70-Ton 3-Bay Rib-Side Hoppers
Not long after the 50-ton, 2-bay hoppers were perfected, and with many improvements in railroad track, springs, trucks, and couplers along with ever more powerful steam
locomotives, the want for a bigger, more economical hopper to haul the burgeoning coal industry's product led to the development of the 70-ton hopper. Many variations were tried between the early
1920s and to well after WWII, featuring a diverse number of ribs and panels of assorted sizes. FT has chosen the popular and common 9-panel type for a Z Scale version as it can be more easily
adapted to the tiny lettering and data needed for this size. It's a 40-foot car, a swell size for Z, no bigger than the smallest of the steel boxcars!
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).
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FT-5001 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Equipped with custom-painted trucks.
FT-5001-1: ATSF 178435 & 178456 November 2014
FT-5001-2: ATSF 178428 & 178477 November 2014 |
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FT-5002 Chesapeake & Ohio (Progress)
FT-5002-1: C&O 101286 & 101335 November 2014
FT-5002-2: C&O 101472 & 101787 November 2014
Also released in a Collector Set with
FT-4002. |
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FT-5003 Rio Grande
FT-5003-1: D&RGW 18922 & 18957
February 2015 FT-5003-2:
D&RGW 18936 & 18973 February 2015 |
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FT-5004 Minneapolis & St. Louis
FT-5004: MSTL 66523 & 66985 January 2015 |
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FT-5005 Peabody
FT-5005-1: PCCX 6505 & 6584
September 2016 FT-5005-2: PCCX 6567 & 6592
September 2016 |
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FT-5006 Virginian
FT-5006: VGN 5376 & 5485 March 2016 Also
released in a Collector Set with
FT-5010. |
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FT-5007 Great Northern
FT-5007-1: GN 70003 & 70046
March 2019 FT-5007-2: GN 70025 & 70078
March 2019 |
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FT-5008 Union Pacific
FT-5008-1: UP 7923 & 7966
January 2017 FT-5008-2: UP 7942 & 7987
January 2017 |
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FT-5009 Pennsylvania
FT-5009-1: PRR 673208 & 673267 June 2019
FT-5009-2: PRR 673224 & 673283 June 2019 |
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FT-5010 Wheeling & Lake Erie
FT-5010: WE 2027 & 2038
August 2016 Also released in a Collector Set with
FT-5006. |
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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.
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