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The Atlas model of the 20,700 gallon tank car was introduced in the mid-Sixties by General American Transportation Corporation, more commonly known simply as GATX. The design is a general-purpose, non-insulated, non-pressure tank car. The Atlas model recreates two major saddle variations (Type 10 and Type 20) and two top platform variations (one- and two-piece). The more common products carried in this tank car were tallow, animal fat, fuel oil, diesel fuel, vegetable oil, soybean oil, fertilizers, lubricating oil, waste oil, and glycol.
Standard MSRP:
 $29.95           OUR PRICE $22.50
Undecorated MSRP: $24.95           OUR PRICE $18.75
Estimated Delivery:
 July 2008      Shipping $5.00

Features:

  • Detailed five section non-insulated body
  • Two saddle variations (Type 10 or 20)
  • Detailed top platform with two options (one- or two-piece)
  • With A-end pipe stubs (where applicable)
  • See-through end walks
  • Detailed brake gear and pipes
  • Bottom outlet
  • Safety vent
  • Manway
  • Control housing
  • Stuffing box
  • Safety rails
  • McHenry double shelf couplers
  • Correct lettering to prototype cars
AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.
Item# Road Name Road Number Built Date Other Date
HO GATX 20,700 Gallon Non-Insulated Tank Car - New Paint Schemes!
20 000 083 Undecorated w/ Type 10 Saddles - - -
20 000 084 Undecorated w/ Type 20 Saddles - - -
HO GATX 20,700 Gallon Non-Insulated Tank Car - New Paint Schemes!
Type 10 Saddles
20 000 263 Armour Shortening (Black/White)  8930 1965 1965
20 000 264 Central Soya (Black/White) 87262 1965 1965
20 000 265 Mid-Am Equipment (Black/White/Yellow) 503 1966 Mid-80s
20 000 266 Poole Chemical (Black/White) 2224 1966 Mid-80s
20 000 267 Cotton Belt (Black/White) 55011 1966
 		 1966
HO GATX 20,700 Gallon Non-Insulated Tank Car - New Paint Schemes!
Type 20 Saddles
20 000 268 Packerland Packing (Black/White/Yellow/Green) 10763 1968 1968
20 000 269 Vegetable Oil Products Company (Black/White) 19601 1968 1978
20 000 270 GATX (1996 WX Paint) (Black/White)
 		 27494 1967 1996
20 000 271 GATX (1989 EC Paint) (Black/White) 32710 1967 2000
20 000 272 Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers (Black/White/Green/Brown) 91713 1967 1997
 

 

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Standard MSRP:
 $24.95                OUR PRICE $18.75
Undecorated MSRP: $18.95                OUR PRICE $14.25
Estimated Delivery:
 December 2008                Shipping $5.00

Features:

  • 70-ton roller-bearing trucks
  • Blackened metal wheels
  • Two-piece underframe
  • Separate brake cylinder
  • Air reservoir
  • End platforms
  • AccuMate® couplers
AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.
Item# Road Name Road Number Built Date Other Date
HO 53' Evans Double Plug Door Box Cars - New Road Numbers!
1750 Undecorated - - -
20 000 333 BC Rail (Green/White) 800405 1970s 1970s
20 000 334 BC Rail (Green/White) 800431 1970s 1970s
HO 53' Evans Double Plug Door Box Cars - New Paint Schemes!  
20 000 335 Amador Central (Brown/White) 11171 1972 1977
20 000 336 Amador Central (Brown/White) 11180 1972 1977
20 000 337 Georgia Pacific (Blue/White) 16050 1973 1973
20 000 338 Georgia Pacific (Blue/White) 16063 1973 1973
20 000 339 Helm-Pacific (Brown/White) 90005 1973 2007
20 000 340 Helm-Pacific (Brown/White) 90009 1973 2007
20 000 341 Louisville & Nashville* (Red/White) 490001 1971 1973
20 000 342 Louisville & Nashville* (Red/White) 490008 1971 1973
20 000 343 Vermont (Brown/White) 10410 1970 1975
20 000 344 Vermont (Brown/White) 10436 1970 1975
 

 

