Athearn Genesis G87689 HO Scale GATC 2600 Airslide Hopper GATX 47066 Senton 3S returned home

returned home

as operated to today

Steering: Bellcrank with integrated servo saver

The radio system is the sole connection between the driver and machine

Athearn Genesis G87689 HO Scale GATC 2600 Airslide Hopper GATX 47066 Senton 3S returned homeAthearn 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