#FT-2032   ACL • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $44.00 retail ea. • $44.00 Set #1: Road #80220, 80235 • November 2010 Set #1 $44.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) was an American railroad that existed between 1898 and July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its long-time rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. The company was headquartered in Jacksonville, FL (Wilmington, NC before 1961). The ACL bought the large Louisville and Nashville Railroad system on

November 1, 1902, but kept operations separate for its entire life.  Though a great coastal freight hauler, the ACL was renowned for it's Royal Purple diesel fleet, and exquisite Eastern USA passenger service down into Florida.  After several more mergers and consolidations, the former ACL is now part of CSX Transportation, also headquartered in Jacksonville.

#FT-2044   Grand Trunk • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $42.00 retail ea. • $42.00 Set #1: Road #GT 74565, #74567 • September 2013 Set #1 $42.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

#FT-2047/2048   FORD • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $48.00 retail ea. • $48.00 Set #2: Road #FRDX 2367, #FRDX 1838 • July 2021 For the last time, Ford hoppers, I'm afraid! This pair offered in a new black "presentation" box. Set #2 $48.00 • Collector Set #37 • Road #FRDX 2367 (yellow) • Road #FRDX 1838 (black)

• • Yellow Road #FRDX 2367 The hopper cars employed at The Rouge were painted yellow to signify their use only there, and could not be interchanged. The rest of the American FORD fleet was painted the more usual black.

• • Black Road #FRDX 1838 The American FORD hopper fleet, painted in a customary black livery, was busy hauling coal, ores and all sorts of rocks, minerals and salts back to The River Rouge Complex!

#FT-2051A/B   INTERSTATE • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $44.00 retail ea. • $44.00 Set #1: Road #INT (A) 5629, #INT (B) 6307 • March 2016 Set #1 $44.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The INTERSTATE Railroad (INT), of southwest Virginia, extended from the Clinchfield RR and ran parallel to the N&W RR, L&N RR, and Southern RR at various points, but diversified, having many Lines and Spurs running into the mountains of the Kentucky border. The company still exists as a subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Corporation, but is operated as an NS RR Line. A favorite of RR Hobbyists because of the magnificent mountainous scenery modeled, the NS has painted one of their "Predecessor" GE ES44AC engines, NS #8105, in the INTERSTATE diesel color scheme of orange, cream and gray, and it is known as the "Creamsicle!"  Full Throttle presents a pair of INTERSTATE twin hoppers, one still bearing WWII era sentiments, complete with Hay Bros. custom coal loads.

#FT-2052A/B   B&M • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $44.00 retail ea. • $44.00 Set #1: Road #B&M (A) 7022, #B&M (B) 7086 • January 2016 Set #1 $44.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) offered freight and passenger service through most of New England and New York from 1836 through 1983. Though under control of J.P. Morgan's NYNH&H by 1910, anti-trust forces wrested it away and it reorganized in 1919. Decline of manufacturing in New England and the rise of trucking competition in the 1930's caused hard times for the B&M which filed for bankruptcy in 1970. Aggressive marketing and

planning reversed this fate over the next ten years and in 1983 was purchased by  Guilford Transportation Industries which renamed as Pan Am Railways in 2006. A joint venture in 2009 with Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) formed the Pan American Southern (PAS) with service restored to the former B&M yard in Mechanicville, New York in 2012. Full Throttle brings you early and late liveries of B&M coalers with loads by Hay Brothers.

#FT-2054   NS • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $44.00 retail ea. • $44.00 Set #1: Road #9236, #9285 • January 2016 Set #1 $44.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

When the NORFOLK SOUTHERN (NS) finalized the merger of the Norfolk Western and Southern Railways, two great Coaling Railroads, it was left with thousands of remaining 2-bay hopper cars!  Instead of scrapping them, these very valuable haulers were sent to the paint shop, and recycled as an effective utilitarian fleet. These coalers were useful for years to come. Eventually, NS was to amass over half of CONRAIL's assets, and with CSX controlling the rest,

they have a duopoly over all East-West freight rail traffic east of the Mississippi River! In an effort to create an End-to-End Railway System for North America, three times since November of 2015, the Canadian Pacific Railway offered to buy all outstanding shares of NS stock for excess of US $26 Billion, but NS refused the proposals. Here is a pair of NS 2-bay, Z-Scale, repaint hopper models by Full Throttle with loads by Hay Brothers.

