In commuter service, E8s, either singly or in tandem, pulled strings of (mostly) coaches between cities and suburban areas.  During the early days of Penn Central, these commuter trains took on a very unique look, as cars from the PRR, New York Central, New Haven and other roads frequently were put into service with minimal changes to their original paint schemes other than the occasional addition of some Penn Central lettering or logos.  The 4-car Penn Central set includes several of the colorful coach schemes that regularly appeared together in trains, even including an ex-New Haven observation!  Adding the 2-car set of coaches in the familiar overall PC Green completes the look of the kaleidoscopic trains pulled routinely behind the plain black locomotives of the PC.

This run includes an homage to the colorful Kansas City Southern as it now becomes part of the new Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad.  The “Southern Belle” was the premier streamlined name train on the KCS, featuring a striking dark green, red, and yellow (gold) paint scheme which first appeared on an EMD diesel in June of 1940 (E3 #3).  By 1952, new E8 locomotives took over the “Belle”, including #27.  This locomotive, the cars in the 4-pack, plus the additional sleeper “Colonel Fordyce” represent a complete prototype consist of the Belle from August of 1968, only about one year before the end of passenger service on KCS, and less than 6 months before #27 (and #23) were repainted into the “White Ghost” scheme – the only E8s to wear a different KCS paint scheme since new in the 1950s.  By 1970, E8s #27 and #25 (now rebuilt as an E9m) were sold to the Chicago & North Western Railway, and the era of the colorful passenger name trains became part of railroading history.

The guaranteed order deadline for the O Amtrak Streamlined Passenger Cars is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features Include:

4-PACK MSRP: $479.80 2-PACK MSRP: $239.90 SINGLE CAR MSRP: $119.95
E8 Locomotive MSRP 3-RAIL: $599.95
Unpowered MSRP: $279.95

	PENN CENTRAL
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138235 30138236 30138242 (Unpowered)
	PENN CENTRAL 70' STREAMLINE COACH 2-PACK
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001484
	PENN CENTRAL: 70' STREAMLINE COACH (X3) 70' STREAMLINE OBSERVATION
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001483
	KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138239 30138240 30138244 (Unpowered)
	KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN 70' STREAMLINE SLEEPER
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001486
	KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN: 70' STREAMLINE BAGGAGE 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE OBSERVATION
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001485

The lightweight, streamlined passenger car was a product of the Great Depression. While the heavyweight steel cars built in the teens and 1920s were dependable and often luxurious, their dark colors and solid, battleship-like exteriors did little to lift the spirits at a time when the entire nation needed a pick-me-up. As noted railroad historian John H. White, Jr. put it in The American Railroad Passenger Car, “Some hope during these gloomy years was offered by a new design concept called streamlining. It presented a sleek, modern image of speed and innovation. What had been an obscure technical term in aerodynamics was made into a household word through an astute publicity campaign mounted by several railroad traffic departments. It succeeded in creating a general interest in railroading practically unknown since the opening of the first transcontinental line… According to Railway Age, ‘For the first time in many years, the words ‘sold out’ re-entered the ticket clerk’s vocabulary.’”

The more modern Burlington Northern “hockey stick” and classic Rock Island silver schemes ran in both overnight and local service, and the cars provided in the various sets (with matching locomotives) allow you to represent a number of different trains, and feature an additional coach car included in the 4-pack.

The guaranteed order deadline for the O Burlington Northern and Rock Island Streamlined Passenger Cars is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features Include:

4-PACK MSRP: $479.80 2-PACK MSRP: $239.90 SINGLE CAR MSRP: $119.95
E8 LOCOMOTIVE MSRP 3-RAIL: $679.95

	BURLINGTON NORTHERN
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138231 30138232
	BURLINGTON NORTHERN 70' STREAMLINE DINER
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001479
	BURLINGTON NORTHERN 70' STREAMLINE VISTA DOME CARS
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001478
	BURLINGTON NORTHERN 70' STREAMLINE BAGGAGE 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE FULL VISTA DOME
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001477
	ROCK ISLAND
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138237 30138238 30138243 (Unpowered)
	ROCK ISLAND 70' STREAMLINE DINER 70' STREAMLINE SLEEPER
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001488
	ROCK ISLAND 70' STREAMLINE BAGGAGE 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE OBSERVATION
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001487

This run of O Premier E8s and Passenger Cars provides the modeler with appropriate “trainsets” for each roadname to replicate typical passenger consists that might be found on the prototype.

