Atlas F7 Tooling Update

Atlas O F7 Tooling Update

Dear Atlas O Customer,

If you can believe it, the F7s just got even better! Confirmation has been received that the following tooling adjustments will be included on Atlas’ recently announced run of Atlas Master O F7 Locomotives:

Santa Fe nose headlight – New tooling for the full-size headlight on the nose door of the Santa Fe version.
Fuel Tank – This applies to all F7s. The fuel tank is being retooled to have the correct height. This will also be available as a separate part to retrofit older models, including prior runs of F2s and F3s.
Passenger Pilot – This new tooling will be used as appropriate per road name. On this run, it will be used with the PRR F7A models.
PRR Trainphone Antenna – The new part will also be used on the PRR models (A-units only, per the prototype).

Click here to see the attached flyer for illustrations of these tooling adjustments.

In addition to the tooling adjustments listed above, chrome plating will be used on the side panels of the Santa Fe Warbonnet F7 to reflect the polished stainless steel of the prototype.

The final ordering deadline for this model is Monday 5/18/15. Please have your order in to your Atlas O dealer by then.

Thank You.

5/12/152:33 PM

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Ron HOGR Forum Member

Is there any way to get a Santa Fe freight blue and yellow cigar band edition. Special order maybe???

Ron H.

5/12/153:32 PM

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markerOGR Forum Member

Arthur - Many thanks for the response to customer requests. I'm sure these new modifications will greatly enhance the F7.

I'm especially glad that you are recasting the fuel tank.

As a Santa Fe fan, and someone that ordered the F7, I appreciate the nose headlight modifications. It's something I wanted but never expected.

I can't praise Atlas enough for its efforts to improve it's product. Very exciting!

5/12/154:02 PM

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SantaFeJimOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by Ron H:

Is there any way to get a Santa Fe freight blue and yellow cigar band edition. Special order maybe???

Ron H.

Mr. Muffin is working behind the scenes on getting that done as a "special order". He was taking a poll two months ago to see if he could guarantee enough orders to make it happen. Contact him directly and tell him you are interested.

There is also something BIG that another party is working on with Atlas, but I can not mention it. Keep your fingers crossed, and monitor the Forum for breaking news.

5/12/157:40 PM

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Ron HOGR Forum Member

Thanks Jim.

I've already ordered ATSF freights from 3rd rail, bur need some more.

Ron

5/12/159:38 PM

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PGentieuOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER

Click here to see the attached flyer for illustrations of these tooling adjustments.

Is there a way we could get to see "the attached flyer?" Or is it only available to people on an email list?

5/13/158:54 PM

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SPSFOGR Forum Member

http://www.atlaso.com/of7.htm

5/13/1510:23 PM

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PGentieuOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER

Thank you, SPSF. Much appreciated.

5/14/158:19 PM

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Jerry KimbleOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

All,

Atlas would like to thank everyone that ordered one of our F7 locomotives. We had enough orders to make the production run before we extended the deadline with the tooling upgrades, but we were stunned by how many additional orders we’ve received.

My thank you message was going to include that we had locked down the orders and if you were still on the fence now would be a good time to make a decision as we would be operating strictly off of the cushion that was ordered for each road. Guess what, the orders continue to arrive so the boss has decided to celebrate “Memorial Day” by continuing to leave the orders open through May 26^th when we really will close out the order cycle.

Hey I ordered mine being the huge Santa Fe fan that I am, 5 to be exact as I don’t do dummies. I’ll be the only dummy in my MU’d F7 locomotives and proud of that fact as one body will be switched with an extra powered unit purchased to give me an all powered ABBA set. Now I know that’s more information than most of you want or needed to know, but I just wanted everyone to know I’m just as excited over these as most of you are and again I/we say thank you!

Jerry Kimble

jkimble@atlaso.com

1-908-687-9590 ext. 7118

Atlas Model Railroad Company

Coordinator Sales/Marketing/Product Development

5/20/152:00 PM

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Rob PisaniOGR Forum Member

It has been a while since we sent out any updates on the F7 project. We just received some samples of the new fuel tank and "passenger pilot" tooling from the factory and though we should share some photos. Note that the F3 shown here is from an earlier run. It was equipped with the bare-metal parts for testing purposes only.