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William Dean Wright
FULL THROTTLE

128 Burma Island Road
Leesburg, Florida 34788-2914
Tel.: 352-589-0303
e-mail: dewaa128@aol.com.

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[This site was heavily reorganized on 30 Jan 2006 and again on 12 Jun 2008, featuring new releases and background information on this home (index) page and putting older material on the products page. As the product line has grown, it has outstripped this format and so archival pages have been added, listing all the older models offered and providing links to their photos and descriptions.]

(12 Jun 08)

This Full Throttle home (index) page (with approx. release dates).

What's New?.

[to go directly to the item(s), click HERE!]

Jul 2009 and on:

AT&SF 1930's AAR "Standard" 70-Ton Offset-Side Three-Bay Hopper Car WDW #4001 (01 Jul 09).
1930's AAR "Standard" 70-Ton Offset-Side Three-Bay Hopper Cars - WDW #4000-series
(27 Jun 09) [repeated here as background for #4001 AT&SF hopper]
C&O 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper Car WDW #3026 (01 Jul 09).

On Full Throttle 2009 Archive Page 1:

1930's AAR "Standard" 70-Ton Offset-Side Three-Bay Hopper Cars - WDW #4000-series (27 Jun 09).
D&RGW 33' Open Rib-Side 2-bay Hopper WDW #2024 and
EL 51' ACF Center Flow Cylindrical Hopper WDW #1030 (17 Jun 09).
Appalachian Drags 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hoppers -
VGN WDW #2019, L&N WDW #2023, WM WDW #2025, and N&W WDW #2020 (17 May 09).
AC&Y 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper WDW #2027 (07 May 09).
AGWAY 51' ACF Center Flow Cylindrical Hopper Set #4 WDW #1029 (07 May 08).
NKP 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper Car WDW #3018 (20 Apr 09).
L&N 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper Car WDW #3016 (07 Apr 09).
C&S 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper WDW #2021 (26 Feb 09).
RDG 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper Car WDW #3012 (06 Feb 09).
Ztrack Monon 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper Cars WDW #3014R (CIL) and #3015B (MONON) (28 Jan 09).
B&O 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper Car WDW #3013 (07 Jan 09).

On Full Throttle 2008 Archive Page 2:

Full Throttle Products Page

Märklin.
PennZee.
Freudenreich.
Full Throttle's Own Products.

Full Throttle Archive, et seq. - older releases; a full index by date and WDW number is included on the main archive page. (12 Jun 08)

e-mail: dewaa128@aol.com.

Z-scale aficionado William Dean Wright, d.b.a. "Full Throttle",
specializes in American prototype Z equipment.

Will has a large and constantly changing stock of in- and out-of-production
American prototype Märklin, PennZee, and Freudenreich
items, as available, plus products uniquely available only from, or produced solely for, Full Throttle.

Will can also assemble small regional USA train consists for you,
cleans and services locomotives he sells, and offers five-pole motor
retrofits for older Marklin American diesel locomotives.

All FT cars are weighted and carry working knuckle couplers.
The Open Twin Bay Hoppers come equipped with Hay Bros. Garage custom coal loads.

WHAT'S NEW?

As noted below, Will just sent out the July, 2009, offering of the WDW #3026 C&O (CHESAPEAKE & OHIO - plain) 33' two-bay offset-side hopper car from Full Throttle. Now he would like to introduce a new body style [previewed below] from Full Throttle. It is also a July, 2009 offering. Will had planned on also offering direct sales to his clients for this new model, but the Z Dealers have bought out the run. The description follows; a list of the Z Dealers who bought these first 70-tonners for their stock follows that. If you are interested, please give these FT Dealers your attention. Will knows they will be grateful for your support, just as he is. Thanks so much!

Special Announcement
First in the WDW 4000 Series
70-Ton Offset-Side Hoppers

July, 2009
70-Ton Offset-Side Hopper
WDW #4001 ATSF

New body style from Full Throttle!

