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PEABODY 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper Cars WDW #2013 (11 May 08)
CONRAIL 51" Covered ACF Cylindrical Centerflow Hopper #1024 (11 Apr 08)
CONRAIL 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper #3009 (11 Apr 08)
CMSP&P 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper WDW #3011 (16 Mar 08).
Erie 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper WDW #2015 (16 Mar 08).
French's Mustard Cylindrical Hopper WDW #1025 (11 Feb 08).
CoG 33' Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper WDW #3008 (31 Jan 08).
CN 33' Rib-Side Open 2-Bay Hopper WDW #2016 (31 Jan 08).
Canadian Pacific (Script) 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper WDW #3006 (08 Jan 08).
Lehigh Valley 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper WDW #2014 LV (08 Jan 08).
CB&Q 33' Open Rib-Side Hoppers and
Penn Central Cylindrical Hoppers (22 Dec 07).
Chessie System B&O Open Offset-Side Two-Bay Hoppers (09 Dec 07).
Pillsbury Baking Co. Cylindrical Hopper (20 Nov 07).
UP 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers (10 Oct 07).
GB&W 33' Open Offset-Side Two-Bay Hoppers (29 Sep 07).
WM 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers (08 Sep 07).
CN Covered Cylindrical Hoppers (01 Sep 07).
B&O 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers (19 Aug 07).
#3003 L&N and #3004 AT&SF 33' Open Offset-Side Two-Bay Hopper (early
August 07)
33' Two-Bay Hoppers (09 Nov 06 - 02 Jan 07).
Covered Hoppers (21 Jan/18 Feb 06).
Peabody Coal Company Hopper Cars (19 Oct 2005).
"SPECIAL EDITION" RELEASE - SOUTHERN USA HOPPER CAR SET (15 Sep 2005).
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Märklin.
PennZee.
Freudenreich.
Full Throttle's Own Products.
Full Throttle Archive - older products
(17 May 07)
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 wear MT Knuckle Couplers.
The Open Twin Bay Hoppers come equipped with Hay Bros. Garage custom coal loads.
May Flowers from Uncle Will's FULL THROTTLE
May '08 Release - Colorful PEABODY two-bay ribbed hoppers as pretty as May Flowers!
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WDW #2013 PEABODY 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper Cars
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WDW #2013 PEABODY 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper 2-Pack
These PEABODY Releases are really nifty, an instant Classic, and PEABODY cars are very popular in every Scale ... Happy Spring!Set #1 reporting numbers: 6407 and 6435 Set #2 reporting numbers: 6425 and 6444 Set #3 reporting numbers: 6433 and 6448
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WDW #1024 CONRAIL Covered Cylindrical Centerflow Hopper
Set #1 reporting numbers: 885223 and 885227 Set #2 reporting numbers: 885225 and 885229
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WDW #1024 CONRAIL Covered Cylindrical Centerflow Hoppers
CONRAIL SPECIAL #2
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WDW #3009 CONRAIL 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper
Set #1 reporting numbers: 458052 and 458089 Set #2 reporting numbers: 458065 and 458098
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WDW #3011 CMSP&P 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper 2-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 94501 and 94524 Set #2 reporting numbers: 94521 and 94536
This month's second model represents an old faded version of an early Milwaukee Road hopper car. The brake wheel is black.
These will be sold to dealers as a 4-pack (two 2-packs); dealers may sell these cars as a 2-pack or in the original 4-pack form. These will be very popular with our Midwest and Northwestern USA Z Scale Hobbyists and collectors, as well as many other modelers.
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WDW #2015 Erie 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper
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WDW #2015 Erie 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper 2-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 220602 and 220629 Set #2 reporting numbers: 220623 and 220635
Yes, friends, the mustard people!
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
Valentine Special ~ Cylindrical Hopper
New Full Throttle Release ~ Feb. 2008
R. T. French Co's. 51' ACF Center Flow Cylindrical Hopper
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WDW #1025 French's Cylindrical Hopper Cars
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WDW #1025 French's Cylindrical Hopper Two-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 60926 and 60930 Set #2 reporting numbers: 60928 and 60939This month also brings a nifty French's 51' ACF Center Flow Cylindrical Hopper, packaged as a four-pack. Will knows these will be very popular because they can be used with virtually any rail line in the USA! This was a small limited run and will be very collectible!
Will thanks his loyal customers so much for the wonderful support you have given Full Throttle and sends his very best for a Happy Valentine's Day!
