Atlas Watch

[reinhardtjh]

Just a heads up on what's been shipping from China on the Atlas Production Schedule page.

May 28, 2018:
N 11,000 Gallon Tank Car - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-755-n87.aspx
N BX-177 Box Car - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-1480-n175.aspx


June 2, 2018:
N C628/630 Locomotives - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-765-n98.aspx
N SD-35 Locomotive - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-747-n81.aspx
N 60' Flat Car - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-1487-n178.aspx
N 50' Precision Design Box Car - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-761-n94.aspx
N 40' Wood Reefer - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-753-n85.aspx


July 14, 2018:
N VO-1000 Locomotive - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-758-n91.aspx
N GP39-2 Locomotive - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-1489-n-gp39-2-locomotive.aspx
N NE-6 Caboose - http://shop.atlasrr.com/c-615-n108.aspx

There are also HO and O scale items included with the N-Scale product, but they hardly worth mentioning.   

These are dates the containers shipped from China so allow 4-5 weeks transit plus customs, offloading, tariff induced delays, etc.  Figure 6-8 weeks after shipping they could show up in the hobby shops.  The 11k tanks and BX-177 box cars could show up any day.  The June items are pretty close, too.

[tom mann]

Those Burlington vo1000s are really nice.

[CBQ Fan]

Those Burlington vo1000s are really nice.

Those have already been released.  So unless the atprea re-release they are not new and most likely lack of an update to the website.   They are nice units though!

[thomasjmdavis]

Belt Railway and EJE at the same time..... could be expensive when that container arrives.

[Mark5]

Thanks for the alert! 

[Point353]

Those Burlington vo1000s are really nice.

Those have already been released.  So unless the atprea re-release they are not new and most likely lack of an update to the website.   They are nice units though!

Belt Railway and EJE at the same time..... could be expensive when that container arrives.

The new "shop.atlasrr.com" pages apparently (and unfortunately) list a combination of previously released models that are still in stock and those models that are somewhere in the production pipeline.

To see a timeline of when the various roadnames were produced, it's less confusing to check the "http://archive.atlasrr.com" pages.
For example: http://archive.atlasrr.com/NLoco/arc-nvo1000.htm

The Burlington units were made about 5 years ago and the Belt Ry. units about 3 years ago, whereas the (green/orange) EJ&E units are from the latest production run that has yet to arrive.
There also seems to be some mix-up of the "in stock" and "pre-order" labels.

[OldEastRR]

An easy way to tell which ones were released earlier is the price. The cheapest units were released back a ways, the next price up a little after that, etc, to the latest at the highest price.

[thomasjmdavis]

The Burlington units were made about 5 years ago and the Belt Ry. units about 3 years ago, whereas the (green/orange) EJ&E units are from the latest production run that has yet to arrive.
There also seems to be some mix-up of the "in stock" and "pre-order" labels.

I'll take your word for it.  I knew about the Belt Railway release of several years ago- I was assuming since they were labeled "pre-order" that this was a second release- I missed them first time around.

[phil55]

SD 60 E?

[reinhardtjh]

SD 60 E?

Not listed as shipped yet but Atlas posted some pictures on Facebook a month or so ago.

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=43726.msg578977#msg578977

[CBQ Fan]

I'll take your word for it.  I knew about the Belt Railway release of several years ago- I was assuming since they were labeled "pre-order" that this was a second release- I missed them first time around.

Atlas hasn’t made it a habit of releasing multiple runs the same road numbers.

[Point353]

I knew about the Belt Railway release of several years ago- I was assuming since they were labeled "pre-order" that this was a second release- I missed them first time around.

All is not lost - they're still available here:
http://www.lombardhobby.com/Atlas-Master-N-Scale-Ready-to-Run-VO-1000-p/atl40002571.htm
http://www.lombardhobby.com/Atlas-Master-N-Scale-Ready-to-Run-VO-1000-p/atl40002572.htm

[thomasjmdavis]

Atlas hasn’t made it a habit of releasing multiple runs the same road numbers.

That would usually be the case.  But BRC only had 2 VO1000s.  So if there were to be another run, it would have to be the same numbers.  As an aside, the BRC class/numbering is pretty confusing.  The 400 class were Alco S2s 400, 403, 404, 406-411; The 401 class were VO1000s 401, 402 and included DS4-4-1000 # 405. (according to my disintegrating copy of Wayner's "Diesel Locomotive Rosters")

All is not lost - they're still available here:
http://www.lombardhobby.com/Atlas-Master-N-Scale-Ready-to-Run-VO-1000-p/atl40002571.htm
http://www.lombardhobby.com/Atlas-Master-N-Scale-Ready-to-Run-VO-1000-p/atl40002572.htm

Thanks for the link.  If I am lucky, they may still have one after my wallet recovers from the most expensive brake job we've ever had.

[pdx1955]

Too bad that the production schedule doesn't have any updates on the SP SD-9's since its still saying ("Except SP" ) . Shops are still taking reservations or showing sold out (which I assume just means that the production run is sold out). I missed the original 1989 run , so it would suck if somehow these didn't happen for some reason. I'd would just like an approximate when (pre-order is in place and monies saved) so I know when to expect these...

[transitionalman]

Got an email from Paul Postel telling me my BX-177 Box Cars have shipped today