Tangent Scale Models HO – NACC 1963-Design 33,000 Gal. Tank Car
Looking for a modern tank car with a sleek, instantly recognizable profile — the kind that makes up the long strings of pressurized-gas cars crossing the continent? This collection brings together the versions of Tangent Scale Models' NACC 1963-design 33,000-gallon dual-diameter tank car. Built to carry liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and anhydrous ammonia (AA), this car type stayed in service for decades — a must-have for lending credibility to your freight trains from the 1960s to today.
Tangent Scale Models recreates this car from the original drawings, with the accuracy the brand is known for. Its dual-diameter body — wider at the center, tapered at the ends — is its visual signature. This collection captures all its variety across multiple liveries and operators (Murphy SPUR / North American Tank Car NATX, Pacific 66 / NCTX, White Lease / CITX, and more), each with its own data and era, from original 1960s deliveries to 1990s lease repaints. Every car pairs "hyper-accurate" decoration — faithful fonts, placement, and colors — with crisp separately applied details, all riding on Barber S-2 100-ton trucks with rotating Timken bearing caps and CNC-machined 36" wheels. Ready to run and finely detailed, these cars bring your layout the realism Tangent is known for.
What this collection brings together:
- NACC 1963-design 33,000-gallon dual-diameter tank cars (LPG/AA), HO scale (1:87.1)
- Recreated from the original drawings
- Signature dual-diameter body, faithful to the prototype
- "Hyper-accurate" decoration: faithful fonts, placement, and colors
- Crisp separately applied details (handrails, hazardous placards, and more)
- Multiple liveries and operators (Murphy SPUR/NATX, Pacific 66/NCTX, White Lease/CITX, and more)
- Barber S-2 100-ton trucks with rotating Timken bearing caps and separate brake beam detail
- CNC-machined 36" wheels
- Kadee® scale-head couplers
- Ready-to-run (RTR) models; undecorated versions also offered on select runs
- Ideal for pressurized-gas and manifest freight trains, 1960s to today
