Tangent 35160-08 -- Atlantic Coast Lines (ACL) “Delivery Beige 8-1965” Pullman-Standard PS-2 2929 CuFt Covered Hopper #120247

• Product: Pullman-Standard PS-2 2929CuFt Covered Hopper
• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with Retaining Bolts
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 36″ Wheels
• Era: 1965-1995

– Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) “Delivery Beige 8-1965” replicates ACL’s large 800-car order of Pullman-Standard Covered Hoppers, delivered in 1965.  The Tangent model replicates the delivery “beige” scheme.  The ACL letters are big and bold across the car side, and every piece of data is carefully replicated, something you have come to expect with Tangent.  The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board (straight and flat!), evenly-spaced round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Wine gravity outlet gates.  All of these features match the prototype ACL cars.  If you look even closer, the model also replicates additional ACL-specific details like the carbody side trust plates, the brake badge plate on the B-End and accurate ACL 100-Ton trucks with the retaining bolts detail.  The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Ajax brake stand, modern brake wheel, Morton-style brake step, high-mounted retainer valve, wire piping details and a finely executed air release rod poking through the bottom sill on each side of the carbody.  Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability.  These are sharp Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) models.