Athearn Genesis G87643 HO Scale GATC 2600 Airslide Hopper Revere GACX 42984 Boats Gravity or gravity-pneumatic outlet gates

Gravity or gravity-pneumatic outlet gates

All-new tooling designed from original Alstom and Amtrak® documentation

Power Module with sliding gear mesh and improved dirt management

82in / 21mm

Both variations include low-profile open cell inserts to cushion hits

Athearn Genesis G87643 HO Scale GATC 2600 Airslide Hopper Revere GACX 42984 Boats Gravity or gravity-pneumatic outlet gatesAthearn Genesis G87643 HO Scale GATC 2600 Airslide Hopper Revere GACX 42984 For the first half of the 20th century, bulk goods were usually bagged and carried in boxcars. After the late 1940s, covered hoppers greatly simplified the process by allowing the bulk material to be poured in through the roof hatches and dumped out the hopper bays. However, flour, starch, sugar and plastics do not flow easily from a standard hopper bay. To solve this problem,