Atlas CZ dome cars

I have the conductor window dome on order and they are not out yet.

Mikey

I dont have the conductors window, last I heard about a month ago, they were on the water but thats not hard proof.

Well.... FWIW, the Atlas-O website shows the container(s) with these jewels shipped on 4/27/2016... and there's typically a 6-8 week lag between stuff departing the Chinese docks and Atlas-O shipping product to their dealers.  If you do the math, we're just about nearing the time Atlas-O should be shipping CZ product to their dealers... then dealers ship to us...  so perhaps early- to mid-July if we don't get caught up in Atlas-O's "summer vacation"?

David

Yup, then all us guys who have been ordering these cars for 6 years will have a full set and then just to rub it in that we were loyal for 6 years buying these cars and making the project a reality they'll sell them as a complete set all at once.

Good luck on those waiting for full CZ sets and matching diesel power, based on past production that shapes up to be a long wait, JMO

Rocky Mountaineer posted:

Well.... FWIW, the Atlas-O website shows the container(s) with these jewels shipped on 4/27/2016... and there's typically a 6-8 week lag between stuff departing the Chinese docks and Atlas-O shipping product to their dealers.  If you do the math, we're just about nearing the time Atlas-O should be shipping CZ product to their dealers... then dealers ship to us...  so perhaps early- to mid-July if we don't get caught up in Atlas-O's "summer vacation"?

David

The current container report [www.atlasrr.co/containershipping.htm] showing these products has a 5/30/16 date, is this the balance of the models being produced or the real date?

I already have all of the CB&Q cars except the last one and I have the PRR sleeper as well,  and I bought Lionel F3's seeing as they were like $400 cheaper for a full set. Even if I dont get the last dome, nobody would ever notice

I have 3 CZ Domes coming from Petersen, which will complete my 11 car consist unless I can pull a Silver River out of the hat.  Andy says they will be on my porch by July 1st.  He has been spot on over the years.  We'll see?  About 20 years ago I bought a Williams scale DRG&W PA ABA NIB in a York parking lot for $150 with no plans for it.  When Atlas announced the CZ deal I took it out and found it underpowered.  I have now repowered both A units and it pulls like a dream.  It pulls my 11 car El Capitan at grade on my club with ease.  I can power the B unit if I need to.  I'm pretty confident that it will handle the CZ.  If not I'll power the B.  My cars are a mixed bag like the real CZ, but heavy on DRG&W.  At this point I have less than $300 invested in the power.  Not like I have not spent a bunch elsewhere, but you have to a W once in awhile.

I have 3 CZ Domes coming from Petersen, which will complete my 11 car consist unless I can pull a Silver River out of the hat.  Andy says they will be on my porch by July 1st.  He has been spot on over the years.  We'll see?  About 20 years ago I bought a Williams scale DRG&W PA ABA NIB in a York parking lot for $150 with no plans for it.  When Atlas announced the CZ deal I took it out and found it underpowered.  I have now repowered both A units and it pulls like a dream.  It pulls my 11 car El Capitan at grade on my club with ease.  I can power the B unit if I need to.  I'm pretty confident that it will handle the CZ.  If not I'll power the B.  My cars are a mixed bag like the real CZ, but heavy on DRG&W.  At this point I have less than $300 invested in the power.  Not like I have not spent a bunch elsewhere, but you have to a W once in awhile.

Man, how I wish they'd made either of these as they're well-travelled cars on the West coast:

I rode one this behind 4449 from Vancouver to Tacoma for the NRHS convention. My seat was at the third rounded window from the left-

I rode this car over Stampede and Stevens passes in 2011

I don't model 3-rail but I must admit it'd be cool to have either of these 'under glass' on the wall of my layout room anyway...

I really wanted a silver solarium in CB&Q but I had to settle for an unlettered on and customs decals. When I was 16 my family rented the whole car for a round trip from St Paul to Glenwood Springs CO. Best family vacation ever, we have so many stories from putting 13 kids and 5 adults in that train car. I think the porter on that trip has some stories too but I'm sure he doesn't think it was as fun as we did

Sounds like fun to me, Matt. When was this trip taken?

Jon, that was 1994

Maybe 1993, I'll have to ask

Update,my conductor window car is in transit from Public Delivery Track.

Mikey