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FWIW....Atlas has available in the catalog, more 2 rail stuff that ever.   Many ex-MTH items that were never made in 2 rail by MTH..like wrecking cranes, 2 bay airslide covered hoppers, 50' high cube box cars, scale test cars, F40's, P42's, amfleet cars, all door box cars, and theres a lot more .

Im just saying...believe me...other than a few special runs that I am doing with MTH, and a few items from Sunset/Golden Gate, no one else is making somewhat affordable 2 rail.   Im not asking anyone to buy what they dont want or need, but if 2 rail sales are low, Atlas will scale back making anything in 2 rail O gauge.  They are watching to see how this goes...

Thanks, and be safe out there...

beth

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AFAIK...all the 2 rail engines will work with straight DC.  They just need about 14 volts to get moving, cause all the electronics still powers up, and i believe u get the engine sounds, etc.

Also, I believe all the 2 rail engines have fixed pilots.  I wouldnt accept them from the mfgr if they didnt....

beth

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Im just saying...believe me...other than a few special runs that I am doing with MTH, and a few items from Sunset/Golden Gate, no one else is making somewhat affordable 2 rail.   Im not asking anyone to buy what they dont want or need, but if 2 rail sales are low, Atlas will scale back making anything in 2 rail O gauge.  They are watching to see how this goes...

There is a demand for Atlas 2-rail. If their website is to be believed a lot of the 2-rail offerings are sold out. They just can't meet demand because of factory issues that have been a source of delays and cancellations for the last dozen years or so.

I would not use the Atlas website as an indicator of whats available in Atlas 2 rail.  When they show  "sold out", that means they dont have any stock left to sell, or pre-orders left.  That DOES NOT mean that I, or any other dealer, is sold out.    I would check dealer websites to see whats available.    I could be wrong, but I think there are only 2 of us who are ordering extras, and stocking 2 rail...Atlas and MTH.

Merlyn Lauber usually orders extras in 2-rail. I'm not sure if Andy Petersen still does. I know he gets the occasional custom run like his 8K gallon Gibson Wine tank cars.

That's what I meant...that pre-ordered items are spoken for by dealers who either have customers who reserved an item or want to carry extra stock. I've missed pre-order deadlines in the past but have been able to reserve models after the fact because a dealer ordered extras. Just have to shop around.

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