Description
| Manufacturer | Atlas |
|---|---|
| Scale | O Scale |
| Train Category | Freight Cars |
| Warning | CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. Recommended for 14 years and up |
| Minimum Age | 14 years |
Atlas 3003098 Reading & Northern Premier 3 bay Centerflow Covered Hopper 3-Rail
American Car and Foundry’s (ACF’s) introduced the Centerflow covered hopper in 1961, followed the next year by Pullman-Standard’s competitive PS-2CD covered hopper.Prior to the Centerflow, the typical covered hopper was little more than a coal hopper with a roof. Dry products such as salt were loaded through roof hatches and unloadedby gravity through doors in the floor. Like most freight cars of their era, these cars had a center sill. This support beam ran down the middle of the car between the left andright sets of unloading doors, and that led to problems in emptying the car. Typically some of the load would cake or “bridge” on the center sill, and the car would have tobe vibrated to loosen the mess and achieve full unloading. Of course the vibration tended to shorten the life of the car. The Centerflow’s key innovation was the eliminationof the center sill by relocating the car’s main support beams to the bottom edge of each side. This enabled the discharge hopper doors to be located along the centerlineof the car, allowing for easier, more complete unloading and banishing the problem of caking on the center sill. In addition, the car sides were curved to allow for morecomplete filling of the car. Stub center sills at each end provided a place to mount the trucks. The Centerflow was the first larger-capacity covered hopper designed for grainand products of similar density. By the 1980s, ACF’s Centerflow, along with covered grain hoppers from other builders, had spelled the end of the 40′ box car in grainservice. In addition to grain, Centerflows found work hauling a variety of other light to medium-density dry commodities, including salt, clay, chemicals, phosphates andother minerals.
Features:
• Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
• Metal Wheels and Axles
• Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
• Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
• Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
• Needle-Point Axles
• 1:48 Scale Dimensions
• Unit Measures:13 7/8” x 2 11/16” x 3 7/8”
• Operates On O-31 Curves (3-Rail)
Road Number: 9963, 9966
Color: Green/Gray/Yellow
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