#FT-2055   SOUTHERN • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $44.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #SOU 112492, #112497 • June 2017 Set #1   • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

Aluminum first appeared in the Rail Industry as early as 1900. Because of it's light weight, corrosion resistance, and overall durability, by 1931, experiments with all-aluminum hoppers began. Obviously, the metal offered a higher payload capacity...more coal per car for the same gross weight. After WWII, the use of aluminum on Railroads blossomed. It was especially useful for hauling Western USA Low-Sulphur Coal over distances, significantly decreasing CO 2 emissions during transportation. Modern applications are found abundantly on open and closed, bottom-dumping hoppers and auto-carriers. New aluminum alloys and fabrication technologies have made advancements for light rail,

inner-city commuters, metros, underground rail, express, high-speed and magnetic levitation (MAGLEV) trains! The Southern Railway (SOU) (1894-1982) 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 the USA. Here's a pair of Southern aluminum coalers with loads created by Hay Bros.

#FT-2056   S&NY • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $44.00 retail ea. • $44.00 Set #1: Road #S&NY 1425, #1432 • November 2017 Set #1 $44.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

A first and only run of Susquehanna and New York!

Pennsy and Lehigh Valley people in particular will love this addition, and a great model for the Z Collectors!

#FT-2058   CB&Q • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $46.00 retail ea. • $46.00 Set #1: Road #CB&Q 190852, #190857 • January 2021 Set #1 $46.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The idea behind the use of light weight, corrosion resistant aluminum for freight cars, especially coalers, was based on strength to weight ratios; being able to carry a greater payload, thus cutting the initial cost faster, fuel savings, increased durability, improved aerodynamics, and the elimination of painting! A No-Brainer!

The larger railroads experimented and developed aluminum hoppers in the 1930's but after WWII toward the 21st century, as the steel hopper fleets began to wear thin, newer alloys and construction prompted the rise of high-side aluminum gondolas which could be dumped by large revolving mechanisms, thus eliminating gravity-fed hopper doors. Because of it's excellent recyclability, saving 95% of both energy and emissions compared to metals made from ore, aluminum claims to be "climate neutral" which no other metal can say.

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ) aka: the Burlington, operated on extensive trackage through the mid-west, out to Wyoming, Colorado and deep into Texas. It's formidable mountain routes with subsidiaries including Colorado and Southern Rwy., Ft. Worth and Denver Rwy. and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad prompted the slogan, "Everywhere West!" In 1970, Burlington merged with Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and the SPS Railroads to form the Burlington Northern Railroad. In 1996, BN and Santa Fe Railroads merged to become BNSF!

#FT-2059   M-K-T • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $46.00 retail ea. • $46.00 Set #1: Road #M-K-T 6852, #6889 • October 2020 Set #1 $46.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT) was incorporated in 1870. In its earliest days the MKT was commonly referred to as "the K-T", and soon evolved into "the Katy". Headquartered in Dallas, TX, the Freight Line served Eastern Texas, Oklahoma, Southeastern Kansas, and Central Missouri. MKT also ran an impressive "named" Passenger fleet! At the end of 1970, MKT operated 2623 miles of road and 3765 miles of track. MKT's early Diesels were red and red-orange, but after 1971, locomotives, cabooses, and other rolling stock were painted green with yellow stripes, lettering and numbering. In 1988, it's successor became the Union Pacific Railroad.

#FT-2060   Chessie System • 33' 2-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers   $50.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #B&O 321059, 321074 • May 2021 Set #2: Road #B&O 321065, 321082 • May 2021 Set #1   Set #2   • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

Toward the end of the 20th Century, most major railroads shifted from the once common 55-ton, 2-bay hoppers to the larger 70-ton and 100-ton haulers. After the 1973 merger of C&O, B&O, and WM, the Chessie System owned a myriad of the smaller cars. Many were repainted in Chessie livery and serve proudly, even until today. Others were relegated to their home rails and could not be interchanged to another railroad. Instead of spending time repainting them in a new livery, they kept their original paint and reporting numbers but received a quite unique treatment! Chessie marked them with bright yellow ends and a large "XXX" on each side to denote their restriction. Because of the visual Triple X connotation, they became known as Chessie's "MOONSHINE" cars! They proved ever useful on Chessie short lines, carrying oddball bulk freight, and in MoW trains hauling sand and gravel.