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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #30 on: March 15, 2012, 01:05:01 AM »
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #31 on: March 15, 2012, 02:58:51 AM »
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Yeah I think it has to be tender drive. And yeah the drivers suck, but compared to what? Looks like the tender trucks are solid (no pivot) It is so short I don't think it matters.

I know I want one. 

Who will be the first to ask how to put MT's on the front...  lol
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #32 on: March 15, 2012, 09:34:44 AM »
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* Iain has visions of Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley dancing in his head.
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #33 on: March 15, 2012, 09:43:32 AM »
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These will come in handy if I ever model Disneyland on the M&O :)
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #34 on: March 15, 2012, 10:04:13 AM »
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Quote from: daniel_leavitt2000 on March 14, 2012, 10:15:49 PM
That has to be a tender drive engine.

Motor in the tender, yes, but the tender wheels are not driven. Assuming the photo is of a real model as opposed to some pre-production mock-up, look closely: the tender axles have no gears. I suspect they used the same configuration as Bmann. And when you think about it, that's about the only practical way to power a model with these proportions, and remain affordable.
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #35 on: March 15, 2012, 10:25:42 AM »
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Quote from: John on March 15, 2012, 09:43:32 AM
These will come in handy if I ever model Disneyland on the M&O :)

You mean Big Thunder Mountain?



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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #36 on: March 15, 2012, 10:39:46 AM »
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Scenic railroad of any era works for me .
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #37 on: March 15, 2012, 11:30:23 AM »
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I think the logic here is that Atlas had little to offer in the Christmas layout market, where Bachmann was cleaning their clock. We should expect some old-timey coaches 'tween now and October, and a boxed set around then.
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #38 on: February 18, 2013, 10:13:06 AM »
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My un-lettered 4-4-0's came the other Saturday , geez that spoke relief looks to be 1/4th the thickness of what I thought . Has anybody come up with a mod that makes it deeper than a brushed coat of paint ? 
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #39 on: February 18, 2013, 11:19:01 AM »
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Quote from: up1950s on February 18, 2013, 10:13:06 AM
My un-lettered 4-4-0's came the other Saturday , geez that spoke relief looks to be 1/4th the thickness of what I thought . Has anybody come up with a mod that makes it deeper than a brushed coat of paint ?

Soon.
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #40 on: February 18, 2013, 11:44:43 AM »
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #41 on: February 18, 2013, 12:42:37 PM »
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #42 on: February 18, 2013, 01:18:07 PM »
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I have the painted, but undecorated version. Item #40-000-465. Very nice looking.
I have seen it lettered with old style Microscale decal letters/numbers, hope to do same to mine.
Will head my MTL B&O Civil War train.
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #43 on: February 18, 2013, 02:22:22 PM »
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Re: New Atlas N-Scale 4-4-0 confirmed
« Reply #44 on: February 18, 2013, 05:18:22 PM »
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I'm currently working on DCC installation writeup (which is destined to become a magazine article).  ;)

I'll post some photos of the models underside. It is tender-motor loco (with drive shaft powering the loco's drivers). Same design as the Bachmann 4-4-0.

Some people use "tender-drive" to describe this type of model. To me tender-drive is a loco which has a motor in the tender which powers the tender wheels. The locomotive itself is a free-rolling dummy being pushed along by the tender (and pickup electricity). Lots of Fleischman models are designed like that.
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