Set #1 reporting numbers: 21809 and 21826 Set #2 reporting numbers: 21822 and 21837
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CN 33' Open Rib-Side 2-Bay Hopper
Canadian National / Canadien National
WDW #2016 CN
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#2016 CN 33' Open Rib-Side Hopper 2-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 18201 and 18227 Set #2 reporting numbers: 18206 and 18239 Set #3 reporting numbers: 18223 and 18242
Set #1 reporting numbers: 357201 and 357235 Set #2 reporting numbers: 357222 and 357242
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Set #1 reporting numbers: 18201 and 18227 Set #2 reporting numbers: 18206 and 18239 Set #3 reporting numbers: 18223 and 18242
Set #1 reporting numbers: 189302 and 189328 Set #2 reporting numbers: 189308 and 189398
Set #1 reporting numbers: 884322 and 884339These Special Christmas Releases are really beautiful, rare, and very few are offered ... great to run or collect. Again, thanks so much for the wonderful support you have given Full Throttle and my very best to you and your enterprises! - Will
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#1023 Penn Central Cylindrical HoppersThe Chessie System was a holding company that owned four American railroads, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT) and the Western Maryland Railway (WM), from 1972 until 1987, when the B&O and C&O were merged into CSX Transportation. The B&OCT was owned by the B&O, but was operated as an independent railroad. In 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries to form Jacksonville, Florida, based CSX Corporation. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the Chessie System was the creation of Cyrus S. Eaton and his protégé Hays T. Watkins, Jr., then president and chief executive officer of the C&O. A chief source of revenue for the Chessie System was transportation of coal mined in West Virginia. The signature symbol of the Chessie System was its "Ches-C", a large emblem incorporating the outline of the C&O's famous "Chessie" the kitten logo. The Ches-C was emblazoned on the front of all Chessie System locomotives, and also served as the "C" in "Chessie System" on the locomotive's flanks, and on other rolling stock. The Chessie System itself did not own any locomotives or other rolling stock; rather, equipment would be placed on the roster of one of the three component railroads. While all three companies shared a common paint scheme of yellow, vermillion, and blue, actual ownership of the equipment was denoted by the reporting marks: C&O, B&O, or WM. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
This month a Merry Christmas to you and have a wonderful Holiday Season!
Faithfully,
William Dean Wright33' OPEN OFFSET-SIDE TWO-BAY HOPPER
DECEMBER 2007 RELEASECHESSIE SYSTEM (B&O)
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WDW #3005 CHESSIE (B&O)
Here's the December 2007 offering from Full Throttle. It's a 33' open offset-side two-bay hopper car marked for the Chessie System Railroad (B&O). The models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted in black with a slight sheen inside and out, lettered in yellow, and featuring custom Hay Bros. Garage coal loads. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing is immaculate, tiny and clean. The "Kitten in the Mitten" Chessie logo is there! These will be sold to FT Friends in two-packs (two different road numbers) or four-packs (four different road numbers); that is: 1 x two-pks. or 2 x two-pks. You may order direct in any quantity you wish! Packed in crystal-clear plastic cases, foam cradles, and colorful liners, there are two two-pack sets per four-pack, each clearly marked on the back as to the #1 or #2 set of the issue.
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WDW #3005 CHESSIE (B&O) Two-Bay Offset-Side Hopper 2-PackSet #1 reporting numbers: 234902 and 234956 Set #2 reporting numbers: 234933 and 234981The Chessie System is a very popular rail line, modeled by many hobbyists in the Eastern USA, and particularly those with a bent towards the B&O, C&O, WM and CSX of course, but the cars were seen nationwide as well, and Will expects the run to be in demand, so he asks that you decide how many you would like, and let him know ASAP.Just in time for your Holiday baking, a new covered Cylindrical Hopper release from Full Throttle! Here's a Z Scale model that appears across the entire USA!
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WDW #3005 CHESSIE (B&O) 33' Two-Bay Offset-Side Hoppers
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Z Scale
New Full Throttle Release ~ Nov. '07
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WDW #1021 Pillsbury Baking Co.Some time ago, Will's dear Z Friend David Miller, who loves to walk the railyards, sent him a bunch of photos he had taken of a very nifty Pillsbury Cylindrical Hopper. Perfect, Will just had to produce this car using his Cylindrical Hopper model. What's more American for the holidays?
