Charleston & Western Carolina had at least 360 of these hoppers which appeared to have mostly been used to haul stone.  C&WC was born from an 1896 merger creating a 341 mile route from the Atlantic port of Port Royal, South Carolina (between Savannah and Charleston) to cities in the northwest corner of the state. The line ran along the Georgia border, crossing it to reach Augusta, then back into South Carolina to fan out and reach Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg. Their connection in Spartanburg with sister road Clinchfield and Clinchfield’s connection with C&O created an important through route from the Industrial Midwest (particularly Ohio, Indiana and Michigan) to the ports of South Carolina. Atlantic Coast Line held stock control of the C&WC since 1897 but it remained a separate operation until it was finally absorbed by ACL in 1959. We will be including “stone” loads on this run in place of the usual “coal” loads.

These ready-to-run cars will feature:

• diecast slope sheet-hopper bay-center sill assembly
• injection molded plastic sides, ends, and hopper doors
• fully molded brake tank, valve and air lines
• body mounted brake hose detail
• coal load
• lever-style hand brake
• body mounted magnetically operating knuckle couplers
• close coupling
• Fox Valley Models metal wheels

All road names will be available in multiple road numbers. For instance, order a single, a 2-pack and a 3-pack to get all six road numbers on a run. (Some road names will be available in just three road numbers.)