prrjim posted:I think I heard that Atlas did design the Roco built cars. The story I heard was that Ted Stepek from the Wash DC area did a lot of the original drawings for them.
The tooling on those is crisp and accurate even by 2016 standards, I had a few of the undec Bev-Bel shells and they were gorgeous. Too bad they were designed in the 1970's with molded on details.
In my very humble opinion the Atlas 40' Trainman boxcar has some of the most accurately done car ends and roof of any O scale car. It's survived the test of time and worthy of the late Thaddeus Stepek name.
Too bad it can't be cloned to a 2016 model without the oversize molded on details and the huge round lugs for mounting the ladders, running boards and brake gear. In that aspect the current direction of Atlas of never improving on glaring outdated design flaws is kind of sad.
Nevertheless, the car is the star of the Trainman lineup.
