ecd15 posted:Alan Hummel posted:Despite the cost of O Scale,YOU JUST GOT TO LOVE THE "HEFT"of those trains!!!!
As Always,
Al Hummel
You have to be careful though. Appreciating the "heft" of trains can be an addiction that leads to bigger and bigger trains.
I prefer the real ones for that reason. Sadly those days are gone for me.
Back on "track", I still believe the one place Atlas could experience a resurgence is with an updated line of O scale "Snap Track".
This was the product that put Atlas on the map for HO and N scales.
The current Lenz-based Atlas track has seen it's day. European spec in appearance and crudely detailed, it needs a complete reset.
Track isn't like cars and locomotives. There is no penalty of weakness in making it and it's details scale sized.
How about a new line of O scale "Snap Track" with scale sized tie plates and spikes and corresponding turnouts and crossovers with US spec frog numbers and dimensions and all of the metal and bracing of the prototype?
Track suitable from the steam through modern eras. That and structures are what put Atlas on the map.
