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The Atlas 100th Anniversary Catalog Volume 5 Summer 2024

Weclome to the Atlas 100th Anniversary Catalog Volume 5! We're still bringing the heat with new runs of great models like the N GP39-2 Locomotive and the HO U28C/CG Locomotives and some brand new ones like the N Gunderson 7550 Double Door Box Car! Take a look below to see all of the great new announcements.

The deadline for placing your guaranteed order/reservation with your Atlas Dealer on the product listed in this catalog is Wednesday, October 9th, 2024

Click Here for a PDF of the Catalog

Want to Find a Dealer or Order Online? Click here to go to the Atlas Online Store

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The Atlas Product Spotlight - O 40' Rebuilt Well Car & 53' Rebuilt Well Car

The Atlas Product Spotlight - O 40' Rebuilt Well Car & 53' Rebuilt Well Car

In the 2000s intermodal containers came in a large variety of shapes and sizes. Common containers in that time ranged from 20’, 28’, 40’, 45’, 48’ and 53’. This much variety was deemed inefficient by railroads and trucking companies alike in the early part of this decade. Today the most common containers are 20’, 40’ and 53’. With the phasing out of the once popular 48’ containers, TTX had little need for their 48’ well cars. These cars were still rather new, most built in the mid to late 1990s. So instead of scrapping cars that were in serviceable condition, TTX opted to start a rebuilding program in which the 48’ well cars were shortened to 40’ and/or lengthened to 53’.

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Learn all about this model from the Summer 2024 Premier Catalog Live Stream

The guaranteed order deadline is September 4, 2024. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

40' Rebuilt Well Car Features:
  • Die-cast body
  • Low friction trucks with rotating bearing caps (2-Rail and 3-Rail)
  • Detailed brake rigging
  • Etched metal walkways
  • Minimum radius:
    3-Rail: O-54
    2 -Rail: 36”
  • Perfect for our 20' & 40' Containers!

53' Rebuilt Well Car Features:

  • Die-cast body
  • Low friction trucks with rotating bearing caps (2-Rail and 3-Rail)
  • Detailed brake rigging
  • Etched metal walkways
  • Minimum radius:
    3-Rail: O-54
    2 -Rail: 36”
  • Perfect for our 20' & 40' Containers!
 
O 40' Rebuilt Well Car
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Maersk
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001696 3002696
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TTX (Late Repaint)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001697 3002697
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TTX (TPEX Patch)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001698 3002698
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TTX (Early TTX Logo)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001699 3002699
O 53' Rebuilt Well Car
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Florida East Coast
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001762 3002762
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Pacer Stacktrain
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001763 3002763
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TTX (Next Load Any Road)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001764 3002764
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TTX (On Track For A Cure)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001765 3002765

Now Shipping Week of 8.15.24

The following products are now shipping from Atlas.

For a complete listing of order deadlines and shipping dates, please use the Atlas Production Schedule

The Atlas Product Spotlight - O Premier Funnel Flow Tank Car

The Atlas Product Spotlight - O Premier Funnel Flow Tank Car

Tank cars are one of the most specialized freight cars on the rails today, with numerous design features and sizes available to handle a wide variety of products. Gases, liquids, slurries, and molten materials are all routinely transported in tank cars, with most being in dedicated commodity service to prevent contamination, or to take advantage of specific car designs.

The Funnel Flow concept – where the middle of the car is lower than the ends – was invented in 1967 by Union Tank Car Company. This distinctive “bent” design is used for products that are unloaded by gravity, and the shape works to funnel the material to the outlet at the lowest point of the car, which results in a faster and more complete unloading process than a standard straight-bottomed tank. This is especially helpful in unloading slurries (kaolin clay, carbonates, etc.) and thick materials such as asphalt or molten sulfur. Other common loads include foodstuffs such as oils, syrups, and molasses, and various chemical products and solvents.

This new Atlas O Model features a bevy of beautiful paint schemes--including four popular beer brands that are officially licenesed from Pabst!

