GATC Freight Cars:

This page will be dedicated to freight cars built by General American. At this time I am choosing to focus on only covered hopper cars, but as I see a need, I may expand this page to include other types of cars.

 

COVERED HOPPERS:

General American is certainly best known for its line of Airslide covered hopper cars, but built many other covered hoppers as well for specialized and general service.

 

General Service Covered Hoppers:

1321 ft3 1400 ft3 1800 ft3
1892 ft3 1958 ft3 2039 ft3
2050 ft3 2130 ft3 2395 ft3
2437 ft3 2800 ft3 2964 ft3
3000 ft3 3150 ft3 3190 ft3

 

Carbon Black Hoppers:

2700 ft3 3000 ft3 3410 ft3
3480 ft3 3500 ft3  

 

Airslide:

2600 ft3 3600 & 3660 ft3 4180 ft3
4566 ft3    

 

Dry-Flo:

2450 ft3 3500 ft3 4000 ft3

 

Revised Dry-Flo:

3500 ft3 4500 ft3 4600 ft3
4700 ft3    

 

Other Designs:

Pressure-Slide    

 

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