Here is a new Cylindrical Hopper model, stock WDW #1021 ... Pillsbury ... representing a 51' steel car, body in faded blue paint, repainted black roofwalk, and restenciled reporting data. Will has since seen photos of these old Pillsbury cars from all across the USA, showing variations of the data boxes, black or blue repainted roofwalks, and in a myriad of rusty conditions from "not so bad," to "rust covered!" He'll leave further weathering up to the hobbyists! 
(D. Miller photos courtesy of Full Throttle - all rights reserved)
Pillsbury Baking Co. Cylindrical Hopper DetailsHe's made three two-pack sets of these Pillsbury Cylindricals:
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Pillsbury Baking Co. Cylindrical Hopper
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#1021 Pillsbury Baking Co. Two-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 61955 and 61968 Set #2 reporting numbers: 61959 and 61982 Set #3 reporting numbers: 61966 and 61984The Pillsbury Cylindrical Hopper comes as a two-pack, with two different reporting numbers. The cars are weighted and wear MT Knuckle Couplers. This Pillsbury release should be a classic, great to run or collect, so now is the time to place your orders should you be interested. Please check out these new models, decide how many you would like, and let Will know by e-mail.Here is a wonderful addition to your Z Scale twin-hopper stock. It is the Union Pacific open rib-side 2-bay hopper. This has been on request since Uncle Will started the rib twin-bay program! Not surprising, as the UP is one of the most popular and modeled railroads in our hobby! Will's taken his 33' model and painted it in a UP brown which was approved for use by Bowser Mfg. by the UP Historical Society. The lettering is printed in UP yellow and the result makes a very nifty and much needed addition to the rosters of Will's UP fans! This October 2007 release should be very much in demand:
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#1021 Pillsbury Cylindrical HoppersThe Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting marks UP), headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. UP's route map covers most of the central and western United States west of Chicago and New Orleans. It has achieved this size thanks to purchasing a large number of other railroads, notably the Missouri Pacific, Chicago & North Western, Western Pacific, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and the Rio Grande (including the Southern Pacific).
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#2009 Union Pacific 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side Hopper Car
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#2009 UP 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side Hopper 2-Pack (of 6)Set #1 reporting numbers: 85856 and 85868 Set #2 reporting numbers: 85859 and 85874 Set #3 reporting numbers: 85864 and 85877This October 2007 offering from Full Throttle is a 33' two-bay rib-side hopper car marked for the Union Pacific Railroad. The models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted to a slight sheen with UP brown inside and out, and there are custom Hay Bros. Garage coal loads in them. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing in yellow is immaculate, tiny, and clean. There are three 2-pack sets per 6-pack, each clearly marked on the back as to the #1, #2, or #3 set of the release. A different color gray cardstock liner also defines the three different sets of the 6-pack.The Union Pacific is very popular, modeled by many hobbyists throughout the USA and Europe, and as seen by the blurb above, is today the result of many Railroad mergers, by favorite Lines in our hobby.
Here's a special, limited run, end-of-September/early-October issue of the new 33' Open Offset-Side Two-Bay Hoppers decorated for the Green Bay & Western:
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#2009 UP 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side HoppersThe Green Bay and Western Railroad (AAR reporting marks GBW) was a paper-carrying line and bridge route operating between the Mississippi River at Winona, Minnesota, and Lake Michigan at Kewaunee, Wisconsin, via Green Bay. It was chartered in 1866 as the Green Bay & Lake Pepin to provide an outlet for the region's timber and agriculture and served the transportation and freight haulage needs of northern Wisconsin for almost 100 years before it was absorbed into the Wisconsin Central in 1993. For much of its operating history, the railroad was also known as the Green Bay Route.
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#3001Y GB&W 33' Two-Bay Offset-Side Hopper (yellow)
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#3001R GB&W 33' Two-Bay Offset-Side Hopper (orange)The models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., one painted in GB&W red, and the other in GB&W yellow! There are custom Hay Bros. Garage coal loads in them. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing is immaculate, tiny, and clean. The colorful Green Bay Route logo is all there! These are sold in 8-pks. (eight different road numbers, four on the red cars and four of the yellow cars); that is: 4 X 2-packs. There are four 2-pack sets per 8-pack, each clearly marked on the back as to the #1, #2, #3, or #4 set of the issue. There will be one red and one yellow car in each 2-pack.
