Atlas O Pays Tribute to Mr. Weaver

Fitting tribute and very insightful...

ATLAS O should dedicate a PS1 Boxcar to Jim.. With his favorite Road name and his name on it.. Some sort of dedication write up.. I'd buy it! 

I originally posted these comments on another thread.  However, I feel it is very fitting to re-post it under this topic:

I just spent the last 2 hours unpacking, examining and testing my 12-car Western Pacific CZ cars.  I am very pleased to report that all of the badging is correct and right-side up.  All cars roll freely and light-up off the track voltage.  One minor problem on the diner a coupler was broken.  Not a problem since I will be replacing all couplers with Kadees.  The lights flickered a bit on the dome/obs car.  Probably a loose wire wire, not a show stopper.  When I was finished a notices a small plastic piece that appears to have broken off the under carriage of one of the cars.  I guessing that I could spend 5-6 hours trying to figure out which car it came from, but it is probably not worth the effort.

All-in-all I must say that I am extremely satisfied with this set.  It was worth the $$$ and meets Atlas measure for quality and value.  Hats off to the good people at Atlas.  

The California Zephyr sets are a fine tribute to Jim Weaver and I am certain that he is smiling down on his Atlas family with much pride and gratitude. 

Thanks Jim. 

Howdy, I'm new to the OGR forum.  On behalf of my good 3-rail buddy in Tampa Florida, Greg Mikell and myself, here in Germany,  what has happened to the Weaver die work?  Greg subscribes to CTT and OGR and has informed me that he has failed to see any information about them since Weaver exited the hobby.  Thank you, Joe Toth.   

Joe Toth, 

There have been many threads regarding Weaver models tooling. This is different than jim Weaver who was head of Atlas O.

Jim was a great guy. I talked to him a couple of times at York. 

I understand the confusion. Although the last name is the same Jim Weaver had nothing to do with Weaver the O gauge company. Since the time Atlas re-entered the O gauge market in the 1990s he worked solely for Atlas. His passion for O gauge lead to a lot of nice models being produced. 

Jim was a great guy - I miss him very much - could it be five years already?..... I asked him once what he was most proud of thinking it would be the reefers and he told me what he was most proud of was the Atlas O track system..... 

Ben and I were both bugging him about getting the F's in Erie livery and I was trying to get him to ship me a set before Ben could get them. He pointed to the units on display and said those were Ben's. Ben came by and I told him, sharing my defeat. Jim leaned in and yes they were Ben's. And that they didn't have motors in them.