Atlas HO Modernized Heavyweight Coaches

From short commuter runs and locals to long-distance and special name trains, the humble Coach car has served as the foundation of the passenger train from the beginning of the railroads. Coaches can be found in many different sizes and styles, depending on desired passenger capacity, anticipated service class, and amenities (such as including semi-reclining seats or providing dedicated smoking areas) with the final configuration based on the ever-changing needs of an individual railroad. As a result, many minor variations of what might be considered a “standard” car could be found from a number of builders such as Pullman, Standard Steel, American Car and Foundry, Barney and Smith, Jackson and Sharp, etc.

In the Heavyweight era, two of the most common arrangements for coach cars were the single and paired window configurations. The Atlas single window design is based on prototypes built for the New York Central System, and the paired window design on Chesapeake and Ohio prototypes, although a large number of railroads designed and took delivery of nearly identical cars. Over time, many cars were “modernized” in appearance and function to run with the new streamlined trains or were modified and re-assigned to local and eventually commuter service. Cars underwent several design cycles, such as converting clerestory roofs to those with smoother lines, adding air conditioning, installing sealed windows, new trucks, and making interior changes. As a result, many of the heavyweight coach cars built at the turn of the 20th century served long lifetimes and were still running in commute service through the late 1980s-90s.

The Atlas Single and Paired Window Coaches are now available in a number of different era-appropriate configurations and paint schemes.

Features:

• Full interior detailing
• Scale operating diaphragms
• Full, separately-applied underbody detail (brake piping, steam traps, brake rigging, etc.)
• Scale window glass
• Detailed trucks with free-rolling metal wheels
• Recommend 24” Radius Minimum

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