Atlas - Newly Arrived Models, and Announcements

ATLAS has welcomed several new arrivals, and announces many more due to arrive.

Arrival Track

Recent arrivals include N, HO, and O scales:

N U23B Locomotives

Features:

  • Operational low nose headlight (used where appropriate)
  • Both DCC ready and ESU DCC Sound equipped versions
  • Separate coupler cut lever
  • Cab with 4 or 2 side windows (as appropriate per road name)
  • Directional lighting
  • Golden white LEDs
  • Painted safety rails
  • Blackened metal wheels
  • Dual flywheel equipped 5-pole skewed armature motor with a low friction mechanism
  • Factory-installed AccuMate® magnetic knuckle couplers!

N Trainman® 40' Plug Door Box Car

• Colorful holiday themed painting and lettering

• AccuMate® couplers

• Roller-bearing or friction-bearing trucks where appropriate

N B23-7 Locomotive

Features:
• Directional lighting
• Golden-white LEDs
• Dual brass flywheels
• Low-friction mechanism
• Accurate painting and lettering
• Factory-installed AccuMate® magnetic knuckle couplers

DCC Operation Features (GOLD LOCOMOTIVES ONLY)
Supports all DCC-programming modes
DCC includes RailCom and RailComPlus, with 14, 28 or 128 speed steps and with 2-digit and 4-digit addressing.
Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28.
A total of 6 DCC function outputs are available, and all can be function mapped (disable, brightness, light effects) individually
Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.
**ESU LokSound Features (GOLD LOCOMOTIVES ONLY):
Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.
There are up to 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals.
Manual and Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism.

N RS-3 Locomotives

Features:

  • Golden-white LEDs
  • Directional lighting
  • Separately-applied painted handrails (where appropriate)
  • Blackened metal wheels
  • Scale Speed™ motor
  • Factory-installed AccuMate® magnetic knuckle couplers
  • Accurate painting and printing

N 45' Logging Flat Car

Features:

  • Crisp painting and printing
  • Durable body
  • Free rolling trucks
  • Detailed brakewheel
  • Knuckle couplers

HO GP40-2 Locomotive

Features:

  • Golden-white LEDs
  • Realistic die-cast underframe
  • Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
  • Directional lighting
  • Factory-equipped with AccuMate® knuckle couplers
  • Detailed cab interior with crew
  • Separately-installed scale windshield wipers, metal grab irons and fine scale handrails
  • Movable drop steps
  • Walkway safety tread
  • Coupler cut bars
  • Multiple unit hoses and trainline hoses
  • Snowplow

Additional features include:

  • Etched metal radiator and dynamic brake fans (included where appropriate per road name).
  • Dynamic Brake options: standard range, extended range or non-dynamic brake hatch used where appropriate per road name.
  • 3,600 gallon fuel tank.

Undecorated units information:

  • Dynamic Brake Part: standard range and non-dynamic brake hatch
  • Hood and frame bells included
  • 3,600 and 2,600 Gallon fuel tanks included
  • Trucks: Blomberg Type-M only
  • The handrails will NOT be attached to the frame and will be packed separately.

DCC Operation Features:

  • Supports all DCC-programming modes
  • Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28.
  • A total of six DCC function outputs are available
  • Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.

Analog (DC) Operation Features:

  • The LokSound Select Dual-Mode decoder allows your Atlas Gold Series locomotive to be used on DC as well as on DCC layouts.
  • Please note that the Atlas Quantum Engineer will NOT operate an Atlas Gold Series locomotive equipped with a LokSound Select decoder on an analog (DC) layout. However, the sound and lighting functions of the LokSound Select decoder in the Atlas Gold Series GP40-2 locomotive can be controlled by an easy-to-use basic DCC system
  • Also note that on a DC-powered layout, a DCC and sound equipped locomotive (such as the Atlas Gold Series GP40-2) CANNOT be consisted with another locomotive that does not
    also have both DCC and sound. (This statement does NOT apply to DCC-equipped locomotives operating on a DCC layout.)


Sound Functionality Features:

  • Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.
  • There are 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals.
  • Manual and Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism.

