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Dear HO Scale Modellers: Atlas has announced their new products for September, so here they are:


 

New Paint Schemes & Road Numbers!

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In the late 1940s, the design team at Fairbanks-Morse (FM) set out to develop an 8-cylinder 1,500-horsepower all-purpose road switcher using their opposed-piston diesel engine design. By September 1947 FM had produced the first H15-44 locomotive in the form of Demonstrator ?FM 1500?. The hood-unit style body included distinctive features such as slightly sloped ends, rounded corners, oval cab-side windows and a raised, rounded headlight base on each end.

The first purchaser of the H15-44 was Monon, who quickly bought both the demonstrator and the second unit built in December 1947. Three units were then built for Rio Grande before additional demonstrators were produced later in 1948. Before production ended in mid-1949, a total of 35 units had been built, with Jersey Central owning the most units (14 total).

By 1950 other builders had increased the horsepower of their competing road switchers, and FM responded with the 8-cylinder 1,600-horsepower H16-44 model. The earliest units were externally very similar to the previous H15-44. MKT 1591 was initially ordered as an H15-44, but was upgraded to 1,600hp during production.

The first true production H16-44s were ordered by Jersey Central. Several large railroads purchased this model, including Santa Fe, New York Central, Southern and Pennsylvania. A total of 99 units would be produced before production of the ?phase I? version ended in December 1952. FM continued to produce H16-44s with phase II and III body styles through 1963.

Our model represents the ?phase I? body style of both the H15-44 and H16-44 that was produced between 1947 and 1952. Options include FM or AAR truck side frames, high or low-mounted headlights, early or late-production phase 1 hoods and a removable fuel tank skirt.

MSRP:
$149.95
**Erie Lackawanna MSRP: $159.95
Estimated Delivery:
February 2007

Features:

  • Bi-directional red and green LED marker lamps that work in DCC and analog mode
  • Realistic die-cast underframe
  • Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
  • Directional lighting
  • Factory-equipped with AccuMate? knuckle couplers
  • Painted crew figures
  • Separately-installed scale windshield wipers and fine scale handrails
  • Separately-applied coupler cut levers and trainline hoses
  • Separately-applied fuel tank skirt as appropriate by railroad
  • Etched metal radiator grilles
  • AAR-B or FM-style truck sideframes as appropriate by railroad
  • 4-Function HO Dual-Mode? Decoder

AccuMate? couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.

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Item# Road Name Road Number
HO H15/16-44 Locomotives - New Paint Schemes!
(Early Body & Cab, w/Body Mounted Handrails)
9500 H15/16-44 Undecorated - Early Body & Cab, w/Body Mounted Handrails -
9576 FM Demonstrator (Two-Tone Green) 1500
9577 FM Demonstrator (Two-Tone Green) 1502
9578 FM Demonstrator (Two-Tone Green) 1503
9579 Long Island (Grey/Black) 1504
9580 Long Island (Grey/Black) 1507
9581 Long Island (Grey/Black) 1509
HO H15/16-44 Locomotives - New Paint Schemes!
(Early Body & Cab, w/Body & Sill Handrails)
9518 H15/16-44 Undecorated - Early Body & Cab, w/Body & Sill Handrails -
9582 Central of Georgia (Pullman Green/Gold) 104
9583 Central of Georgia (Pullman Green/Gold) 105
9584 Rio Grande (Black/Aspen Gold ) 150
9585 Rio Grande (Black/Aspen Gold ) 151
9586 Rio Grande (Black/Aspen Gold ) 152
HO H16-44 Locomotives - New Paint Schemes!
(Early Body/Square Window Cab, w/Body Mounted Handrails)
9519 H16-44 Undecorated - Early Body/Square Window Cab, w/Body Mounted Handrails -
9587 Penn Central (Black/White) 5158
HO H16-44 Locomotives - New Paint Schemes!
(Late Body/Square Window Cab, w/Body Mounted Handrails)
9521 H16-44 Undecorated - Late Body/Square Window Cab, w/Body Mounted Handrails -
9588 Erie Lackawanna** (Grey/Maroon/Yellow) 1934
HO H16-44 Locomotives - New Road Numbers!
(Late Body/Square Window Cab, w/Body Mounted Handrails)
9589 Santa Fe (Black/Silver "Zebra Stripes") 3010
9590 Santa Fe (Black/Silver "Zebra Stripes") 3012
9591 Santa Fe (Black/Silver "Zebra Stripes") 3017

 


 

 

New Road Numbers & Paint Schemes!