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Learn all about this model from the Summer 2024 Premier Catalog Live Stream

The guaranteed order deadline is September 4, 2024. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features Include:

  • Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
  • Prototypical Paint Schemes
  • Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
  • Fast-Angle Metal Wheel Sets with Needle-Point Axles
  • O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
  • Separate Metal Handrails and Details
  • 1:48 Scale Dimensions
  • Unit Measures: 11” x 2 5/8” x 4”
  • Operates On O-27 Curves
 
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ASRX Amstar (Domino Sugar)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001754 3002754
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GATX (TruSweet)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001755 3002755
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UTLX (Thiele)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001756 3002756
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UTLX (Specialty Minerals)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001757 3002757
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PJBX (Schmidt Beer)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001758 3002758
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PJBX (Stag Beer)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001759 3002759
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PJBX (Pabst Blue Ribbon)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001760 3002760
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PJBX (National Bohemian)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item #:
3001761 3002761

The Atlas Product Spotlight - O GP38-2 Locomotive

The Atlas Product Spotlight - O GP38-2 Locomotive

Produced from 1972 to 1986, the GP38-2 helped inaugurate Electro-Motive’s “Dash-2” series of locomotives and became one of EMD’s all-time best sellers. With over 2200 engines sold throughout North America, rare was the railroad that did not roster these reliable, second-generation EMD workhorses.

Building on the success of the GP38 introduced in 1966, the Dash-2 model looked almost identical on the outside but incorporated a host of internal upgrades that lowered exhaust emissions and improved reliability, ease of maintenance, and tractive effort. Most significant was the replacement of the maze of hard-wired circuits, switches, interlocks, and relays — which had characterized first-generation diesels and had been the source of many of their service issues — with modular, solid-state electronics. Other improvements toughened the pistons, rings, and bearings of the 2000-horsepower, non-turbocharged model 645 prime mover.

The result was an engine so hard working and dependable that it became as common on American railroads as the F-unit was in the 1950s and ‘60s. Trains magazine recognized this in 1982 by designating B&O GP38 (a pre-Dash-2 model) as the All American Diesel; the engine resides today in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, repainted in its 1982 Chessie System colors.

Many GP38-2s have soldiered on for more than three decades and remain in service today on short lines and regional railroads.

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Learn all about this model from the Summer 2024 Premier Catalog Live Stream

The guaranteed order deadline is September 4, 2024. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features Include:

  • Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
  • Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
  • Metal Chassis
  • Metal Handrails and Horn
  • Moveable Roof Fans
  • Metal Body Side Grilles
  • Detachable Snow Plow
  • Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures
  • Authentic Paint Scheme
  • Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
  • Remote-Controlled Proto-Couplers
  • O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
  • Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
  • Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlights
  • Lighted LED Cab Interior Light
  • Illuminated LED Number Boards
  • Lighted LED Marker Lights
  • (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
  • Operating ProtoSmoke Diesel Exhaust
  • Playable Horn Sounds
  • Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
  • Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
  • Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable
  • 1:48 Scale Proportions
  • Proto-Sound 3.0 w/ The Digital Command System featuring Freight Yard Proto-Effects
  • Unit Measures: 15 1/2” x 2 3/4” x 4”
  • Operates On O-31 Curves
 
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Amtrak® Phase VII
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138338
30138339
30138354
30138355
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BNSF 
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138340
30138341
30138356
30138357
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Canadian Pacific
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138342
30138343
30138358
30138359
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Chessie System
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138344
30138345
30138360
30138361
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Conrail
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138346
30138347
30138362
30138363
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Genesee & Wyoming (Heritage)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138348 30138364
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Reading & Northern (40th Anniversary)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138349 30138365
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Rock Island Rail (George W. Lamore)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138350 30138366
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Rock Island Rail (The American Railfan)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138351 30138367
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Vermont Railway
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138352
30138353
30138368
30138369

The Atlas Product Spotlight - O C44-9W Locomotives

The Atlas Product Spotlight - O C44-9W Locomotives

For the first six decades of the diesel era, the main goal of locomotive design was higher horsepower. Introduced in 1993, GE’s 4400 hp Dash 9 and its AC-motored sibling, the AC4400CW, were three times as powerful as a typical first-generation diesel and had 10% more horsepower than their immediate predecessor, the Dash 8. A couple years later, GE and then EMD introduced 6000 hp engines, the first single-unit diesels to equal the power of the last and best steamers.

