What Would You Like To See from Atlas in 2012???

Atlas did such a great job with the Gundersons, I would like to see some scale die-cast double well cars!

Jim

I'll second the Alco HH660. I'll take mine in Boston and Maine/MaineCentral/Portland Terminal black with the red nose stripes.

Woodchip cars. Maine Central and the Bangor and Aroostook had lots of them.

Bangor and Aroostook 50' boxcars in any paint scheme except the "State of Maine" livery, which has been done to DEATH.

Bangor and Aroostook or Maine Central pulpwood racks.

Maine Central or Bangor and Aroostook F3s.

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Alco HH660

No! Not that ugly looking thing!

An ALCO T-6! A DL-440!

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Originally posted by MUEagle:
When I hit York I always speak with Atlas O about making more Milwaukee Road rolling stock. I also requested more Northern Pacific, Montana Rail Link, and Wisconsin Central.

I'm surprised Atlas O hasn't made a Montana Rail Link hopper. I'd swallow those up if they were made.

David

You must mean the MRL's fleet of Thrall Car 5150 Cu. Ft. 3-Bay Covered Hoppers that are similar to the Trinity 5161 Cu. Ft. 3-bay covered hoppers.

The MRL 50' Double Plugged-Door Box cars are close enough to the Berwick 60' Double plugged-door box car design that it has to be done with the Atlas O car, because it would be too expensive to make the short version of the car for just one railroad

Andrew

Falcon Service

The 62' Flat Cars with Bulkheads also in the original TTPX TT Trailer Train scheme for 1970's and 1980's scenes.



Andrew

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The complete Santa Fe El Capitan

To me the ultimate to me would be the Chief with the cars from foreign roads available like the 20th Century. The cars would be usable to make up a number of Santa Fe trains.

Next, I'd like to see a scale 1951 Super Chief, just like Walthers did it.
There would be more cars that could be used on other Santa Fe trains like the later Super Chief/El Capitan. There would then be Baggage and RPO cars for other trains, if they do it like Walthers did the HO version.

And lastly I would like Atlas to do at least one scale Santa Fe heavyweight coach with steam ejector air conditioning and all, which Walthers also did.

These cars were a scale 70ft (18") car. They came in green, two-tone gray, and shadow lined. There have never been any scale Santa Fe heavyweights made for 3 rail O. Everything that has been made did not have the characteristic channel that goes across the bottom of the car. And there are no heavyweight O gauge cars that have steam ejector air conditioning details on the roof.

I would really like to see the rest of the stuff that was supposed to be delivered in 2011.

Fred

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Originally posted by marker:
And lastly I would like Atlas to do at least one scale Santa Fe heavyweight coach with steam ejector air conditioning and all, which Walthers also did.

Put me down for 4 or 5.

Add a new order period if a product will be delayed for 6 months or more.

Andrew

Andrew, that sounds very good, but can they go back after their initial order with the manufacturer and adjust the numbers, in case a few more orders turn up? I don't know how that works...

STEAM,STEAM,ATEAM, Like Alco's, Baldwin's and Lima's. Any wheel arrangement.

How about some flex track right out to the max length that UPS will haul? Imagine a single piece of flex track that is 108"!!!

Dynameter car (sp?) - used t test steam engines
scale 3 dome and 2 come tank cars
IC side door caboose

Richard

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Originally posted by marker:
The rest of the California Zephyr.



More passenger trains for other roads.

A plated Santa Fe F3.

Did they ship those? Domecars or any Zephyr cars????

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Did they ship those? Domecars or any Zephyr cars????

Yes, about two weeks ago. Obviously that's how Marker was able to photograph them.

More Industrial Rail freight car designs but with a IDM price tag!

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Did they ship those? Domecars or any Zephyr cars????

Yes, about two weeks ago. Obviously that's how Marker was able to photograph them.

I was not aware of them shipping,. thought the photo came from Atlas

The Pullman-Standard Double-Door 86' Auto Parts box car could be offered in the TrainMan Line

The Pullman-Standard Quad-Door 86' Auto Parts box car could be offered in the Master Series

What would be great is if there were also an Industrial Rail version of the 86' Auto Parts Box car that could handle 36" curves. That 86' Auto Parts box car would have to be in S Scale proportions to fit in with the other Industrial Rail cars.

Andrew

Would love to see the following:

1) 86' auto parts box car

2) tri-level auto rack in three versions: open sides, corrugated sides, and enclosed.

3) 28' pup trailers in UPS, Yellow, Roadway, YRC, and ABF. 53' vans in FedEx Mulitmodal, 53' containers in Swift, Schneider, and Hunt (both red and green versions), and 53' U S Express trailers.

I'd like to see the F-40 and F-59 passenger engines that Atlas said they would make in 2011.

Also, I would like Atlas to list a price when then start takig order rather than just saying "TBA".

Tony
Up on "The D & H Bridge Line"

Good Day,

I appreciate their prototypical rolling stock but sometimes I like creative color schemes with some imagination. How about something new and bold for Atlas O................ color schemes that are not prototypical

Swafford Series.......presenting color schemes from the past with an inventive style on 21st Century Trinity 5161 Hoppers.

Slide Show: http://ogaugerr.infopop.cc/eve...3102703/m/5772908227

Regards,
Swafford

Frank,

What I would like to see offered are the Thrall Car 5150 Cu. Ft. 3-Bay Covered Hopper paint schemes on the very similar Trinity 5161 Cu. Ft. 3-Bay Covered Hoppers. Since it would take even more years to make a covered hopper that is extremely similar. Trinity took over Thrall Car.