HO Trainman® 40' Plug Door Box Car

N and HO Scale Features:

• Colorful holiday themed painting and lettering

• AccuMate® couplers

• Roller-bearing or friction-bearing trucks where appropriate

HO 5250 Covered Hopper

Features

  • Ready to run
  • Injection molded plastic
  • Fine scale detail
  • Etched metal roof walk
  • Metal knuckle couplers
  • Road specific hatch and outlet configurations
  • Road specific roof walk variations
  • Three body style variations
  • Separately applied wire grab irons and wire brake lines
  • Crisp painting/printing
  • Free-rolling 100-ton trucks

HO Metra Passenger Cars

NEW MODEL! NEW TOOLING!

Features:
• Designed from prototype drawings with the cooperation of Metra
• Illuminated directional LED headlight, ditchlights, and red marker lights
• Interior includes seat details and LED illumination
• 21-pin plug for optional DCC operation
• Provision for mounting a speaker
• Separately applied air horn, antenna, lift lugs, and diaphragms
• Free-rolling metal wheels
• Equipped with metal couplers
• Recommend 22” minimum radius

O SD45 Locomotives

Features:  

• Intricately Detailed ABS Body

• Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank

• Metal Chassis

• Metal Handrails and Decorative Horn

• Moveable Roof Fans

• Metal Body Side Grilles

• Detachable Snow Plow

• (2) Engineer Cab Figures

• Authentic Paint Scheme

• Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears

• (2) Remote Controlled Proto-Couplers

• Kadee Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads

• Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting

• Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlight

• Lighted Cab Interior

• Illuminated Number Boards

• Lighted Marker Lights

• 2 Rail models have fixed pilots

• (2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Motors

• Operating Smoke Unit

• Onboard DCC Receiver

• Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments

• 1:48 Scale Proportions

• Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Freight Yard Proto-Effects

• Unit Measures:17 1/4" x 3 3/4" x 2 3/4"

• 3-Rail: Operates On O-36 Curves

• 2-Rail: 36" Minimum Radius

• 2-Rail: 36" Minimum Radius

O 50' Gunderson High Cube Box Cars

Features:

• Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body

• Stamped Metal Floors

• Metal Wheels and Axles

• Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks

• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets

• Needle-Point Axles

• (2) Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers

• Detailed Brake Wheel

• Separate Metal Handrails

• Sliding Car Doors

• 1:48 Scale Dimensions

• Unit Measures: 14 1/2” x 2 5/8” x 4 3/16”

• Operates On O-31 Curves

Enroute & The Atlas Product Spotlight

New announcements:

N VO-1000 Locomotives

Built by Baldwin in the 1940s, the VO-1000 diesel locomotives could be found in both yard and mainline service across the country. Atlas' version is a true replica of the handsome engine.

FEATURES:

  • Prototypical decoration, stack configurations and step guards per railroad / era
  • Directional lighting
  • Blackened wheels
  • Atlas Master® Silver version is Sound Ready and equipped with speaker for easy conversion to DCC sound

SILVER SOUND READY FEATURES (SILVER LOCOMOTIVES ONLY):

  • Sound ready & equipped with speaker for easy conversion to DCC sound.
  • E24 DCC Plug Equipped

DCC OPERATION FEATURES (GOLD LOCOMOTIVES ONLY):

  • Supports all DCC-programming modes; DCC includes RailCom and RailComPlus, with 14, 28 or 128 speed steps and with 2-digit and 4-digit addressing.
  • Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28.
  • A total of 6 DCC function outputs are available, and all can be function mapped (disable, brightness, light effects) individually
  • Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.

SOUND FUNCTIONALITY FEATURES (GOLD LOCOMOTIVES ONLY):

  • Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.
  • There are up to 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals.
  • Equipped with ESU’s Exclusive “Full Throttle” features for ultimate realism in prototype running.

N Gunderson 7550 Double Door and 7538 Single Door Box Car

Features Include:

All New Tooling! Fine scale detail

Metal wheel sets and axles 

Single or double plug door as per the prototype 

Roof with 3 Stanray X-panels and 3 diagonal center panels

Separately applied etched metal crossover platform and coupler cut lever 

Crisp, accurate lettering and paint details 

Era: 2012 - Present

HO REA Steel Express Reefer

Features:

• Welded sides

• 3/3 Improved Dreadnaught Ends

• Arched Roof

• Separate ladders and grabs

• Fully detailed underframe

• Steam, Air & Signal Hoses

• Cut Levers

• Equipped with AccuMate® Knuckle Couplers

• Trucks equipped with free-rolling metal wheels

• Accurate painting and lettering

• AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.