New Atlas O Catalog?

I just received the new ATLAS O Catalog about 5 minutes ago, so it`s coming..

Rest easy. They will have it on-line by Monday.

Ask somebody at the NMRA show in Cleveland.

Andrew

GARDNER, Can you please let us know if there are any new diesel offerings? Many thanks.

As a fan of Atlas products,I hope that this is a strong catalog with resonable and true shipping dates.  If not,it is going to be difficult for Atlas,I think.  With track ,switches,lots of rolling stock,and a number of diesels,I hope that they can retain their position and keep their costs down.

Norm

There`s an O MASTER RS-1 LOCOMOTIVE with new paint schemes & road numbers then a O TRAINMAN U23B LOCOMOTIVE with new paint schemes then a O TRAINMAN RS-3 LOCOMOTIVE in new paint schemes ..

Are we talking about the Winter 2014 Atlas Catalog?  If so,I think that it is somewhat on par with the last 3 or 4.....not much of interest there for me.   Maybe they will deliver product in a timely fashion.

This catalog is up on their website.

Norm

There is going to be a July to December 2014 catalog available at the NMRA show this weekend.

The July-December catalog will be on the Atlas O site sometime soon.

Andrew

This new catalog is available from Atlas for a 3.00 fee and as stated above is being handed out at the NMRA show this weekend. I would be suprised if there is anything really new announced in the catalog as Atlas is clearly on a limited production schedule for their O products.

The second-half of 2014 Catalog is on online.

They have a lot of new paint scheme and new road numbers that are right for my time period and railroads. 

There are enough new paint schemes and road numbers to fill up a 1980's-1990's freight train for me.

The 25,500 Gallon tank cars, 40' AIRSLIDE hoppers, the PS-2-CD 4750 3-bay hoppers, and the ACF Auto Parts 60' Box Cars have new road numbers and new paint schemes.

They have to catch up on delivering locomotives.

Andrew

The new July-Dec catalog cover is shown on the website but when you go to open it comes up with the previous catalog!

It will be interesting to see how many of the new catalog anouncements get into production, on the current shipping schedule there are 9 masterline cancellations of previously made rolling stock. The upside to this is that hopefully Atlas introduces some new rolling stock[note there are no Tman cancellations] loco production continues to be a very slow process, anything new may be quite a ways off.

With ATLAS O you have to order before the deadline.

You can not wait for second-hand Atlas O or look for blowout sales of Atlas O freight cars.

Order the cars so they meet the minimum numbers, or it will be cancelled.

They need to get the orders in on time, or they will cancel production.

Andrew

A large number of the cars with new road numbers and new paint schemes have a delivery estimate of 3rd quarter 2015.

Everyone will have to be content with what Atlas O has already made while waiting a year for everything to be produced and delivered to the hobby shops.

Plan ahead and do something else in the meantime.

The cars that I would like to get in a month are the Chicago & North Western PS-4750 3-bay covered hoppers in the Zito or Safety Yellow scheme. I can not wait a year for them to be made.

Andrew

Are the Berwick 60' HyCubes listed in the new catalog?

The cover for the second half catalog is posted on the website but it only opens to the previous catalog[unless I am missing something]

Link to the current Atlas Catalog.  O gauge/scale section.  Click on the underlined phrase to link and then download.

Anyone know if Atlas is producing more O scale double engine house kits? I hope so. I would like one for my planned layout.  IMO, they look the best. 

The links to the new catalog work for my computer on their website.

The problem is that it loads very slowly. I can not make the PDF files load directly to a flash drive. I had to upload them to the computer, then save them on the flash drive.

There are none of the Berwick 60' Hy-cube Box cars in this catalog.

Andrew

 Try clicking on the catalog

Looks like the Atlas O Trainman Engine House will indeed become available again ($89.99). I am assuming that it's the two-engine house. I guess I should place a preorder in the next week or two.

I haven't assembled a plastic model kit in decades. I hope I don't screw it up. I recall the punishing aroma of Duco Cement and glue encrusted fingers when I built model cars as a teenager. 

I notice the long awaited Tman GE-8 is not listed in this catalog for 4qtr delivery 2014,3 diesels and a number of cars for 3qtr delivery 2014.No mention of delivery at all!

