Description
Railroad Short Name: GACX
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.
- Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
- Era: early 1977 to late 1980s
- Series 47782-47787, built 4/77
- Phase HC
- 4” square column style side posts
- Half-height ladder grab irons at the side corners
- Square tube-style horizontal end braces
- Low-mounted hand brake
- Body mounted brakes
- Roping eyes integral to the bolster plates
- Photo-etched stainless-steel see-through Apex walkways and coupler platforms
- Gravity outlet gates
- Fully assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Factory-applied metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses
- Complete underbody brake system including wireform brake plumbing and brake rods with separately-applied air reservoir, control valve, retainer valve and brake levers
- Durable die-cast metal semi-scale standard Type E couplers
- Highly-detailed Barber S-2 100-ton trucks with finely rendered raised foundry data, rotating bearing caps, side bearing detail, and truck-mounted brake beams
- 36” machined metal wheels with accurately profiled .110” wheels
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
- Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum radius: 18”
- Recommended radius: 22”
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