#FT-3008   CoG • 33' 2-Bay Offset-Side Hoppers   $42.00 retail ea. • $42.00 Set #1: Road #21809, 21826 • February 2008 Set #2: Road #21822, 21837 • February 2008 Just One of each Left! Any 2-Pack $42.00 Set #1 $42.00 Set #2 $42.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

This month, February 2008, is offered a CoG 33' Open Offset-Side 2-Bay Hopper. This is a very short run of a Southern regional USA coal car, much needed in our Z Scale hobby. I know these will be very popular with our Southern Z Scale Hobbyists and collectors, as well as many other modelers.

#FT-3039   C&EI • 33' 2-Bay Offset-Side Hoppers   $44.00 retail ea. • $44.00 Set #1: Road #C&EI 97602, #97623 • July 2016 Set #2: Road #C&EI 97668, #97687 • July 2016 Any 2-Pack $44.00 Set #1 $44.00 Set #2 $44.00 • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (CEI) linked Chicago to Southern Illinois, St. Louis, and Evansville. Founded in 1877, it grew aggressively and stayed strong throughout the Great Depression and two World Wars. After WWII, great effort was made to create a modern system to serve Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. The Missouri Pacific RR began buying C&EI shares in the early 1960s and gained control in 1967, with a requirement that part of the C&EI went to the Louisville and Nashville RR! In 1976, MOPAC finally merged with C&EI and it's Western Routes are now part of the Union Pacific RR, while it's Eastern Routes are part of CSX. Full Throttle presents a pair of quite contemporary C&EI post-war coalers with loads created by Hay Brothers.