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Built by ACF in the late 1960's and early 1970's, this ready-to-run model comes in both smooth side and rib side versions as per the prototype.
Standard MSRP:
$22.95
Undecorated MSRP: $17.95
Estimated Delivery:
February 2007

Features:

  • A prototypically detailed body with realistic ladders, brake wheel and see-through end crossover walkway
  • Detailed die-cast metal underframe
  • Separate brake system
  • Air reservoir
  • Sliding door
  • AccuMate? couplers.
  • 70-ton roller-bearing trucks
  • Accurate painting and printing
AccuMate? couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.
Item# Road Name Road Number
HO 50' Precision Design Box Cars Smooth-Side Version
New Road Numbers!
1330 Undecorated -
1332-5 Illinois Central (Orange/Black)  11380
1332-6 Illinois Central (Orange/Black) 11390
1333-5   Louisville & Nashville (Blue/Yellow) 102736
1333-6   Louisville & Nashville (Blue/Yellow) 102926
1336-3 Western Maryland (Box Car Red/White) 35210
1336-4 Western Maryland (Box Car Red/White) 35250
HO 50' Precision Design Box Cars Smooth-Side Version
New Paint Schemes!
1343-1 MKT? (Green/Yellow) 1941
HO 50' Precision Design Box Cars Rib Side Version
New Road Numbers!
1350 Undecorated -
1361-3 Southern (Box Car Red/White) 527722
1361-4 Southern (Box Car Red/White) 527724
1363-3 Chicago & North Western? (Yellow/Black/Red) 155035
1363-4 Chicago & North Western? (Yellow/Black/Red) 155296
HO 50' Precision Design Box Cars Rib Side Version
New Paint Schemes!
1366-1 BNSF (Box Car Red/White) 722974
1366-2 BNSF (Box Car Red/White) 723034
1367-1 Conrail (Box Car Red/White/Yellow) 166754
1367-2 Conrail (Box Car Red/White/Yellow) 166863

 


New Paint Schemes & Road Numbers!

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Built by ACF? from 1940-1953, the 70-Ton Hart Ballast Cars were formally known as ?Hart Selective Service Ballast Cars?, due to the use of specially-designed doors which allowed the lading to be discharged one of three ways: to the center of the rails, to the center and sides of the rails, or to the side of the rails only.
Standard MSRP:
$19.95
Undecorated MSRP: $15.95
Estimated Delivery:
February 2007

Features:

  • Die-cast chassis
  • Ready-to-run
  • 70-ton friction-bearing trucks
  • Separately-applied side-dump doors which can be positioned open or closed
  • Separately-applied grab irons, coupler cut lever, train line hose, and air brake piping detail
  • Fully detailed interior, including cross-bracing and side stiffeners
  • AccuMate? Proto-Coupler ready (screws for Proto-coupler will be included in the packaging)
  • Accurate painting and printing

    Six unique road numbers are available per road name.

AccuMate? couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.

(Models from previous run and technical artwork shown)

Item# Road Name Built Date
Atlas HO 70 Ton Hart Ballast Car - New Road Numbers!
1150 Undecorated -
1151 Great Northern (Mineral Red/White/Black) 1953
1152 Louisville & Nashville* (Brown/White) 1947
  Atlas HO 70 Ton Hart Ballast Car - New Paint Schemes!
1166 Santa Fe (repaint) (Mineral Brown/White) 1944/1970
1167 Erie (Black/White) 1930
1168 MKT (Mineral Red/White) 1937
1169 Rio Grande (Black/White) 1946

 


 


(Model from previous run and technical artwork shown)

Based on a common prototype, Atlas' detailed HO Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge is now decorated for well-known railroads across the country. These bridges are made with the same high-quality construction you've come to expect from Atlas.
Standard MSRP:
$10.95
Estimated Delivery:
January 2007

Features:

  • Crisp painting and lettering
  • Highly detailed, prototypical look
(Models from previous run and technical artwork shown)
ITEM# DESCRIPTION
HO Code 100 Decorated Plate Girder Bridge - Back by Popular Demand!
890 Erie (Black/White)
891 New York Central (Silver/Black)
892 Rio Grande (Silver/Black)
893 Santa Fe (Black/White)
HO Code 100 Decorated Plate Girder Bridge - New Paint Schemes!
894 Delaware & Hudson (Black/White)
895 Lackawanna (Black/White)
896 New Haven (Black/White)
897 Nickel Plate Road (Black/White)
898 Southern Pacific (Silver/Black)
899 Union Pacific (Silver w/Red/White/Blue Logo)

 


 

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The first all-steel cabooses built for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad were produced in 1937 by the Magor Car Corporation in Clifton, N.J. Magor, along with St. Louis Car Company and ACF, ultimately built a total of 350 cabooses for the C&O using a similar design. The last were produced in 1949. Through subsequent rebuilding and modernization, many remained in service through the end of regular caboose usage in the 1980s. Cabooses of a similar design were also built for Pere Marquette, Missouri Pacific and Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
Standard MSRP: $12.95
Undecorated MSRP: $9.95
Estimated Delivery: October 2006

Features:

  • True scale dimensions with accurate details
  • Weighted, detailed underframes
  • Equipped with AccuMate? Knuckle Couplers
  • Trucks equipped with free-rolling metal wheels
  • Clear window inserts & separately applied side railings

AccuMate? couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.

Note: Items below with the letter "A" are considered the initial series of road numbers. Subsequent releases of a road name with a new road number will be indicated with a "B" or successive letters. This letter can be found in the bottom right hand corner of the label of each Trainman? product.

Item# Road Name Road Number
Atlas HO Trainman? C & O Style Cupola Caboose
New Paint Schemes!
(Matching the New RS32/36 Locomotives)
October 2006
1134A Chicago & North Western (Yellow/Green) 10801
1135A Chicago & North Western (Yellow/Green) 10804
1136A Delaware & Hudson (Red/White) 35703
1137A Delaware & Hudson (Red/White) 35704
1138A New York Central (Brown/White) 17560
1139A New York Central (Brown/White) 17577
Atlas HO Trainman? C & O Style Cupola Caboose
New Paint Schemes!
October 2006
1122A Chesapeake & Ohio (Red/White/Black) 90119
1123A Chesapeake & Ohio (Red/White/Black) 90280
1124A CP Rail (Yellow/Black/White) 437482
1125A CP Rail (Yellow/Black/White) 437486
1126A Norfolk Southern (Red/White) 555074
1127A Norfolk Southern (Red/White) 555518
1128A Santa Fe (Red/Yellow) 999957
1129A Santa Fe (Red/Yellow) 999965
1130A Southern Pacific (Brown/Orange) 320
1131A Southern Pacific (Brown/Orange) 324
1132A Pere Marquette (Red/White) A909
1133A Pere Marquette (Red/White) A920
Atlas HO Trainman? C & O Style Cupola Caboose
New Road Numbers!
October 2006
946B Burlington Northern 10282
947B Burlington Northern 10290
948B Chesapeake & Ohio 90200
949B Chesapeake & Ohio 90226
950B Chessie System 90244
951B Chessie System 90259
952B Conrail 19077
953B Conrail 19159
954B Union Pacific 25271
955B Union Pacific 25230
956B Virginian 311
957B Virginian 317
Atlas HO Trainman? C & O Style Cupola Caboose
Now Available!
945 Undecorated  
946A Burlington Northern 10288
947A Burlington Northern 10307
948A Chesapeake & Ohio 90203
949A Chesapeake & Ohio 90238
950A Chessie System 90241
951A Chessie System 90256
952A Conrail 19065
953A Conrail 19334
954A Union Pacific 25214
955A Union Pacific 25304
956A Virginian 300
957A Virginian 307

 


New Accessory!

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The hairpin fence was commonly used by railroads to keep people from crossing the tracks in station areas. This fence can also be used around parking lots, parks, cemeteries and homes.
Estimated Delivery:
November 2006

Features:

  • Easy to assemble
  • No glue required
  • Loop pickets
  • Spear finials
  • HO total length (if assembled together): 35.55"
Item# Description MSRP
774 HO Hairpin Sytle Fence $4.25

 

 


 

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