But what was thought to be a breakthrough turned out to be a flop. By the late 1990s, North American railroads had rejected the 6000 hp concept and concluded that the 4300-4400 hp diesel was the Goldilocks locomotive — not too big, not too small, but a versatile, just-right building block for multiple-unit lashups. The horsepower race was over.

The Dash 9, accordingly, turned out to be a best-seller. More than 3600 engines were sold by the end of production in 2004, and most are still hauling freight today. The Dash 9 was the last and best of GE’s third-generation diesels; it exemplified the modern locomotive at the turn of the 20th century, with microprocessors ensuring that its 4400 horses were working as efficiently and as often as possible. It rode on GE’s brand-new HiAdTM trucks (for high adhesion), with computerized wheelslip control. Also new was a split cooling system that reduced temperatures and prolonged engine life. The Dash 9’s wide-nosed North American cab, an option on earlier diesels, was standard equipment, solidifying the new look in road diesels. The Dash 9 was also the first GE diesel not offered with four-wheel trucks, recognizing that 6-axle, 4400 hp freight power was the new normal.

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Learn all about this model from the Summer 2024 Premier Catalog Live Stream

The guaranteed order deadline is September 4, 2024. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features Include:

  • Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
  • Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
  • Metal Chassis
  • Metal Handrails and Horn
  • Moveable Roof Fans
  • Metal Body Side Grilles
  • Detachable Snow Plow
  • (2) Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures
  • Authentic Paint Scheme
  • Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
  • (2) Remote-Controlled Proto-Couplers
  • O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
  • Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
  • Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlights
  • Lighted LED Cab Interior Light
  • Illuminated LED Number Boards
  • Operating LED Ditch Lights
  • (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
  • Operating ProtoSmoke Diesel Exhaust
  • Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
  • Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
  • Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable
  • 1:48 Scale Proportions
  • Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Freight Yard Proto-Effects
  • Unit Measures: 18 3/4” x 2 3/4” x 3 7/8”
  • Operates On O-42 Curves
 
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Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (Veterans Unit)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138372 30138382
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BNSF/ex-Santa Fe Warbonnet Patch
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138373 30138383
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Norfolk Southern (White sill, PTC array)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138374
30138375
30138384
30138385
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Santa Fe
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138376
30138377
30138386
30138387
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Southern Pacific
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138378
30138379
30138388
30138389
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Union Pacific (FUTURE Network Logo)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138380 30138390
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Union Pacific (ex-Southern Pacific)
3-Rail Item #:
2-Rail Item#
30138381 30138391

Now Shipping Week of 7.11.24

The following products are now shipping from Atlas.

For a complete listing of order deadlines and shipping dates, please use the Atlas Production Schedule

Now Shipping Week of 5.30.24

The following products are now shipping from Atlas.

For a complete listing of order deadlines and shipping dates, please use the Atlas Production Schedule

The Atlas Product Spotlight - HO Trainman® GP-38-2 Locomotive

The Atlas Product Spotlight - HO Trainman® GP-38-2 Locomotive

The Dash 2 locomotive series, unveiled by EMD in 1972, featured significant changes, such as a solid-state, modular electrical control system and improved engine components designed to increase traction and reduce exhaust emissions. A reliable work-horse, the GP38-2 remains one of the most successful locomotives ever built. Most are still in service today.

Learn all about this great model from the Atlas 100th Anniversary Catalog Volume 3 Livestream!

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The guaranteed order deadline is June 26, 2024. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

 

FEATURES:

  • NMRA 21-pin plug for DCC
  • The same drive as our basic Master Series™, in an affordable locomotive
  • Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels
  • Separately applied hand rails and end railings
  • Locating dimples for grab irons
  • True scale dimensions with accurate details
  • Realistic die-cast underframes
  • Equipped with AccuMate® Couplers
  • As with our Master Series™ GP-38, this model features either a 2,600 or 3,600 gallon fuel tank, depending on the prototype.

Silver Sound Ready

  • Atlas Silver Sound Ready models are equipped with a speaker for easy conversion to sound with the addition of a decoder.

