Since 1982, the BethGon Coalporter has been hauling "black diamonds" across the United States. The largest selling Coal Gondola in the world, the car's double tub design increases hauling capacity while reducing maintenance requirements. Tubs below the car lower the center of gravity, providing a smoother ride.

With thousands upon thousands of these cars in service, we are certain that the BethGon Coalporter will find a home on model railroads everywhere.

Coming to modelers in 8-car sets, Kato's new N-Scale BethGon Coalporter has many exciting features! All cars will be fully decorated with removable coal loads included at no extra cost. Interior bracing allows a new level of realism for those times when your SD70MAC or AC4400CW is pulling "empties." A new feature of these cars is a special shock absorber design to provide reliable operation.


Take special note of the truck location on the cars - the prototype's wheels extend past the car end and we have replicated this appearance. Additionally, all cars will come with a "close coupling" knuckle coupler to maintain a more prototypical appearance between cars. Last, but not least, these cars will come with new low flange wheelsets.

- The removable coal load lets operators run full or empty between coalmine and terminal.
- The shock absorber construction and low-flange metal wheels provide smooth operation.
- The internal bracing of the tub, close coupling between cars and detail lettering on these cars make them look just like the real equipment. - These model sets would be excellent complementary items to our recent SD70MAC locomotive models as well as our SD40-2, C44-9W, AC4400CW and even the SD80MAC/SD9043MAC models released previously.