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RAILCAT

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Did Atlas ever make trains in the USA?
« on: September 18, 2012, 11:46:56 AM »
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Did Atlas ever make trains in the USA?

With the problems Atlas (and others) had with their suppliers in China
I just wondered whether they actually made trains in the USA or have they always outsourced production.
Exactrail seem to tool and mould their plastics in the USA and then send them to China for painting and assembly.

Is that not an option for Atlas and others.?
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Re: Did Atlas ever make trains in the USA?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2012, 11:56:10 AM »
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I can't swear to it, but I think Atlas manufactured their freight cars in the US at one time. Someone who knows for sure will probably reply soon.


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Re: Did Atlas ever make trains in the USA?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2012, 12:24:22 PM »
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Quote from: RAILCAT on September 18, 2012, 11:46:56 AM
Did Atlas ever make trains in the USA?

With the problems Atlas (and others) had with their suppliers in China
I just wondered whether they actually made trains in the USA or have they always outsourced production.
Exactrail seem to tool and mould their plastics in the USA and then send them to China for painting and assembly.

Is that not an option for Atlas and others.?

Exactrail hasn't done this before.  They've just bought their own tooling CNC machine so they can bring tooling in-house.

Also, keep in mind the cost differences.  Exactrail products run $25-40.  And they're direct-to-consumer.   Atlas products run $17-25, and they sell wholesale, so they're really selling them for more like $10-15.  So Exactrail is running a potential cost rate that's fully DOUBLE what Atlas can manage with their pricing.
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Re: Did Atlas ever make trains in the USA?
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2012, 01:18:48 PM »
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Up until about 1995, we did produce N scale freight cars in house.  Locomotives were never done in the US. 

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