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OldEastRR

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About those Atlas New Haven Trainmasters ....
« on: March 30, 2016, 03:15:36 PM »
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... this may be a good case for when pre-orders don't stack up the loco's not made. Four different numbers and a mythical paint scheme for a loco the railroad never owned? It's not like people have been wailing years for this like the K4, so I'm not seeing the point. I can't wait to hear what bbussey thinks ...
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Re: About those Atlas New Haven Trainmasters ....
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2016, 03:25:28 PM »
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Mythical is right.
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Re: About those Atlas New Haven Trainmasters ....
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2016, 03:34:02 PM »
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At least Brooklyn Locomotive Works mentions the Trainmasters were demoed by New Haven but not purchased.


Hmm... I can't imagine
anyone reserving all
three numbers...

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Re: About those Atlas New Haven Trainmasters ....
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2016, 03:35:37 PM »
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I wish I could get myself to buy the CNW ones because they look awesome in the artwork, but I've already got the shells to make the Baby Trainmaster they are supposed to stand-in for.

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Re: About those Atlas New Haven Trainmasters ....
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2016, 04:01:57 PM »
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They will get made, as New Haven is a very strong road for Atlas. I don't have a problem with them because Atlas is advertising them as a fantasy scheme. Where I have I problem is when a manufacturer puts out a fantasy model and promotes it as authentic.

New Haven did run the TM-1 and TM-2 demo models and contemplated putting an order in but never followed through. The Atlas scheme replicates the FM artwork that was proposed to the railroad. So while prototypical, it never was applied in practical use. Similar to the 50' checkerboard boxcar scheme and the black/white/yellow EP5 (although an EP5 did physically get painted in the scheme and wore it for a day or two).
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Re: About those Atlas New Haven Trainmasters ....
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2016, 05:24:20 PM »
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 :?
  its a wonder that BLI hasn't done the New Haven Centipedes yet ??
  oh,they are waiting for the new graphic artist to finish them.
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