The Atlas O Summer 2024 Premier catalog was released in late July. The 52-page publication features three models new to the manufacturer’s product lineup, including a General Electric (GE) C44-9W, an Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP38-2, and a Union Tank Car Co. Funnel Flow tank car. All of the items mentioned here are scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2025.
New releases
Road names on the Premier line GE C44-9W diesel locomotive include Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (warbonnet); Alabama & Gulf Coast Ry. (Honoring Veterans and Service Membes scheme); BNSF Ry. (Santa Fe patchout); Norfolk Southern (white sill stripe and Positive Train Control array); Southern Pacific (scarlet and gray with speed lettering); and Union Pacific (Future Network logo and SP patchout). The six-axle road locomotive, scaled to 1:48 proportions, will be offered in one to two road numbers per paint scheme. Features on the model ($679.95) will include plastic and die-cast metal construction, Proto-Sound 3.0 with the Digital Command System featuring Freight Yard Proto-Effects, and light-emitting-diode lighting. The GE C44-9W will operate on O-42 curves.
Rounding out the list of new items in the Atlas O Summer 2024 Premier catalog
is the Funnel Flow tank car. Paint schemes on the Premier line model will include Amstar (Domino Sugar), General American (TruSweet), Union Tank Car Co. (Thiele and Speciality Minerals), as well as fictional beer paint schemes for National Bohemian, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schmidt, and Stag. The tank cars ($84.95 to $94.95) will be offered in two numbers per scheme and will feature an ABS body, die-cast metal trucks, and Kadee-compatible coupler mounting pads. The model will operate on O-27 curves.
Time for the carnival
Six pages of the Atlas O Summer 2024 Premier catalog were devoted to products decorated for the James E. Strates Shows. The manufacturer will be offering two-and four-car sets of Madison heavyweight cars for the traveling carnival. The colorful models will have a plastic body, die-cast metal trucks and couplers, and freestanding metal handrails. The passenger car sets, which will operate on O-42 curves, will sell for $249.90 (two-pack) and $499.80 (four-pack).
In addition, Atlas O will be producing flatcars with two 20-foot trailers in three road numbers. The cars will retail for $99.95 each.
New paint schemes and road numbers
The Atlas O Summer 2024 Premier catalog featured several models in new paint schemes and road numbers. Premier line offerings include a crane car, crane tender, and Madison heavyweight passenger cars (single car, two-pack, and four-pack). Master line products scheduled for release next year are 40-foot rebuilt and 53-foot well cars, a 55-ton two-bay hopper, 20-foot refrigerated and 40-foot high-cube intermodal containers, and a Ford F-100 pickup.
Atlas O listed two first-time accessory offerings in its Summer 2024 Premier catalog. The company will be selling replacement diesel locomotive wheelsets for four- ($49.95) and six-axle ($69.95) locomotives. The all-metal, powdered wheelsets will feature insulated axles and traction tires. The replacement wheelsets are only applicable for Atlas Premier-series locomotives.
Factory-assembled and painted line poles are also making their debut in the Atlas O lineup. The poles will be offered with two and four crossarms in six-packs for $22.95 to $24.95. The plastic O scale poles can be mounted using the supplied oval base or by inserting the pin on the bottom of the pole into a 5/32” hole.
