N Scale INTX “UP Patch 2013” Trinity Industries Inc 4750CuFt Covered Hopper

• Product: Trinity Industries “Pullman-Design” 4750 Covered Hoppers
  
• Scale: N Scale 1:160
• Truck: Tangent Scale Models 100-Ton Barber S-2
• Wheels: CNC-machined 36” wheels with front and back detail
• Minimum Suggested Radius: 11″
• Era: 2013-2020

– INTX “UP Patch 2013” are formerly UP system cars that were leased to INTX, which stands for Interstate Commodities Inc., a railcar leasing firm that has bought up many covered hoppers including these Trinity 4750s.  The cars retain their UP paint jobs, but to match prototype weathering patterns we have faded the body color to represent the chalking paint of the prototypes, and we have included a faded Union Pacific shield in the center of the car (well, three out of the 4 car numbers have them – one has a patched out shield per prototype practice).  We also have added the conspicuity stripe patterns that are found on the real cars.  Yes, we matched 4 specific car numbers with 4 different sets of artwork patches, conspicuity stripes and data.  These Trinity 4750s include the “bolt on” outlet gate design that was found on some of the Trinity 4750 prototypes, along with gravity discharge gates.  Up on the roof of the cars you will find unpainted galvanized “slope up” Morton-design running boards and the galvanized steel trough hatches that Trinity applied are replicated on our model.  Every railroad had different hatches, and UP is no exception.  The ends of the cars include straight-handle coupler lift bars, separate brake wheel, etch metal Morton crossover platforms, and flexible rubber trainline air hoses, all of which are accurately modeled on our Tangent replicas.  These stunners are now available, and all 4 cars have slight variations in their patch outs.