PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
The Bethgon Coalporter is a modern rotary dump coal gondola built by Freightcar America. The Bethgon is built of aluminum to lower the car's empty weight to about 21 tons thus increasing the amount of coal that can be carried. One of the most important parts of the Bethgon is the longitudinal tub floor design, which allows for an extra 18 tons of coal over earlier flat bottom designs. This also lowers the car's center of gravity for better stability.

MODEL FEATURES
• 11 different road numbers
• Removable coal load
• Factory installed wire grab irons
• Separately applied brake wheel
• 100 ton roller bearing trucks
• Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Painted and printed for realistic decoration
• Multiple road numbers
• Machined metal wheels
• Weighted for trouble free operation
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 75, 83, 100 rail
• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Minimum radius: 18"