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#3001Y and 3001R GB&W 33' Two-Bay Offest-Side Hopper 2-Pack (of 8)YELLOW RED Set #1 reporting numbers: 411 and 402 Set #2 reporting numbers: 418 and 403 Set #3 reporting numbers: 413 and 405 Set #4 reporting numbers: 416 and 408The GBW is a nifty Railroad to our Midwestern modelers, but Will only created 40 full sets (8-packs); however, he expects this set to be in demand as a colorful collectible Z Scale adjunct, so he suggests you not wait. The GB&W had a line of reddish-orange 2-bay offset-side hoppers here represented in a slightly faded (weathered) version. The railroad took some 20 cars from the line and painted them in yellow, here represented by a slightly dirty version. The combination of colors is also apropos for the Fall, and the set should prove to be a wonderful Z Scale collectible!
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#30001Y and #3001R GB&W 33' Two-Bay Offset-Side Hoppers (yellow and red)Uncle Will's second September 2007 offering is this new 33' two-bay rib-side hopper car for the Western Maryland, #2012:
The Western Maryland Railway (AAR reporting marks WM) was an American Class I railroad which operated in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It was built west from Baltimore in 1852 and completed to Hagerstown, Maryland in 1872, finally becoming the Western Maryland Railway Company. The coal and lumber trades made important freight for the WM and it's fast freight service ran from West Virginia through to Pennsylvania. In 1964, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O) and the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road (B&O) jointly filed for permission to acquire control of the Western Maryland Railway with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). In 1973, as part of the Chessie System, the Western Maryland ownership went to C&O and it was operated by the B&O. In 1987, it was merged into the C&O which itself became part of CSX Transportation.
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#2012 WM 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side HopperThis 33' two-bay rib-side hopper car is marked for the WM Railway. The models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted in a slight sheen with WM red inside and out, and there are custom Hay Bros. Garage coal loads in them. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing is immaculate, tiny and, clean. These will be sold to the dealers in 6-packs (six different road numbers), i.e.: 3 X 2-packs. The dealers may divide these six-pks. as they see fit, selling them as a 2-pack, 4-pack, or in the original 6-pack release form. There are three 2-pack sets per 6-pack, each clearly marked on the back as to the #1, #2, or #3 set of the release. A different color gray cardstock liner also defines the three different sets of the 6-pack:
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#2012 WM 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side Hopper 2-Pack (of 6)Set #1 reporting numbers: 10203 and 10335 Set #2 reporting numbers: 10225 and 10447 Set #3 reporting numbers: 10327 and 10449The WM is very popular, modeled by many hobbyists in the Eastern USA, and particularly those with a bent towards the C&O, B&O, Chessie System, and CSX, of course. [Naturally, collectors everywhere will want these attractive little cars - SB,III]
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#2012 WM 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers
New Full Throttle Release for September 2007 - #1020 Canadian/Canadien National covered Cylindrical Hopper, a Z Scale model that will be popular not only with our Northern neighbors, but a slew of our Central USA runners! A snow-white CN cylindrical hopper with red noodle logo. There are two sets of them available, depending on how many reporting numbers you would like. Each set has a different pair of reporting numbers!The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS) is a Canadian Class I railway operated by the Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montréal, Québec. CN is the largest railway in Canada, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network and is currently Canada's only transcontinental railway company, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia.^nbsp; It also has extensive trackage in the central United States along the Mississippi River valley from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The Canadian National Railways (CNR) was created between 1918 and 1923, comprising several railways that had become bankrupt and fallen into federal government hands, along with some railways already owned by the government. In 1995, the federal government privatized CN. Over the next decade, the company expanded significantly in the United States, purchasing the Illinois Central Railroad and the Wisconsin Central Railway, among others. Now primarily a freight railway, CN also operated passenger services until 1978, when they were assumed by VIA Rail.
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#1020 CN Cylindrical Hopper
[Canadien National side]The railway was referred to as the Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960 and as Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present.
This new car, stock #1020 ... CN ... represents a 51' steel car, painted white with red printing. CN still employs cylindrical hoppers to haul tons of grain through the Western "grain belt" of Canada and the USA.
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#1020 CN Cylindrical Hopper
[Canadian National side]Set #1 reporting numbers: 377701 and 377038 Set #2 reporting numbers: 377008 and 377035NOTE: There are only two sets of these new cylindrical hoppers! One side of each car reads "Canadian National" and the other reads "Canadien National"!It comes as a two-pack, with two different reporting numbers in each pack. The cars are weighted and carry MT Knuckle Couplers.
