#FT-1003b   New York Central   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $56.00 retail ea. • $56.00 Set #3: Road #NYC 885905, #885938 • June 2022 Set #3 $56.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The New York Central Railroad (NYC), established in 1853, operated in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the USA, connecting New York and Boston in the East with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest. NYC was headquartered in the NYC Building, adjacent to it's Grand Central Station. In 1968, the NYC merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), to form Penn Central (PC) which went bankrupt by 1970 and merged into Conrail (CR) in 1976. CR broke-up in 1999, and it's system was split between CSXT and Norfolk Southern (NS), with CSX acquiring most of the NYC trackage. Some of NYC's fleet of Cylindrical Hoppers, important to "modern" shipping, were repainted to reflect the PC and CR eras, but many remained in NYC livery.

#FT-1022b   Wayne Feeds   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. • $54.00 Set #3: Road #SHPX 62242, #62247 • October 2016 Set #3 $54.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

Dale Wilmore McMillen (1880 1971) was a leading proponent of the use of feed supplements in animal husbandry. He He bought a small elevator in Fort Wayne, Indiana and founded Wayne Feeds and Central Soya to produce a concentrate of the protein, vitamins and minerals that were lacking in regular feed. They merged with American Milling Co. in 1929 to form Allied Mills. Due to many early mergers of RR Co.s, ACF Industries is represented in most States of the Northern US, east of the Mississippi River. After WWII, USA Railroads were increasingly called upon to haul new and unique "modern" products over long distances. American Car and Foundry (ACF) designed a tank-type "Center Flow" covered hopper car. Here was a "Freight Car for the Future," ready to transport sugar, cement, sand, salt, fertilizers, many types of grains, coke, starch, feeds, chemicals and plastics! SHPX is a reporting mark for the leasing division of ACF Industries.

#FT-1036-3   Canada   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $56.00 retail ea. • $56.00 Set #3: Road #CNWX 111286, CPWX 606476 • Dec 2021 Set #3 $56.00 • CANADA ~ Wheat Trade

Cylindrical grain cars are one of Canada's best-known contributions to the North American railcar network. Over 19,000 covered cylindrical Government-sponsored hoppers, built by several railcar manufacturers, have been carrying Canadiangrain and products on rails since 1972. The brightest paint schemes adorning the cars belonged to the Canadian Wheat Board, Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation and the province of Alberta. Assigned to CN or CP, as denoted by an 'N' or 'P' in their reporting marks, the cars stayed on their home rails for loading. Like other Larger Scale railcar model fabricators who operate their Cylindricals on tight radius track, Full Throttle has adapted the colorful Canadian paint schemes to it's shorter three-outlet Z Scale cylindrical model, for easier management and performance on usually compact ZScale layouts.

#FT-1042   Old Dutch • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $56.00 retail ea. • $56.00 Set #1: Road #ACFX 173201, #173205 • March 2014 Set #2: Road #ACFX 173204, #173207 • March 2014 Set #2: Road #ACFX 173203, #173206 • June 2021 Set #3 $56.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

This month's offering is yet another paying homage to the old TYCO "brown box" line of freight cars, which brought FUN into model railroading!

One of FT 's most popular and "trade-able" Cylindricals, ever! We first designed and produced the "Old Dutch" Cylindrical nearly eight years ago, in homage to TYCO's "Brown Box" series of fun Rail Cars. Since then I've had many requests for a re-run from those that missed out, and I thought that now, July '21 would be appropriate. Hope you think so, too! Check out this nifty 2-pk.! All new printing and reporting numbers!

#FT-1054   Baroid   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. • $54.00 Set #1: Road #BDNX 101, #BDNX 106 • March 2018 Set #1 $54.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The National Lead Co. is a lead smelting company currently based in Houston, TX. Begun in Philadelphia, PA, in 1772, it was one of the 12 original stocks included in the original Dow Jones Industrial Average of 1896. In 1907 they created the "Dutch Boy" line of paints. It's Baroid Division deals with chemicals and mineral products for the well and oil drilling industry.

#FT-1055   DUZ   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. • $54.00 Set #1: Road #SHPX 6201, #SHPX 6204 • September 2018 Set #1 $54.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

This month's offering is yet another paying homage to the old TYCO "brown box" line of freight cars, which brought FUN into model railroading!

In the days of early television many products were advertised for cleaning in your "Wringer" washers! DUZ was one of these. Targeting the housewife while sponsoring afternoon drama series like "The Guiding Light," the detergents were responsible for their moniker as "Soap Operas!" DUZ was marketed as powdered laundry soap, soft on the hands, from the 1940's through the 1970's and offered gifts in the box such as glassware or dinner plates. A very popular and universal product!

