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MBSF
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C855B
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 Posted - 11/04/2009 : 18:21:21
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| Cool! Been waiting impatiently for these. I've been pulling together an order for Mike, and I guess it's time to do it! |
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BillPearce
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 18:28:19
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I saw them in Naperville, and they look great. Next move would be to bring their new HO steel ATSF caboose to N.
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dean
USA
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Posted - 11/05/2009 : 10:44:00
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| Likewise, they are not vaporware as they were showing pre-prod examples at the Springfield show this past January, since then not really a peep out of them on a probable release date. I need these to augment the Ce-8 and 11 Class Waycars that I have from Atlas. |
dean
Santa Fe all the Way....Middle Division Emporia Sub Circa 1976 - 1986
Hoping someone someday will make a quality ACF 4600 |
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brokemoto
USA
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Posted - 11/05/2009 : 11:10:40
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Why does N scale need another ATSF steel caboose.
Are there not already at least five manufacturers who sell this thing?
There are too many E units, PAs (unless someone does a P&LE, of course) and ATSF steel cabooses in N scale. Do we really need more?
If they must do an ATSF caboose, why not a wood one?
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NandW
Pitcairn Island
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Posted - 11/05/2009 : 11:46:06
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Possibly because all the others were tooled in the N scale stone age.
IM must strongly feel there is a market for these (which I think represent "modernized" versions IIRC).
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sirenwerks
USA
1460 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2009 : 11:50:29
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| Could it be that the ATSF still has the greatest name recognition of any railroad? Or that it's popular with modelers? I keep hoping for more WP releases, but I keep things in perspective. |
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C855B
832 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2009 : 12:10:40
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quote:
Originally posted by NandW
Possibly because all the others were tooled in the N scale stone age.
IM must strongly feel there is a market for these (which I think represent "modernized" versions IIRC).
Mark
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brokemoto
USA
2472 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2009 : 12:59:06
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I have little doubt that IM could sell them.
You could hang ATSF markings on a Deutschbahn or JNR brakeman's van and people would be trampling each other for it.
ATSF never ran FAs, but Mehano hung a warbonnet on it because they knew that it would sell. In the 'stone age' of N scale, it did.
The Atlas Train Man caboose is this thing. I suspect that they upgrade their tooling from time to time. The paint jobs on the recent issues are better.
If they simply had to do an ATSF caboose, why not a wood one? There is shortage of good wood cabooses in N
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jagged ben
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dean
USA
4157 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2009 : 13:53:45
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quote:
Originally posted by brokemoto
Why does N scale need another ATSF steel caboose.
Are there not already at least five manufacturers who sell this thing?
There are too many E units, PAs (unless someone does a P&LE, of course) and ATSF steel cabooses in N scale. Do we really need more?
If they must do an ATSF caboose, why not a wood one?
Thank you for your consideration and support.
Simply put, we NEED a quality ATSF version of the caboose, the ones on the market as stated are from stone age tooling with crude and thick details; ladders, roofwalks etc. |
dean
Santa Fe all the Way....Middle Division Emporia Sub Circa 1976 - 1986
Hoping someone someday will make a quality ACF 4600 |
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Fred Moehrle
1395 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2009 : 14:09:07
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Yes, once they've satiated all the [:-drool]SSFF's[:-drool], the rest of us Midwest to east coast modelers can get some stone age tooled cabeese! |
Modern loco's!?! We don't need no modern Loco's.
We need Alco's! |
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BillPearce
244 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2009 : 14:16:03
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"Why does N scale need another ATSF steel caboose.
Are there not already at least five manufacturers who sell this thing?"
Well, NO, there aren't. This particular example hasn't been available in N ever. It is the rebu ilt steel caboose that entered service in 1966, the one with the gasketed windows. So, YES, we do need one, or several, as we have NEVER had them. There seems to be a common thought that all ATSF cabooses are the same. Every other is some other car painted as ATSF.
"If they must do an ATSF caboose, why not a wood one?"
Oh really? What era do you model? The civil war? The most recent ATSF wood caboose was built in 1923, and although a few lasted into the sixties in special cases, the first steel cabooses, the prototypes for that state of the art Atlas model, were built in 1927! The very last of that version were the 100 delivered in 1949.
Steve Priest's book Santa Fe Waycars devotes the first 43 pages to those cars, both wood and steel, and the remainder of the 188 page book covers largely the prototype for the IM car.
IM is doing the earlier ATSF steel car in HO, and I for one hope it comes to N.
Bill Pearce
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twister
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Posted - 11/05/2009 : 14:31:28
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| Bill, I am planing a 1950's short line and an old wooden hack or 3 (different linage)would be great for me |
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MBSF
USA
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Posted - 11/05/2009 : 15:43:18
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I've been waiting on this specific model for a very long time. I imagine others have too. None of the other models have come as close as IM has with this version.
Now I need Atlas to rerun some BN cabeese! :)
I ordered 2 red tops, 1 blk and 1 white. Can't wait for the LHS to call me and let me know they are in.
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BillPearce
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Posted - 11/05/2009 : 17:28:26
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I am planing a 1950's short line and an old wooden hack or 3 (different linage)would be great for me
What about the MT wooden caboose? Not a bad model.
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InterMountain Santa Fe caboose
