Atlas Trainman 60' Passenger cars

My recollection is that Classic Toy Trains has done a review and a video. I have both 2 rail (L&N -1 combine and 4 coaches) and 3 rail (Burlington-all 4 coaches numbers) versions. The cars are lighted with interiors. They are not as detailed as the Zephyr cars. They are great for smaller layouts.

I have three of them in NYC colors, and I have no trouble recommending them.  Nicely detailed outside, LED lighting, detailed interiors.  And they'll take 036 curves with ease.  Only problem is, I'm still waiting for Atlas to produce a matching NYC observation car.

http://www.atlastrainman.com/F...o60passenger-obs.htm

http://www.atlastrainman.com/F...o60passengercars.htm

Atlas O is offering this one in their July-December catalog.

Jan

Southernfan56,

I did see the review at CTT Trains. There review is from about 4 or 5' away. I was hoping for some good close ups of the cars.

Thanks for all the positive comments. I am really leaning towards a Santa Fe or Rio Grande.

Hoping one day for some Cotton Belt, Frisco and MKT.

I reviewed these back on 5-20-16. 

POST link - with photos and review-

https://ogrforum.com/t...53#57883406202043053

Hi price, poor Quality with broken plastic roller assembly out of box. Cars don't track well, too light.      

Not recommended.

Jan posted:

Atlas O is offering this one in their July-December catalog.

Jan

Whoa, that is great news!  Thanks for the heads-up, Jan!

Where can I get a Lackawanna version of the obs. I have the rest of the set.

My local hobby shop had the Trainman as well as the Industrial Rail version of the NYC coach cars. I only wanted the coach and baggage cars. When I held up the two car next to each other they were exactly the same length. The window placement looked different. I was surprised and thought surly the IR version would be smaller but it didn't seem to be the case. I got the IR version because of price.

Silver Lake posted:

My local hobby shop had the Trainman as well as the Industrial Rail version of the NYC coach cars. I only wanted the coach and baggage cars. When I held up the two car next to each other they were exactly the same length. The window placement looked different. I was surprised and thought surly the IR version would be smaller but it didn't seem to be the case. I got the IR version

I have a Industrial Rail baggage car made a few years ago. Not a bad car at a decent price. The one issue it had was the coupler height was off by at least half the thickness of the coupler head. I was able to correct it but am curious if this car has the same issue or did Atlas correct this? 

I did not notice this problem on mine. 

I just received a new issue yesterday and found they corrected the coupler issue. Its actually a different design than the older cars had. Its an OK car but have to agree the detail is fragile. I bought it to make my Lionel commuter train a bit longer but don't plan to get any more. The Atlas car is a notch below the Lionel 18" cars in detail and lack the figures and cost more than I paid for my Lionel cars. I do like the choice in diaphrams though.

Pete

This is an older post but was wondering if Atlas ever made an L&N observation car in Trainman?

I have a few.  They look great, roll great but the couplers keep me from buying any more. 

"Hi price, poor Quality with broken plastic roller assembly out of box. Cars don't track well, too light."      

I don't have them, but I recall a friend having similar problems with his - plus they rocked back and forth on the truck bolsters. I saw that. 

His were early production, I think. He bought them new.

Good to know they made one.  I picked up the RPO, Baggage and two Coach cars at a good price and looking to get an Observation car to finish.