Bethgon Coalporter
The Coalporter was developed by Bethlehem Steel Car in 1978, in an effort to create a higher-capacity, more efficient coal car. The traditional bottom hoppers were replaced by twin tubs, or troughs, that filled the space between the trucks. These increased the cubic capacity of the car and gave the added advantage of a lower center of gravity for better tracking. These original Coalporters were steel-bodied, but a drop in aluminum prices in the mid-1980s opened the door to the introduction of the aluminum-bodied BethGon Coalporter in 1985.
[source – readingcarcompany.com]
- Production: 1978 – nowdays;
- Capacity: 110 t;
- 16.6 m long, 3.3 m wide, 3.97 m high.
Comes with 10 skins, including BNSF, PSCX, PGEX, BN, CSXT and Lex Industries.
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