Description
Railroad Short Name: UP
In 1963, GATC introduced the 4180 Cubic Foot Airslide covered hopper to their catalog. Designed for shippers of such commodities as flour, starch, and sugar, these two-bay cars featured ten round loading hatches, and four outlets. As with their other Airslide designs, it featured their patented “Airslide” unloading system, which used pressurized air to aerate the special fabric lining of the bays, effectively fluidizing the commodity and allowing it to flow more easily during unload
Union Pacific purchased two groups of 4,566 cubic foot Airslide hoppers, UP classes CH-100-48 and CH-100-49 in 1981 and 1982 respectively. They were delivered in “aluminum” (silver) paint including the trucks and featured red billboard lettering.
Prototype Specific ScaleTrains
- Officially licensed by GATX
- GATX provided original blueprint copies
- All-new model
- Larger 4566cf Airslide variant – visually taller than the smaller 4180
- Up to four (4) different road numbers
- See-through photo-etched metal running boards and crossover platforms
- Separately-applied “I” beam posts at bolsters
- Finely-detailed underbody brake detail with short brake linkage per prototype
- Separately-applied “Airslide” plumbing
- Gravity outlets per prototype
- Separately-applied shaker bracket details
- Separately-applied metal corner and end grab irons
- All-new Barber S-2 100-ton trucks with rotating bearing caps, separate brake beams, and side bearing detail
- Handbrake housing with finely detailed wheel and chain
- Durable die-cast metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
- 36” machined metal wheels
- Minimum radius: 18”
- Recommended radius: 22”
All Rivet Counter Freight Cars Feature
- Fully assembled
- Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Accurately profiled .110″ wide wheel tread
- Coupler cut levers
- Trainline hoses
- Intricate brake plumbing
- Weighted to Industry standards
- Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
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