Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
All-new model
Era: 1979 to Late 1980s
Series 43603 to 43682; built 3-4/79, P-S Lot 1022
Road number 43673
3/79 build date
Era: 1979 to Late 1980s
Series 43603 to 43682; built 3-4/79, P-S Lot 1022
Road numbers 43603, 43611 and 43623
4/79 build date
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
Late body with clerestory (stepped) roof, and 19 unevenly-spaced side posts without bottom notches
“Shoulder-mounted” end vents
Photoetched stainless-steel, see-through Morton (stamped round hole) running boards with metal grab irons at corners
“Mon-o-wheel” 24” roof hatches
Photoetched stainless-steel, see-through Morton (stamped round hole) coupler crossover platforms
Outlet bays with shaker brackets
P-S / ITEL Corp. “Micro-matic” pneumatic outlet gates
Separately-applied corner ladders with metal rungs
Separately-applied metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses with silver gladhands
Peacock (Ellcon-National) 33000 handbrake housing with detailed brakewheel and finely-molded chain
Detailed brake system with individual air reservoir, control valve, and retainer valve details with separately-applied wireform plumbing
Separately-applied trainline plumbing with mounting brackets mounted to inner sills of carbody
Semi-scale coupler boxes with draft key detail
Durable die-cast metal, semi-scale Type E couplers
Highly-detailed Barber S-2 (Buckeye Steel Castings Foundry) 100-ton trucks with finely-rendered raised foundry data, separately-applied brake beams, and side bearing detail
Timken rotating bearing caps
36” machined metal wheels with front and rear contour, .110" wide wheel tread, and tapered machined metal axles
Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
Packaging safely stores model
Minimum radius: 18”
Recommended radius: 22”
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
All-new model
Era: 1979 to Late 1980s
Series 43603 to 43682; built 3-4/79, P-S Lot 1022
Road number 43673
3/79 build date
Era: 1979 to Late 1980s
Series 43603 to 43682; built 3-4/79, P-S Lot 1022
Road numbers 43603, 43611 and 43623
4/79 build date
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
Late body with clerestory (stepped) roof, and 19 unevenly-spaced side posts without bottom notches
“Shoulder-mounted” end vents
Photoetched stainless-steel, see-through Morton (stamped round hole) running boards with metal grab irons at corners
“Mon-o-wheel” 24” roof hatches
Photoetched stainless-steel, see-through Morton (stamped round hole) coupler crossover platforms
Outlet bays with shaker brackets
P-S / ITEL Corp. “Micro-matic” pneumatic outlet gates
Separately-applied corner ladders with metal rungs
Separately-applied metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses with silver gladhands
Peacock (Ellcon-National) 33000 handbrake housing with detailed brakewheel and finely-molded chain
Detailed brake system with individual air reservoir, control valve, and retainer valve details with separately-applied wireform plumbing
Separately-applied trainline plumbing with mounting brackets mounted to inner sills of carbody
Semi-scale coupler boxes with draft key detail
Durable die-cast metal, semi-scale Type E couplers
Highly-detailed Barber S-2 (Buckeye Steel Castings Foundry) 100-ton trucks with finely-rendered raised foundry data, separately-applied brake beams, and side bearing detail
Timken rotating bearing caps
36” machined metal wheels with front and rear contour, .110" wide wheel tread, and tapered machined metal axles
Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
Packaging safely stores model
Minimum radius: 18”
Recommended radius: 22”