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The ACF® 89' 4" flat car was introduced in the late 60s as a result of a continuing need for more intermodal platform capacity. The Atlas model is based on the 1973 version that was originally designed to carry two trailers or combinations with containers. The cars have been used by Trailer Train and various railroads in intermodal service since that time. Many of these were modified in the late 80s to accept longer trailers. Most of those remaining in TTX service, today, have been modified with three hitches to accommodate up to three shorter package trailers.
Standard MSRP:
 $35.95          OUR PRICE $26.99
Undecorated MSRP: $29.95          OUR PRICE $22.99
Estimated Delivery:
 May 2009                 Shipping $5.00

Features:

  • Based on ACF® plans
  • Three different styles of hitch
  • Body style is 1201-A002
  • Container pedestals
  • Correct model year jack pads
  • Recommended 24" radius
  • AccuMate® couplers
AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.
Item# Road Name Road Number    
HO 89' 4" Flat Car - New Road Numbers!
20 000 013 Undecorated¥ - Body Style A - - -
20 000 357 Erie Western¥ (White) 250051 - -
20 000 358 Erie Western¥ (White) 250066 - -
20 000 359 Erie Western¥ (White) 250084 - -
20 000 360 Erie Western¥ (White) 250098 - -
20 000 361 Providence and Worcester¥ (Red/White) 105001 - -
20 000 362 Providence and Worcester¥ (Red/White) 105024 - -
20 000 363 Providence and Worcester¥ (Red/White) 105050 - -
20 000 364 Providence and Worcester¥ (Red/White)
 		 105093 - -
20 000 365 Florida East Coast (Brown/White) 2703 1977 1977
20 000 366 Florida East Coast (Brown/White) 2705 1977 1977
20 000 367 Florida East Coast (Brown/White) 2767 1977 1977
20 000 368 Florida East Coast (Brown/White) 2799 1977 1977
20 000 369 Trailer Train (Yellow/Black) 974327 1974 1974
20 000 370 Trailer Train (Yellow/Black) 974439 1974 1974
20 000 371 Trailer Train (Yellow/Black) 974500 1974 1974
20 000 372 Trailer Train (Yellow/Black) 974535 1974 1974
 

 

 

        

New Model!

(Pre-production model shown)
Nothing is worse than running your trains on rails that are grimy from dust, dirt and grit. It's important to keep your track clean to maximize the performance of your locomotive fleet.

Each item includes one track cleaning car which enables the following functions: vacuum-cleaning (one insert), polishing (three inserts) and grinding (three inserts). It also includes a tool for changing the inserts, so different functions can be chosen, along with a foam wiper and a multi-lingual manual. The HO Scale Track Cleaning Car will be available with an 8-pin DCC plug, NEM coupler pockets, standard HO knuckle couplers, a switch for functions and it will be equipped with a motor which powers the cleaning fuctions (only).

Note: The track cleaning car is not self-propelled. A locomotive is needed to move this car. It is also possible to use cleaning liquid while polishing. The liquid is dispersed from the tank integrated in the car.
MSRP:
 $109.95          OUR PRICE $82.95
Estimated Delivery:
 December 2008          Shipping $6.00
(Technical artwork and N scale model shown)
Item# Road Name
HO Track Cleaning Car - New Model!
20 000 373 Atlas (Yellow w/Atlas Logo)
20 000 374
 		 MOW Gray
20 000 375 MOW Orange
20 000 376 MOW Yellow
   

 

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Introduced in 1961 by ACF® to haul sand, clay, salt, grain and bulk plastics, the
Cylindrical Hopper was the first commercially successful tank-type covered hopper car design. A few of the more than 4,000 cars of this type built through 1966 can still be seen in service today across the United States.
Standard MSRP:
 $25.95           OUR PRICE $19.50
Undecorated MSRP: $21.95           OUR PRICE $16.50
Estimated Delivery:
 February 2009           Shipping $5.00

Features:

