metal look, to mimic the real car.  The other details are accurate for this former PTLX leaser, including a Pullman body with open-hole posts, center-tube train air line, and truck mounted brake hardware.  (Notice there is no brake cylinder on the B-End!)  The bays are equipped with beautifully replicated early-style Miner outlet gates.  The model comes equipped our 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with accurate “Timken” rotating caps and correct truck-mounted brake beams.  The model even has its former PTLX reporting mark printed on the draft gear!