As the operational lifetime of the E8 locomotive covered from the early 1950s through the 1980s in many cases, several changes were made to their appearance during rebuilds, such as removal of the distinctive “Portholes” when the side panels began to rust through.  This run of E8s features all-new tooling to replicate these “smoothsided” variations where appropriate for owners like Amtrak, who relied heavily on these locomotives in the early 1970s.

Coupled with the Phase 1 paint scheme E8, the Amtrak 4-car set (also in Phase 1 livery), which includes a baggage car, coach, Vista Dome and Observation car, is the perfect starting point to represent a local “section” of what might be a cross-country train.  Adding the 2-car set of a Sleeper and a Diner, as well as a second powered (or unpowered) E8 locomotive completes the typical cars found in an overnight run, and the full-length Vista Dome is a great place to watch the scenery as the train travels across the great expanses of the USA.

The guaranteed order deadline for the O Amtrak Streamlined Passenger Cars is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features Include:

4-PACK MSRP: $479.80 2-PACK MSRP: $239.90 SINGLE CAR MSRP: $119.95

	AMTRAK
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138229 30138230 30138241 (Unpowered)
	AMTRAK (PHASE 1) 70' STREAMLINE FULL VISTA DOME
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001476
	AMTRAK (PHASE 1) 70' STREAMLINE SLEEPER 70' STREAMLINE DINER
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001475
	AMTRAK (PHASE 1) 70' STREAMLINE BAGGAGE 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE VISTA DOME 70' STREAMLINE OBSERVATION
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001474

With the rollout of the E8 in 1949, the E-unit, America’s most popular passenger diesel, reached its final visual form — just in time for the last hurrah of the American passenger train. With twin motors to ensure reliability and six-wheel trucks that rode like a Cadillac, the E8 was an engineer’s dream. For hoggers who had not long ago worked in steam locomotives, the clean cab of an E-unit with its lofty, panoramic view of the road ahead was not hard to get used to.

The guaranteed order deadline for the O E8 Locomotives is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features Include:

3-RAIL MSRP:$679.95

	AMTRAK
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138229 30138230 30138241 (Unpowered)
	BURLINGTON NORTHERN
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138231 30138232
	NJ COMMUTER TRANSITION SCHEME
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138233 30138234
	PENN CENTRAL
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138235 30138236 30138242 (Unpowered)
	ROCK ISLAND
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138237 30138238 30138243 (Unpowered)
	KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138239 30138240 30138244 (Unpowered)

The prototype for the 17,600 Gallon Corn Syrup Tank Car was built in large numbers by Trinity Industries between 1984 and 1998. Of the over 7,000 cars that were built, most are still in active service today.

The guaranteed order deadline is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

3-RAIL MSRP: $89.95 2-RAIL MSRP: $94.95

	GATX
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001454	3002454
	TATE & LYLE
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001455	3002455
	US ARMY (RED)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001456	3002456
	US ARMY (YELLOW)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001457	3002457
	ADM (LEAF AND CONSPICUITY STRIPES)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001458	3002458
	MINNESOTA CORN PROCESSORS (MNCX)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001459	3002459

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.

The guaranteed order deadline is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

3-RAIL MSRP: $84.95 2-RAIL MSRP: $89.95

	CARGILL SALT
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001440	3002440
	J.M. HUBER
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001441	3002441
	MORTON SALT
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001442	3002442
	SANTA FE
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001443	3002443
	SID RICHARDSON
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001444	3002444
	NORFOLK WESTERN
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001445	3002445
	BURLINGTON NORTHERN BICENTENNIAL
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001446	3002446

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) developed a standard design for 50-ton and 70-ton twin offset open hopper cars starting in the late 1920s. The design was modified in the mid 1930s, and through 1960 over 127,000 cars had been built to AAR specifications. Eastern coal carriers amassed the largest fleets - however, the twin offset hopper design was not limited to coal service, with ore and aggregates also being hauled.

