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Tangent Bethlehem 70-Ton Riveted Drop-End Gondola 5 years 3 months ago #6357

RobHinkle OFFLINE Freight Agent Posts: 23 Thank you received: 9	Tangent (www.tangentscalemodels.com/bethlehem-70-...ed-drop-end-gondola/) has just released a new run of their Gondola's in two Reading paint schemes. One is based on the 1941 original paint scheme, the other is the 1956 speed lettering repaint.
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Tangent Bethlehem 70-Ton Riveted Drop-End Gondola 5 years 3 months ago #6358

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Maybe I have too much time on my hands or my OCD radar went bonkers, but I checked the road numbers against the GHh roster on this website.

Cars #25913 was retired in 1963, 25962 was retired in 1965, 25935 and 29548 were converted to FMl flats, and 25985 was retired in 1974.

#25962 was also used on both schemes of Tangents cars if I jotted them down correctly.

So if you are a rivet counter, well you know what to do... And who among us will get this $40 gon and cut it down to make accurate FMl, FMk and FCb flats? LOL (that's a laugh, not a Covered Hopper)

Do we have any photos of these in Green and Yellow on record? There are a lot of cars with no disposition listed, but a fair amount (44) made it into the green and yellow era before fading away.

Rob

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Tangent Bethlehem 70-Ton Riveted Drop-End Gondola 5 years 3 months ago #6359

2771-chris OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 634 Thank you received: 94	Thanks for the info Rob... would sooner want the green and yellow scheme but if they reintroduce the undecorated kits we do have the decals available. On another note that I just seen today...Walthers has announced RDG GP7's in the green & yellow scheme road numbers 626/29/31/35. I did not see any undecorated units offered. Due 12/28/2019
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