When I posted a week or so ago about my Atlas Trainman 60' NYC Observation car, I promised photos as soon as it arrived at my door. Well, here they are:
As you can see, the paint is nicely done. And although I don't have a scale to weigh it, it's a reasonably heavy car, and has no trouble staying on the track or running through switches. It's LED-illuminated, like the rest of the 60' series that I already own.
Somewhat to my surprise, it also has an illuminated NYC drumhead on the rear railing:
Although it's a nice touch, I find it rather too bright to be realistic, and I'll probably have to add a resistor to dim it down a bit.
Unfortunately, the car does not also come with marker lights, so it looks like that'll be a summer project for me. I know about the Tomar LED marker lights, but can anyone recommend others, just for comparison?
Note about Tomar:
We would like to say "Thanks" for your patronage of over 36 years. Tomar Industries and Utah Pacific have been sold to P.F.& S.Railway Supply, Inc. LeRoy, Sharon, Joel & Teresa Prantle are excited to make all the products we have supplied in the same quality we have all these years. You, our customers, have been important to us and we have made every effort to make products that you would be proud to put on your layout.
Don't forget we still have Alexander Scale Models and Stewart Products and can now spend time producing products that have been off the market and on the back burner plus the ones that exist in the line.
Duane & Marie
