Atlas O and ERR boards?

I "think", but obviously I'm not sure, that Lionel is still supplying the OEM's they have for TMCC and Railsounds stuff.

Seems I recall that when the ERR shutdown was announced, there was information that Lionel would be continuing to supply Atlas O with ERR products. There was a question from some as to why, if Lionel was continuing to supply Atlas O (and therefore have a manufacturing source for the ERR boards), why they were stopping supply to retail customers.

In addition, the information was that Lionel would continue to supply ERR boards to 3rd Rail as well as Atlas. Curious how that ended up. 3rd Rail as a ERR dealer now supplies itself with ERR products? With new ERR production delays from 3rd Rail, how would 3rd Rail supply ERR products to it's own products being produced in the meantime? Perhaps part of the deal was that Lionel would continue to supply 3rd Rail until the new production supply is up and running?

I "think", but I'm not sure, that it was stated in one of the topics that the OEM boards are the same as the consumer boards but without the screw downs for the leads.  I believe that it was also stated that 3rdRail would provide the OEM boards to Atlas.  It doesn't make sense that Lionel would continue making Cruise Commander boards just for Atlas.

Jan

Jan posted:

I "think", but I'm not sure, that it was stated in one of the topics that the OEM boards are the same as the consumer boards but without the screw downs for the leads.  I believe that it was also stated that 3rdRail would provide the OEM boards to Atlas.  It doesn't make sense that Lionel would continue making Cruise Commander boards just for Atlas.

Jan

That makes more sense, although I know it was mentioned that Lionel would continue to supply the product to Atlas and 3rd Rail but not outside consumers. Lionel may have had enough stock to see Atlas and 3rd Rail through until the new supplier for 3rd Rail was on line. If 3rd Rail hadn't picked up the ERR line, though, I wonder what would have happened.