WOW! Atlas showing U33B and U36B on home page

[u18b]

I just saw it on their home page.
There will be much weeping  (most with joy, Conrail fans with sadness).
It is also now on their delivery schedule.


This has been a huge need in N scale.

(lot of other goodies in the catalogue too.)

https://download.atlasrr.com/0524MCPDF/MAY2024HON100thVOL3MSRPOnly.pdf

https://shop.atlasrr.com/default.aspx

[wazzou]

I'm going to be the guy that says I wish it were a U28B and/or a U30B, but happy for you nonetheless.

[mu26aeh]

Build/design it yourself, and some manufacturer will come along and do it RTR

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=57907.0

[jagged ben]

Build/design it yourself, and some manufacturer will come along and do it RTR

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=57907.0

I was about to say this is only because of that other thread. 

Near miss for me: a U36C would have my wallet running scared.

[Missaberoad]

My Rock Island fleet is looking good these days! 

[u18b]

I'll be looking forward to 3D designers making extras.

MATE  (a U36B sort of a slug)

L-shaped window.  CSX 5753 had A/C and an L-shaped window.

[samusi01]

Almost, but not quite: the U33C is one of my looked-after locomotives. Wallet marked safe today.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

U33/36B models come with ESU's E24 connector too. This could be a sign that the SCL/Auto Train light clusters are fully functional.

[sp org div]

I posted in the other thread but
Whats up with the sound trax hiccup on the SD45 and now back to my preferred ESU decoder?

[C855B]

Heh. It seems like Atlas must be on an anti-Kato/anti-ScaleTrains kick. No Western roads were harmed in the planning for these particular models.

[eja]

OK, here is the obligatory thread drift.....

I think that Atlas' historian has incorrectly captioned the photo of their in their anniversary catalogue. 

Page 7 say the photo on the left shows the "Front view of the Atlas Headquarters at 378 Florence Ave. in Hillside, NJ - 1959". However the the car on the left in the photo sure looks like the back of a 1971 Chevrolet Biscayne to me.


https://www.google.com/search?q=1961+chevrolet+biscayne+rear+view&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=d669033b40b15054&ei=xXVNZu7mE7nLkPIP28eOkAY&ved=0ahUKEwiu3aiSt6CGAxW5JUQIHdujA2IQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=1961+chevrolet+biscayne+rear+view&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiITE5NjEgY2hldnJvbGV0IGJpc2NheW5lIHJlYXIgdmlldzIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAFI7DZQ1A1YkDRwAXgBkAEAmAFyoAGjBqoBAzkuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCC6AC1AbCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHwgINEAAYgAQYsAMYQxiKBcICBRAAGIAEwgIGEAAYFhgewgIIEAAYFhgeGA_CAggQABgWGAoYHsICBRAhGKsCwgIFECEYnwWYAwCIBgGQBgqSBwQxMC4xoAfqPA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp


Anyone agree, disagree, or even care?

[kiwi_al]

Build/design it yourself, and some manufacturer will come along and do it RTR

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=57907.0

Yes but there exceptions: EMC SC built, EMD GP40X (ATSF / BNSF) built, SD38-2 built, SF30B & SF30C (nearly built), CF7 (Randy has been building them) - there will be a lot more
However I did kitbash several SDP40F locos - along came Kato with it's version and a kitbashed U25C and along came Arnold with it's version. One of my failures seemed to shape the ether with a model being produced - RSD15 Alligator and along came BLI with their one..... Hmm too many along came Jones!!!

[nkalanaga]

C855B:  Other than RI, did any western roads buy a U33/36B?

[lock4244]

C855B:  Other than RI, did any western roads buy a U33/36B?

Nope, only the six axle versions.

[Bruce Archer]

Yes but there exceptions: EMC SC built, EMD GP40X (ATSF / BNSF) built, SD38-2 built, SF30B & SF30C (nearly built), CF7 (Randy has been building them) - there will be a lot more
However I did kitbash several SDP40F locos - along came Kato with it's version and a kitbashed U25C and along came Arnold with it's version. One of my failures seemed to shape the ether with a model being produced - RSD15 Alligator and along came BLI with their one..... Hmm too many along came Jones!!!

I know how you feel. I jazzed up several Life-Like original GP-38-2s, then Kato released theirs, and then Atlas released theirs. And I bashed several GP-39-2s, and Atlas released theirs. I started to redo a Mehano C-420 and started a C-628 and , yup, Atlas did theirs. Now the U33B.......I have done a couple of U33Cs, who is going to release them?

Bruce