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HO GATX TankTrain Announced 6.23.17Orders Due: 7.28.17

ETA: June 2018GATX w/ Barber-Scheffel Trucks

GATX Patched

GATX White

ATHG67900 HOTankTrainA/BEnds&IntermediateCarGATX/B-S-T(3-PACK)ATHG67901 HOTankTrainIntermediate,GATX/B-S-T#1(3-PACK)ATHG67902 HOTankTrainIntermediate,GATX/B-S-T#2(3-PACK)ATHG67903 HOTankTrainIntermediate,GATX/B-S-T#3(3-PACK)

ATHG67904 HOTankTrainA/BEnds&IntermediateCarGATX/P-TT-L(3-PACK)ATHG67905 HOTankTrainIntermediate,GATX/P-TT-L#1(3-PACK)ATHG67906 HOTankTrainIntermediate,GATX/P-TT-L#2(3-PACK)ATHG67907 HOTankTrainIntermediate,GATX/P-TT-L#3(3-PACK)

ATHG67908 HOTankTrainA/BSet,GATX/White#48701#48735(2-PACK)ATHG67909 HOTankTrainIntermediate,GATX/White#1(2-PACK)ATHG67910 HOTankTrainIntermediate,GATX/White#2(2-PACK)ATHG67911 HOTankTrainIntermediate,GATX/White#3(2-PACK)

Era:1990s+

Era:1980+

Era:2005+

•NewBarber-Scheffel100-tontrucks.Firsttimeinanyscale

Primed for Grime

Primed for Grime

InserviceinCanada/New England/New YorkonavarietyofrailroadsincludingtheVermont Railway&others.

InserviceinCaliforniaontheTankTrain.Thesecarswerepatchedfromthelargerbillboardlettering&placedintoservice.Firsttimeearlybodyw/latesmalllettering.

OperatedinCaliforniaTankTrainserviceandlaterinNew England.Thesecarsfeatureanexperimentalselfsteeringtruckdesignthatwasintendedtohelpaleviaterailwear.

$104.98 2-Pack SRP $149.98 3-Pack SRP These items are subject to Horizon’s MAP policy

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HO GATX TankTrain Announced 6.23.17Orders Due: 7.28.17

ETA: June 2018

PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE:•Duplicatedlookandfeelof“InService”equipment;“TatteredandTorn”justliketherealthing

• Fadedbasecolorsmatchedtotheprototype•Patchesappliedandshapedperroadnumbermatchingeachcorrespondingsidetotheprototype

•Perfectstartingpointforaddinggrimeandrust

PROTOTYPE HISTORY: SincethebeginningofrailroadingintheUnitedStates,tankcarshavebeenanessentialpartofthefreightcarfleet.Fromtheirprimitivebeginningsasbarrelsmountedtoflatcars,tankcarshaveevolvedintocomplexdesignsoptimizedforhaulingavarietyofliquids,fromcornsyruptoanhydrousammonia.

Whiletankcarsareprolific,mostrailroadsdonotownlargefleetsoftheserelativelyspecializedcars,preferringtomakeuseoffleetsmanagedbyfreightcarcompanies,suchasGATX.Oneofthelargerequipmentmanagementcompanies,GATXcantraceitshistorytotheturnofthecentury,andiswell-knownforitslargefleetoftankcarsofvaryingdesigns,manyofwhichwerebuiltin-house.OneofthemoredistinctivedesignstooriginatefromGATXisthe“TankTrain”,whichmadeitsdebutinthe1970s.TheTankTrainconceptwasasolutiontotheproblemoflongload/unloadtimesforunittrainshipmentsofparticularcommodities,suchascrudeoil.Atypicalunittraincantakesignificanttimetoloadorunload,withtheneedforworkerstoattachthenecessaryhosesandotherfittingstoeachindividualcar,coupledwiththenecessarytimetoloadorunloadthecommodityfromeachcar.TheTankTrainwasdesignedtosignificantlyreducethistime.TankTraincarsareinterconnectedwithalarge-diameter,flexiblehosebetweeneachcar,whichallowsthecommoditytobesiphonedoffatasinglepointattheendofasetofcarswhilebeing“pushed”attheoppositeendwithinertnitrogengas.Usingthismethod,TankTraincarscanbeloadedorunloadedatarateofapproximately3,000gallonsperminute,allowingatrainof90carstobeloadedorunloadedinunderfivehours.Thishastheobviousbenefitofincreasedequipmentutilization,aswellasreducedlaborcosts,andshorterdwelltimesatterminals.Additionally,TankTraincarswerebuiltinvarioussizesanddesignstohandlevariouscommoditiesresultinginawidevarietyofTankTraincarsroamingthenations’rails.

GENESIS FREIGHT CAR FEATURES::• Fully-assembledandready-to-runoutofthebox•Accuratelypaintedandprintedforprototypicalrealism•Highly-detailed,injection-moldedbody•Separatewireformgrabirons,etchedmetalcouplerplatforms•Couplerliftbars,trainlinehoses,brakehoses,andhardware• Fullunderframedetail:airbrakereservoir,controlvalve,andbrakecylinderwithplumbingandbrakeroddetails

• Truckswithrotatingbearingcaps•MachinedmetalwheelswithRP25contoursoperateonallpopularbrandsoftrack

•Weightedfortroublefreeoperation•Body-mounted,McHenryoperatingscaleknucklecouplers•Multipleroadnumbers•Windowpackagingforeasyviewing,plusinteriorplasticblistersafelyholdsthemodelforconvenientstorage

TANK TRAIN FEATURES:• TwoGATXclassesrepresented:282-seriesand486-series• Correctwalkways,manways,andload/unloadpluperseries• Finelydetailedwalkways• Correcttransferplumbingperprototypeseriesandend(A-endorB-end)

• Fullunderbodyplumbingandrigging• Detailed,softvinyltransferhosesthatbendasthecarnegotiatescurves

• 100-tonroller-bearingtruckswithscale36”machinedmetalwheels

• Convenient packs of 2 or 3 makes modeling prototypical sets simple

• Minimumradius:18”• Recommendedradius:22”• 282-seriesera:1977topresent• 486-seriesera:1982topresent

All Road Numbers

GATX Late Unnumbered

ATHG67825 HOTankTrainIntermediateCar,GATX/LateNo#Era:1985+

$53.98 INDIVIDUAL SRP

ATHG67825 goes with end cars in ATHG67824,theseend

carsarecurrentlyIN STOCK

PRIMED FOR

GRIME#Ready2Rust

$104.98 2-Pack SRP $149.98 3-Pack SRP These items are subject to Horizon’s MAP policy