Rivet Counter HO Scale Trinity 31K Tank Car with Head Shields, TCBX/Half Ladders/Flammable Liquid
Since 2012, Trinity has built thousands of 31,000-gallon tank cars with end head shields for crude oil unit train service. The head shields cars are designed to prevent a coupler from piercing the ends of the tank car body during a derailment.
As demand for shipping crude oil by rail has declined, these cars are now carrying ethanol, gasoline, petroleum distillates, and other commodities. In addition, these cars can often be found in mixed freight trains.
Series TCBX 286000 to 286199(?); ex-GATX 286001 to 286199; built 8/2011-12/2011
Fully assembled
Multiple road numbers
Photo-etched metal head shields for realistic thin profile
Separately-applied printed hazmat placards
See-through top and end photo-etched metal
Handbrake housing with finely detailed wheel and chain
Precision injection-molded one-piece tank body with separate ends
Half ladder and four (4) grab irons side ladders
Finely detailed manway cover and protective housing
Finely detailed tank saddles with defect card holders
Sturdy metal anti-personnel rods
Die-cast metal end frames
Separately-applied metal corner and end sill grab irons
Factory-applied metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses with silver gladhands
Underbody outlet valve and chain detail
Brake plumbing with separate air reservoir, control valve, and retainer valve plus separately applied wireform plumbing including trainline pipe with brackets
Semi-scale coupler boxes
Durable body-mounted die-cast metal semi-scale SE Type double-shelf knuckle couplers
Highly-detailed Barber S-2-HD-9C, 110-ton trucks with rotating blue bearing caps and separate brake beam detail
Printed reporting mark and road number on all four trucks
36” machined metal wheels with accurately profiled .110" wide wheel tread
Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
FRA-224 yellow conspicuity striping
Unnumbered cars available to create longer unit trains
Decal sheet with number jumble available separately for unnumbered cars
Since 2012, TrinityRail® has built thousands of 31,000 Gallon Tank Cars with head shields to meet the growing demands of the oil industry. This Trinity tank car is easy recognizable by its unique trapezoid-shaped end shields.
Mile-long unit trains with 100+ cars crisscross the United States and Canada daily to deliver crude from the oil fields of North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana to refineries on the East, Gulf and West Coasts.
As demand for shipping crude oil by rail has declined, these cars are now carrying ethanol, gasoline, petroleum distillates, and other commodities. In addition, these cars can often be found in mixed freight trains.
