Atlas Model Railroad Co. announced that it has acquired tooling for several Weaver Models O scale products. Weaver Models went out of business at the end of June 2015.
The O scale tooling acquired includes the 2-8-0 steam locomotive and the General Electric U25B, Alco RS-11, and Baldwin VO-1000 diesel locomotives. Passenger train cars include the troop sleeper and kitchen cars and Pullman Bradley coaches. Freight cars include the war emergency gondola, wagontop boxcar, and H30 covered hopper. In addition, Atlas obtained the molds for O scale 20-foot containers and telephone poles.
There are no announcment dates for the models at this time. For more information, see www.atlasrr.com.
