Athearn Genesis G87689 HO Scale GATC 2600 Airslide Hopper GATX 47066 Senton 3S Preserving its characteristic space frame

Preserving its characteristic space frame

After several months of behind-the-scenes development and track testing

Athearn 15915 HO Scale RTC 20

Die-cast body with plastic detail parts

Build your own HO scale track like they do the real thing with individual lengths of rail on your own ties

Athearn Genesis G87689 HO Scale GATC 2600 Airslide Hopper GATX 47066 Senton 3S Preserving its characteristic space frameAthearn Genesis G87689 HO Scale GATC 2600 Airslide Hopper GATX 47066 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, the