Reply to "IndustrialRail Reefer Reassignment"

EricaAnnOGR Forum Member

Jim R. posted:
Industrial Rail was originally a product line by United Model Distributors, which once competed strongly with Walthers and JMC to supply hobby shops with various products.
UMD’s Industrial Rail trains were all traditional sized, with some actually scaled closer to S gauge to run on O gauge track. The firm sold the line to Atlas (specifically the Atlas O subsidiary at the time), which continued to produce the trains for some time.
I’m not sure if the line got lost in the Sanda Kan factory fiasco around 2009 (long story) or if Atlas simply decided the market for traditional sized trains wasn’t profitable enough for the company, but the brand isn’t part of Atlas’ product line any longer, at least as it pertains to its O scale locomotives and rolling stock.

Thank you for sharing that information. The box for this piece lists United Model Distributors, Inc. located in Wheeling, IL. (not too far from me).

7/19/1911:06 AM

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