Andrew

I would like to have 8000 gallon tank cars for caustic soda service.



I'll certainly be happy to see more Hooker Chemical cars. But I think it is time to show a little love to Penn Salt too. The Hooker and Penn Salt plants in Tacoma were just down the street from each other. We have had several Hooker tank cars from Atlas and others. If Atlas produces 11,000 gallon chlorine tank cars for Penn Salt in Tacoma I'll take four.

Ted
Atlas has made about 20 different variations of Hooker tank cars I beleive I have every one. I have to look to see if one is marked for Caustic soda

Parts for 50' 3R boxcars and a replacement pantograph for my AEM7, and a Maine Central light Pacific #470 with speed lettering, while I'm dreaming.

Ben

Atlas a done a bunch of Hooker tank cars for chlorine and anhydrous ammonia but none for caustic soda.

The process used by Hooker takes salt water (NaCl and H2O) and uses electricity to turn it into chlorine gas (Cl2), caustic soda (NaOH) and hydrogen gas (H2). The hydrogen can be combined with nitrogen from the atmosphere to make ammonia. Caustic is considered the most commercially valuable product of the chlor-alkali process.

Atlas has done Hooker versions of the 11,000 gallon and modern 90 ton chlorine tank cars. But they haven't done a Hooker 8,000 gallon caustic soda tank car. That was the common size for a caustic soda tank car on 50 ton trucks since 50% caustic weighs about 13 pounds a gallon. I have several of the chlorine and ammonia cars but I would like to compliment them with some caustic cars to represent the traffic from the Hooker and Penn Salt plants in Tacoma to paper mills and other customers in the west.

I could have sworn they did an 8000 gallon

I like this one

Petersen Supply has done 11,000 gallon tank cars in the red, black and white scheme lettered for the Tacoma and Niagara Falls plants and the 11,000 gallon cars have been done in the later orange and black paint schemes. All the 11,000 gallon cars have been appropriately labeled for chlorine or anhydrous ammonia.







But you can't make chlorine and ammonia without making caustic soda and the 8,000 gallon tank car is the right one for that product. Atlas hasn't done it yet. I hope they do in 2012.

Like a car/engine based on Pittsburgh and West Virginia RR. Have all that MTH has put out but always looking for more.

Has anyone sent a link to this thread to Atlas? I wonder if they're looking in at the ideas here...

The Dynamometer car was a great suggestion.

Atlas? Someone?

Here is a compromise instead of the longer Greenville High-Cube Double-Door 86' Box cars.

TrainMan O Scale: Greenville High-Cube Double-Door 60' Box Car

Industrial Rail S Scale on O Gauge trucks: Greenville High-Cube Double-door 60' Box Car

Put the schemes from the Double-door 86' Box Cars on the double-door 60' box cars. They are still long freight cars.

Andrew

Falcon Service.

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Originally posted by falconservice:

Industrial Rail S Scale on O Gauge trucks: Greenville High-Cube Double-door 60' Box Car

Andrew

Falcon Service.

I do wish people would stop referring to Industrial Rail as S Scale.

Traditional O, probably, but S scale it ain't...

Some things may be almost close, like the 4-4-2 is around 1/58th or so, but no cigar.

The only the exception was the Santa Fe style caboose that isn't made anymore.

Rusty

The way I understand it, Industrial Rail is supposed to be 027. It runs on 027/0 track, but in size is neither "traditional" (aka "6464" size) O Gauge nor S Gauge.

PRR EMD F3 Phase 2a or 2b in as delivered paint (green/1-stripe); 2b preferred. Separate sale A and B units with power and full sound.

PRR Alco PA/PB in as delivered paint (green/5-stripe). Separate sale A and B units with power and full sound.

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The way I understand it, Industrial Rail is supposed to be 027. It runs on 027/0 track, but in size is neither "traditional" (aka "6464" size) O Gauge nor S Gauge.

The only IR stuff I've ever bought were two bulkhead cars that I converted into helicopter cars, but they seemed very traditional size to me.

Jim

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The only IR stuff I've ever bought were two bulkhead cars that I converted into helicopter cars, but they seemed very traditional size to me.

I'm on my way to visit the LHS (and partake of my Sat. morning breakfast of complimentary donuts). If there's any IR there I'll see if the box says what scale and what it looks like.

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PRR Alco PA/PB in as delivered paint (green/5-stripe). Separate sale A and B units with power and full sound.

Atlas O has never done the PA, so that may be problematical. The same is true of the FA, which I'd like to see in Mid-South roadnames. But I'm not expecting it as I haven't seen much in Alco from them.

I think the chances of the PRR F3 are probably pretty decent.

Btw, am I the only one who's wondered about there being no engines in the most recent announcement?

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Originally posted by Ginsaw:
The way I understand it, Industrial Rail is supposed to be 027. It runs on 027/0 track, but in size is neither "traditional" (aka "6464" size) O Gauge nor S Gauge.

I love the O-27 and other non-scale "undersized" cars as it makes my layout consist seem bigger, because more cars in same space and reduces the dreaded overhang on curves and switches for us space challenged operators who don't have O-180 curves and turnouts and hundred foot tangents everywhere .

I'm still waiting for an FP7 don't understand what some manufactures are waiting on.

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