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The first year you posted, is actually overhead pictures of the Conrail (Ex Lehigh Valley) Oak Island yard. Where you showed a picture of MOW equipment is CP PIKE the end of the Lehigh Line main.

I'll make sure not to buy any new corn syrup or chlorine tank cars in the future. According to Atlas they ride on 70T trucks (Part #7065). Past models are fitted with the proper 100T RB trucks.

Thank you very much for taking the effort to post this, especially with the photos.

It was almost like being there -- if you left your wallet at home.......

Best regards,

SZ

Wow Dave, when you do a review and post pics you go all out!!!  Thanks for the peek and describing the experience - Don't think its worth a drive from Utah for it though. 

Jim

Outstanding report !

Interesting trip, I never heard about this until right now.  I didn't see any screaming bargains in your shots, what did you end up buying?

Excellent report...thank you for that writeup, Dave!

Dave, Nice, nice job!

I would think Atlas would be more well served doing it on-line, especially if you are in their club, which I have been in since it was created.  Oh well - not the end of the world.  If I lived near by, I would have gone.

John

Thanks for the report! 

All the bodies in the boxes/on the floors were the same as the first sale...nothing changed there 

From the prices mentioned, they weren't offering any great bargains.  If the effort was to unload some inventory, they didn't do a very good job.

Much Appreciated. No engines?

luvindemtrains posted:

Much Appreciated. No engines?

Very few.

Dummy(strange...) EMD F3 demo sets, and some 2 and 3 rail RS3’s

Great report. Very interesting. Probably the only person in the world who ever complained that a NJT bus was going too fast.

Gerry

I attended the first show.  Bought the plate girder bridge for $30 and an Amtrack Observation Zephyr for $65 plus $20 for the trucks.  Was hoping for some engines but they really didn't have any.   Bought some rolling stock as well that wasn't heavily discounted.

Rick

I attended the second warehouse sale as well. I did not have the adventure that David had riding mass transit. For me it was an uneventful 45 minute ride from my house. I got there a little after 11am. There wasn’t a single car in the parking lot. If not for a paper sign on the window I would not have known I was in the right place. I had only been to Atlas HQ once before and I was looking for a red brick building not a white building. After checking in, there were about 3-4 other customers already there. I have no idea where their cars were. I spent over an hour picking out what I wanted. I promised myself “no more boxcars” but I came home with 3 of them. There reason for that is what I really need is track and a layout and not locomotives or rolling stock but there were a lot of models there that I had missed over the years. I could have easily spent twice as much as what I spent.

I felt the prices were fair. Twenty years ago I could buy a brand new boxcar (Atlas Master or MTH Premier) for a little over $40 so getting new boxcars now at that price was to me a good deal. Sure not a great deal but I felt it was fair. I don’t have any 40’ double door boxcars so I got two of them (B&O and Chicago and Northwestern) along with two sets of trucks and a 1937 AAR boxcar in Southern. I also got a hopper in (NY O & W). Total cost was $150 but should have been $140 (I think). I thought the price on trucks was $20 a set but I was charged $25 a set. Problem was I was running late to a celebration of life service for a former co worker so I didn’t look over the receipt until the next day. He was a good man who was unfortunately killed by a person who drove into his lane and hit him head on while he was riding his motorcycle. 

David, it would have been nice to see you there but I assume you were gone by the time I got there. 

By the time I left there were about 4 more cars in the parking lot other than mine. 

If they have it again next year I will definitely consider going. 

Dave, fantastic report of the trip and sale. Thanks for sharing. 

While I have only a spectator’s interest in Atlas, this is a remarkably informative and enjoyable report. Thanks, Dave, for creating and sharing it.