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Ponz posted:

I'm seeing a lot of this on eBay auctions for Atlas Cars:

Each car features die-cast metal or plastic trucks, operating knuckle couplers, metal wheels and axles.

So - are the trucks metal or plastic??

I believe that depends on the specific Atlas car line, i.e. the Atlas "Gold Line" cars would have metal trucks, while the lesser scale line (can't remember the Atlas name for them) might have plastic trucks. All the Atlas "top of the line" cars I have are all metal trucks.

Ponz

 

OLD Atlas rolling stock ( I believe this was from Germany) did have all plastic trucks, wheels, and couplers. Notice the vertical plastic "peg" on the coupler; easy to spot.  In general, they sell cheap on eBay. They are scale, and when Weaver was in business, I converted more than a few of these to Weaver trucks.

They fall WAY short of the high-end offerings by Atlas today.

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Gilly@N&W posted:

OLD Atlas rolling stock ( I believe this was from Germany) did have all plastic trucks, wheels, and couplers. Notice the vertical plastic "peg" on the coupler; easy to spot.  In general, they sell cheap on eBay. They are scale, and when Weaver was in business, I converted more than a few of these to Weaver trucks.

They fall WAY short of the high-end offerings by Atlas today.

s-l1600

Good info. Thank you Gilly.

Ponz 

Gilly@N&W posted:

OLD Atlas rolling stock ( I believe this was from Germany) did have all plastic trucks, wheels, and couplers. Notice the vertical plastic "peg" on the coupler; easy to spot.  In general, they sell cheap on eBay. They are scale, and when Weaver was in business, I converted more than a few of these to Weaver trucks.

They fall WAY short of the high-end offerings by Atlas today.

s-l1600

Close: Made in Austria by Roco. 

Plus, Bev-Bel sold undecorated kits after Atlas dropped the line and Petersen Supply also sold custom decorated cars.

Still, they are very nice cars for their time and nothing to sneeze at.  At $7.00 MSRP, even in 1971 they were a bargain.

Rusty

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I have a couple of the Pecos River 50 ft, double door boxcars. They are almost identical to Atlas Masterline boxcars. The trucks are identical, the Pecos River car details (like grab irons) seem to me to be a bit more robust than Atlas, and the under frame detail is much better on Atlas (Pecos River under frames are pretty basic). They look to me they were designed by the same people and made in the same factory.

Ken

kanawha posted:

I have a couple of the Pecos River 50 ft, double door boxcars. They are almost identical to Atlas Masterline boxcars. The trucks are identical, the Pecos River car details (like grab irons) seem to me to be a bit more robust than Atlas, and the under frame detail is much better on Atlas (Pecos River under frames are pretty basic). They look to me they were designed by the same people and made in the same factory.

Ken

Thanks Ken.  Good info. I haven't see the word "Masterline" on any boxes yet.

Ponz

Ponz posted:
kanawha posted:

I have a couple of the Pecos River 50 ft, double door boxcars. They are almost identical to Atlas Masterline boxcars. The trucks are identical, the Pecos River car details (like grab irons) seem to me to be a bit more robust than Atlas, and the under frame detail is much better on Atlas (Pecos River under frames are pretty basic). They look to me they were designed by the same people and made in the same factory.

Ken

Thanks Ken.  Good info. I haven't see the word "Masterline" on any boxes yet.

Ponz

Masterline is the regular delineation of the line, also have trainman and industrial rail.

 

They also have 1 item in the "founders" series as well.

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