Originally Posted by Greenline:
MTH did not have to shorten their 48 foot containers to meet O-54.
Lionel shortened them to meet O-36.
Atlas stated in their Coming Soon 2016 flyer (earlier in this thread) the following:
3 rail O-72 minimum radius (as low as 0-54 w/separate drawbar)
I hope this is still true.
MTH is a stand alone plastic car,Lionel like the coming Atlas car was a diecast scale model built strickly for their 3 rail market[0-36], by including drawbars Atlas is providing a way for those who need a smaller radius to use the 3 car set obviously due to the length of 53' wellcars 36" radius is not doable without serious compromise to the model.JMO