Just got an email from Atlas. They are offering a Ukraine box car with proceeds going to the Ukraine effort. I must say it is a colorful offering. Nothing political or vulgar is refreshing. I am thinkin' I'm going to order one. Forgive me if someone has already posted about this offering.
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please post or message the Atlas email to me.
John Nagurney
Here is the announcement. I’m glad to see ALL the profit going to relief efforts vs others that are only donating a few bucks for Ukrainian cars. This is true philanthropy instead of profiting from a custom car based on this horrible war. They’ve got my order.
My mother in law (100% Ukrainian) would say they did it correctly because they included the crest.
I ordered two.
I’ll be putting in an order for one. Very tastefully done.
Definitely will get one.
@jini5 posted:... Nothing political or vulgar is refreshing. ...
MTH could learn something from this. Not holding my breath for that, though.
Love it! Ordered one.
Can someone post a link to order as I can not seam to find it? Thanks
@DL posted:Can someone post a link to order as I can not seam to find it? Thanks
Erick Train Man,My wife and her family are all Ukies
Its not a crest it's a Tryzub,you should know that
As soon as my wife saw the hippie peace sign see said no.
Also the national flower is the sunflower,and I think that is what is supposed to be around the peace sign,which looks horrible.
I Have O and my wife has N, If that car was just like it is but with a slightly larger Tryzub and no peace sign she would have got it in a minute
I see your from Boothwyn,do you go to the Tryzub Ukrainian American Sport Center folk festival in August every year?
We go every year(except for the last two)
Thought these were nice, but would have preferred the same 50' boxcar they used for ho/n scale
I do not normally buy this type of product but this one appeals to me. Now to figure out just which OGR sponsor to order from!
@PRRMP54 posted:I do not normally buy this type of product but this one appeals to me. Now to figure out just which OGR sponsor to order from!
Ordered mine from TrainWorld 🌎. The link below will take you right to it.
@DL posted:Can someone post a link to order as I can not seam to find it? Thanks
TrainWorld is a little cheaper. https://www.trainworld.com/pre...e-peace-edition.html
I commend Atlas for donating all profits to Ukraine relief efforts, but don't understand that if folks truly want to support Ukraine why don't they just donate an equal amount to the cost of the rolling stock directly to relief efforts??? This same thought applies to the MTH cars as well.
-Greg
I don’t think we can assume who has or hasn’t already donated money for the cause but I do think it’s a good thing for the train community that we care and are proud to run and display cars that show our support. Train clubs get a lot of traffic from open house events and I think folks would appreciate seeing cars like it. A few sales of box cars aren’t going to solve all the problems but every little bit…..
@Chris Lonero posted:Ordered mine from TrainWorld 🌎. The link below will take you right to it.
Thank you. That one is for the three-rail one and Trainworld does not list the two-rail one; at least a product number search on their site shows "no results found".
@PRRMP54 posted:Thank you. That one is for the three-rail one and Trainworld does not list the two-rail one; at least a product number search on their site shows "no results found".
Mr Muffin ordered 2-rail Atlas engines for me (before Atlas cancelled the runs). So, maybe give Steve a call?
@PRRMP54 posted:I do not normally buy this type of product but this one appeals to me.
Same with me. I'll put it on a shelf.
I keep politics and all the other miserable garbage away from my hobbies, but I will be happy to display this.
@jini5 posted:Just got an email from Atlas. They are offering a Ukraine box car with proceeds going to the Ukraine effort. I must say it is a colorful offering. Nothing political or vulgar is refreshing. I am thinkin' I'm going to order one. Forgive me if someone has already posted about this offering.
I bought one, too.
@Chris Lonero posted:I don’t think we can assume who has or hasn’t already donated money for the cause but I do think it’s a good thing for the train community that we care and are proud to run and display cars that show our support. Train clubs get a lot of traffic from open house events and I think folks would appreciate seeing cars like it. A few sales of box cars aren’t going to solve all the problems but every little bit…..
Well said.
My only disappointment with the Atlas offering is the projected delivery date - December 31, 2022. I understand that lead times are long, but perhaps these cars could have been decorated here in the US - I would be willing to pay a higher price in order to get it faster. I fear that by the time we can display the car, it will be after Ukraine is destroyed and it will feel like a cruel joke whenever I look at it.
Received my Atlas 1991 Ukrainian Relief Boxcar today, a month early. It will look great running under my tree.
Yesterday's NY Times magazine section had an inspiring article on the Ukrainian Railroad system and how it is able to operated during Russia's unlawful invasion.
Now, I just need some passenger cars for a refugee train!
@Lad Nagurney posted:Received my Atlas 1991 Ukrainian Relief Boxcar today, a month early. It will look great running under my tree.
Yesterday's NY Times magazine section had an inspiring article on the Ukrainian Railroad system and how it is able to operated during Russia's unlawful invasion.
Now, I just need some passenger cars for a refugee train!
Who did you order it from? I ordered one from Trainworld, along with two copies of the HO version - my order is still waiting.
@Lad Nagurney posted:
Looks great! Cant wait to get mine from Hennings Trains!
Mine came from Atlas Directly. It was shipped last Thursday. I assume that the dealers' orders were shipped at the same time.
I ended up not getting one for several reasons but the main one is that peace symbol emblazoned in the center of the flower.
A reminder that this topic borders on potential political comment....resist the temptation.
In the mini-catalog that Atlas handed out at Trainfest, it says that the O-gauge version is available now, but the HO and N versions are due in December. Hoping that they make it before Christmas, as I'm giving one of the HO cars as a gift.
I ordered directly from Atlas and received mine last week.
Take the world back 100+ years. Baldwin Locomotive works was heavily involved, producing a steam locomotive for far eastern Europe. There was a revolution, the U.S. government stepped-in, to keep Baldwin solvent. MTH had done that locomotive model.
20+ years ago, when my family was in school, then college, there was a globe, I did a daily/weekly, ?? Find it ??. My guess, from my personal experience, most, would not know the location of Ukraine, or Russia, on a globe, or a map. IMO, Mike CT.
New word, ..... holodomor...... A quick google search, revealed a lot of information.
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