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I am a big fan of Atlas O.  Just added this to my collection and I am thrilled to have found it for a reasonable price.  Have a second one on the way for one my many passenger trains I am building one car at a time.  I have two of these domes painted for the Alaska Railroad scheme that I haven't quite figured out what to do with, and three sleepers in Amtrak (two 6-5s and a 16 section one).

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I have over 20 Atlas Horizon / Comet passenger cars, countless freight cars, AEM7/ ALP44 electrics in Amtrak, MARC, Septa, and NJT, three GP15s in Conrail and NS (I sold the UP one), a CNJ SD40, and a pair of gorgeous WM SD35s.  Not disappointed with any of it.

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Atlas Horizon coach on the left, GGD Amfleet on the right.

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On top of that I have a fairly decent collection of the "old" Atlas O from the 1970's that include numerous freight cars that are now in the Trainman line, 3 Plymouth DC powered switchers, and a legit 2-rail C&O F9.

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I won't go into detail about how extensive my collection of Atlas HO and N is, but for the time it was offered it was typically mid-range quality.  Not the best, but by far not the worst.  Especially true of the Rivarossi built N scale equipment of the 1970's.  Atlas makes good quality trains and has for many years.

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