  • Upgraded tooling
  • Upgraded, see-through roof walks
  • Blackened metal wheels
  • Free-rolling 100-ton trucks
  • Detailed brake gear
  • AccuMate® couplers
  • Fine painting and printing
AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.
Item# Road Name Road Number
HO 3-Bay Cylindrical Hopper - New Road Numbers!
1930 Undecorated -
1931-5 Baltimore & Ohio* (Gray/Black) 601003
1931-6 Baltimore & Ohio* (Gray/Black) 601124
1932-6 Burlington (Red/White/Black) 85403
1932-7 Burlington (Red/White/Black) 85406
1935-6 Pennsylvania (Gray/Black) 260019
1935-7 Pennsylvania (Gray/Black) 260026
HO 3-Bay Cylindrical Hopper - New Paint Schemes!
1986-1 Davison Cracking Catalysts (CRDX) (Gray/Green/Black) 4504
1986-2 Davison Cracking Catalysts (CRDX) (Gray/Green/Black) 4505
1987-1 GWI Leasing (Operation Lifesaver) (Gray/Black/Red) 4081
1988-1 GWI Leasing (Gray/Black) 4065
1989-1 Texas Railcar (Gray/Black) 5339
1989-2 Texas Railcar (Gray/Black) 5344
1969-1 M-K-T (Green/White/Black) 1010
1969-2 M-K-T (Green/White/Black) 1029
 

 

 

    

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Propane or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is both a naturally occurring product and a by-product of the refining process. During the 1940s, the petroleum industry began marketing LPG as a cleaner and more efficient fuel than the existing coal and oil. Transporting LPG requires specially designed high-pressure tank cars. During the early 40s the only ACF tank car that qualified was the 10,500 gallon high-pressure tank car. After the war, ACF set out to design a whole new car for the emerging industry. As a result the 11,000 gallon tank car was introduced by ACF in 1947. Many thousands were built up through the mid-1950s.

The Atlas model faithfully reproduces this late steam/early diesel era tank car in two versions (with and without platform rails). The cars with top platform rails were used where there was no elevated loading/unloading facility. The cars without the top platform rails were often specified for customers that had access to elevated loading and unloading facilities.

Standard MSRP:
 $29.95          OUR PRICE $22.50
Undecorated MSRP: $25.95          OUR PRICE $19.50
Estimated Delivery:
 January 2009            Shipping $5.00

Features:

  • Finely molded handrails
  • Tank fittings and safety placards
  • 50-ton friction-bearing trucks with AccuMate® couplers
  • Accurate painting and lettering
  • Platform where appropriate
AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.
Item# Road Name Road Number Built Date Other Date
HO 11,000 Gallon Tank Car - New Road Numbers!
1060 Undecorated w/Platform -    
1061-3 Fuelane Corp. (FGCX) (Silver/Black/Red/Blue) 131 1948  
1061-4 Fuelane Corp. (FGCX) (Silver/Black/Red/Blue) 134 1948  
1064-3 Pyrofax Bottled Gas (SHPX) (Black/White)  1355 1952  
1064-4 Pyrofax Bottled Gas (SHPX) (Black/White)  1371 1952  
1065-3 Shippers Car Line (SHPX) (Black/White) 2555 1947  
1065-4 Shippers Car Line (SHPX) (Black/White) 2574 1947  
1076-3 Spencer Chemical (RTCX)
(Black w/Red/White Logo)		 5354 1953  
1076-4 Spencer Chemical (RTCX)
(Black w/Red/White Logo)		 5366 1953  
HO 11,000 Gallon Tank Cars - New Paint Schemes!
1085-1 Allied Chemical (ACDX) (Black/White) 9736   1974
1085-2 Allied Chemical (ACDX) (Black/White) 9761   1974
1086-1 Beacon Petroleum Co. (RTCX) (Black/White) 5351 1953  
1086-2 Beacon Petroleum Co. (RTCX) (Black/White) 5388 1953  
1087-1 Dow of Canada (CGTX)* (Green/White/Black) 55208 1949 1955
1087-2 Dow of Canada (CGTX)* (Green/White/Black) 55212 1949 1955
1088-1 Fuelgas Corporation (Homgas) - L&HR Chester, NY (Gray/Black w/Red/White Logo) 60 1944  
1088-2 Fuelgas Corporation (Homgas) - L&HR Chester, NY (Gray/Black w/Red/White Logo) 100 1945  
1089-1 Olin Mathieson (SHPX) (Black w/Blue/White Logo) 5605   1957
1089-2 Olin Mathieson (SHPX) (Black w/Blue/White Logo) 5608   1957
1090-1 Standard Chemical (CGTX)* (Red w/Blue/White Logo) 55214   1965
1090-2 Standard Chemical (CGTX)* (Red w/Blue/White Logo) 55220   1965