Atlas O ATSF "Q" logo hoppers

Good looking car. What's the "Q" stand for. thanks

russ

Q stands for Quality, as in Santa Fe Quality, was part of the Quality Management Programs in the 80's and early 90's... Everything focused around operational improvement programs, and Santa Fe was no exception having their own managing total quality or MTQ program.

Rich Montague posted:

I received my order of ATSF "Q" logo hoppers courtesy of Steve at Mr. Muffins trains . . . A subtle, but interesting, detail is the slight rectangular ghosting effect surrounding the "Q" logo, presumably to duplicate use of a decal on the real thing. Prototypical decal film. Imagine that.

Good for Atlas.  Yes, the Q really was on a clear rectangular film that was applied to the car.  I thought it was cheesy, but it really did exist.