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Tangent Scale Models announces the availability today of our latest all-new HO Scale model: The Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215cf Covered Hopper. While models of this car have been produced in the past, it has not been available in decades, and certainly not with the “Tangent Treatment!” We are very excited to bring you this highly-relevant – and needed – prototype model in HO Scale – in a high quality form!
No preorders. No waiting. These cars are available right now.
In the early 1960s, railcar builders experimented with new covered hopper designs to help railroads move away from generic forty-foot box cars to special-duty bulk transport railcars. Pullman created the “PS-2” series of covered hoppers which included more than 20 individual designs that were larger in capacity with time, and the 3215/3219 was the second “three bay” design produced. Pullman’s most significant innovation with the PS-2 designs was taking advantage of gravity, where lading was loaded through the round hatches on the roof, and unloaded via gravity from the bottom outlets. The PS-2 3215/3219 design was produced between 1958-1962, and production ended after delivery of more than 1,400 cars.
Our April 2025 debut of the Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215cf Covered Hopper includes eight (8) railroad schemes, plus three (3) RTR undecorated kit options.
– Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) “Delivery Gray 11-1959 GA-119” replicates the 100 cars of Santa Fe’s second 1959 order of Pullman-Standard Covered Hoppers. ATSF ordered a total of 405 PS3215cf covered hoppers, which should be no surprise since ATSF was a prolific buyer of Pullman covered hopper products. ATSF also happens to be the largest fleet owner of this car type. The Tangent model replicates the delivery “gray” scheme, which includes the famous circle-cross logo. The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board (straight and flat!), “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. All of these features match the prototype ATSF cars. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal brake stand, modern brake wheel, Apex-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 cars ride on our brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps! These sharp ATSF models are available in 12 numbers. SKU 35010
– Great Northern (GN) “Delivery Gray 2-1960” shows off the classic Great Northern slanted lettering with the red and black “rocky” logo, across a gray-painted body – the correct color of course. Stenciled “For Food Products Only” these cars served the GN systemwide, as well as successor BN hauling all sorts of commodities, including grains, sand, and fertilizers. Every piece of data is carefully replicated, something you have come to expect with Tangent. The models feature correct GN roof details like a see-through Apex-style running board and “Early-style” round roof hatches. Underneath, the model includes exquisite Enterprise gravity outlet gates, matching this prototype group of 65 cars. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, wire piping details and a finely executed Retaining Valve mounted on the end of the carbody. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. Finally, these cars ride on our brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps! They are gorgeous! These cars are available in 12 numbers. SKU 35011
– Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (M&StL) “Delivery Gray 11-1958” shows us another classic gray painted PS-2 3215. The M&StL graphics are carefully duplicated on the car, from the memorable M&StL logo, the spelled-out “Minneapolis & St. Louis” lettering inside the white rectangle, and the “Serving the Grain Industry” lettering all in capital letters! Neat stuff! These cars were acquired so M&StL could expand away from 40 foot box cars for grain services. M&StL was a grain- and other commodity hauling railroad that had a primary trunk that served the breadbasket states of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. These M&StL cars feature Apex-style running board and “Early-style” round roof hatches. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-style brake step, wire piping details and a finely executed Retaining Valve mounted on the end of the carbody. This M&StL replica rides on the Tangent 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing truck. The three bays are equipped with an earlier style of Enterprise discharge gates, with the support straps attaching to the rear “L” channel. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. These models are available with November 1958 dates. It isn’t often that you get an M&StL-specific railcar. Also, this is the first time Tangent has released a railcar in original M&StL paint! SKU 35012
– Norfolk & Western (NW) “Delivery Gray HC13 5-1961” illustrates the Norfolk & Western’s HC13 class of covered hoppers, which were 50 Pullman-Standard produced PS-2 3215cf covered hoppers. These cars were delivered in the railroad’s classy stenciling, including the large and eye-catching “N&W” and the small spelled out “Norfolk & Western” stenciling above. The remainder of the lettering harkens to different era, when each railroad still insisted on its own road-specific stenciling for the cars. No Pullman-Standard created stencils here! The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-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. The model rides on Tangent’s brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps. We are pleased to offer these classy Norfolk & Western cars in 12 numbers from May of 1961. SKU 35013
– Sacramento Northern (SN) “Delivery Gray 5-1959” continues the Pullman-gray tradition, but picks up the elegant Sacramento Northern stenciling found on the cars of the era. The small data is Pullman-Standard stenciling styles. The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-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. The model rides on Tangent’s brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps. We are pleased to offer 6 numbers in this Sacramento Northern scheme. How often do you get accurate Sacramento Northern models in HO scale? SKU 35014
– Southern Pacific “Delivery Gray H-100-1 9-1959” illustrates a very cool Southern Pacific delivery paint scheme, with a significant amount of era-specific stenciling. The large Southern Pacific is spelled out with red stenciling in the railroad’s classic bold font. There is a yellow box on the side of the car that declares “Interior Treated For Edible Commodities” which indicates this is a food service car. Don’t load it with sand or cement! The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Ajax brake stand, Ajax brake wheel, Apex-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. If you look closely at that B-end, you will notice we even applied the correct box-style defect card holder for SP. Metal corner stirrup steps and flexible rubber air hoses on each end of the car provide durability. The model rides on Tangent’s 100-ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps – all of them simulated the painted trucks found on the prototype! We are pleased to offer 12 road numbers in this classy SP scheme! SKU 35015
– Chicago Great Western (CGW) “CNW Zito Repaint 10-1984” illustrates a beautiful CNW Clinton-Shops repaint of a CGW car. When they were repainted by CNW, the railroad retained the original reporting marks of these former CGW cars. CNW assumed the leases on these CGW cars when CNW acquired CGW in 1968. The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-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. The model rides on Tangent’s brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps – a favorite for PS 3215cf covered hoppers! We are pleased to offer 3 accurate road numbers in this Zito repaint scheme, providing a neat car option for our 1984+ modelers, and these cars served into the post-CNW Union Pacific era! Each of the three SKUs is road number and photo-specific with stencil data and placement. SKU 35016
– ROCK “Repaint 11-1979” illustrates a beautiful ROCK blue repaint! This former Rock Island gray car was repainted in 1979, at the tail end of the ROCK era. The Tangent models wear our beautiful ROCK blue paint and the large “THE ROCK” (underlined) stenciling, plus large ROCK logo. There is a lot going on with the stenciling here. U-1 stencil is included, as well as stacked double COTS boxes. Check out that El Reno weight stencil, too. The models feature a see-through Apex-style running board, “Early-style” round roof hatches, body-mounted brake gear and Enterprise gravity outlet gates. The B-end of the car features all of the brake details and piping of the prototype, including a gorgeous Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel, Apex-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. The model rides on Tangent’s brand-new 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing trucks with Timken rotating bearing caps. Tangent has created this single ROCK car number 507976 based on its appearance from prototype photos. SKU 35017
We also have three “bare plastic” kit options available, continuing our dedication to the customers that want to build their own kits! We are modelers too, and we understand the need to continue to offer undecorated products, but please support our kit offerings – we have had significantly-reduced kit demand as of late.
