Got some of the Atlas-O 20’ intermodal containers when I stopped by Mr. Muffin’s Trains last weekend. These were supposed to be associated with the tooling Atlas acquired from Weaver. The containers are now part of Atlas-O Trainman line, unlike the earlier 40’ & 45’ containers that were part of the Master Line. There are 2 containers in 1 box, the box being the same size as the boxes for the earlier 40’ & 45’ containers.
I have never owned the old Weaver containers but the doors on these Atlas containers don’t open as hobbyists have preferred on these forums.
The containers have Atlas markings on the underside.
The tops of the containers have oblong slots unlike the holes on prior Atlas containers. They don’t come with the pins that came loose in the box with the Atlas 40’ & 45’ containers.
The underside has 4 pins molded into the plastic, around 2mm diameter like the metal pins on the underside of the containers in Lionel’s ~48’ Husky stack cars. This makes the container stick up when placed on a flat surface & the Atlas-O containers being scale-size, all 4 these pins do not fit well in the slots on the Lionel Husky cars.
Steve (Mr. Muffin) mentioned that these should fit in the Atlas Gunderson cars but all my Gunderson cars are currently in their boxes & I wasn’t too motivated to unpack & assemble them to test these 20’ containers.
Here are these containers in Lionel ~48’ Husky stack cars along with the earlier 40’ & 45’ containers.
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