#FT-1058   Wyandotte   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. • $54.00 Set #1: Road #SHPX 53256, #SHPX 53259 • September 2017 Set #1 $54.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

At the turn of the 19th century, Wyandotte, Michigan, became a major hub in the chemical production industry, possible because of the many salt mines deep below the city. Captain John Baptiste Ford, used the salt to create soda ash, which in turn was used to produce plate glass. In 1893, he formed Michigan Alkali Company, which manufactured baking soda, soda ash and lye. The company, later renamed Wyandotte Chemicals Co., went on to make a variety of soaps and cleaners, and eventually in 1969, became part of BASF, the largest investment a German company had ever made in the USA. SHPX is a reporting mark for the leasing division of ACF Industries.

#FT-1059   Celanese   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. • $54.00 Set #1: Road #ACFX 37252, #ACFX 37257 • July 2018 Set #1 $54.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

Founded by Camille Dreyfus in NYC (1918), Celanese Corp. (Hoechst) is a global technology company, now headquartered in Irving, TX, employing nearly 7,500 people, and with a revenue of $5.4 billion per year! They specialize in acetyl products (intermediate chemicals for nearly all major industries) and is the world's greatest producer of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM). Celanese's operations are primarily located in North America, Europe and Asia with the planet's largest acetic acid plant being located near Pasadena, Texas. Cylindrical Hoppers were, in 1960, ACF's shape and "Center-Flow" concept haulers for the 20th Century and beyond, designed to transport "modern" commodities like sugar, cement, sand, salt, fertilizers, many types of grains, coke, starch, feeds, chemicals and plastics!

#FT-1060   Cumberland   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. • $54.00 Set #1: Road #SHPX 60772, #SHPX 60775 • October 2018 Set #1 $54.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The chemical companies across America couldn't wait for a fleet of cylindrical covered hoppers to haul their products throughout the nation! CUMBERLAND CHEMICAL! Turns out ACF designed a gorgeous prototype livery for this company that specialized in Vinyl Plastics! These cars add a striking accent to any layout being represented across the breadth of our country!

#FT-1062   Big Bogie   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. • $54.00 Set #1: Road #NAHX 41002, #NAHX 41003 • June 2018 Set #1 $54.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

This month's offering is yet another paying homage to the old TYCO "brown box" line of freight cars, which brought FUN into model railroading!

Early in the 1900's two brothers from Sioux Falls, SD, Henry and James Fenn, one a bank clerk and the other a shoe salesman, tested their entrepreneurship by opening a confectionary specializing in their own ice cream and soda pop. This soon expanded into the creation of high-grade candy bars, the popular "WALNUT CRUSH," "BUTTER BRICKLE" and "BIG BOGIE!" Using the best ingredients possible their celebrity swelled, so began shipping country-wide, and in 1951 opening another plant inCalifornia. The sons joined up and kept the company running until the 1970's when, instead of using substitutes, the costs of "real" quality ingredients became too expensive to continue production. FENN BROS. CONFECTIONS was sold off and the legend of "BIG BOGIE" bars, history.

#FT-1063   Hollywood   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. • $54.00 Set #1: Road #NAHX 73952, #NAHX 73953 • December 2017 Set #1 $54.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

In 1933, Frank Martoccio changed the name of his Confectionery Co. to Hollywood Brands moving to Centralia, IL in 1938. Using only the best ingredients he invented fluffy nougat and a synthetic coating for candy bars which he used on his white "ZERO" bars to keep them from melting in hot weather. His "Hollywood" bars were a delicious combination of dark chocolate, carmel, nougat and peanuts. In 1967 Hollywood Brands was sold to Consolidated Foods, later Sara Lee. Another fun addition in the tradition of the old TYCO "Brown Box" series, Full Throttle presents a Hollywood Cylindrical Hopper!

#FT-1065   SOUTHERN   "Big John" • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. • $54.00 Set #1: Road #SOU 6038, #SOU 6173 • March 2021 Set #2: Road #SOU 6087, #SOU 6130 • March 2021 Any 2-Pack $54.00 Set #1 + Set #2 $108.00 Set #1 $54.00 Set #2 $54.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

What's a "Big John?" SOUTHERN had a fleet of very large multi-colored, covered grainers to which they named "Big Johns!" ACF 51', three-compartment cylindricals are apropos to represent a large grainer on smaller home-style layouts! In each set, one model is an Aluminum hopper painted with red lettering and the other, a Steel car pained black with bright orange lettering. A great addition to the FT collection of unusual freight cars for the Z Scale hobbyist! A "must" for SOUTHERN RAILWAY runners and those who run southern USA RR Lines.

