Atlas November N-Scale Announcements

[conrail98]

Ooh, blue and gold B&O GP30s ...

Phil

[jdcolombo]

Well, I figured that sooner or later one of the models I had done a sound conversion on would be offered with factory sound.

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=31880.0

Now I'll have to buy one so I can compare the factory sound to my effort from three years ago . . .

John C.

[brokemoto]

Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern  Maybe this is where they got the idea for the shortie obs.

The observation car is based on a CNJ prototype that ran on the Blue Comet.  Atlas did scrunch the car a bit to fit the rest of the cars.  I seem to recall, but am not sure, that the CNJ car is seventy or seventy five feet (at least one of them does survive) while the Atlas car is sixty five.

The coach and combine are based on C&NW prototypes, as are the Bachmann,  The B-mann open deck observation is simply a coach with an observation deck substituted for a vestibule at one end.  Atlas, to its credit, besed its observation on an actual prototype.   The other benefit of the observation is that its single window arrangement does make it a good, although expensive, donor for single window car bashing projects.

I forget on what the baggage and RPO car are based.

Finally, the transition piece.  Of all of the track-cum-roadbed out there, I always did like the looks of the Atlas the best.  Sadly for me, when I was constructing the Short Creek and Nopedale section of my pike, the transition piece was not available, thus I had to use a combination of Kato and B-mann.  Now, though, if I do add any more track-cum-roadbed, I can use the Atlas,

[Lemosteam]

You could really make a believable Polar Express out of that 5-car set.

Great Idea, need a and baggage car and 60' diner though for the Hot Chocolate car scene.  Diner could be kitbashed from a shortened MT diner.

[Atlas Paul]

If so, are the trucks, motor and fuel tank also the same as before? Would be nice for an easy swap.

Until we actually see one with the new chassis, I hesitate to answer one way or the other.  Theoretically the trucks and fuel tank should be the same. The motor/PCB interface will be changing, so I am not sure how that changeover will work.

[thomasjmdavis]

"The observation car is based on a CNJ prototype that ran on the Blue Comet.  Atlas did scrunch the car a bit to fit the rest of the cars."

Maybe so, but this does look a lot like it as well-
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[thomasjmdavis]

Oops, that was the old paint and lettering, I think the current paint scheme is here:

[basementcalling]

Until we actually see one with the new chassis, I hesitate to answer one way or the other.  Theoretically the trucks and fuel tank should be the same. The motor/PCB interface will be changing, so I am not sure how that changeover will work.

GP30s used to be my favorite engines back when I thought I wanted to model the early second generation of diesels in the 1960s.

I remember these being the first Atlas models to have the black outline around the red UP numbers and lettering. Cool stuff way back in the early emergence of consistent quality N scale products. The mechs weren't made with DCC in mind, but I haven't run my Geep 30s in a decade probably as I moved to a more modern era.

[rdg5308]

Did anyone catch the video this morning that Atlas posted on Facebook showing a new SD60e with sound?  Seems to have vanished and I know I didn't dream it.

[GhengisKong]

Do we find out in December what the second, all new, never before released in N-scale locomotive will be?

[bnsfdash8]

Did anyone catch the video this morning that Atlas posted on Facebook showing a new SD60e with sound?  Seems to have vanished and I know I didn't dream it.

I saw it too.

Screenshot from my phone:

[John]

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[mu26aeh]

Standard MSRP:
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3 pack John 

[basementcalling]

Do we find out in December what the second, all new, never before released in N-scale locomotive will be?

wouldn't the sd60e count for that?

[ryan_wilkerson]

Thank you for the info Paul. Looking forward to seeing what it looks like inside!
-Ryan

Until we actually see one with the new chassis, I hesitate to answer one way or the other.  Theoretically the trucks and fuel tank should be the same. The motor/PCB interface will be changing, so I am not sure how that changeover will work.