That’s great news. Mega great news. Hopefully RailKing will survive too.
Peter Mellon
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On Mar 17, 2021, at 4:59 PM, Peter Condro <pcondro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just remembered…..every Weds evening from 7-8PM, I attend a zoom chat with
some of my TCA friends……..I will be very interested on what everyone’s take
on it is…..
Peter
On Mar 17, 2021, at 4:09 PM, Ken Young (Redacted sender "kanawha72" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The future of MTH becomes a little clearer.
Ken
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Subject: Atlas Acquires Select M.T.H Locomotive and Rolling Stock Molds
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:59:50 +0000
From: Atlas Insiders Mailing List <enews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Atlas Insiders Mailing List <enews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: kanawha72@xxxxxxxxxxx
Atlas Acquires Select M.T.H Locomotive and Rolling Stock Molds
Hillside, NJ – Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc. is proud to announce the
purchase of a variety of tooling in the M.T.H. Premier O Scale Locomotive
and Rolling Stock lines from M.T.H. Electric Trains of Columbia, MD.
Rolling stock molds acquired include the 4-Bay Hopper, Coalporter Hopper,
PS2CD High Side Hopper, 40' PS1 Box Car, 55' All Door Box Car, 2-Bay
Centerflow Hopper, 3-Bay Centerflow Hopper , Steel Caboose , 50' High Cube
Box Car , PS2 2-Bay Hopper, 20,000 Gallon Tank Car, 50' Airslide Hopper,
Russell Plow, 8000 Gallon Tank Car, Funnel Flow Tank Car, Modern Tank Car,
Crane, Crane Tender, 100 Ton Hot Metal Car, Rapid Discharge Hopper, 75'
Depressed Flat Car, Scale Test Car, 2-Bay Offset Hopper, Operating Coal and
Log Dump Car, Premiere 70' Heavyweight Passenger Cars, Premiere 70'
Streamline Passenger Cars and Amfleet Cars.
Locomotive molds include the E6A/B and E8A/B, 44 Tonner, Amtrak P42 Genesis,
Dash 9, SD45, F40, U30C, SD70M-2 with SD70Ace, GP38-2, SD70ACe, SD70MAC,
GP40, S2, SD40-2, GP30, ES44AC&DC with ES44DC and GEVO ES-44.
In addition, Atlas has also acquired the following accessories from MTH’s
Railking Line: Water Column, 22 figure sets, Operating Traffic Light,
Motorcycle Pack, Pedestrian Crosswalk, Floodlight Tower, Sanding Tower, Road
signs, Telephone Poles and the Operating Modern Crossing Signal.
Atlas has also acquired a license for the MTH Proto-Sound 3 Sound & Control
Electronics Boards, which adds realistic sounds to locomotives and also
allows control via DCS (Digital Command System). Part of the license will
give Atlas the option to sell DCS components as well.
"MTH has long been an outstanding manufacturer of model trains and we are
excited to continue that legacy," said Jarrett Haedrich, COO of Atlas. "We
will be working closely with the existing supplier to ensure that the models
are produced and delivered in a timely fashion." The first model to be
produced will be announced Wednesday, March 24th.
M.T.H. Electric Trains was founded in 1980 by Mike Wolf as a mail order
train business. Over the years it grew into a full manufacturing business
with full lines of O, HO and S scale trains and track. In June 2020, Mike
Wolf announced he was retiring and that M.T.H. would be closing in May of
2021.
Founded in 1924 and incorporated in 1949 as Atlas Tool Co. Inc., present day
Atlas Model Railroad Co. produces locomotives, rolling stock, track, and
accessories in N, HO and O scales for its Atlas Master, Atlas Classic,
Trainman, and Atlas O lines.
For more information on this announcement, visit https://shop.atlasrr.com or ;
check out the video below.
Atlas Model Railroad Co. Inc.
378 Florence Avenue
Hillside, NJ 07205
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