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#1020 CN Cylindrical Hopper 2-Pack Box
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#1020 CN Cylindrical Hoppers
Here's Will's second August 2007 release, a new 33' Rib-Side Two-Bay Hopper Car, WDW #2010. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland, west to the Ohio River at Wheeling and Parkersburg, West Virginia. It is now part of the CSX network, and includes the oldest operational railroad bridge in the world {the Thomas Viaduct}. The B&O also included the Leiper Railroad, the first permanent railroad in the U.S. In later years, B&O advertising carried the motto: "Linking 13 Great States with the Nation."Marked for the B&O Railroad, the models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted black inside and out with a slight sheen, and with custom Hay Bros. Garage loads in them. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing is immaculate, tiny, and clean. These will be sold to the dealers in 6-pks. (six different road numbers - i.e.: 3 x 2-pks.). Dealers may divide these 6-pks. as they see fit, selling them as a 2-pk., 4-pk. or in the original 6-pk. release form. There are three 2-pk. sets per 6-pk., each clearly marked on the back as to the #1, #2, or #3 set of the release. A different color gray cardstock liner also defines the three different sets of the 6-pk.:
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#2010 Baltimore and Ohio 33' Two-Bay Rib-Side Hopper Car
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#2010 B&O 33' Rib-Side Two-Bay Hopper 2-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 320045 and 320053 Set #2 reporting numbers: 320047 and 320057 Set #3 reporting numbers: 320048 and 320059
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#2010 B&O 33' Rib-Side Two-Bay Hoppers[The B&O is very popular, modeled by many hobbyists in the Eastern USA, and particularly those with a bent towards the B&O, Chessie System, and CSX of course, but the cars were seen nationwide as well, and though Will made a good sized run, he has none left at Full Throttle. Those of you who would like to purchase these B&O rib-side hoppers, please check out the Full Throttle Dealers who bought these cars for their store stock.]
[I (SB,III) was away during June and July 2007 and missed a few new offerings which are now posted; these include #1019 BNSF cylindricals in July, a new style of hopper car ... the 33' open 2-bay offset-side, starting with WDW #3003 L&NE and WDW #3004 ATSF, in early August:]NEW CAR BODY STYLE FROM FULL THROTTLE During the first half of the 20th Century, the most common carrier for the transport of coal via rail lines was, in fact, the pervasive little 50-55 ton, twin-bay hopper.  Ever inventive engineers designed a different style of this essential hauler which became enormously popular with many Railroads by the 1930's and 40's.  This "Offset-Side" hopper car had a few advantages over the "Rib-Side" type. The crease in the upper sides led to more structural strength without using heavier materials, and there was a greater rated capacity with the side panels riveted to the outside of the ribbing, instead of being on the inside. The efficiency was a boon to the coal merchants! The concept proved successful, and was used to build ever larger hopper cars until after WW II, when "rivet pull-through" rendered it impractical for modern rotary dumping. Today, the prototype is less frequently utilized but "Offset-Side" hoppers remain an important part of railroad history. Full Throttle presents a universal model of these unique hoppers, complete with custom coal loads by "Hay Bros. Garage."
33' OPEN OFFSET-SIDE TWO-BAY HOPPERBowser-Stewart has done a marvelous job in translating this nifty style car into Z Scale. Will already has several liveries being prepared at his workshop; the first to be released will be #3003 L&NE and #3004 ATSF - one from Northeastern USA and one from the West.
The different style body will make for a more varied prototypical consist for the Z Scale modeler, and a neat new collectible Z Scale cars. As with the "Rib-Side" hoppers, Hay Bros. Garage will be supplying the coal loads. There are 18 different profiles that, when reversed, can make 36 different profiles for your consists, again contributing to a more varied and realistic train.
#3003 Lehigh and New England The Lehigh and New England Railroad (AAR reporting marks LNE) was a connection from northeastern Pennsylvania (Tamaqua, Slatington, Allentown) towards the Poughkeepsie Bridge across the Hudson River (Campbell Hall, NY). Originally planned as a continuous line east to Boston, plans were later cut back to a section west of the river. Due to the decline in mining in Pennsylvania, the LNE was shut down in 1961, and parts in Pennsylvania became part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (later part of Conrail).
