#FT-5001   AT&SF • 40' 3-Bay Rib-Side 70-Ton Hoppers   $46.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #ATSF 178435, #178456 • November 2014 Set #2: Road #ATSF 178428, #178477 • November 2014 Set #1 $46.00 Set #2 $46.00 • Hay Brothers detailed coal loads • Rust-Color Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) or Santa Fe was one of the largest railroads in the USA, serving the States of AZ, CA, CO, IL, IA, KS, LA, MO, NE, NM, OK, and TX.

An innovator in Modal Transportation, ATSF operated from 1859 until 1996 when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form Burlington Northern and Santa Fe, the BNSF Railway.

#FT-5002   C&O • 40' 3-Bay Rib-Side 70-Ton Hoppers   $46.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #C&O 101286, #101335 • December 2014 Set #2: Road #C&O 101472, #101787 • December 2014 Set #1 $46.00 Set #2 $46.00 • Hay Brothers detailed coal loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O, CO) formed in 1869, later based in Cleveland, Ohio, tapped the coal reserves of West Virginia, established Newport News, VA with coal piers on the Atlantic, and forged a rail link to our Midwest, serving the USA States of IL, IN, KY, MI, NY, OH, PA, VA, WADC, WV, and WI.

In 1962 the C&O became part of the CHESSIE SYSTEM along with the B&O and WM Railways. In the 1980s the CHESSIE combined with SCL and L&N, (Family Lines), to become a key portion of CSX Transportation, adding a substantial part of CONRAIL in 1999.

#FT-5003   D&RGW • 40' 3-Bay Rib-Side 70-Ton Hoppers   $46.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #18922, #18957 • February 2015 Set #2: Road #18936, #18973 • February 2015 Set #1 $46.00 Set #2 $46.00 • Hay Brothers detailed coal loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW), " Through the Rockies," was a major origin of coal and mineral traffic, and the epitome of mountain railroading, operating the highest mainline rail line in the USA. In 1988, Rio Grande, purchased the Southern Pacific Railroad.

The unified company took the Southern Pacific name due to its recognition among shippers. By the early 1990s, D&RGW became largely dependent on hauling high-quality coal from the mine fields of Colorado and Utah.  In 1996 D&RGW was sold and merged into the Union Pacific Railroad.

#FT-5005   Peabody • 40' 3-Bay Rib-Side 70-Ton Hoppers   $46.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #PCCX  6505, #6584 • September 2016 Set #2: Road #PCCX  6567, #6592 • September 2016 Set #1   Set #2   • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

Peabody Energy Corporation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is the largest private-sector coal company in the world. It's primary business consists of the mining, sale and distribution of coal, which is purchased for use in electricity generation and steelmaking. Peabody also markets, brokers and trades coal through offices in China, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, India, Singapore, and the United States. The coal produced by Peabody Energy fuels approximately 10% of the electricity generated in the United States and 2% of electricity generated throughout the world. Peabody markets coal to electricity generating and industrial customers in more than 25 nations on six continents.

"It occurs to me that despite however spectacular these Peabody hoppers display in long consists, the cars were so omnipresent that they appeared not only on the major rail lines, but also on myriad short lines all around the USA!  The Peabody Coal Company, now Peabody Energy, is responsible for supplying coal to a vast network of energy facilities, covering some 35 States in the US and visible in 16 Countries around the world.  So, I often think of these hoppers in multi-car linkups!  But as attested by the following photo, you might just as often see a neat short line engine hauling but a couple of these cars along for dumping at smaller plants or distributors." Uncle Will

#FT-5006   VIRGINIAN   2-Pack • 40' 3-Bay Rib-Side 70-Ton Hoppers   $46.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #VGN 5376, #5485 • March 2016 Set #1   • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The Virginian Railway (VGN) was created in 1907 to haul quality "smokeless" Bituminous coal from previously untapped Southern West Virginia through Virginia to it's Atlantic ports at Hampton Roads! It's great success was due to the clever engineers who designed the route as straight and flat as could be, as if the Virginia hills did not exist. With this modern infrastructure and fleet of Fairbanks-Morse diesels,

the VGN became the model of efficiency, out-competing it's much larger rivals. Long lusted by the N&W, the VGN merged with them in 1959. Eventually, as part of the Norfolk Southern, the VGN was mothballed in 2015 because of the lack in demand for coal shipments. Full Throttle brings you a pair of VGN 70-ton hoppers preferred for the trip across Virginia. Hay Brothers created the Coal loads.

#FT-5008   Union Pacific • 40' 3-Bay Rib-Side 70-Ton Hoppers   $46.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #UP 7923, #7966 • February 2017 Set #2: Road #UP 7942, #7987 • February 2017 Set #1   Set #2   • Hay Brothers detailed loads • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

The UNION PACIFIC (UP), headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest Railroad Network in the USA, operating 8,000 locomotives over 32,000 route-miles west of the Mississippi River! Begun in 1862, UP grew by acquiring, one-by-one, almost all the large Rail Companies of the Western States. UP and competitor BNSF have a duopoly on all transcontinental freight rail lines in the USA. UP ran a fleet of the 70-Ton Hoppers from the 1930's through the Diesel Era of the 1960's when even larger hoppers were constructed and rotary dumping came into favor. Here's a Special Edition of Rib-Side, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers from Full Throttle with coal loads crafted by Hay Brothers. The set #2 is in very short supply so purchase wisely!

#FT-5010   W&LE   2-Pack • 40' 3-Bay Rib-Side 70-Ton Hoppers   $46.00 retail ea. Set #1: Road #WE  2027, #2038 • July 2016 Set #1 $46.00 • Full Throttle's Bowser Buckler Trucks • Blackened Metal wheels • Knuckle Couplers

Taking it's name from the former Line which it bought from the Norfolk and Western in 1990, the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE) is a regional freight railroad providing service mainly in Ohio, but also PA and WV. W&LE routes interchange with three major railroads (Canadian National Railway, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern Railway).

Many of the major commodities remain the same as in the early days: coal from southeastern Ohio; iron ore from the Great Lakes region; steel from five different mills; aggregates from four quarries; plus chemicals, forest products, and grain. Here's a pair of 70-Ton Hoppers dressed in the Orange and Black livery typical of W&LE, with coal loads crafted by Hay Brothers.