Norfolk Southern (NS) “The Thoroughbred B122 1995” Greenville 86′ Double Plug Door Box Car

• Product: Greenville 86′ Double Plug Door Box Car
• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: Tangent 100-Ton “Low profile” Barber S-2-A
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 36″ Wheels
• Era: 1995-2014+

– Norfolk Southern (NS) “The Thoroughbred B122 1995” is another highly-requested paint scheme in the Tangent Greenville 86’ family of models.  These prototypes were pulled from NW’s large B122 class of cars.  Metro East Industries Inc. in East St. Louis IL refurbished the cars in 1995 and applied one of the most distinctive 86’ schemes available to modelers:  A beautiful gray car with NS “The Thoroughbred” graphics.  These unique cars continued in Ford auto parts service after the refurbishing.  The models feature a brand-new Tangent body shell, matching the prototypes built in September of 1969 for the NW.  The modern details are carefully executed on this model:  Notice the relocated tack boards to the far right and the auxiliary crank “third arms” applied to the top of each door.  This paint scheme makes you say “WOW.”  That huge NS logo stands out, with distinctive “NORFOLK SOUTHERN” in a typestyle that is unique to this scheme.  And of course, the NS “Thoroughbred” graphics are just plain cool.  This scheme is for the modern guys 1995 to at least 2014 – and possibly later!