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#3003 Lehigh and New England 33' Offset-Side Two-Bay Hopper CarThe August 2007 offering from Full Throttle is a 33' open offset-side two-bay hopper car marked for the Lehigh and New England Railroad. The models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted black inside and out with a slight sheen, and there are custom Hay Bros. Garage coal loads in them. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing is immaculate, tiny, and clean. The L&NE logo is all there! These will be sold to the dealers in 4-pks. (four different road numbers), that is: 2 X 2-pks. The dealers may divide these 4-pks. as they see fit, selling them as a 2-pk., or in the original 4-pk. release form. There are two 2-pk. sets per 4-pk., each clearly marked on the back as to the #1 or #2 set of the release.
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#3003 L&N 33' Open Offset-Side Two-Bay Hopper 2-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 12355 and 12369 Set #2 reporting numbers: 12367 and 12398
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#3003 L&N 33' Open Offset-Side Two-Bay HoppersThe L&NE is not a popular RR line outside of the Northeast USA, and thus Will made only a small run; the model is quite nice, however, and he expects there will be some collectors nationwide who would enjoy it.33' OPEN OFFSET-SIDE TWO-BAY HOPPER The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting marks ATSF), often abbreviated as "Santa Fe", was one of the largest railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February, 1859. Although the railway was named in part for the capital of New Mexico, its main line never reached there as the terrain made it too difficult to lay the necessary tracks (Santa Fe was ultimately served by a branch line from Lamy, New Mexico). The Santa Fe's first tracks reached the Kansas/Colorado state line in 1873, and connected to Pueblo, Colorado in 1876. In order to help fuel the railroad's profitability, the Santa Fe set up real estate offices and sold farm land from the land grants that the railroad was awarded by Congress; these new farms would create a demand for transportation (both freight and passenger service) that was, quite conveniently, offered by the Santa Fe. Ever the innovator, Santa Fe was one of the pioneers in intermodal freight service, an enterprise that (at one time or another) included a tugboat fleet and an airline, the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway. A bus line allowed the company to extend passenger transportation service to areas not accessible by rail, and ferry boats on San Francisco Bay allowed travellers to complete their westward journeys all the way to the Pacific Ocean. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996 when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.#3004 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
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#3004 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 33' Offset-Side Two-Bay Hopper CarThe models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted ATSF red inside and out with a slight sheen, and there are custom Hay Bros. Garage coal loads in them. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing is immaculate, tiny, and clean. The ATSF logo is all there! These will be sold to the dealers in 6-pks. (six different road numbers.), that is: 3 X 2-pks. Dealers may divide these 6-pks. as they see fit, selling them as a 2-pk., 4-pk. or in the original 6-pk. release form. There are three 2-pk. sets per 6-pk., each clearly marked on the back as to the #1, #2, or #3 set of the release:
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#3004 AT&SG 33' Offest-Side Two-Bay Hopper 2-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 180803 and 180819 Set #2 reporting numbers: 180807 and 180824 Set #3 reporting numbers: 180815 and 180826Will offers a new covered Cylindrical Hopper for July 2007! Here's a model that will be popular with the more modern Z runners! A dark mineral BNSF cylindrical hopper with white lettering. There are two sets of them available, depending on how many reporting numbers you would like. Each set has a different pair of reporting numbers!
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#3004 AT&SF 33' Offest-Side Two-Bay Hoppers
#1019 BNSF Cylindrical Hopper Cars
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#1019 BNSF Cylindrical HopperThe BNSF Railway (AAR reporting marks BNSF), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the four remaining transcontinental railroads and one of the largest railroad networks in North America (only one competitor, the Union Pacific Railroad, is larger in size). With globalization, the transcontinental railroads are a key component in the containerization of the Pacific Rim, with the BNSF Railway moving more intermodal traffic than any other rail system in the world. It was formed December 31, 1996 as the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway when the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway was merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad. On January 24, 2005, the railroad's name was officially changed to BNSF Railway.
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#1019 BNSF Cylindrical HopperThe new car, stock #1019 ... BNSF ... represents a steel car painted dark mineral with white printing. BNSF inherited a slew of cylindrical hoppers from the BN Railroad which used them to transport tons of grain through our central and western states.
NOTE: There are only two sets of these new cylindrical hoppers!
