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Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - ACF 4600 3-Bay Centerflow Covered Hopper - Individual - Missouri Pacific (MP) #718259 - White With Black Lettering & Logo (Era: Mid 1970s+) (SKU 141-15837)

Available On: June 1, 2021

 

 

 

 

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

The 3-bay CenterFlow covered hopper first entered service in the mid-1960s, built by American Car and Foundry. The cars handle loads such as grain, corn and similar bulk commodities. The Centerflow design relies on the car’s rounded body to provide structural strength - eliminating the traditional center sill, and making gravity unloading easier. Our 3-bay car represents the common 4600 cu.ft. capacity version. The railroads looking to replace their aging 40’ box cars in grain service needed a modern hopper design - one that could operate within the tighter Plate B clearances for light branchline and industrial service. ACF’s design won them many contracts from a plethora of railroads. One can find these cars still in revenue service today in grain trains and other similar service.

 

MODEL FEATURES:

• Three body styles:

- Early- High side ladder & brake wheel, single side stiffener

- Mid- Low brake wheel, short side ladders both ends, single side stiffener

- Late- As above but with double side stiffeners (post 1971)

• Round or trough hatches

• Separately applied wire grab irons and stirrup steps

• Separate brake cylinder, valve and air reservoir with wire brake plumbing

• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box

• Highly detailed, injection molded body

• Screw mounted trucks

• Weighted for trouble free operation

• Genesis 100-ton trucks with 36” machined metal wheels and animated spinning roller bearing caps

• Photo-etched metal roofwalk

• Numerous detailed outlet versions

• Multiple roadnumbers

• Accurately painted and printed

• Separately applied brake wheel

• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers

 

PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE:

• Faded base colors matched to the prototype, the perfect starting point for adding grime and rust

• Patches applied and shaped per road number matching each corresponding side to the prototype

• Duplicated look and feel of “In Service” equipment; “Tattered and Torn” just like the real thing

• Some Prime for Grime models feature paint scheme variations

 

Burlington Northern (BN): As-Delivered. Late style body with stiffener ribs and low brake wheel.

The Rock (ROCK): As-Delivered. Late style body with stiffener ribs and low brake wheel.

First Union Rail (FURX): These cars over their life time went through a few different owners. Due to the expense of repainting an entire car, it was easier to just patch the new road name and number over the previous one.

Cotton Belt (SSW) and Milwaukee Road (MILW): After the bankruptcy of the Rock in 1980, these cars were quickly leased to railroads with a simple patch, still using the original numbers.

Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI): As-Delivered, Late body with stiffener ribs and low brake wheel.

Family Lines System (SCL): As-Delivered, late style body with stiffener ribs and low brake wheel. Limited run 3-pack includes pre-CSX merger cars from Seaboard and Family Lines System. Some of these cars were never fully repainted into CSX, roaming the system in their original paint 30+ years after being delivered.

Missouri Pacific (MP): “buzz saw” logo. As-delivered, late style body with stiffener ribs and low brake wheel. Limited run 3-pack includes pre-merger MP and CE&I cars, and a unique MP “patched” ex-CE&I car.

 

Order Due Date: June 26, 2020

Anticipated Delivery Date: June 2021


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