The Southern Railway (SOU) was the product of 150 predecessor lines that were combined and reorganized in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894. From dieselization and shop/yard modernization, to computers and the development of special cars, the unit coal train and Radio Controlled Mid-Train Helper Locomotives, Southern was often on the cutting edge of change, earning the catch phrase, "Southern Gives a Green Light to Innovation." Southern and it's subsidiaries covered and serviced nearly the entire southern portion of the USA with freight and passenger traffic! In response to the creation of CSX in 1980, the Southern Railway merged with Norfolk and Western Railway to form the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1982, further consolidating railroads in the eastern half of our Nation.

#FT-1066   Southern Pacific   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $56.00 retail ea. • $56.00 Set #1: Road #BLCX 1078, #BLCX 1085 • August 2021 Set #1 $56.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Southern Pacific (SP) was a huge American Railroad, founded in 1865 and incorporating many smaller railroads such as the Texas and New Orleans, Central Pacific, Morgan's Louisiana and Texas, and St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt). The Southern Pacific, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, owned many narrow gauge routes and subsidiaries such as the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico. SP's rails ran through Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, and Oregon, including a route southward into Mexico! Rio Grande Industries (D&RGW) bought the SP in 1988, kept the Southern Pacific name, and expanded it's trackage to include Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, then, virtually the entire Southwestern USA! Following years of financial problems, in 1996, the Southern Pacific was bought by the Union Pacific Railroad.

#FT-1069   Morton Salt   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $58.00 retail ea. • $58.00 Set #1: Road #ACFX 82002, #82005 • August 2025 Set #1 $58.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

This month's offering is yet another paying homage to the old TYCO "brown box" line of freight cars, which brought FUN into model railroading!

Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, in a granulated form, it is called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as rock salt or halite. Salt is essential for life in general, and "saltiness" is one of the basic human tastes. Morton Salt, founded 1848 in Chicago, IL, is an American food company producing salt for food, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural, and road/highway use. The business was renamed after owner Joy Morton in 1889 and incorporated in 1910. A subsidiary of Stone Canyon Industries Holdings, Inc., Morton is North America's leading producer and marketer of salt.

#FT-1070   Jack Frost   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $58.00 retail ea. • $58.00 Set #1: Road #GACX 46242, #46247 • September 2025 Set #1 $58.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

This month's offering is yet another paying homage to the old TYCO "brown box" line of freight cars, which brought FUN into model railroading!

Jack Frost was a real industrial site known by National Sugar Refining Co. or Penn Sugar, which operated a large sugar refinery in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood until the 1980s, and another in Long Island City which was a competitor to Domino Sugar before its closure. The original Jack Frost company merged with the Pennsylvania Sugar Refinery Company in 1947 and its operations ceased in 1984, with the Philadelphia site destroyed. The American Sugar Refining Co. Now owns Jack Frost as well as California and Hawaiian Sugar Co.

#FT-1071   C&NW   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #CNW 460098, #CNW 460149 • July 2025 Set #1   • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Chicago and North Western (CNW) aka: "North Western" based in Chicago, IL, operated over 12,000 miles of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s. The C&NW became one of the longest railroads in the USA as a result of mergers with other railroads, and it's Proviso Freight Yard, just outside of the city was the largest in the world, with 224 miles of trackage and a capacity of more than 20,000 cars. Eventually, trackage in IL, MI, MN, MO, NB, ND, SD, WI, and WY was divided between Union Pacific RR and CPRail. Potatoes from the west were one of the main crops carried by the C&NW, and its potato sheds in Chicago were the nation's largest. It also carried western sugar beets and huge amounts of corn and wheat. Often operating in severe cold throughout our Western Plains States, C&NW has a storied history of delivering goods to brave pioneer towns. In 1995, the Union Pacific Corporation acquired the North Western.

#FT-1072   C&NW   2-Pack • 51' ACF Cylindrical Hoppers   $54.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #CNW 490435, #CNW 490468 • June 2025 Set #1   • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Chicago and North Western (CNW) aka: "North Western" based in Chicago, IL, operated over 12,000 miles of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s. The C&NW became one of the longest railroads in the USA as a result of mergers with other railroads, and it's Proviso Freight Yard, just outside of the city was the largest in the world, with 224 miles of trackage and a capacity of more than 20,000 cars. Eventually, trackage in IL, MI, MN, MO, NB, ND, SD, WI, and WY was divided between Union Pacific RR and CPRail. Potatoes from the west were one of the main crops carried by the C&NW, and its potato sheds in Chicago were the nation's largest. It also carried western sugar beets and huge amounts of corn and wheat. Often operating in severe cold throughout our Western Plains States, C&NW has a storied history of delivering goods to brave pioneer towns. In 1995, the Union Pacific Corporation acquired the North Western.