Atlas PS-1 release 1 announced

[bbussey]

The first group of Atlas PS-1 40' boxcars w/7' sliding door have been announced.  An interesting mix of roads, but a lot to make many people happy while saving many of the bigger names (and schemes) for future releases.  Two road numbers each.  This appears to be the as-built group:

Boston & Maine (Brown/White)
Buffalo Creek (Brown/White/Black)
Cotton Belt (Brown/White/Blue)
Lehigh Valley (Brown/White/Black)
Maine Central (Brown/White)
Milwaukee Road (Brown/White/Black)
Rutland (Yellow/Green/Black)
Western Pacific (Brown/Yellow)

Pics on http://www.atlasrr.com/NFreight/n40ps1boxcar.htm

[wcfn100]

FWIW, the WP and aren't 'NEW' dates.


All three doors on the undecs along with all the brake wheels.   


Jason

[wcfn100]

For anyone looking at the undec.  Here's a list of roads with 7' doors.


BCK
BM
CG
CIL
CMO
CNW
ERIE
LV
MEC
MILW
NH
NKP
Rutland
SSW
TP&W
USAX
WP


Not sure if that's complete or not.

Jason

[Brakie]

It would be tempting to change eras since those will be great looking cars but,I'll pass.

Did anybody notice these new cars will have body mounted couplers?

[central.vermont]

Oh no, this first release is gonna be expensive  !!! At least five of them I will want.

Jon

[Mark5]

Did anybody notice these new cars will have body mounted couplers?

Yeah, it was discussed back in January from the Springfield announcement.

Mark

[Mark5]

Hmm, waiting to see pricing, but I'm considering unloading select Kadee/MTL cars and upgrading to the Atlas cars where it makes sense.

I am still gonna lower and body mount most of the KD/MT cars I already have, but as some of you might guess I can be lazy (or sometimes busy).

Mark

[Chris333]

Will the production run have straight stirrups?

Rob De Terrible

[towl1996]

Well, with an MSRP of $26.95, it's not going to be pretty.
                                                   
 All this bar raising is expensive. Thanks

[Chris333]

These are modern for me so I won't be buying a ton.

[MichaelWinicki]

Hmm, waiting to see pricing, but I'm considering unloading select Kadee/MTL cars and upgrading to the Atlas cars where it makes sense.

I am still gonna lower and body mount most of the KD/MT cars I already have, but as some of you might guess I can be lazy (or sometimes busy).

Mark

That's where I'm at. 

If there's some minor filing involved in order to lower an MT PS1, that's fine.  But if I need to remove all sorts of underneath stuff... Then probably not.

[Chris333]

They should be about $4 more than the ARA boxcars

[Puddington]

Atlas has adopted Kato's Eastern bias...wait, that's a Western bias... maybe it's an offset....aw, who the heck knows.....

I like those Mil. Rd cars.....

[bbussey]

I'd hold off on buying undecs, as all of those roads are on Atlas' target list.  It's just a matter of time before they all roll out, along with other variations.

An MSRP of only $26.95 is very good considering all of the variations that have been tooled for this model - multiple door types, door widths, roofs, brakewheels; separate ladders; new trucks; and etched roofwalk.  The street price still will be under $20.

This is a huge deal.  I'm glad the X58 was first by a few months so that the PS-1 doesn't steal its thunder!

[wcfn100]

An MSRP of only $26.95 is very good considering all of the variations that have been tooled for this model - multiple door types, door widths, roofs, brakewheels; separate ladders; new trucks; and etched roofwalk.  The street price still will be under $20.

Metal wheels too.  Are these new or have some other recent releases had this?


Jason