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The Freight Yard - 2150C - Covered Hopper, 1-Bay, GATC Airslide 2600 - Nabisco - 42822

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N Scale - The Freight Yard - 2150C - Covered Hopper, 1-Bay, GATC Airslide 2600 - Nabisco - 42822
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Stock Number2150C
Original Retail Price$18.15
BrandThe Freight Yard
ManufacturerAtlas
Body StyleAtlas Covered Hopper GATC Airslide
Prototype VehicleCovered Hopper, 1-Bay, GATC Airslide 2600 (Details)
Road or Company NameNabisco (Details)
Reporting MarksGACX
Road or Reporting Number42822
Paint Color(s)Gray and Red
Print Color(s)Black & White
Coupler TypeRapido Hook
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Series NamePremiere Editions
Release Date2001-10-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeCovered Hopper
Model Subtype1-Bay
Model VarietyCenterflow Airslide
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: Atlas model decorated by The Freight Yard.
Model Information: This body style first appears in the 1992 Atlas catalogs, marked as "Coming in early '92". The first release was produced in six road names plus and undecorated car. The early production was performed in Atlas' New Jersey facility, but when Atlas moved all their toolings to China in the late 1990s, this mold was moved.
Prototype History:
The airslide covered hopper was introduced by General American Transportation Corporation (GATX) in 1953. Approx. 5000 of the 2600 cu. ft. cars were built between that year and 1969. The airslide is primarily designed for the bulk shipment of dry, granular or powdered commodities. The design of that car is such that it can be loaded and unloaded quickly and with little spillage through the use of air pressure. The most common commodities carried include: flour, sugar, starch, plastic pellets, cement, powdered chemicals and carbon black.

he Airslide was first patented in 1953, the same year Pullman Standard introduced their PS-2. What made the car unique was a set of fabric membranes in the hopper bays. Made of tightly woven cotton and treated with silicone, the Airslide® membranes were moisture-proof but allowed air to pass through. Compressed air was supplied at the unloading site and passed through the membrane up into the load. This aerated the load, allowing it to flow easily through the hoppers.
Road Name History:
Nabisco ,abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company, is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International. Nabisco's plant in Chicago, a 1,800,000-square-foot production facility at 7300 S. Kedzie Avenue, is the largest bakery in the world, employing more than 1,200 workers and producing around 320 million pounds of snack foods annually. Wikipedia.com
Brand/Importer Information:
The Freight Yard was a hobby shop that did custom decoration and special runs of other manufacturers' N Scale products. It sold its custom products under several brands or collections: Premiere Editions, by The Freight Yard and Dreams Design.
It was located in Anaheim, California and then moved to 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Established in the late 1980s, it stopped business under this name by the end of the 2000s.
The Freight Yard was owned and operated by Darren J. Cohen. Darren is now operating North Valley Trains.
The Freight Yard / Premiere Editions runs are usually available in series of two to twelve different numbers (suffixed A to M, with I not used).
The first two digits of the stock number correspond to the release year (9x being 199x, and 2x being 200x).
Item created by: Alain LM on 2022-07-23 11:53:04. Last edited by gdm on 2023-11-26 09:48:49

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