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Apr 24, 2018 - HO Scale

ORDER DEADLINE ALERT – Athearn Genesis HO Scale GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hoppers

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For the first half of the 20th century, bulk goods were usually bagged and carried in boxcars. After the late 1940s, covered hoppers greatly simplified the process by allowing the bulk material to be poured in through the roof hatches and dumped out the hopper bays. However, flour, starch, sugar and plastics do not “flow” easily from a standard hopper bay.

To solve this problem, the Fuller Company of Catasauqua, PA, patented the Airslide concept. In an Airslide covered hopper, the bays are formed into two narrow, steep-sided troughs with a layer of air-permeable material at the bottom. Air is pumped through the material causing the lading to fluidize and flow easily through the hopper outlets.

Starting in 1953, General American Transportation began building Airslide covered hoppers. One of the two original configurations was a 2,600-cubic foot, single-bay car with a 70-ton capacity. In addition to railroad-owned cars, there were a number of Airslide covered hoppers leased by GATC to sugar and bakery companies.

This release includes road numbers in seven schemes.

Features:

  • Fully assembled & ready to run
  • Cut levers and train line hoses
  • Early GATC Airslide body: no angled end gusset plates; channel-section vertical posts at bolsters
  • Detailed underbody including outlet piping
  • Rectangular or oval shaker brackets
  • Gravity or gravity-pneumatic outlets
  • See through metal roof walk
  • Factory installed wire grab irons and brake piping
  • Separately applied round roof hatches and brake wheel
  • Bettendorf or roller bearing trucks with animated spinning roller bearing caps
  • Accurately painted and printed
  • Highly detailed, injection molded body
  • Machined metal wheels
  • Weighted for trouble free operation
  • 33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
  • Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
  • Minimum radius: 18”

Reservations Due By: April 26, 2018

Expected Release: April 2019


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Product Details

Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) #830099 - Gray w/Black Lettering - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87651
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) #830117 - Gray w/Black Lettering - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87652
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) #830168 - Gray w/Black Lettering - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87653
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Con Agra (GACX) #42902 - Black/White/Green - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87654
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Con Agra (GACX) #44789 - Black/White/Green - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87655
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Con Agra (GACX) #45752 - Black/White/Green - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87656
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Conrail (CR) #878746 - Green/White w/Small PC Logo - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87657
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Conrail (CR) #878860 - Green/White w/Small PC Logo - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87658
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Conrail (CR) #878915 - Green/White w/Small PC Logo - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87659
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Erie Railroad (ERIE) #43162 - Gray w/Black Lettering & GACX Reporting Marks - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87660
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Erie Railroad (ERIE) #43173 - Gray w/Black Lettering & GACX Reporting Marks - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87661
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Erie Railroad (ERIE) #43181 - Gray w/Black Lettering & GACX Reporting Marks - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87662
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Great Northern (GN) #71825 - Gray/Black/Red - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87663
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Great Northern (GN) #71869 - Gray/Black/Red - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87664
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Great Northern (GN) #71899 - Gray/Black/Red - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87665
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Great Northern (GN) #71918 - Sky Blue/White w/Large Logo - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87666
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Milwaukee Road (MILW) #97052 - Gray/Black - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87667
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Milwaukee Road (MILW) #97069 - Gray/Black - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87668
$52.98
Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - GATC 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper - Milwaukee Road (MILW) #97125 - Gray/Black - Expected Release Date: 2019-04-01
141-87669
$52.98

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