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
Prototype Specific ScaleTrains
- Officially licensed by GATX
- GATX provided original blueprint copies
- All-new model
- Represents phase “TZL” 4180cf Airslide
- Multiple road numbers
- Finely detailed gravity outlets
- Separately-applied Airslide plumbing.
- Highly-detailed, one-piece Barber S-2 100-ton trucks
- 36” machined metal wheels
- radius: 18”
- Recommended radius: 22”
All Operator Freight Cars Feature
- Multiple road numbers
- Fully assembled
- Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors
- Simplified underbody brake rigging details
- Body mounted semi-scale knuckle couplers
- Simplified printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Accurately profiled .110″ wide wheel tread
- Weighted to Industry standards
- Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Enhancements available separately including metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, trainline hoses, and more
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