Atlas posts photos of ex-WMK Ballast Car

[ljudice]

More on their FB page - these should be labeled + priced as Trainman:

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[wazzou]

Yeah, those end cages, stirrups, brake wheel and rivet details certainly aren't up to par with today's standards of a "Master Line" model.

[learmoia]

Well.. with the alternative being.. Nothing/Ebay Prices & Paint your own.. I'm not complaining too much..

(The tooling wasn't free)..

~Ian

[CBQ Fan]

When is Atlas going to rebrand its N Scale line as a Walthers Jr Line?

[learmoia]

When is Atlas going to rebrand its N Scale line as a Walthers Jr Line?

You mean the Walthers Hates N scale Line..

~Ian

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Ugh... I was afraid of this.

Why not call it Trainman? Or Classic? Nothing Master about this.

[peteski]

Ugh... I was afraid of this.

Why not call it Trainman? Or Classic? Nothing Master about this.

Trying to recoup the funds they spend on the tooling purchase?

[CBQ Fan]

You mean the Walthers Hates N scale Line..

~Ian

Even better!

[ljudice]

don't get me wrong  - a lot of useful tooling - and the deco is first rate - but really...

[learmoia]

Ugh... I was afraid of this.

Why not call it Trainman? Or Classic? Nothing Master about this.

I am eagerly awaiting your head to explode when they release the LL GP38-2 with a painted on sight glass.. In the Master Line!! 

[peteski]

I am eagerly awaiting your head to explode when they release the LL GP38-2 with a painted on sight glass.. In the Master Line!! 

To be honest, the 1:1 sight glass is pretty much flush with the door surface, so a painted on sight-glass in N scale is more to scale than one molded into the door.   

[Mark5]

I decided a while back to ignore the Atlas Master/Classic/Trainman nomenclature and judge each model on it's own.

The Trainman line has a few top notch models (The C&O Caboose and the ACF 50'6 box for example), and now the Master line has some Trainman type models 

It's a crazy mixed up world!

[mplsjct]

Glad to see these return, they can call it what they want, it’s the price that seems rather high.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

To be honest, the 1:1 sight glass is pretty much flush with the door surface, so a painted on sight-glass in N scale is more to scale than one molded into the door.