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.
  • Also note that on a DC-powered layout, a DCC and sound equipped locomotive (such as the Atlas Gold Series GP38-2) 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.)
  • Silver Sound Ready™
    Atlas Silver Sound Ready models are equipped with a speaker for easy conversion to sound with the addition of a decoder. If you need assistance with the upgrade of a Sound Ready model, please contact Atlas Customer Service at 908-687-0880 or [email protected]

SOUND FUNCTIONALITY FEATURES (Gold Models
with ESU “Essential Sound”):

  • 4 function outputs with brightness control by CV
  • 14, 28, 128 speed steps
  • Dual mode DC and DCC
  • 4 air horns changeable by CVs
  • 2 bells changeable by CVs
  • Full 8-notch prime mover sounds
  • Compressor
  • Dynamic brake
 
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AMTRAK® PHASE VII
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
10 004 551
10 004 552
10 004 568
10 004 569
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BNSF "H4"
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
10 004 553
10 004 554
10 004 570
10 004 571
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CANADIAN NATIONAL (GTW)
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
10 004 555
10 004 556
10 004 572
10 004 573
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DELAWARE & HUDSON
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
10 004 557
10 004 558
10 004 574
10 004 575
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FARMRAIL
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
10 004 559
10 004 560
10 004 576
10 004 577
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HLCX
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
10 004 561
10 004 562
10 004 578
10 004 579
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READING & NORTHERN 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
10 004 563 10 004 580
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CONRAIL
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
10 004 564
10 004 565
10 004 581
10 004 582
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
10 004 566
10 004 567
10 004 583
10 004 584
   

The Atlas Product Spotlight - N U33/36B Locomotive

The Atlas Product Spotlight - N U33/36B Locomotive

The horsepower race was in full swing by the late 1960s when GE introduced the 3,300hp, four-axle U33B locomotive. 137 units were produced between September 1967 and August 1970 when production ended. GE upped the horsepower ante in 1970 with the introduction of the 3,600hp U36B which was produced between May 1970 and December 1974. Both models were externally identical, and internally they were both powered by the same GE FDL-16 cylinder four-stroke engine. The horsepower increase was achieved through adjustments to the fuel rack settings and other internal component changes. One key spotting feature of both models was the built-out radiator “wings” on the long hood.

Atlas’ BRAND NEW U33B and U36B model is being offered in both an early and late phase. The early phase model includes flushmounted radiator screens and air intake screens on the long hood. In addition, there is a built-out area on the top of the front and rear pilots. Late phase models include corrugated radiator and air intake screens, with a flat pilot face. An optional separate electrical equipment box is included on the left side walkway behind the cab per the prototype. AAR-B or Blomberg trucks are used when appropriate.

Learn all about this great model from the Atlas 100th Anniversary Catalog Volume 3 Livestream!

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The guaranteed order deadline is June 26, 2024. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features:

  • All New Tooling
  • Factory-installed AccuMate® magnetic knuckle couplers
  • Blackened metal wheels
  • Scale Speed™ motor
  • Accurate painting and lettering
  • Optional separate electrical equipment box will be included on the left side walkway behind the cab
  • per the prototype
  • AAR-B or Blomberg trucks will be used when appropriate
  • Atlas Master® Silver version is Sound Ready and equipped with speaker for easy conversion to DCC sound

SILVER SOUND READY FEATURES (SILVER LOCMOTIVES ONLY):

  • Sound ready & equipped with speaker for easy conversion to DCC sound.
  • EC24 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.
 
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PENN CENTRAL
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
40 005 940
40 005 941
40 005 942
40 005 925
40 005 926
40 005 927
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READING & NORTHERN
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
40 005 943
40 005 944
40 005 928
40 005 929
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ROCK ISLAND
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
40 005 945
40 005 946
40 005 947
40 005 930
40 005 931
40 005 932
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AUTO TRAIN
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
40 005 948
40 005 949
40 005 950
40 005 933
40 005 934
40 005 935
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SEABOARD COAST LINE
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
40 005 951
40 005 952
40 005 953
40 005 936
40 005 937
40 005 938
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SEABOARD COAST LINE (BICENTENNIAL)
Silver Item #:
Gold Item #:
40 005 954 40 005 939