Full Throttle: 70-Ton 3-Bay Offset-Side Hoppers

70-Ton 3-Bay Offset-Side Hoppers

To satisfy America's industrial hunger for coal, 70-ton hoppers were ushered into service by the 1920s. As with the smaller 50-tonners, the economical offset-side design was adapted to these larger capacity units. By the mid-1930s an AAR "standard" 70-ton offset-side hopper car was developed. After the steel shortages caused by WWII, this large smooth-side version blossomed; however, certain inherent problems became apparent. The inside ribs or stakes were more prone to corrosion than with their construction on the outside, and they suffered more damage from coal being loaded directly onto them. The offset-side concept dwindled during the 1950s, and by the 60s was all but abandoned for new cars built afterwards. The late 20th Century saw the advent of modern rotary dumping and other railroad improvements which led to even larger coalers without a need to employ hopper bottoms. Full Throttle brings the Z Scale Hobbyist a universal model of these memorable haulers.

All hoppers feature custom coal loads from Hay Brothers and are equipped with Full Throttle FT-100 Bettendorf trucks, metal wheels and knuckle couplers. Click the product thumbnails for larger images or more information (where available).

	FT-4001 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe FT-4001-1: ATSF 183201 & 183245 July 2009 FT-4001-2: ATSF 183233 & 183296 July 2009
	FT-4002 Chesapeake & Ohio (Progress) FT-4002-1: C&O 79301 & 79345 April 2010 FT-4002-2: C&O 79339 & 79362 April 2010 Also released in a Collector Set with FT-5002.
	FT-4003 Detroit, Toledo & Ironton FT-4003-1: DTI 1615 & 1623 August 2009 FT-4003-2: DTI 1617 & 1638 August 2009
	FT-4004 Southern Available only in a Collector Set with FT-4005.
	FT-4005 Southern Available only in a Collector Set with FT-4004.
	FT-4006 CP Rail (Pac Man) FT-4006-1: CP 359705 & 359723 November 2009 FT-4006-2: CP 359708 & 359737 November 2009 FT-4006-3: CP 359714 & 359739 November 2009
	FT-4007 Union Pacific Different slogans on each side: "Road of the Streamliners" and "Serves All the South." FT-4007-1: UP 90320 & 90328 March 2010 FT-4007-2: UP 90324 & 90334 March 2010
	FT-4008 Alaska Railroad FT-4008-1: ARR 14308 & 14340 September 2009 FT-4008-2: ARR 14337 & 14343 September 2009
	FT-4009 New York Central FT-4009-1: NYC 904245 & 904249 October 2009 FT-4009-2: NYC 904247 & 904253 October 2009
	FT-4010 The Rock FT-4010-1: ROCK 510479 & 510486 April 2010 Also released only in a Collector Set with FT-4019.
	FT-4011 Blue Coal Available only in a Collector Set with four cars, each lettered for a different road. Click for more details. January 2010
	FT-4012 Canadian National FT-4012-1: CN 109402 & 109477 June 2010 FT-4012-2: CN 109424 & 109492 June 2010
	FT-4013 Chessie System FT-4013-1: B&O 527015 & 527033 March 2011 FT-4013-2: B&O 527048 & 527053 May 2014
	FT-4014 Toledo, Peoria & Western FT-4014-1: TP&W 856 & 868 December 2010 FT-4014-2: TP&W 863 & 876 December 2010
	FT-4015 Soo Line FT-4015-1: SOO 68520 & 68538 September 2010 FT-4015-2: SOO 68533 & 68542 September 2010
	FT-4016 Southern Pacific/TNO Available only in a Collector Set with FT-4017.
	FT-4017 Southern Pacific Available only in a Collector Set with FT-4016.
	FT-4018 Canadian Pacific FT-4018-1: CP 358335 & 358353 July 2010 FT-4018-2: CP 358338 & 358388 July 2010
	FT-4019 Rock Island FT-4019-1: RI 89109 & 89124 December 2011 Also released in a Collector Set with FT-4010.
	FT-4020 Illinois Central Gulf Available only in a Collector Set with FT-4021.
	FT-4021 Illinois Central Available only in a Collector Set with FT-4020.
	FT-4022 Family Lines System FT-4022: SCL 163003 & 163018 April 2014
	FT-4023 Seaboard Coast Line FT-4023: SCL 883803 & 883842 February 2013 Also released as SCL 883816 in a Collector Set with FT-4024.
	FT-4024 Atlantic Coast Line FT-4024: ACL 83731 & 83758 February 2013 Also released as ACL 83746 in a Collector Set with FT-4023.
	FT-4025 Great Northern FT-4025-1: GN 78205 & 78224 June 2013 FT-4025-1: GN 78209 & 78267 June 2013
	FT-4026 Missouri Pacific FT-4026: MP 61525 & 61572 February 2014
	FT-4027 Chessie System FT-4027-1: C&O 79223 & 79286 February 2016 FT-4028-2: C&O 79268 & 79295 February 2016
	FT-4029A&B Ontario Northland Each set features one car equipped with custom-painted FT Bettendorf trucks, metal wheels, knuckle couplers and coal load, and the other with custom-painted FT roller bearing trucks, metal wheels, knuckle couplers and ore load. FT-4029A&B-1: ONT 140103 & 140126 November 2015 FT-4029A&B-2: ONT 140109 & 140138 November 2015
	FT-4028 Canada Southern Featuring custom Hay Brothers ore loads and custom-painted roller bearing trucks. FT-4028-1: CA-SO 3433 & 3439 April 2015 FT-4028-2: CA-SO 3436 & 3443 April 2015
	FT-4030 B&O Yellow Stripe FT-4030-1: B&O 527010 & 527102 April 2018 FT-4030-2: B&O 527021 & 527122 April 2018

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In compliance with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008,
we must note that these products ARE NOT TOYS AND ARE NOT
INTENDED FOR USE BY CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14.