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the USA. The company was first chartered in February 1859. Their rail lines ran from the Great Lakes southward into Texas and westward to California and the Pacific Ocean. Ever the innovator, Santa Fe was one of the pioneers in intermodal freight service. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway officially ceased operations on 31 December 1996 when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (BNSF).

Open 40' 70-Ton Offset-Side Hopper

Dear Z Friends, for a second offering for this month, July, '09, FT features an AT&SF 70-Ton Offset-Side 3-Bay Hopper! It's a 40' three-bay offset-side hopper car marked for the Santa Fe Railroad. This is a brand-new body style brought to you by Full Throttle. The models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted mineral red to a slight sheen inside and out, and equipped with custom Hay Bros. Garage coal loads. They sport the new Bowser Bettendorf trucks with super-gliding blackened metal wheels, and worjking knuckle couplers. They feature white printing, immaculate, tiny and clean, in several-sized fonts in the AT&SF plain letter scheme. These Full Throttle hopper cars will be marketed as four-packs with four different reporting numbers. Dealers may sell the two-pack sets separately if they so wish.

Set #1 reporting numbers:	183201	and	183245
Set #2 reporting numbers:	183233	and	183296

This is a very limited-sized run, and the FT Z Dealers have already bought out these ATSF 70-Tonners for their store stock. Unfortunately there are no more here at the workshop to be able to offer them direct to FT clients. Below is a list of the FT Dealers who stocked this interesting new model. Please contact one of them if you are interested. They will appreciate your support as much as Will does! All FT cars are weighted and wear working knuckle couplers. The realistic custom coal loads are cast by Hay Bros. Garage! This July, '09 FT 70-Ton Hopper Release is really well-detailed and should be very popular with all Z Scalers ... great to run or collect! Again, Will sends hios thanks so much for all the Zeeriffic support you have given Full Throttle and his very best to you.
Z Scale Monster Trains
93 Old Buick Blvd.,
16 S. Third St.,
Bradford, VT, 05033
anthony@zscalemonster.com
Helmut Marsilius
Marsilius Trains
Industriestr. 18,
47803 Krefeld,
DE/Germany
MARSILIUS-Modellspielwaren@t-online.de
Ron Ruddell
London Bridge Toys
16 S. Third St.,
Emmaus, PA 18049
lbt@londonbridgetoys.com
Norman Rockwell
Norm's Train World
401 E. Hughson,
POB 635, Randolph, NE 68771-0635
grpa@cableone.net
Peter Scheele
Ulrike Muehlstaedt
CASE Hobbies
Auf dem Stickdorn 65,
32584 Loehne,
Germany
hobbies@trainmanagement.com
peter.scheele@case-bielefeld.de
Ron Maize
The Hobbysmith
1809 NE 39th Ave.,
Portland, OR 97212
ron@hobbysmith.com
Steve Mazanek
Grayland Station
5514 W. Devon,
Chicago, IL 60646
s.mazanek@comcast.net
Tom and Joyce McEwan
On Track Hobbies
16-3130 St. John's St.,
Port Moody, BC,
Canada V3H5E3
ontrackhobbies@telus.net

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Here is the July, 2009, offering from Full Throttle. In order to keep producing hoppers from many different and unique rail lines, Will's limited runs are now even more limited. This month's offering of the C&O offset twin-bay hopper is a two-pack with two different reporting numbers. As always, Will is very thankful for your support!
July, 2009
33' two-bay offset-side hopper car
WDW #3026 C&O
(CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO - plain)
New Offset-Side Twin Bay from Full Throttle
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O) was formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Tapping the coal reserves of West Virginia, the C&O's Peninsula Extension to new coal piers on the harbor of Hampton Roads resulted in the creation of the new City of Newport News. Coal revenues also led the forging of a rail link to the Midwest, eventually reaching Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo in Ohio and Chicago, Illinois. By the early 1960's, the C&O was headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1972, under the leadership of Cyrus Eaton, it became part of the Chessie System, along with the Baltimore & Ohio and the Western Maryland Railway.
Open Offset-Side 33' Two-Bay Hopper

