Atlas to no longer use thumbtack?

Sorry Kevin, I don't know.... Jerry made the comment..... maybe e-mail them..... there's an email link on their website.....

I had to put electrical tape on EACH of the thumbtacks on the Atlas O California Zephyr cars. I could not run them 5 feet without a short.

 

Sigh  .  .  .

I'm gonna miss those thumbtacks.

 

Like a f**t in a spacesuit.

 

Eliot 

Hidden coupler tabs..........................that would be great new!

 

Regards,

Swafford

I had the same problem as Eliot with my three Atlas NH passenger cars. I also taped the thumb tacks to stop the shorting.

I emailed Atlas and received this response (very quickly).......

 

Thanks for your input on desiring tab-less couplers being offered on Atlas 3-rail products. I don’t have a timeline I can give you at the moment on when these will become a part of our rolling stock offerings. We’ll make an announcement on our website at www.atlaso.com when we’ve finalized all the details with our supplier with the same holding true for the 060 steam locomotive, thanks.

 

Jerry Kimble

jkimble@atlaso.com

 

I got the current OGR mag the other day with the write up about the new Atlas California Zephyr  Passenger cars with the adjustable length couplers. Now that's what I'm talkin about.

Nothing looks as silly as a set of passenger cars where the diaphragms are a 1/2 inch away from each other . Glad somebody's using their head for more than a hat rack.

David 

This is what Atlas"O" should have done years ago. I only hope they use something like the new Lionel truck used on the scale cars of recent vintage. The thumbtacks they've been using need a hammer to close.......