They could also be found operating in a wide range of services including unit coal trains, blocks of loaded cars destined to a large consignee, and even “loose”single cars headed to smaller customers.

The guaranteed order deadline is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

3-RAIL MSRP: $82.95 2-RAIL MSRP: $87.95

	CHICAGO AND EASTERN ILLINIOS
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001390	3002390
	BALTIMORE & OHIO (SIMPLIFIED CAPITAL DOME)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001391	3002391
	MAINE CENTRAL
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001392	3002392
	MILWAUKEE ROAD
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001393	3002393
	PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001394	3002394
	RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG, AND POTOMAC
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001395	3002395
	PEABODY COAL
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001396	3002396

During the heyday of rail transport, livestock was routinely shipped in complete trainloads to packing plants throughout the country. The typical stock car was based upon a 40’ box car modified with open slat sides and possibly internal decking for the smaller breeds of animals. Designed primarily for transporting cows and pigs, original stock cars date back to the 1860’s, and could carry up to 20,000 pounds of livestock.

The guaranteed order deadline is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

3-RAIL MSRP: $69.95 2-RAIL MSRP: $72.95

	CANADIAN PACIFIC (CP RAIL)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	2002412	2002462
	FERROCARRIL DEL PACIFICO (FCP)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	2002413	2002463
	UNION PACIFIC (UP) LIVESTOCK DISPATCH
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	2002414	2002464
	CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY (CBQ)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	2002417	2002467
	SANTA FE (ATSF)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	2002415	2002465
	RIO GRANDE (DRGW)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	2002416	2002466

The Rapid Discharge Hopper, designed for heavy, dense loads like sand, gravel, limestone, and other aggregates, was designed and built by the Ortner Freight Car Co. (Now part of the TrinityRail® group). Thanks to its steep 60-degree end sheets and Rapid Discharge hopper door system, the car unloads completely in less than 30 seconds without the need for a car shaker. An entire unit train of these cars can be unloaded in 30 to 60 minutes, whereas other unloading systems could take 4 hours or longer. The design has stood the test of time, as these cars are still in service on many railroads nationwide.

The guaranteed order deadline is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

3-RAIL MSRP: $84.95 2-RAIL MSRP: $89.95

	AMTRAK
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001460	3002460
	BESSEMER & LAKE ERIE (CN)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001461	3002461
	FLORIDA EAST COAST
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001462	3002462
	GATX
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001463	3002463
	CHESSIE SYSTEM* (C&O)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001464	3002464
	SOUTHERN PACIFIC
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	3001465	3002465

In 1992, GM’s Electro-Motive Division (EMD) introduced the new SD70 Series of engines, which come in the standard direct-current (DC) and alternating-current (AC) models. The SD70 boasts a 32-bit 16mHz control microprocessor named the EM2000. This computer works with the Integrated Cab Electronics (ICE) system to collect, analyze, and display a range of accurate-to-the-second information, such as speed, amps, throttle position, air brake operation, and cab signals.

The 70 Series also employs the HTCR (high-traction three-axle radial) truck that reduces rolling resistance in curves and lateral loads and therefore reduces wear on wheels. These innovations have led to brisk sales of both the SD70M (DC version) and SD70MAC (AC version).

The guaranteed order deadline for the O SD70MAC Locomotives is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features Include:

Atlas O Premier SD 70MAC Locomotives

3-RAIL MSRP:$679.95 2-RAIL MSRP:$679.95

	BNSF (EX-BN EXCUTIVE W/BNSF WEDGE)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	30138201 30138202	30138214 30138215
	CSX* (YN3 WEBSITE)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	30138204 30138205	30138217 30138218
	LAKE STATE RAILWAY
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	30138206 30138207	30138219 30138220
	METRA
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	30138208 30138209	30138221 30138222
	RJ CORMAN
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	30138210 30138211	30138223 30138224
	UNION PACIFIC (ONE)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	30138212	30138225
	UNION PACIFIC (BIG BOY ESCORT)
	3-Rail Item #:	2-Rail Item #:
	30138213	30138226