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#1019 BNSF Cylindrical Hopper 2-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 313459 and 313472 Set #2 reporting numbers: 313463 and 313479It comes as a two-pack, with two different reporting numbers (this BNSF run was a small one):
For May 2007, Will announces a new covered Cylindrical Hopper, WDW (FT) #1018 CSX! Here's a model that will be popular with the more modern Z runners! A beige CSX cylindrical hopper with black lettering. There are three sets of them available, depending on how many reporting numbers you would like. Each set has a different pair of reporting numbers!
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#1019 BNSF Cylindrical HoppersCSX Transportation was formed on July 1, 1986 as a renaming of the Seaboard System Railroad and Chessie System, Inc. into one entity. On June 23, 1997, CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern filed a joint application with the Surface Transportation Board for authority to purchase, divide, and operate the assets of the 11,000-mile Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), which had been created in 1976 by bringing together several ailing Northeastern railway systems into a government-owned corporation. On June 6, 1998, the STB approved the CSX-Norfolk Southern application and set August 22, 1998, as the effective date of its decision. CSX acquired 42% of Conrail's assets (Norfolk Southern got the remaining 58%). As a result of the transaction, CSX's rail operations, through its new subsidiary New York Central Lines, grew to include some 3,800 miles of the Conrail system (predominantly the former New York Central Railroad). CSX began operating its trains on its portion of the Conrail network on June 1, 1999.
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#1018 CSX Cylindrical HopperReporting marks: CSXT,B&O,C&O,SBD,L&N,NYC,RF&P and SCL.
Locale: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Dates of operation: July 1, 1986 - present
Headquarters: Jacksonville, FL
The new car, stock WDW #1018 ... CSX ... represents a steel car painted beige with black printing. CSX inherited many cylindrical hoppers from the numerous subsidiaries which all merged to form CSXT.
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#1018 CSX Cylindrical Hopper
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#1018 CSX Cylindrical Hopper 2-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 226016 and 226037 Set #2 reporting numbers: 226026 and 226046 Set #3 reporting numbers: 226033 and 226058
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#1018 CSX Cylindrical HoppersFor April 2007, Will offers this mineral/oxide red version of the Pennsy two-bay 33' outside-rib hopper car, WDW #2008. The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting marks PRR) was an American railroad that was founded in 1846 and merged in 1968 into Penn Central Transportation. Commonly referred to as the Pennsy, the company was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company's symbol was a keystone (Pennsylvania's symbol) with the letters PRR intertwined inside it. The PRR was the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the US throughout its 20th century existence and for a long while was the largest publicly traded corporation in the world. The corporation still holds the record for the longest continual dividend history; it doled out annual payments to shareholders for more than 100 years in a row. For a long time the PRR called itself the Standard Railroad of the World, meaning that it was perceived as the standard to which all other railroads aspired, the "gold standard". For a long time that was literally true; the railroad had an impressive lists of firsts, greatests, biggests, and longests. The PRR was the first railroad to rid itself of wooden-bodied passenger cars in favor of the much safer steel-bodied cars*. It led the way in many safety and efficiency improvements over the years. This advantage lessened as the years progressed, and the PRR eventually abandoned the use of the phrase.
The models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Manufacturing, painted mineral/oxide red inside and out with a slight sheen, and there are custom Hay Bros. Garage loads in them. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing is immaculate, tiny, and clean. The Circle Keystone logo is all there! These will be sold to the dealers in 6-packs (six different road #sl i.e.: 3 X 2-packs). Dealers may divide these 6-packs as they see fit, selling them as a 2-pk., 4-pk. or in the original 6-pk. release form. There are three 2-pack sets per 6-pack, each clearly marked on the back as to the #1, #2, or #3 set of the release; a different color gray cardstock liner also defines the three different sets of the 6-pack.:
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#2008 PRR 33' 2-Bay Hopper (Red - Circle Keystone)
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#2008 PRR 33' 2-Bay Hopper 6-Pack
Set #1 reporting numbers: 198091 and 697668 Set #2 reporting numbers: 198190 and 715157 Set #3 reporting numbers: 697341 and 715416
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#2008 PRR 33' 2-Bay Hoppers[* - the PRR-controlled Long Island RR was the first with a full fleet
of steel cars, buying the first all-steel car in 1905. - SB,III]February 2007's offering is a combo pack of two separate stock numbers, 2004B and 2007R, both Southern Railway 33' two-bay hopper cars, one red and the other black; Z folks can buy them as a 12-pk. if they want a long drag. There has been a shortage of Z Scale open hopper cars for the Southern region of the USA, so Will is proud to offer these nifty prototypical coalers, so common throughout the entire area that makes up our Southern States! Several predecessors, dating back to the 1820's, led finally to the Southern Railway by 1894. In the 1980's it merged with Norfolk and Western R.R. to become Norfolk Southern. A venerable Rail Line oft wearing a green color scheme on both steam and diesel engine alike, the SR ran freight and passenger trains from Richmond, Virginia, to Greenville, Mississippi, and all points between, living up to it's motto, "We Serve the South!"