What I like are the C & NW Yellow PS2-CD Hoppers which Andrew likes. Those are a must. Other ones are: 

Master Line NP 1937 Box Car 

Master Line Cotton Belt Auto Car 

Master Line BN Airslide 

Why have some other the other Master Lines been canceled? That really puzzles me? 

On the Facebook page they mentioned that they have to reach minimum numbers for the orders by the deadline or the cars will be cancelled. You can not wait to order Atlas O.

Atlas O is not like Lionel or MTH who will make the items at a set number and ship them to the USA.

Andrew

As with the previous catalog, I suspect a good number of products/roadnames -- especially Master Line -- will never see the light of day.  RS-1 locomotives at $480, big tankers at $95, 40' reefers at $80, 36' reefers at $72  ... are just a few select price-points that will only attract die-hard enthusiasts.

Combined with minimum order requirements, it's no wonder an increasing number of road-names -- and in some cases, entire products -- are canceled.  Nice stuff for sure, but Atlas-O as an importer just isn't gonna be left holding inventory these days.  And unlike Lionel's largest dealers, Atlas-O dealers aren't likely to order extras just to help meet Atlas-O production minimums and/or gamble on folks buying after products hit the street.

No blowouts here, folks!  

David

I saw a couple of items of interest, but they're pricey. The Trainman offerings are pretty attractive, but they're not in road names I'm particularly interested in.

Bear in mind all of the cars that have been cancelled on the delivery schedule had been run a number of times in the past and in there initial runs years back had been run in much larger quantities,train shows were loaded with some of these cars for years. In many cases Repaints alone no longer get enough reservations. The newest cars that are only getting rerun in new or popular schemes will get enough reservations to be produced [Trinity cars].JMO

The most frustrating element to Atlas-O's business model is when you miss a pre-order deadline with your dealer, there's a good chance you're out of luck completely.  For example, try finding the recently released (a few months ago) Bethlehem Steel coil cars.  I suppose there might me one or two sitting on a shelf somewhere in a small LHS that may have ordered a couple "extra".  Aside from that, they're just nowhere to be found. 

David

I tried to submit a more lengthy response,but it got hung up in transmission.  Here is a shorter version.  The Atlas business plan seems to have relegated O scale products to the "back seat".

Norm

No question Atlas is investing far less  in O guage today than previous years, I believe the loss of their major builder[Sanda Kan] and a changing market are key factors in their current marketing. Lionel and MTH have stepped up their scale size offerings  to follow the Atlas lead thereby cutting in to the Atlas 3 rail market share, Masterline new products at current pricing are going to be limited in volume to the reservation system.

Who is currently offering this price on containers?

This is why I have totally given up on AtlasO for any car or engine. I love their detail accurate schemes. But with prices approaching $100 for freight cars it's time for me to move in another direction. 

The other mfgs are making some great cars and my dollars will go to them. 

Nothing much for me in this catalog. Maybe one or two of the woodside reefers, but none of them exactly sets my heart a-flutter. I mainly do steam era, so most of the current Atlas line is irrelevant to me. The steam era boxcars are mostly just new numbers, or duplicates of paint schemes I already have from other manufacturers. I might get a 60' RPO in Milwaukee Road - I'll have to check my collection and see if I have a heavyweight RPO or not. 

I saw nothing that really excites me.  Atlas makes really good rolling stock, though, so there is some stuff that is interesting, depending on what it really sells for when I start shopping. 

I saw two things that I was eager to get someday.

The Soo Line PS-1 50' Box Cars.

The Soo Line RS-1 diesel-electric locomotive.

The PS-1 50' Box Cars in that run were cancelled.

The SOO RS-1 locomotive did not make the final cut in the final order form.

The Soo Line 1937 40' Steel Re-built Box Cars did get produced and I got them.

You have to order it to see if everybody else will order it, so they will make it, and you can get it.

Andrew

does Lionel make an RS-1?  With Legacy?  that's why I ordered the Great Northern RS-1.   I would buy legacy if they made em but they don't. 

Where did you see a Soo RS-1? I didn't see it in the new catalog.