Beginning in the 1970s, the output of Western coal production became significant. With this increase in output, the demand for rotary coal-type gondolas increased as well. Nearly all of the car manufacturers of the time, such as FMC, Pullman-Standard, Evans, Ortner and Greenville, introduced competitive rotary coal gondolas in a market already dominated by Thrall. Billed as “A rugged, high-mileage coal car for unit-train operation with rotary dumping service,” FMC's 4000 Coal Gondola was successful among utility companies of the mid-west. The Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Central Power & Light Company, and Southwestern Electric Power Company were clients of FMC, and since that time, these cars have passed into the second-ownership of companies like RTI Railway Services. Today, the FMC Gondola, and the similar gondolas of other manufacturers, are used in scrap and tie replacement services everywhere.

Features:

• Precision micro-tooled
• Designed, engineered and tooled in the United States!
• Factory installed Kadee No.5 coupler
• Narrow-style draft box, featuring: shank wedges, striker casting and full nut and bolt detail.
• ExactRail's exclusive ASF 100 ton 'Ride Control' trucks
• CNC-machined metal wheel sets with all new metal axles!
• Razor sharp painting and printing
• Eighteen road numbers available:
  • 01  /  138004
  • 02  /  138016
  • 03  /  138029
  • 04  /  138030
  • 05  /  138032
  • 06  /  138049
  • 07  /  138053
  • 08  /  138065
  • 09  /  138071
  • 10  /  138087
  • 11  /  138092
  • 12  /  138098
  • 13  /  138107
  • 14  /  138113
  • 15  /  138118
  • 16  /  138121
  • 17  /  138132
  • 18  /  138145

Reservations Due By: July 11, 2011

Expected Release: July 2011