Dear HO Scale Customers;
Athearn Genesis has announced the ACF 4600 Hoppers
Building on a rich tradition started in 1946, the Athearn brand is home to the hobby’s best-loved models. Athearn has brought the joy of model railroading to you for 75 years, starting from our classic ‘Blue-Box” kits to our most recent Genesis 2.0 line. With accurate detailing and painting, Athearn is the brand that any hobbyist is proud to own and operate. No matter your era or favorite railroad, Athearn truly is “Trains in Miniature.”
PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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.
ACF 4600 HOPPER 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
• Photo-etched metal roofwalk
• Separately applied wire grab irons and stirrup steps
• Numerous detailed outlet versions
• Separate brake cylinder, valve and air reservoir with wire brake plumbing
• Multiple roadnumbers
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
• Accurately painted and printed
• Highly-detailed, injection molded body
• Separately applied brake wheel
• Screw mounted trucks
• Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Weighted for optimum performance
• Genesis 100-ton trucks with 36” machined metal wheels and animated spinning roller bearing caps
PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE
• Duplicated look and feel of “In Service” equipment
• Faded base colors matched to the prototype
• Perfect starting point for adding grime and rust
Order Due Date: September 24, 2021
Anticipated Delivery Date: Nov 2022
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