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FMC (Food Machinery Corp) had many divisions within it’s business. Between 1965 and 1985 FMC was the owner of the Gunderson metal works in Oregon USA, during that period it was known as the ‘Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC’ (MRED), FMC produced examples of these dry bulk covered hopper cars for more than a decade, between 1971 and 1981. This car was quite popular among grain hauling railroads of this period and many examples of this car are still present in today’s railroading.

This release includes road numbers in seven schemes.

Features:

• Factory applied roof walk, roof hatch, end details, ladders and wire grab irons
• Separately applied brake gear including brake wheel, brake wheel housing, chain, brake lever, air reservoir, brake cylinder and triple valve
• See through etched metal end platforms
• Two outlet grate variations
• 100-ton trucks with 36” wheels
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
• Accurately painted and printed
• Highly detailed, injection molded body
• Machined metal wheels
• Weighted for trouble free operation
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 55, 70, 75, 80, 83, 100 rail
• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Minimum radius: 18”
• Era: 2005+
  

"Primed For Grime" Features:

• Duplicated look and feel of "In Service" equipment; "Tattered and Torn" just like the real thing
• Faded base colors matched to the prototype
• Patches applied and shaped per road number matching each corresponding side to the prototype
• Perfect starting point for adding grime and rust

Reservations Due By: October 26, 2017

Expected Release: October 2018

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