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Class FMg 9027 was scratch built using Evergreen styrene, with Kappler scale lumber for the deck. Commercial parts include Ace arch bar trucks, Kadee #5 couplers, and Grandt Line stake pockets and brake wheel.
Prototype Information: The Reading converted 100 class XMp box cars into class FMg flat cars 1941, number series 9000-9099. FMg 9027 was originally class XMp box car number 13007 built by American Car & Foundry in Berwick, PA on October 31, 1910. It was converted to class FMg flat car 9027 on April 26, 1941. It was retired in January 1946 and sold to Harlan & Hollingsworth in Wilmington, Delaware for $275, along with four other class FMg flat cars. During the early part of 1941 the Reading’s yards at Port Richmond were packed full of flat cars and gondolas loaded with materials awaiting transfer to ships. Rather than having these loaded cars sitting for weeks at a time, the Reading converted 100 class XMp box cars that were ready to be retired and scrapped to class FMg flat cars. The loads from the cars at Port Richmond were transferred to the class FMg flat cars, thereby allowing the loaded cars to be returned to service.
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