– Undecorated Kit w/ 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing Trucks is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 3215 body, accurate early-style roof hatches, an Apex walkway, Universal 7400 brake stand, Universal brake wheel and body-mounted brake details. This kit includes Tangent 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing Trucks and CNC-machined 33” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for M&STL, Monon, NAHX, and SOO prototypes.
SKU 35000-01
– Undecorated Kit w/ 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing Trucks is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 3215 body, accurate early-style roof hatches, an Apex walkway, multiple handbrake and brake wheel options and body-mounted brake details. This kit includes Tangent 70T ASF Ride Control Roller Trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 33” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for ATSF, CB&Q, CGW, GM&O (80900 series), GN, KCS, L&N, MONON (4475 series), NP, N&W, RI, and SN prototypes.
SKU 35001-01
– Undecorated Kit w/ 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks is a completely unassembled and unpainted KIT. It features the PS 3215 body, accurate early-style roof hatches, an Apex walkway, Ajax brake stand, Ajax brake wheel and body-mounted brake details. This kit includes Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing trucks with rotating Timken caps and CNC-machined 36” wheels. You supply your own favorite couplers. Use this kit for SP and SSW prototypes.
SKU 35002-01
Additionally, we are pleased to release one all-new truck product today – the 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing truck. This truck model is offered in 3 different wheel configurations:
TSM-2040 – 70-Ton ASF A-3 Roller Bearing Truck w/ Rotating Timken Caps with 33 inch standard tread .110 blackened wheels.
TSM-2041 – 70-Ton ASF A-3 Roller Bearing Truck w/ Rotating Timken Caps with 33 inch semi-scale .088 blackened wheels.
TSM-2042 – 70-Ton ASF A-3 Roller Bearing Truck w/ Rotating Timken Caps with 33 inch semi-scale .088 nickel plated wheels.
Finally, we are releasing one new “Unique and Useful” part that is tied to this PS-2 3215 covered hopper project.
TSM-1203 – Pullman Standard Roof Hatches – Early Style (12 hatches). This package includes the early style hatches found on these PS3215 and other Pullman-Standard covered hoppers – a part that has been requested for years!
All of these models (with prototype Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215cf covered hopper photos) can be seen at www.tangentscalemodels.com !
The Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper is a dimensionally-accurate replica and provides continuity with our other Pullman-Standard covered hoppers, including model design, scheme colors, and stenciling. Our model includes key build variations: roof design, discharge gates, hand brakes, brake systems, running boards, and trucks. This replica includes our “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail. Our ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee® scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.
These new freight cars are shipping today! A quick synopsis of our Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper era and railroad-specific details and variations include:
- Dimensional accuracy – designed from actual Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper plans
- Highly correct “true to life” colors
- Industry-leading “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
- Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
- Multiple road numbers for each scheme
- “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
- Multiple discharge gates
- “See through” Apex running board and Apex brake step platform
- Road-specific details for each scheme, including 3 brake wheel housing options, 2 brake cylinder options, 2 retainer valve mounting options and multiple B-End bolster web plate detail options.
- Beautiful details including separately-applied scale wire grab irons and coupler lift bars – no “molded on” plastic grab irons or “thick” plastic grab iron parts anywhere on this replica!
- Brass corner steps
- Separate flexible rubber air hoses
- CNC-machined 33” and 36” wheels – as appropriate for each paint scheme – with accurate front and back detail
- Our models come with one pair of three possible prototype trucks that were found on the PS3215s:
- 70-ton ASF Ride Control Plain Bearing Trucks
- 70-Ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Roller Bearing Trucks
- 100-Ton Barber S-2 Roller Bearing Trucks
- Weighted to NMRA specifications
- Recommended age 14 years and older
Don’t miss out on the Tangent Scale Models Pullman-Standard PS-2 3215 Covered Hopper, a car that is sorely needed for those that enjoy the variations in their Pullman-Standard covered hopper products. Pricing for RTR models is $60.95, with quantity discounts for direct purchases from Tangent Scale Models.
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