This offering from Full Throttle is six pair of 33' two-bay hopper cars lettered for the Southern Railway. The models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted black or mineral red inside and out with a slight sheen, and there are custom Hay Bros. Garage coal loads in them. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing is immaculate, tiny and clean. There are six 2-pk. Sets in this new release, each clearly marked on the back as being the #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, or #6 Set of this Southern Railway release. A different color gray cardstock liner in combination with the colors on the labels also defines the Sets. Each of the six sets will contain one red Southern hopper and one black Southern hopper and are marked: WDW 2004B and WDW 2007R, with the Set # beneath.
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#2007 Southern 2-Bay Hopper (Red)
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#2004 Southern 2-Bay Hopper (Black)Special pricing applies to the full 12-pack.
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#2004B&7R Southern 2-Bay Hopper 12-Pack
Black Red Set #1 reporting numbers: 111235 and 111786 Set #2 reporting numbers: 111237 and 111789 Set #3 reporting numbers: 111249 and 111823 Set #4 reporting numbers: 111252 and 111826 Set #5 reporting numbers: 111259 and 111833 Set #6 reporting numbers: 111262 and 111838January 2007 - Back to the cylindrical hopper again - the #1014 Denver & Rio Grande Western Cylindrical Hopper; this is a steel car, painted orange with black printing:
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#2004B&7R Southern 2-Bay Hoppers
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#2004B&7R Southern 2-Bay Hoppers
(with 2-8-2 Mikado decorated for Southern's "Crescent Limited")These cars come two to a box, in three sets of road numbers, Set #1 - 15586 and 15593, Set #2 - 15589 and 15596, and Set #3 - 15590 and 15599:
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#1014 Denver & Rio Grande Western Cylindrical Hopper
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad generally referred to as the Rio Grande, became the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1920, and is today absorbed into a larger system, the Union Pacific. The D&RGW served mainly as transcontinental bridge line between Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah, and was a major origin of coal and mineral traffic with a motto of "Through the Rockies, not around them". The Rio Grande was the epitome of mountain railroading, operating the highest mainline rail line in the Untied States of over 10,240 feet at Tennessee Pass in Colorado and the famed routes through the Moffat Tunnel and the Royal Gorge. At its height around 1890, the D&RG had the largest operating narrow gauge railroad network in North America. Known for its independence, the D&RGW operated the last private long haul passenger train in the United States, the Rio Grande Zephyr. Welcome in the new year of 2007 with this January gem - the Reading 33' two-bay hopper car:
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For over a century, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad was an industrial giant, serving Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. With rail lines reaching out in all directions, it fueled the industrial revolution and became the largest corporation in the world by the 1870's. During the latter part of the century, J.P. Morgan pulled out his financial aid, which curtailed the P&R's expansion into New England, Canada, and the US West, and, with the government's efforts to stop monopolies, by 1924 the P&R finally became the independent Reading Railroad, a huge regional anthracite coal carrier. After World War II, as America began to turn away from coal as its major fuel, the Reading's fate began to turn as well. Dragged down by the failure of surrounding lines on which it depended for traffic to offset the loss of the coal business, the Reading entered bankruptcy in 1971. Its operations were taken over as part of the federally financed CONRAIL, on April 1, 1976.
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#2005 RDG 33' Two-Bay HopperThe models were manufactured with great details by Bowser Mfg., painted black inside and out with a slight sheen, and there are custom Hay Bros. Garage loads in them. They sport MT Bettendorf trucks with knuckle couplers and the printing is immaculate, tiny and clean. The logo is all there! There are three two-pack sets per six-pack, each clearly marked on the back as to the #1, #2, or #3 set of the release. A different color gray cardstock liner also defines the three different sets of the six-pack:
Set #1 reporting numbers: 73002 and 73022
Set #2 reporting numbers: 73005 and 73035
Set #3 reporting numbers: 73008 and 73092
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