Both cars same road number #102079

Please Note: These cars are not "Articulated" in the classical sense. Please see the description below for more information

• Cosmetic Condition: C-10 Mint-Brand New
• UPC: Does Not Apply
• MPN: FT2062
• Build Date: 1940s
• Paint:
• Couplers: Knuckle Style
• Trucks & Wheels: Plastic Trucks / Metal Wheels
• Packaging: Original Box

The "modernization" and electrification of the "Old South" during the last half of the 20th Century, prompted the Utilities to demand more and more fuel. Before they could amass their eventual gigantic fleet of the newly designed 100-Ton hoppers, the always innovative SOUTHERN RAILWAY devised a method of hauling large quantities of coal to the power plants. Having a formidable supply of the 50-Ton, 2-Bay "workhorses" on hand, the SOUTHERN began latching two together with a drawbar, brakewheels at each end, numbering them as a single car and thus creating what they deemed "Articulated 100-Ton Hoppers." The idea was to allow 100 tons of coal to be moved as a single car shipment and avoid a "double charge" for using two cars to move the same quota! The practice lasted from the early 1960's through the mid 1970's and gave the old 2-Bays a "second-life" into the 100-Ton era.