(photo courtesy of Full Throttle - all rights reserved)
WDW #3026 C&O (CHESAPEAKE & OHIO - plain)
Dear Z Friends, this month, July, 2009, FT features the C&O (plain) Offset-side Twin Rib Hopper! It's a 33' two-bay offset-side hopper car marked for the C&O Railroad. The models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted black to a slight sheen inside and out, and equipped with custom Hay Bros. Garage coal loads. They sport the new Bowser Bettendorf trucks with super-gliding blackened metal wheels, and working knuckle couplers. They feature white printing, immaculate, tiny and clean, in several-sized fonts in the earlier C&O plain letter scheme. These Full Throttle hopper cars will be sold as two-pack with two different reporting numbers.

(photo courtesy of Full Throttle - all rights reserved)
WDW #4001 AT&SF 70-Ton Open Offest-Side 3-Bay Hopper - Half of Four-Pack

Set #1 reporting numbers: 49301 and 49362

(photo courtesy of Full Throttle - all rights reserved)
WDW #3026 C&O (CHESAPEAKE & OHIO - plain) Two-Bay Hopper Cars
All FT cars are weighted and wear working knuckle couplers. The realistic custom coal loads are cast by Hay Bros. Garage! This July, '09 FT Hopper release is really well-detailed and should be very popular with all Z Scalers ... great to run or collect. Again, thanks so much for all the Zeeriffic support you have given Full Throttle
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70-Ton Offset-Side Hoppers (27 Jun 2009)
Coal! Entering the twentieth century, American industry couldn't get enough! Bigger hoppers were needed to sate the appetite, so with improvements of rail car trucks, the 70-ton hoppers began appearing for service in the early 1920's. As with the smaller 50-ton hoppers, the clever economical offset-side design was adapted to these larger capacity units. By the mid-1930's an AAR "Standard" 70-Ton Offset-Side Hopper car was developed. After the steel shortages caused by WWII, this large smooth-side version blossomed. Practically all the Rail Lines bought into it; however, certain inherent problems became apparent. The stakes or "inside" ribs were more prone to corrosion than when their construction was on the "outside," and of course they suffered more damage from coal being loaded directly upon them. The offset-side concept dwindled during the 1950's, and by the 1960's was all but abandoned for new coal cars built afterwards. The late twentieth century saw the advent of modern rotary dumping, and railroad improvements led to even larger "coalers" without a need to employ the traditional "hopper" bottoms. "Full Throttle" brings the Z Scale hobbyist a universal model of these memorable hoppers, complete with realistic coal loads crafted by Hay Bros. Garage.

(images courtesy of Full Throttle - all rights reserved)
AT&SF, DT&I, Alaska RR, NY Central, Can. Pacific, and Rock Is.
70-ton Open Offset-Side 3-Bay Hopper Cars
[details above]

- older offerings have now been moved to the Full Throttle Archive, et seq.: (24 Nov 08)
Full Throttle Archive - Main Page All-Time Archive Index).
WHAT'S OLD? (What Sold!).
2008.
2007.
2006.
2005.
2004.
2003.
2002.

Full Throttle Archive Page 1.
Archive Page 01 - 2007.
Archive Page 02 - Jan-Feb-Mar 2008.
Archive Page 03 - Apr-May-Jun 2008.
Archive Page 04 - Jul-Aug-Sep 2008.

Full Throttle Background.
You can find out more about "Uncle Will" on eBay at:
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/uncle.will
and see his product line at his ZeBay OnLine store.
[Will is as American as apple pie and an earlier Germanicization,
"Onkel Wille/Willi", just didn't fit - SB,III]
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William Dean Wright
FULL THROTTLE
128 Burma Island Road
Leesburg, Florida 34788-2914
Tel.: 352-589-0303
e-mail: dewaa128@aol.com.
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